Guangxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi 530001, China.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:835686. doi: 10.1155/2012/835686. Epub 2012 Mar 5.
In spite of the impressive progress in the investigation of hepatic encephalopathy (HE), the complex mechanisms underlying the onset and deterioration of HE are still not fully understood. Currently, none of the existing theories provide conclusive explanations on the symptoms that link liver dysfunction to nervous system disorders and clinical manifestations. This paper summarized the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches used for HE in modern medicine and traditional Chinese medicine and provided future perspective in HE therapies from the viewpoint of holistic and personalized Chinese medicine.
尽管在肝性脑病(HE)的研究方面取得了令人瞩目的进展,但HE 发病和恶化的复杂机制仍未完全阐明。目前,现有的理论没有一个能对将肝功能障碍与神经系统疾病和临床表现联系起来的症状提供确凿的解释。本文总结了现代医学和中医治疗 HE 的方法,并从整体和个性化中医的角度展望了 HE 治疗的未来。