Abstract
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) believes that the main pathogenesis of ulcerative
colitis is spleen deficiency; damp heat in the large intestine as the symptom, the
treatment must be warming, clearing, eliminating, tonifying, astringing concurrently.
From the concept of combining holism and the local treatment in TCM, idea of combining
internal and external treatment is adopted. That is, the external treatment follows
the therapeutic principle of using herbs with a bitter and cold nature to eliminate
stagnation, and the seven carbon decoction, which can clear heat and dampness, cool
the blood, and stop dysentery, is used as a rectal drip to retain the enema. Internal
treatment follows the therapeutic principle of warmly tonifying and cultivating vital
qi, with oral Chinese herbal medicine named Maodie Tang to strengthen the spleen and
tonify the kidney, clearing heat and inducing dampness.
Keywords
ulcerative colitis - combining internal and external treatment - Chinese herbal medicine
- seven carbon decoction - Maodie tang - oral administration of Chinese herbal medicine
