溃疡性结肠炎的中医药治疗研究进展

Research Progress in Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis with Traditional Chinese Medicine

溃疡性结肠炎(ulcerative colitis,UC)是一种病因尚不十分明确、以结直肠黏膜连续性、弥漫性炎症改变为特点的慢性非特异性肠道炎性疾病,其病变主要限于大肠黏膜和黏膜下层。西医尚无可治愈该病的特效药物,氨基水杨酸类、糖皮质激素或免疫抑制剂虽对本病均有一定疗效,但服药时间长,不良反应大;中医药治疗慢性溃疡性结肠炎具有自身特点和独特优势,疗效稳定,不易复发,避免了西药治疗带来的不良反应,且治疗费用低廉,符合国情,深受患者欢迎,具有广阔的应用前景。该文就中医治疗溃疡性结肠炎的研究进展进行分析探讨,综述如下。

Ulcerative colitis(UC) is a chronic non-specific intestinal inflammatory disease characterized by continuous and diffuse inflammatory changes of colorectal mucosa,the etiology of which is not very clear.Its lesions are mainly limited to the mucosa and submucosa of the large intestine.There is no specific drug that can treat the disease in western medicine.Although aminosalicylic acid,glucocorticoids or immunosuppressants have certain effects on the disease,they take a long time and have large toxic and side effects.Traditional Chinese medicine has its own characteristics and unique advantages in treating chronic ulcerative colitis.It has stable curative effect and is not easy to relapse.It can avoid the toxic and side effects of western medicine treatment,and the treatment cost is low.It is in line with the national conditions and is welcomed by patients.It has broad application prospects.In this paper,the research progress of traditional Chinese medicine treating ulcerative colitis was analyzed and discussed.The review was as follows.