The point of view of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the treatment of Dengue fever
- Author:
Thai Ngoc Thanh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dengue fever
- MeSH:
Dengue;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Disease;
Therapeutics
- From:Journal Reasearch of Vietnam Traditional Medicine and Pharmacy
2003;0(11):19-24
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The treatment of dengue fever included 5 episodes. Episode 1: Catching fever and bleeding (type 1: impairment of defense function due to heat pathogenic factors; treatment: clearing away the heat-evil and expelling superficial evils), (type 2: excessive heat in “yangming” channel; treatment: removing heat from the stomach), (type 3: intense heat in both “qi” and blood systems; treatment: clearing away the heat from both “qi” and “ying” systems). Episode 2: Low blood pressure: (type 1: cold limbs due to excess of heat; treatment: clearing away the heat and strengthening the body resistance to elimiante pathogenic factors), (type 2: cold limbs; treatment: recuperating depleted “yang” and rescuing the patient from collapse). Episode 3: Anuris: (type 1: deficiency of the kidney – “yin”, treatment: tonifying the kidney “yin” and promoting the production of body fluid), (type 2: “Jue-yin” enclosed by the evils; treatment: clearing away the heart fire and detoxicating). Episode 4: Polyuria. Treatment: tonifying the kidney and stabilizing the body fluid. Episode 5: Rehabilitation: (type 1: deficiency of the kidney “yin”; treatment: invigorating the kidney “yin”), (type 2: deficiency of spleem “yang”, treatment: invigorating the spleem and replenishing “qui”
