An Insight into Professor SHEN Minhe's Tumor Treatment Concept"Heart Governs as Sovereign,Medicine Acts as General and Diet Functions as Minister"
10.16466/j.issn1005-5509.2025.04.007
- VernacularTitle:浅谈沈敏鹤"心治为君,药治为将,食治为相"之肿瘤治疗观
- Author:
Haihong XU
1
;
Qiaoling SONG
;
Hong HUANG
Author Information
1. 临海市中医院 浙江,临海 317000
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
heart governs as sovereign;
medicine acts as general;
diet functions as minister;
tumor treatment concept;
integration of body and mind regulation;
experience of eminent physicians;
SHEN Minhe;
medical records
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2025;49(4):438-443
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
[Objective]To summarize Professor SHEN Minhe's clinical experience in treating tumors under the guidance of the therapeutic concept of"heart governs as sovereign,medicine acts as general and diet functions as minister".[Methods]By studying with the teacher,sorting out and summarizing Professor SHEN Minhe's clinical tumor cases,this paper expounds in detail the unique treatment concept of"heart governs as sovereign,medicine acts as general and diet functions as minister",and verifies it with medical records.[Results]Professor SHEN Minhe thinks that the treatment of tumor should pay attention to the organic combination of mind,medicine and food.Heart governs as sovereign means:emphasizing the compatibility between doctors and patients,attaching importance to spirit,and coordinating form and mind;Medicine acts as general:emphasizing chronic diseases,keeping the body safe from evil,eliminating evil at the right time,and adding and subtracting herbs with the syndrome;Diet functions as minister:emphasizing that if diet is self-doubling,stomach will be injured,reasonable diet and three-factor adaptation are suitable.The attached medical record was a case with lung cancer,which was mainly caused by stagnation of liver-Qi and phlegm.The case was treated by soothing the liver and clearing heat,reconciling Shaoyang,resolving phlegm and dredging collaterals,regulating Qi and dredging Fu-organs,calming the heart and the nerves,with revised Chaihu and Longgu Muli Decoction,Little Chaihu Decoction and Weijing Decoction,and instructed to eat and live regularly,adjust breathing and standing as stake in the morning,and follow the way of healthy preservation,finally the patient returned to balance,with good effect.[Conclusion]Professor SHEN treats tumors with the concept of"heart governs as sovereign,medicine acts as general and diet functions as minister",which has remarkable curative effect and certain clinical guiding significance.
