基于脑-肠轴理论探讨慢性便秘的中医药疗法

Discussion on Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Chronic Constipation Based on Brain-gut Axis Theory

慢性便秘作为一种良性顽疾,其发病率逐年上升,虽不影响患者生命,但会导致一些情志问题,严重影响其生活质量。文章从西医、中医就脑-肠轴理论的认识分别进行阐述,并对一些基于脑肠相通展开的中医药疗法进行整理,以期中医疗法治疗慢性便秘更有现代依据可循,脑-肠轴理论进一步完善。

As a benign disease,the incidence of chronic constipation is increasing year by year.Although it does not affect the life of patients,it will lead to some emotional problems and seriously affect their quality of life.This paper elaborates the understanding of brain-gut axis theory from western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine respectively,and sorts out some traditional Chinese medicine therapies based on brain-gut interconnection,in order to have more modern basis for the treatment of chronic constipation by traditional Chinese medicine,and further improve the brain-gut axis theory.