Huangdi Neijing is an ancient medical classic, in which a chapter on flaccidity syndrome is set up, and the etiology and pathogenesis of flaccidity syndrome are expounded in detail.
Huangdi Neijing is one of the earliest and most important books in China medical history, which laid the foundation for the development of later medicine. In the special chapter of Huang Di Nei Jing, the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and treatment methods of flaccidity syndrome were elaborated in detail, which had an important influence on the research of flaccidity syndrome in later generations.
Flaccidity syndrome refers to a kind of disease with flaccidity and weakness of bones and muscles, emaciation of muscles, numbness of skin and hands and feet. Clinically, it is more common that the feet are flaccid and cannot move at will, so it is called flaccid gentleman.
In modern medicine, polyneuritis, syringomyelia, muscular atrophy, myasthenia, lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease, periodic paralysis, muscular dystrophy, hysterical paralysis and sequelae of central nervous system infection manifested as paralysis all belong to the category of flaccidity syndrome.
Huangdi Neijing describes the etiology and pathogenesis of flaccidity syndrome in detail, and puts forward that lung heat and leaf scorch are the main pathogenesis. Diseases of the five internal organs are caused by the heat of dirty qi, or emotional injury, or renal failure in the elderly, or soaking in damp heat. The key to pathology lies in the loss of qi, blood and body fluid.
On this basis, later doctors further realized through practice that deficiency of yin and yang, deficiency of qi and blood, deficiency of body fluid, deficiency of damp phlegm, deficiency of blood stasis and deficiency of food accumulation can all make people impotent. At present, there are three common types of flaccidity syndrome in clinic: lung and gastric juice injury, liver and kidney loss, and damp-heat immersion.
Huangdi Neijing also discusses the treatment methods of flaccidity syndrome, emphasizing syndrome differentiation and treatment, and adopting corresponding treatment methods according to the etiology and pathogenesis. Such as flaccidity syndrome caused by lung heat and leaf scorch, it is advisable to clear away heat and moisten lung, nourish yin and reduce fire; Flaccidity syndrome caused by liver and kidney loss should nourish liver and kidney, strengthen tendons and bones; For flaccidity syndrome caused by damp-heat immersion, it is advisable to clear away heat and promote diuresis, dredge collaterals and relieve pain.
Huangdi Neijing set up a special chapter on flaccidity syndrome, and elaborated the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and treatment methods of flaccidity syndrome in detail, which provided an important theoretical basis for future research on flaccidity syndrome.