| Constipation is one of the most common symptoms of the digestive system, which is manifested by defecation difficulty and (or) reducing the number of defecation (the frequency of spontaneous defecation is less than 3 times per week), and dry and hard feces. Because of diet, hot and dry internal knot, emotional disorders or physical deficiency, resulting in the large intestine lost in moisten, conduction function disorder, and it is difficult to produce . In ancient literature, it is also called "difficult stool", "spleen about", "secret astringent", "secret knot" and so on. This disease can be seen in all age groups, the incidence is between 3% and 21%, women are significantly higher than men, the prevalence of the elderly population over 60 years old can be as high as 15%~20%, and the prevalence increases significantly with the increase of age. Although constipation is not life-threatening, it obviously affects the quality of life of patients, causes anxiety, depression and other mental disorders, and aggravates the economic burden of the society. Long-term and severe constipation will increase the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents, and increase the risk of colorectal cancer and breast cancer. Professor Lin Aizhen is a doctoral supervisor, the seventh batch of national old TCM experts academic experience inheritance guidance teachers, the third batch of national outstanding TCM clinical talents, national experts of traditional Chinese medicine anorectal experts, famous Hualin, deep anorectal field of traditional Chinese medicine, inheritance and innovation, both good at grasping the main contradiction, and use the same, grasp the patients; using the individualized differences and using the prescription. Now the author will summarize the clinical experience, temporary thinking and medication skills of the treatment of constipation from the liver and spleen during the seventh batch of learning period, so as to provide the colleagues. |