The Clinical Application of the Thought of "Treating Kidney for Teenagers, Treating Liver for the Middle Aged and Treating Spleen for the Old" in Gynecology
10.3760/cma,j.issn. 1673-4246.2009.02.008
- VernacularTitle:"少年治肾、中年治肝、老年治脾"思想在妇科的应用
- Author:
Xiujuan LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Treating kidney for teenagers;
Treating liver for the middle-aged;
Treating spleen for the old;
Clinical application
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2009;31(2):113,190-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The thought of "Treating kidney for teenagers, treating liver for the middle-aged and treating spleen for the old" was proposed by the ancient doctors based on women's different physiological stages in their life. Based on the physiological features in different stage of women and the relation between the liver, spleen and kidney and the Chong-meridian, the author put the thought into clinical practice. With detailed case explanation, the author elucidated the value of this thought.
