Do you have any knowledge about gastrointestinal health?

Gastrointestinal tract is the most important organ in human digestive system, and it is the place where the body exchanges materials with the outside world. Nutrients necessary for human life activities are absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract, and more than 90% toxins in the body are excreted by the intestine. There is a saying that "ten people have nine kinds of stomach diseases". Gastrointestinal diseases such as chronic colitis, obsolete gastropathy, long-term diarrhea, emaciation, loss of appetite, and digestive tract ulcer seriously endanger human health. According to the statistics of WHO, there are 654.38+0.2 billion patients with gastrointestinal diseases in China alone, among whom middle-aged and elderly people account for more than 70%. Every year, the number of people who die from gastrointestinal diseases in the world exceeds 10 million, and the number of people who die from diarrhea alone is as high as more than 4 million. Gastrointestinal diseases can not be effectively treated or cured for a long time, which will cause gastrointestinal mucosal ulcer erosion, perforation and even cancer. At the same time, gastrointestinal diseases, as a common and high-incidence disease, not only make people suffer, but also accumulate toxins in the body, block the source of human nutrition, reduce human immunity, and cause serious complications, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, hepatobiliary diseases, anemia, diabetes, sexual dysfunction and so on. It can be said that "gastrointestinal diseases are full of diseases." Traditionally, gastrointestinal diseases are difficult to cure. The main reasons are: first, the treatment method is single, the medicine is single, the effect is single, and the curative effect is single. It can only treat intestinal diseases and stomach diseases. One drug has been used for many years or multiple drugs act on a single part, which has great limitations and does not take into account the relationship between the part and the whole; Second, although the stomach and intestine are treated at the same time, the spleen and kidney, the root causes of gastrointestinal diseases, have not been fundamentally regulated, and the digestive system as a whole has not been effectively treated according to syndrome differentiation and cross-system treatment. Third, it is impossible to effectively improve the immunity of the body without establishing the balance of bacteria in the human environment. Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that "the stomach governs the reception, decays Shui Gu, and governs the descending", and the intestine "receives substances, distinguishes turbidity, guides dregs and governs absorption". There is a saying that "the large intestine and small intestine belong to the stomach", that is, "the stomach is the source of the intestine", which embodies the dialectical relationship that Chinese medicine believes that the stomach is a whole and the intestine must be treated first to treat the stomach. Spleen "governs transport and transformation, which is related to stomach" and "spleen and stomach". The function of stomach acceptance and spleen transport is called "stomach qi", so people should take "stomach qi" as the basis, that is, "spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow", which shows the close relationship between spleen and stomach. Kidney and stomach are also closely related, "kidney is the innate foundation", and at the same time, "kidney is the portal of stomach" and "kidney deficiency is the cold of stomach" reflect this internal relationship. Therefore, Chinese medicine requires that the treatment of diseases must be based on syndrome differentiation. As an organic whole of human body, viscera interact with each other. Therefore, the treatment of diseases must start with local treatment and overall conditioning at the same time, in order to treat both the symptoms and root causes. Because the local lesions of the intestine or stomach are often the reflection of the overall lesions of the human body, we should start from the whole; The rehabilitation of local gastrointestinal diseases is helpful to the functional recovery of the whole digestive system and the body. For gastrointestinal diseases, it is marked in gastrointestinal tract and spleen and kidney. In fact, it is spleen and kidney deficiency. Therefore, the spleen and kidney are the most closely related organs, and the local treatment of gastrointestinal tract must be adjusted as a whole. Only by regulating spleen and kidney synchronously can gastrointestinal diseases be fully and thoroughly recovered. Modern medical research shows that gastrointestinal diseases are also related to the destruction of gastrointestinal mucosa by various pathogenic microorganisms invading and lurking in the gastrointestinal tract. Such as HP (Helicobacter pylori), Escherichia coli, enterovirus, etc. It is an important factor causing stomach diseases and intestinal inflammation. In order to completely solve the problem of gastrointestinal diseases, we must also effectively kill and inhibit pathogenic microorganisms such as HP and enterovirus, and eliminate the harm to the stomach. In the past, simple antibiotics were used for treatment. Antibiotics do kill and inhibit pathogenic microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract, but it is difficult to completely eliminate hidden pathogenic microorganisms because of their general stubbornness. Moreover, excessive use of antibiotics for a long time has obvious side effects and is easy to produce drug resistance, which is extremely unfavorable for the re-treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and other diseases in the future. From the microecological point of view, intestinal flora imbalance is the basis of gastrointestinal diseases, and maintaining intestinal ecological balance is the guarantee of gastrointestinal health. The premise of intestinal microecological balance is to maintain the absolute advantage of beneficial bacteria such as Bifidobacterium, and the "struggle" between beneficial bacteria and harmful bacteria is a natural conditioning process in human body. Through TCM conditioning, the normal reproduction and growth of beneficial flora can be promoted, and harmful flora can be inhibited, so that both sides can maintain an "ecological balance". This aspect is also the difference between modern Chinese medicine and microecology (a branch of Chinese medicine) in the rehabilitation of gastrointestinal diseases. Based on the holistic concept, traditional Chinese medicine believes that local lesions are often the reaction of overall lesions. For example, ulcerative colitis is a local lesion of the large intestine, but it is closely related to the overall lesion of the body. Therefore, adjusting the balance of Yin, Yang, Qi and blood in the whole body can promote the absorption of local lesions, and the improvement of local lesions is helpful to the recovery of overall function. Therefore, the treatment of colitis should adopt the principle of combining whole and local treatment. Distribution of spleen governing transport, metaplasia and subtle Shui Gu. If spleen deficiency leads to dereliction of duty, dampness is endogenous, or exogenous pathogens and diet are easy to hurt people and stop accumulation, causing pathogens to accumulate in the large intestine and qi to stagnate in the fu organs; For a long time, spleen deficiency, spleen disease and kidney deficiency have interacted with each other, leading to prolonged course of disease. However, the disease originates from the spleen, and its disease is in the intestine. Treating spleen is the key to holistic treatment. Clinically, we should give priority to invigorating spleen and qi, combined with the principles of eliminating dampness and regulating qi, inhibiting liver stagnation, promoting blood circulation and warming yang, nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, and arresting astringency and stagnation. Local treatment should be based on the principles of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis and promoting blood circulation, cooling blood, removing putrefaction and promoting granulation, and is often used with overall treatment; For example, when the condition is serious and the evidence is outstanding, simple oral medication often can't make the drug reach the disease site directly, and the curative effect is poor. Therefore, at the same time of oral administration of traditional Chinese medicine, local administration methods such as navel and rectum are often used. Practice has proved that the combination of umbilical and rectal administration and holistic syndrome differentiation treatment can improve the clinical efficacy, which is the embodiment of combining the whole with the local and treating both the symptoms and the root causes. (Excerpted from Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment of Idiopathic Colitis, Tianjin Science and Technology Translation Press)