Author(s)

Fan Yafei ¹, Zhang Qiang ¹, Guo Yaxiong ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, 712046, China
² Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, 712000, China

Corresponding Author

Guo Yaxiong

ABSTRACT

With the progress of social and economic development, people's attention to pediatric height is increasing. As a common disease in modern medical treatment, dwarfism is still lacking in its related prevention and treatment. The purpose of this paper is to summarize and analyze the pathogenesis of dwarfism through the study of Chinese medicine literature related to dwarfism in recent years, and to make corresponding treatments for its pathogenesis, with a view to providing theoretical help for clinicians in the treatment of dwarfism.

KEYWORDS

Dwarfism; traditional Chinese medicine; etiology and pathogenesis; diagnosis and treatment; external therapeutic method

CITE THIS PAPER

Fan Yafei, Zhang Qiang, Guo Yaxiong, Current Status of Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment of Dwarfism. MEDS Chinese Medicine (2023) Vol. 5: 71-79. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/medcm.2023.050810.

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