Abstract

LOVIO NODARSE, Yolaine; PERDOMO DELGADO, Johann; CASTRO MORILLO, Eva María  and  HERNANDEZ MENENDEZ, Miguel. Ru-Pi in Traditional Chinese Medicine: differentiation and treatment. Rev.Med.Electrón. [online]. 2016, vol.38, n.2, pp. 251-260. ISSN 1684-1824.

The fibrocystic disease is the most frequent mamma disorder during the stage of sexual maturity. More than 30 % of the women in Cuba suffer from that disease. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, it corresponds mainly with Ru-Pi category. With the aim of identifying the characteristics of this disease from the perspective of the Traditional Chinese Medicine, a search was carried out in the Health Virtual Library Infomed, in several international databases and in the Library of the Provincial Reference Service of Traditional and Natural Medicine of Matanzas. 32 articles and 17 books were reviewed without limitation of edition year and country, choosing 27 of them qualitatively adjusted to the research aims. Ru-Pi is widely defined as a long-lasting appearance nodule (or nodules) in the mamma; these nodules are not suppurative. They are differenced according to the traditional syndrome diagnosis mainly as liver Qi stagnation, liver Qi stagnation transformed in fire, liver Qi stagnation concomitant with Xu (deficiency) of Yin, and Qi stagnation concomitant with Chon and Ren canals disharmony. There it were exposed the treatment principles of this disease and the therapeutic schemes defined according to the models of the Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Keywords : mamma fibrocystic disease; Dysplasia; fibroadenoma; cancer of mamma; Chinese Traditional Medicine; Ru-Pi.

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