Treatment of Geriatric Debilitating Syndrome based on the Theory of Deficiency Fire and Latent Fire
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https://doi.org/10.53469/jcmp.2025.07(03).23Keywords:
Geriatric infirmity, Deficiency fire and latent fire, Deficiency laborAbstract
Geriatric infirmity is a non-specific state of the elderly due to the decrease of physiological reserve function, the increase of vulnerability to external factors, the decrease of anti-stress ability and the decrease of the body’s ability to maintain its own homeostasis. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) attributes it to the category of “deficiency labor”. The basic pathogenesis of kidney deficiency, the principle of treatment is to replenish the kidney and fill in the essence for treatment, the Ming Dynasty physician Wang Qishi, “Lixu Yuanjian” that the pathogenesis of deficiency labor is closely related to the “deficiency fire”. Deficiency fire belongs to yang deficiency lesions, and latent fire belongs to yin deficiency lesions. This paper examines this theory in order to provide more ideas for the clinical treatment of geriatric debility syndrome.
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