Guo Peng, MD, Clinical Director Of The Essence Of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver

Purpose:In recent years, with the improvement of people’s living standards, the onset percentage of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is now increasing, which has become common one of modern diseases, and is also one of the most common diseases in the Asian region; therefore, preventions and treatments of non-alcoholic fatty liver have become more attractive these days. However, treatments of Western medicine for the diseases are not as comprehensive and effective as Chinese medicine. Accordingly, under the guidance of instructors, author accomplished the learning and discussion of pathogenesis, clinical characteristics and treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases.Method:Author beginning with Chinese classical theory, and investigating for medical literature over the years while collecting all literature about the progress, the syndrome, and the clinical treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease that researched by Chinese Medicine from year2000to2013in China Hospital Knowledge Database (CHKD) for which personal view provided and has established corresponding theory basis for the dialectical treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, respectively.Results:In consideration of Chinese medicine classical theory and ancient literature relating the same, while uniting both the literature of Epidemiology and dialectical treatment, it is to be discovered that stagnation of liver, spleen, phlegm and blood stasis are the onset keys of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Author also referred to the dialectical type by the Stomach Branch of the China Medical Association made for the disease in2010, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is classified as five major disease type consist of stagnation of liver-qi with deficiency, stagnation of phlegm, endoretention of damp heat, qi-stagnancy and blood stasis, and deficiency of liver and kidney, where the corresponding treatments are soothing the liver and invigorating the spleen method, invigorating spleen for eliminating dampness method, clearing heat and eliminating dampness, resolving phlegm and removeing blood stasis method, liver and kidney tonifying method. On the using and prescribing of medicine, treatments have been made by corresponding self-prescribing prescription in accordance with clinical experience for the past many years of instructor. Moreover, in the treatment of the disease, the cooperation of diet and exercise are necessary to raise the efficacy.Conclusion:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease are resulted from the air disorder inside the body and Phlegm stasis at liver due to improper diet, maladjustment of work and rest, emotional maladjustment or elderly kidney deficiency. Patients may presents different syndromes due to the length of the course. In the treatments of the disease, the treatment direction could be clarified if coordinate with corresponding assistant check to diagnosis clearly. It should also be told to patients to develop good habits (such as: light diet, regular exercise, etc.) in the treatment to prevent recurrence of the disease.