Stroke syndrome differentiation and treatment

Author: Han Zhenping
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book summarizes the discussions from past generations on the name, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment principles, nursing, rehabilitation, prevention, and commonly used formulas of stroke. It develops new theories for stroke based on traditional Chinese medicine. It highlights the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, believing that the affected area of stroke is the head, with the fundamental pathogenesis being blood stasis and blood overflow in the brain vessels. Especially in clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment, it considers stroke involving collaterals as characterized by sensory disturbances, with numbness of the limbs as the main symptom, blood stasis and impaired blood flow as the pathogenesis, and promoting blood circulation and unblocking collaterals as the treatment principle. Stroke involving meridians is characterized by motor disturbances, with hemiplegia as the main symptom, blood stasis and obstruction of meridians as the pathogenesis, and promoting blood circulation and unblocking meridians as the treatment principle. Stroke involving the bowels is characterized by mental disturbances, with delirium as the main symptom, blood reversal and congestion as the pathogenesis, and promoting blood circulation and clearing the bowels as the treatment principle. Stroke involving the viscera is characterized by consciousness disturbances, with coma as the main symptom, blood overflow and vessel rupture as the pathogenesis, and promoting blood circulation and restoring consciousness as the treatment principle. It is quite distinctive. The content is rich and well-organized, compiling clinical experiences of stroke from past generations and summarizing modern medical experiences of stroke, especially practical experiences in treating stroke at the grassroots level. It can serve as a reference for workers in clinical practice.