Qian WANG, Peijin LI, Lixing LIU, et al. Discussion on TCM treatment of Wagner Grade 0 diabetic foot based on qi and blood theory. [J]. Modern Chinese Clinical Medicine 29(3):48-51(2022)
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Qian WANG, Peijin LI, Lixing LIU, et al. Discussion on TCM treatment of Wagner Grade 0 diabetic foot based on qi and blood theory. [J]. Modern Chinese Clinical Medicine 29(3):48-51(2022) DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-6606.2022.03.011.
Discussion on TCM treatment of Wagner Grade 0 diabetic foot based on qi and blood theory
A Wagner Grade 0 diabetic foot is the early stage of the condition
which suggests that the patient develops diabetic peripheral neuropathy and/or peripheral vascular disease without foot ulcers. TCM theories believe that "disharmony of qi and blood" is the root of Wagner Grade 0 diabetic feet. Its etiology and pathomechanism include: qi and blood depletion
yin impairment affecting yang
deficiency as the root; qi stagnation and blood stasis
blockage of meridians
excess as the branch; weakness of
wei
qi
disharmony of
ying
-blood
and subsequent susceptibility to exogenous pathogens; external invasion
worsening deficiency of qi and blood
which aggravates the disease. The key to the treatment is to treat the root by regulating qi and blood
balancing yin and yang
boosting qi and supplementing blood
to treat the branch by moving qi and invigorating blood
dissolving stasis and dredge collaterals
and
for those significantly weakened by the disease and thus unable to withstand the power of the medications
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