Perianal Crohn’s Disease

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

以肛周局部脓肿、肛瘘较多见,肛周常有脓液或分泌物,质稠厚,或局部胀痛灼热,可伴有腹痛,腹胀,发热;舌质红,苔黄腻,脉滑数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Local abscesses or fistulas around the anus are relatively common, causing discomfort.
  • There is often a discharge of pus or secretion around the anus, with a thick and sticky consistency.
  • The anal area may feel distending pain accompanied by a burning sensation.
  • Abdominal pain, bloating, and fever may also occur.
  • The tongue color is slightly red.
  • The tongue coating is yellow, thick, and greasy.
  • The pulse feels slippery and somewhat rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清热利湿

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Clears excess heat and fire from the body, helping relieve redness, burning sensations, dry mouth, and irritability.
  • Promotes the elimination of dampness and turbidity, helping reduce sensations of heaviness and stickiness, swelling, or excessive discharge.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

以肛周外痔皮赘及肛门直肠狭窄较多见。肛周有肿物突起,按之较硬,肛门胀痛或坠痛,或排便不畅,可伴有腹部包块或刺痛;舌紫暗,苔薄黄,脉弦涩

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • External hemorrhoids, skin tags, and anorectal strictures are commonly seen around the anus.
  • There are protruding masses around the anus that feel relatively hard upon pressure.
  • Anal distending pain or a bearing-down sensation may occur, along with difficult bowel movements.
  • Abdominal masses may be palpable, or there may be stabbing pain.
  • The tongue appears dark or purplish.
  • The tongue coating is thin and yellow.
  • The pulse feels tense, unsmooth, and rough.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

理气活血

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Smoothes and regulates the flow of qi, disperses stagnation, and helps relieve distension, chest tightness, belching, and migratory discomfort.
  • Promotes smooth blood circulation and resolves stasis, helping relieve sharp or fixed pain, and gradually reduces bruising and swelling.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

左少腹或脐周胀痛,痛则欲泄,便后痛减,大便稀溏,胸胁胀闷,嗳气食少,抑郁恼怒或情绪紧张时腹痛、腹泻加重,矢气频作;舌质淡,苔薄,脉弦

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Distending pain occurs in the left lower abdomen or around the navel, often triggering an urge to defecate; the pain is relieved after passing stool.
  • Stools are loose and poorly formed.
  • Distension and discomfort in the chest and hypochondrium, with a frequent sensation of blockage and fullness in the chest.
  • Frequent belching, poor appetite, and reduced food intake.
  • When feeling low, angry, or stressed, abdominal pain and diarrhea tend to worsen.
  • There is a marked increase in flatulence and frequent passing of gas.
  • The tongue appears pale, with an overall lack of color.
  • The tongue coating is relatively thin and not thick.
  • The pulse feels tight like a taut string.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

疏肝健脾

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Smooths constrained liver qi, helping ease emotions and qi flow, and reduces distension and discomfort.
  • Strengthens the spleen and stomach’s transportation and transformation, improving appetite and digestion, and helps relieve fatigue and loose stools.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

可见肛管浅表溃疡及肛裂,疼痛轻,以及反复发作、迁延不愈的肛周流稀薄脓液或分泌物,可伴有反复腹痛腹泻,纳差,神疲乏力,腰膝酸软;舌淡,苔薄白,脉细

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Superficial erosions and fissures appear in the anal canal, with mild, often dull, pain.
  • Chronic discharge of thin pus or sticky secretion from the perianal area, with repeated, lingering episodes.
  • Recurring abdominal pain and diarrhea, alternating between better and worse phases.
  • Poor appetite, with no desire to eat even when food is present, and significantly reduced food intake.
  • Mental fatigue and easy tiredness, with weak, heavy limbs and lack of strength.
  • Soreness, weakness, and a soft feeling in the lower back and knees, especially during daily activities.
  • The tongue is pale and whitish, lacking sufficient color overall.
  • The tongue has only a thin, light white coating that is not dense.
  • The pulse is thin, small, and weak, lacking strength.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

健脾益肾

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Strengthens the spleen and stomach’s transportation and transformation, helping improve appetite and digestion, and reduces bloating, loose stools, and fatigue.
  • Tonifies the kidney’s foundation and vitality, helping relieve soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, aversion to cold, frequent urination, and nocturia.

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