Author(s)

Longjun Sun ¹, Guangyan Lei ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shannxi, 712000, China
² Shaanxi Cancer Hospital, Xi'an, Shannxi, 710065, China

Corresponding Author

Longjun Sun

ABSTRACT

Constipation is a common clinical disease caused by loss of large intestine conduction. Chief physician Lei Guangyan has accumulated a lot of theoretical knowledge and clinical practice experience for patients with constipation after chemotherapy. He pointed out that patients with constipation after chemotherapy are mainly characterized by deficiency, which belongs to the original deficiency and the standard reality. They should mainly supplement deficiency and attack evil. Astragalus Zengye Decoction is composed of Astragalus, Angelica, Radix, Rehmanniae, Scrophulariae, Ophiopogon japonicus, Cistanche deserticola, hemp seed, cypress seed, Polygonum multiflorum, Magnolia officinalis, and Fructus aurantii immaturus. It can nourish qi and blood, and blend yin and yang. The use of Astragalus Zengye Decoction plus reduced chemical formula in the treatment of constipation due to the deficiency of both Qi and Yin after chemotherapy has achieved significant clinical efficacy, bringing good news to the majority of patients with constipation after chemotherapy. This article summarizes the thoughts and experience of Chief Physician Lei Guangyan in treating constipation after chemotherapy, and shares and communicates with the majority of colleagues.

KEYWORDS

Deficiency of both qi and yin, Constipation, Huangqi Zengye Decoction, Chemotherapy

CITE THIS PAPER

Longjun Sun, Guangyan Lei, Chief Physician Lei Guangyan's Experience in Treating Constipation due to Deficiency of Both Qi and Yin after Chemotherapy with Huangqi Zengye Decoction . MEDS Chinese Medicine (2022) Vol. 4: 65-72. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/medcm.2022.040809.

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