中医外治法在肝硬化腹水中的应用进展

Application of external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine in cirrhotic ascites

近年来中医外治法在肝硬化腹水方面的研究取得了长足的进步,主要包括中药敷脐疗法、中药灌肠疗法、针灸疗法、艾灸疗法、光疗法等。中医外治法在缓解肝硬化腹水临床症状方面与中药内服疗效相当,且无胃肠道不良反应。回顾了近年来中医外治法治疗肝硬化腹水的研究进展,未来建立统一的研究方案、拓宽中医外治法的应用范围是研究的新方向。

In recent years,great progress has been made in the external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine（ TCM） for cirrhotic ascites,including TCM umbilical compress therapy,TCM enema,acupuncture,moxibustion,and light therapy. The external treatment has similar effects as oral administration of TCM in relieving the clinical symptoms of cirrhotic ascites,and does not have gastrointestinal adverse reactions. This article reviews the research advances in external treatment of TCM for cirrhotic ascites,and the new research directions in the future are to establish an unified research protocol and expand the scope of application of external treatment of TCM.