With the improvement of people's living standards, the number of patients with wasting-and-thirst is increasing year by year. Among the many complications caused by wasting-and-thirst, chest stuffiness is the most common, which is also one of the important causes of death. By referring to the literature on the treatment of wasting-and-thirst complicated with chest stuffiness in recent years, the thinking of treatment for wasting-and-thirst complicated with chest stuffiness was reviewed, including treating from zangfu organs and treating from deficiency, phlegm, blood stasis and poison. In the treatment of Zangfu organs, the treatment of spleen and stomach, the treatment of liver and kidney, and the treatment of heart and lung are described in detail. The treatment of wasting-and-thirst complicated with chest stuffiness is summarized, including single Chinese medicine treatment, compound Chinese medicine treatment and Chinese patent medicine treatment, so as to provide reference for clinical treatment of wasting-and-thirst complicated with chest stuffiness.

Zhuo Ma, Jingfeng Yang. Research progress on traditional Chinese medicine treatment of wasting-and-thirst complicated with chest stuffiness. International Journal of Frontiers in Medicine (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 9: 29-34. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFM.2024.060905.

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