Experience in differentiating and treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy based on "purging defensive aspect to expel heat of nutrient aspect" theory from Treatise on Warm-Heat Diseases
QIN Rui,CHEN Yupeng,ZHANG Wan,et al.Experience in differentiating and treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy based on "purging defensive aspect to expel heat of nutrient aspect" theory from Treatise on Warm-Heat Diseases[J]. Beijing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,44(08):1057-1060.
QIN Rui,CHEN Yupeng,ZHANG Wan,et al.Experience in differentiating and treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy based on "purging defensive aspect to expel heat of nutrient aspect" theory from Treatise on Warm-Heat Diseases[J]. Beijing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,44(08):1057-1060. DOI: 10.16025/j.1674-1307.2025.08.023.
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the common chronic complications of diabetes. Professor NI Qing believes that the disease locates in the nutrient and blood, with heat entering the nutrient and blood and consuming the nutritional
Yin
being a critical pathological process. Phlegm and blood stasis binding together, and obstruction of the triple energizer are the main causes of the disease. The key to its onset lies in the suppression of the defensive aspect, which makes it difficult for pathogenic heat to escape. The "purging defensive aspect to expel heat of nutrient aspect" method in
Treatise on Warm-Heat Diseases
(
Wen Re Lun
) is applied in the treatment of DPN. By employing methods such as gently dispersing and releasing, eliminating phlegm, resolving blood stasis, and restor
ing the foundation, the nutrient pivot is regulated, which helps improve the symptoms of DPN.
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