Research progress in traditional Chinese medicine constitution of prostate disease
LI Jie WEI Yong-jin SONG Guang-ye LI Shuai XU Bo OUYANG Hong DONG Chun-lai▲
Department of Andrology,Kunming Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine,the Third Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan Traditional Chinese Medicine,Yunnan Province,Kunming 650011,China
Abstract:The constitution of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is closely related to the occurrence,development,prevention and treatment of diseases.To study further,this article discusses and investigates the relationship between TCM constitutional types and prostate diseases by researching the literature.The current research status of TCM constitution in prostate diseases includes the following points.①Prostatitis is mainly solid constitutions or mixed with solid constitution such as damp-heat,qi-stagnation,etc.②Severe prostate diseases are mainly qi-stagnation or mixed with qi-stagnation constitution.③Prostatic diseases which are prone to erectile dysfunction (ED) are mainly damp-heat,yin-deficiency and yang-deficiency.④The deficiency constitution is most common in prostatic hyperplasia,followed by normal constitution and sluggish constitution.⑤The constitution applied to the prostate diseases: The essence of body differentiation and treatment is to seek its root cause,the main method is that the combination of body differentiation,disease differentiation and syndrome differentiation.In conclusion,this article points out the existing issues of the research and the practical significance of the constitution for the prevention of prostate of occurrence,prevention of progression and prevention of recurrence.
[J]. 中国当代医药, 2021, 28(4): 23-26.
LI Jie ;WEI Yong-jin ;SONG Guang-ye;LI Shuai;XU Bo ;OUYANG Hong;DONG Chun-lai. Research progress in traditional Chinese medicine constitution of prostate disease. 中国当代医药, 2021, 28(4): 23-26.