Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation of TCM Etiology and Pathogenesis.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 14 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute exacerbation of TCM Etiology and Pathogenesis Author: Wang Xuehui, Fengjun Fei, Jian-Qiu Liu, Li Zhuying Abstract Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of persistent airway obstruction or airway is not completely irreversible disease characterized by airflow limitation, acute exacerbation, when cough, sputum, dyspnea increased. Traditional Chinese Medicine that the disease is a pulmonary distention, dyspnea card areas such as study of its etiology and pathogenesis, the virtual standard real, on the fiction inherent Morishita the cause, the importance of external factors exogenous evils motivated. Medical point of view from which to explore the etiology and pathogenesis, for dialectical unity to guide treatment, improve the clinical efficacy are of great significance. Keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / TCM; Lung / pathology; Kidney / pathology; Spleen / pathology Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Chronic Objective Pulmonary Disease, COPD, referred to as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is not fully reversible airflow limitation, showing progressive increase, seriously affect the patient’s working capacity and quality of life [1], is caused by invalidity and death One of the major diseases [2]. COPD patients with acute exacerbation, the patient’s breathing difficulties, cough, and (or) change in sputum beyond day to day changes in the situation and the need to change the conventional drug therapy [3]. Chinese medicine believes that the disease is a lung inflation, in areas such as asthma card. In recent years, Chinese medicine, prevention and treatment of this disease made some progress, so explore the etiology and pathogenesis of this disease prevention and treatment of this disease has a theoretical significance and practical value. An understanding of the ancient physicians As early as in the “Nei Jing