Study on the theory and prescription of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Abstract

Pulmonary interstitial fibrosis (PIF) is a chronic progressive fibrotic interstitial inflammatory lung disease. The pathogenesis and pathogenesis of PIF are still unclear and there is a lack of effective treatment. As the incidence of PIF increases year by year, the mortality of PIF is not optimistic This paper will summarize the TCM theories related to pulmonary interstitial fibrosis excavated from HowNet database and draw the following conclusions: the theoretical understanding of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis includes the following: lung collaterals, toxic damage to lung collaterals, fire subduing yin collaterals, triple energizer gasification, yin deficiency and blood stasis, Xuanfu theory, yang transforming qi and yin forming, lung being blood viscera; Study on single medicine of traditional Chinese medicine, such as Hongqi, earthworm, Astragalus, Polygonum cuspidatum and other ancient prescriptions, such as Maimendong Decoction, Xiefei Decoction and Yang, and Tang physician prescriptions, such as Qidong Huoxue Yin Feixian Prescription, can effectively delay pulmonary interstitial fibrosis.