Hyperthyroidism Theoretical And Experimental Study

Hyperthyroidism refers to a group of endocrine diseases due to hyper thyroid function and increased thyroxin secretion or high level of thyroxin in the blood,which is the same as strumous diathesis or goiter and tumor or qi goiter or the middle emaciation depressed liver or the hepatic fire in TCM.Abundant experience has been accumulated in treating this disease by TCM from the past.The basic theory reasearch and clinical technology have improved greatly along with the progress of modern science and technology,which offers a broad area to treat this kind of disease by combination with TCM and western medicine.This disease can occur in any ages and mostly in the youth of 20~40.There are 3.7 hundred million people live in the area easy to have this disease and the amount of the patients are 35000 thousands or so according to the epidemiological report.Once the person have this disease,it would last for a several years and reoccur constantly,which influence the life and work severely.There is an increased tendency of the incidence rate of this disease. The western medicine is limited in treating this kind of disease due to high incidence rate and complexity of this disease.It is preponderant to treat this kind of disease with TCM and combination with TCM and western medicine.Thus,it is necessary to carry out advanced theory and experiment reaseach on the treatment of this disease with TCM for extending use in clinic..