仝小林基于“少火生气”应用淫羊藿治疗甲减经验

Tong Xiaolin's experience in the treatment of hypothyroidism with epimedium herb based on the theory of"a junior fire supporting vital qi"

总结仝小林院士基于“少火生气”理论应用淫羊藿治疗甲减的临床经验。甲状腺功能减退患者的基本病机是肾阳不足,“少火”不能生气,助推了乏力、形寒肢冷等临床症状的发生。淫羊藿具有补肾助阳之功效,少火足则君火明,应用该药可改善患者甲减虚寒的体质,结合现代药理研究,巧妙合理应用可起到“少火生气”、精微源源不竭的作用,改善甲状腺功能,调节相关激素水平。

This paper summarizes Professor Tong Xiaolin's clinical experience in the treatment of hypothyroidism with epimedium herb based on the theory of"a junior fire supporting vital qi".Kidney yang deficiency is a common pathogenesis of hypothyroidism as a junior fire fails to support vital qi,promoting the occurrence of its clinical symptoms such as fatigue,cold body and limbs,etc.Epimedium herb has the effect of tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang,which can in turn empower the junior fire and reinforce the sovereign fire.Applied in the treatment of hypothyroidism,it can promote the effect of"a junior fire supporting vital qi",regulate the related hormone levels,and improve patients'deficient cold constitution and thyroid function.