1 Introduction ................................................. l
1.1 Classification and Characteristics of Internal
Diseases in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) .......... l
1.1.1 Classification of Internal Diseases in TCM ....... 1
1.1.2 Characteristics of Internal Diseases in TCM ...... 3
1.1.2.1 Endogenous pathogenic factors - the
major causes of internal diseases ....... 3
1.1.2.2 Concurrence of cold, heat, deficiency
and excess - the pathogenesis of
internal diseases ....................... 5
1.2 The Procedure and Principles of Diagnosis and
Treatment of Internal Diseases in TCM ................... 6
1.2.1 The Procedure of Diagnosis and Treatment ......... 6
1.2.1.1 To recognize the disease based on the
information obtained with the four
diagnostic methods ...................... 6
1.2.1.2 To identify the nature and location of
a disease ............................... 7
1.2.1.3 To infer the cause and judge the
pathogenesis of a disease ............... 8
1.2.1.4 To design the therapeutic principle
and method .............................. 8
1.2.1.5 To choose drugs and formulate a
prescription ............................ 9
1.2.2 Basic Requirements for Diagnosis and
Treatment ....................................... 11
1.2.2.1 Making an overall analysis of the
patient's condition .................... 11
1.2.2.2 Differentiating principal and
secondary aspects, insidious and
acute conditions ....................... 13
1.2.2.3 Bringing out the dominant aspect of
a disease .............................. 14
1.2.2.4 Paying special attention to the
transformation of syndromes ............ 14
1.2.2.5 Differentiating cold and heat, true
and false .............................. 15
1.3 Therapeutic Principles and Methods of Internal
Diseases in TCM ........................................
1.3.1 Therapeutic Principles .......................... 17
1.3.1.1 Routine treatment and treatment
contrary to the routine ................ 17
1.3.1.2 Strengthening anti-pathogenic qi and
eliminating pathogenic factors ......... 18
1.3.1.3 Replenishing and eliminating methods
for zang-fu organs ..................... 20
1.3.1.4 Different principles for different
cases .................................. 22
1.3.2 Commonly Used Treatments for Internal
Diseases ........................................ 23
1.3.2.1 Diaphoretic therapy .................... 23
1.3.2.2 Emetic therapy ......................... 24
1.3.2.3 Purgative therapy ...................... 24
1.3.2.4 Regulating therapy ..................... 25
1.3.2.5 Warming therapy ........................ 25
1.3.2.6 Heat-clearing therapy .................. 26
1.3.2.7 Resolving therapy ...................... 26
1.3.2.8 Invigorating therapy ................... 26
2 Treatment of Diseases ....................................... 28
2.1 Syndrome Patterns of the Lung .......................... 28
2.1.1 Colds ........................................... 28
2.1.2 Cough ........................................... 36
2.1.3 Asthma .......................................... 48
2.1.4 Lung Cancer ..................................... 62
2.2 Syndrome Patterns of the Heart ......................... 74
2.2.1 Insomnia ........................................ 74
2.2.2 Arrhythmia ...................................... 82
2.2.3 Coronary Arteriosclerotic Cardiopathy ........... 94
2.2.4 Viral Myocarditis .............................. 106
2.2.5 Epilepsy ....................................... 116
2.2.6 Schizophrenia .................................. 126
2.3 Syndrome Patterns of the Spleen and Stomach ........... 136
2.3.1 Chronic Gastritis .............................. 136
2.3.2 Peptic Ulcer ................................... 150
2.3.3 Gastric Carcinoma .............................. 161
2.3.4 Chronic Colitis ................................ 172
2.3.5 Constipation ................................... 181
2.3.6 Large Intestinal Carcinoma ..................... 190
2.4 Syndrome Patterns of the Liver and Gallbladder ........ 202
2.4.1 Headache ....................................... 202
2.4.2 Vertigo ........................................ 210
2.4.3 Viral Hepatitis ................................ 220
2.4.4 Hepatocirrhosis ................................ 232
2.4.5 Liver Cancer ................................... 243
2.4.6 Cholecystitis .................................. 250
2.5 Syndrome Patterns of the Kidney ....................... 260
2.5.1 Chronic Nephritis .............................. 260
2.5.2 Chronic Renal Failure .......................... 273
2.5.3 Urinary Infection .............................. 285
2.5.4 Urolithiasis ................................... 291
2.5.5 Impotence ...................................... 299
2.5.6 Spermatorrhea .................................. 305
2.6 General Disease and Acropathy ......................... 313
2.6.1 Fever due to Internal Disorders ................ 313
2.6.2 Consumptive Disease ............................ 321
2.6.3 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) ............. 335
2.6.4 Hypertension ................................... 343
2.6.5 Apoplexy ....................................... 355
2.6.6 Rheumatoid Arthritis ........................... 367
2.6.7 Gout ........................................... 377
2.7 Syndrome Patterns of Qi, Blood and Body Fluid ......... 384
2.7.1 Depressive syndrome ............................ 384
2.7.2 Hemorrhagic Syndrome ........................... 393
2.7.3 Anemia ......................................... 413
2.7.4 Thrombocytopenic Purpura ....................... 420
2.7.5 Leukopenia ..................................... 427
2.7.6 Hidrosis Syndrome .............................. 436
2.7.7 Edema .......................................... 443
2.8 Other Diseases ........................................ 453
2.8.1 Simple Obesity ................................. 453
2.8.2 Hyperlipoproteinemia ........................... 462
2.8.3 Diabetes Mellitus .............................. 474
2.8.4 Hyperthyroidism ................................ 487
2.8.5 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) ..... 497
Postscript .................................................... 505
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