Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine Master Lin Yi's Theory of Six-Stagnation-Based Breast Disease Prevention and Treatment in Staging and Syndrome Differentiation of Early Breast Cancer
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2025.07.031
- VernacularTitle:国医大师林毅"六郁治乳"理论在早期乳腺癌分期辨证中的应用
- Author:
Nanchuan SU
1
;
Guibin WANG
;
Biao XU
;
Honglin SITU
;
Xue SONG
;
Yi LIN
Author Information
1. 广东省中医院乳腺科,广东 广州 510120
- Keywords:
early breast cancer;
six-stagnation-based breast disease prevention and treatment;
staging and syndrome differentiation;
perioperative period;
peri-chemotherapy period;
peri-radiotherapy period;
consolidation period;
Lin Yi
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;42(7):1773-1778
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
By aggregating the essence of theories related with depressive syndrome from historical medical practitioners and based on the extensive clinical experience,traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)master Lin Yi proposed the theory of six-stagnation-based breast disease prevention and treatment.She pointed out that the occurrence of breast diseases is related to six stagnations(qi stagnancy,blood stagnancy,phlegm stagnancy,dampness stagnancy,food stagnancy,and fire stagnancy),and the treatment for breast diseases should start from the six stagnations.The development and progression of breast cancer is closely associated with the imbalance of internal environment and the formation of six stagnations,and breast cancer is one of the major diseases suitable for the TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment.For the treatment of early breast cancer,Professor Lin Yi proposed to divide early breast cancer into four stages,namely perioperative period,peri-chemotherapy period,peri-radiotherapy period,and consolidation period.Guided by the theory of six-stagnation-based breast disease prevention and treatment,therapies of soothing the liver,resolving phlegm,removing stasis,clearing heat,eliminating dampness,promoting digestion,fortifying the spleen,and tonifying the kidney are employed to harmonize the internal environment and alleviate symptoms.The theory of six-stagnation-based breast disease prevention and treatment enriches the TCM theory for the prevention and treatment of breast cancer,refines the principles and methods for the staging and syndrome differentiation of early breast cancer,and holds significant implications for enhancing the efficacy of integrated TCM and western medicine in managing early breast cancer.
