癌性胸水的中医病机认识与治疗

TCM Interpretation of Cancerous Hydrothorax Pathogenesis and Its Treatment

癌性胸水属中医“癌性悬饮” ;病机特点是本虚标实 ,本虚为脏腑虚弱、气化失调 ,标实为痰浊瘀毒聚结 ,水饮停蓄 ,治疗当急则救标 ,缓则治本 ,内外并治。临床可又分为水饮壅塞 ,痰瘀交结 。

Cancerous hydrothorax, called XUANYIN in TCM, has the pathogenetic Characteristic of the primary deficiency and secondary excess, the former due to viscera deficiency and dysfunction of Qi-transformation,and the latter caused by accumulated phlegm and toxin, water-retention. The principle is supposed to be treating the secondary for emergency cases and the primary for chronic cases, and treating both internally and externally as Well. Clinically Cancerous hydrothorax Clinically can be divided into syndromes like water-retention stasis, accumulated phlegm and qi-deficiency etc.