从中医基础理论角度认识肠道微生态

Perspective on intestinal microecology using basic theory of TCM

在生态学中,人需要在物质、能量、及信息转运中才能生存繁衍,这三要素不仅存在于人与自然、人与社会这样的外环境中,在人体内环境中同样需要三者的相互统一。肠道微生态作为人体内环境重要组成之一,关系着人体生理、病理甚至心理多方面,并在这三要素相互作用下与机体形成了相互依存、相互协调以及相互制约的平衡体系。如果失去这种平衡,机体则呈现出微生态失调,产生多种疾病。随着中医学研究的引入,中医的整体观、阴阳平衡学说、藏象学说、体质学说、正邪致病学说在一定程度上可以用来解释肠道微生态和宿主之间的关系,并且可以通过中医药改善肠道微生态来治疗部分消化系统疾病。

Three elements of material,energy and information,in which human being survive and reproduce,not only exist in external environment of human-nature and human-society,but also in internal environment of human body. Intestinal microecology,an important part of human internal environment,has the correlation with human physiology,pathology and psychology. The balance of intestinal microecology and human body is an interdependence,mutual coordination and restriction system under the interaction of the three elements. Various diseases will occur due to microecological imbalance. With the introduction of TCM,the holism concept,theory of yin-yang,doctrine of viscera state,body constitution theory,healthy qi and pathogen theory,to a certain extent,can be used to interpret the relationship of intestinal microecology and host; furthermore,some digestive system diseases can be treated by the way of improving the intestinal microecology using Chinese medicine. This paper discussed the intestinal microecological balance guided by the basic theory of TCM.