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Erysipelas is an acute inflammation of the skin’s reticular lymphatic vessels and its surrounding tissues caused by hemolytic streptococcus infection, which usually occurs in the lower extremities. Before the onset of the disease, the skin is often damaged, and pathogenic bacteria invade through the wound to cause infection. The clinical manifestations are sudden onset, local skin redness, swelling, heat, pain, clear boundary, or accompanied by systemic symptoms such as aversion to cold, fever, anorexia, and sepsis blood syndrome may occur in severe cases. Antibacterial drugs are often used systemically for treatment, but pathogenic bacteria can be latent in the lymphatic vessels, resulting in repeated episodes of the disease. Repeated attacks of erysipelas in the lower extremities can cause lymphatic obstruction, resulting in “elephantema”, which brings inconvenience and psychological pressure to patients. Diabetic patients have decreased resistance. In addition, blood vessels and neuropathy lead to poor blood circulation in the lower extremities, chapped skin, and poor anti-infective treatment effect, resulting in a high incidence of erysipelas and easy recurrence. Professor Fan Guanjie, adhering to the Taoist “movement and static view” philosophy of traditional Chinese medicine, uses the “movement-determination sequence and eight methods” to treat diabetes combined with erysipelas as a whole, with outstanding curative effect.
Lin, female, 66 years old, diabetic for more than 8 years.
First visit:
Complaint: repeated lower rightextremity redness, swelling, heat and pain for 4 years, with attacks 2-3 times a year. /span>The right lower extremity was gradually swollen in 1 year, the skin thickened and rough, no depression after pressing, accidentally broken skin, Then nourishwaterexudate. Patient1 week agoreappearance of right foot to rightthighswelling and hard, superficial Bright, when pressed, the skin is freshred, and it burns to the touch, painunbearable, with chills and fever, the highest body temperature3 8.6℃, loss of appetite, irritabilityinsomnia, Dry mouth prefers cold drinks, sticky stoolstagnantunpleasant, tonguepurplered< /span>, yellow furthickgreasy, slippery pulse. The patient’s fasting blood glucose8.3-10.2mmol/L, and 2h postprandial blood glucose was 11.0-16.4mmol/L. Glycated hemoglobin 8.7%.
Diagnosis: Erysipelas.
Differentiation: Damp heat toxin accumulation, qi and blood burnt.
Treatment method: clearing away heat and dampness, cooling blood and detoxifying.
Oral prescription: Honeysuckle 20g, Forsythia 20g, Viola 20g, Dandelion 15g, Yinchen 15g, Atractylodes Rhizoma 15g, Treats 15g, Plantain 30g, Achyranthes 15g, Cortex Moutan 20g, Red Peony 20g, Scrophularia 20g, Lithospermum 15g, Coix Seed 30g, Rhubarb 10g. 1 dose per day, a total of 7 doses. External application of Sihuang honey ointment to the right lower extremity, 3 times a day, 30 minutes each time. Considering the patient’s acute active erysipelas and high blood sugar, NovoRapid 30 (20U in the early and 16U in the evening) combined with metformin sustained-release tablets (0.5g bid) was firstly administered to control the blood sugar.
complained that the fever decreased after taking the medicine, and the fever subsided within 2 days , Carved right lower extremity pain was significantly relieved, the skin temperature was slightly warm, the skin was soft, the complexion was slightly dark red, and the swelling was slightly reduced. The spirit and appetite are improved, the night can be restful, a little dry mouth and no desire to drink, and the stool is adjusted. Red tongue, yellow and white coating slightly greasy, slippery pulse. The fasting blood sugar decreased by 5.6-7.8mmol/L, and the 2h postprandial blood sugar was 6.5-10.7mmol/L. In the front, go to comfrey, rhubarb, dandelion, violacean, 15g of jazelan, 15g of Alisma, 15g of tuckahoe, 10g of fangji, 14 doses, the medication method is the same as before. The patient’s blood sugar decreased and insulin dosage was adjusted.
The patient had no fever and pain in the right lower extremity, dark skin tone, and swelling of the right thigh Subsided, there are skin lines, the right calf is still swollen, there is no depression, the tongue is dark red, the coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is stringy. Self-reported blood sugar control was up to standard. Recipe: Motherwort 30g, Angelica 15g, Red Peony 15g, Plantain 15g, Astragalus 15g, Atractylodes Radix 15g, Atractylodes 15g, Poria 15g, Radix Rhizoma 30g, Zelan 15g, Mulberry Branch 30g, Achyranthes 15g, Coix Seed 20g . 14 doses, decocted in water, 1 dose per day, washed with medicinal residues. The patient was then instructed to stop insulin and take metformin sustained-release tablets (0.5 g bid) orally to lower blood sugar.
Slightly swollen right calf, heavy in the morning and evening , Pale red tongue, white coating, weak pulse. He continued to take 14 doses in the front, and after follow-up, the right calf was completely normal, and there was no recurrence. He recently checked the glycated hemoglobin of 6.5%, and the blood sugar control was up to the standard.
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The Tao Te Ching says: “Tao produces one, one life two, two Three, three give birth to all things. All things bear yin and embrace yang, and they are in harmony with qi.” “Dao” is the beginning of heaven and earth, the mother of all things, and the source of change, and it is all-encompassing. The sympathy of yin and yang, rooting each other, promotes the eternal and endless motion of all things in the universe, and its motion follows certain laws, and finally achieves relative stillness and stability. “Dynamic-Deterministic Sequential Eight Laws” draws on the Taoist philosophy of movement and stillness. Syndrome is a high-level summary of the nature of the disease location and disease nature at a certain stage of the disease. It is relatively stable. At the same time, with the transformation of the disease process, it is also dynamic.
The patient of this case is usually addicted to food, fat, sweet and thick taste, body fat, and chronic illness, liver qi stagnation, damage to the spleen and stomach qi machine, abnormal transportation and transformation, damp turbidity inside, dampness evil Heavy turbidity tends to go down, easy to attack the Yin position, so the lower limbs are swollen; wet stickiness, accumulation of heat for a long time, cementation with each other, lying in the body, making the erysipelas persistent and difficult to heal and easy to recur. Liver stagnation and dampness, qi stagnation transforms into fire, heat enters blood, water does not normalize, and body fluid is consumed, resulting in thirst. At the time of first diagnosis, it was the acute active stage of erysipelas. The exogenous dampness and fire poison combined with the internal dampness and heat, and the poisonous heat staved off knots and blocked the meridian skin, causing the local skin and flesh to be red, swollen, hot, and painful; So see high fever, irritability, insomnia and so on. In this period, fire toxin is the most important, and dampness is the second. Therefore, clearing away heat and detoxification should be the main treatment principle, expelling evil spirits, preventing evil spirits in depth, and controlling the progress of the disease. Honeysuckle, forsythia, dandelion, and violet root can clear away heat and detoxify, eliminate carbuncle and disperse knots; Cortex Phellodendri, Atractylodes, Yinchen, Plantain, Coix Seed can decompose dampness and heat, and regulate Sanjiao; Scrophularia and red peony can cool blood and nourish yin; Achyranthes can be used in various medicines and heat to descend. At the second diagnosis, most of the heat toxins have been resolved, mainly due to dampness, so the treatment focuses on strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, and also clearing away heat and promoting blood circulation. Eliminate bitter and cold tastes such as comfrey, dandelion, rhubarb, and violet, to avoid inhibiting the healthy movement of the spleen and stomach, which is not conducive toMeridian qi and blood dredge. In the third and fourth consultations, erysipelas is chronically delayed, long-term illness consumes qi and blood, blood flow is not smooth, positive deficiency and evil, dampness gathers and produces phlegm, blocks meridians, and blood is unfavorable, which is water, overflowing skin, and visible limb edema. . Treatment should focus on invigorating qi and spleen, nourishing blood and activating blood, warming and dredging meridians, supplemented by dampness and heat-clearing. The pathogenesis of this patient is a combination of dampness, poison, and blood stasis. The changes of the core pathogenesis at different stages dominate the development of the disease. Professor Fan Guanjie “sets” the target “syndrome” and applies precise and dynamic treatment to eliminate the persistent disease.
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Medical Guidance:Fan Guanjie,< /strong>Provincial Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Excellent TCM Clinical Talent Instructor, Chief Physician, Doctoral Supervisor
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Thursday afternoon (13:30-15:30) | Fangcun Hospital |
Sunday afternoon (13:30-15: 00) | Gushengtang Outpatient Department |
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Traditional Chinese medicine is an excellent representative of traditional Chinese culture. The book “Clinical Thinking of Traditional Chinese Medicine” is to use various mainstream philosophical thinking methods at home and abroad to discuss the remodeling and construction of traditional Chinese medicine theory. It is a new attempt to break through the theory of traditional Chinese medicine.It is also a vivid example of Chinese cultural self-confidence. The theory of “Philosophy of Traditional Chinese Medicine” originates from clinical practice, and is higher than clinical practice, and guides clinical application. This book systematically expounds Professor Fan Guanjie’s clinical medical thoughts, and is also a summary of Professor Fan’s clinical experience.
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