从“抑木扶土”辨治乳腺癌合并焦虑抑郁状态

Treating Breast Cancer with Anxiety and Depression Based on “Inhibiting Wood and Strengthening Earth”

摘要: 全文围绕“抑木扶土”即肝脾两脏对该疾病展开讨论，通过五行、一气周流理论论述肝木与脾土之间的生理与病理关系，从木土相生相克的关系阐述乳腺癌焦虑抑郁状态恶性循环的原因，乳腺癌作为女性最常见的恶性肿瘤之一，主要病机以肝脾二脏功能失调为本，以气郁、痰浊、瘀血为标，其伴随的焦虑抑郁情绪也不可忽视。

Abstract: This paper focuses on the disease centered on “Inhibiting Wood and Strengthening Earth”—the liver and spleen. It elaborates on the physiological and pathological relationships between liver wood and spleen earth based on the theories of the Five Elements and One Qi Circulation, and clarifies themechanism underlying the vicious of anxiety and depression in breast cancer through the interdependence and mutual restriction (mutual generation and mutual overcoming) between wood and earth in the Five Elements. As one of the most common malignant tumors in women, breast cancer has its core pathogenesis rooted in the dysfunction of the liver and spleen, with qi stagnation, phlegm turbidity, and blood stasis as secondary manifestations. The accompanying anxiety and depression should not be overlooked.