Volume 2,Issue 1
Exploring the Approaches and Methods of Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) with Comprehensive Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy Based on the “Establishing the Extremes of Yin and Yang” Theory
This paper explores the approaches and methods of treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) with comprehensive Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapy, centered on the “Establishing the Extremes of Yin and Yang” theory. The paper proposes that the primary pathogenesis of CFS lies in the deficiency or imbalance of innate primordial Yin and Yang, or the imbalance between the body and its functions, leading to the weakness of the five internal organs or the blockage of essence, qi, and blood in the acquired constitution. Coupled with external factors such as family, work, interpersonal relationships, and lifestyle habits in modern society, over time, this can result in symptoms such as qi stagnation, phlegm turbidity, and blood stasis, which are the manifestations (biāo) of the disease, while the underlying deficiencies (běn) include qi and blood deficiency, essence depletion, and organ malnourishment, leading to symptoms such as cold limbs, shortness of breath, laziness in speech, and emaciation. To realize the diagnostic and therapeutic value of “constitution differentiation-disease differentiation-syndrome differentiation” in TCM’s “preventive treatment of disease”, the clinical approach takes the relationship between the body and its functions of the Yin and Yang extremes as the top-level design of the TCM diagnostic and therapeutic system. The paper focuses on adjusting the biased constitution caused by the imbalance between innate Yin and Yang and its functions as the foundation, identifying the malformations of acquired Yin and Yang and their functions, diagnosing diseases and differentiating syndromes, balancing Yin and Yang, regulating and nourishing the internal organs and qi-blood, emphasizing the concept of “correlation between constitution and disease.” The treatment involves combining TCM herbal formulas with external TCM therapies to “nourish the kidneys, regulate the spleen, and soothe the liver”, implementing holistic diagnosis and treatment throughout the entire life cycle to jointly promote the harmony of Yin and Yang, the abundance of qi and blood, and the smooth functioning of the internal organs.
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