“脾养魄门”释析

Analysis of “spleen nourishing pomen”

魄门相当于现代医学的“肛门”,是人体重要的器官之一,主排泄糟粕。脾为后天之本,气血生化之源,主肌肉,具有统血摄血、运化水谷、运化水液、升清降浊的功能,涉及魄门的发育、运行、维护与修复。脾运健旺,则魄门开阖有常,收放有权,糟粕能排。而脾失健运,则魄门失于濡养,松懈不收,外邪侵袭,而生诸病。本文结合中医典籍及中医临床医学研究,论述并总结了“脾养魄门”的内涵及临床意义,旨在说明该理论在现代临床中的重要意义。

The pomen,equivalent to the anus in modern medicine,is one of the important organs of the human body,and mainly responsible for excretion of waste material.The spleen is the basis of life activities for human beings after birth,and the source of converting food into qi and blood.It serves the muscle and has the functions of regulating blood,transporting and converting nutrients,transporting and converting water and liquids,and ascending lucidity and descending turbidity,which are connected with the development,operation,maintenance,and repair of the pomen.If the spleen is healthy,the pomen can normally open and close,contract and relax,and the waste material can be excreted.However,if the spleen is not healthy,the pomen will not be moisturized enough and will be loose,so that exogenous evils will invade the body and cause various diseases.This paper combines classical traditional Chinese medicine books and clinical research in traditional Chinese medicine and summarizes the connotation and clinical significance that“spleen nourishing pomen”with an attempt to illustrate the significance of this theory in modern clinical practice.