“治未病”以“脾胃为后天之本”为基

“Preventive treatment of disease” based on the theory of “spleen and stomach are postnatal foundation”

历代医家对脾胃的作用进行了经典论述,脾胃对于机体的生命活动有重要意义,医家李中梓《医宗必读》:“脾胃为后天之本。”脾胃者,仓禀之官,脾胃纳运相协、升降相因、燥湿相济,能够运化饮食物,化生气血,输送于机体,为“气血生化之源”;未病先防、既病防变和愈后防复的治未病思想是中医特色,在“脾胃为后天之本”的基础上探究治未病思想对脾胃病及相关病证治疗的指导意义是必要的。

The function of the spleen and stomach has been discussed classically by physicians of the past dynasties.The spleen and stomach are of great significance to the life activities of the body.“The spleen and stomach are postnatal foundation”is recorded in Yizong Bidu(《医宗必读》),a work of TCM master LI Zhongzi.The spleen and stomach are the officials of storehouse.When the spleen and stomach have normal functions of conversion,absorption and transportation,and there was a harmonious relationship between dryness and dampness within the spleen and stomach,the spleen and stomach can transform water and food into Qi(气)and blood,and then transfer Qi and blood into the body circulation,so they are“the sources of Qi and blood”.It is the characteristic of traditional Chinese medicine to prevent disease before getting sick,prevent change of existing disease,and prevent recurrence after recovery.It is necessary to explore the guiding significance of the thought of preventive treatment of disease on the treatment of spleen and stomach diseases and related diseases on the basis of the theory of“spleen and stomach are postnatal foundation”.