WANG Shaoshan's Experience in Improving Postoperative Swelling of Knee Arthroscopy by Using Pi and Teng Chinese Medicinals in Combination
YAN Wenhai
SHAO Jiang
WANG Shaoshan
Abstract：Postoperative swelling after knee arthroscopy can be categorized as"paralysis"in traditional Chinese medicine.Prof.WANG Shaoshan holds that after knee joint injury,the patient's limbs are forbidden to movement,coupled with the trauma caused by the surgical process,and therefore blood stasis and water dampness block the meridians and channels of the human body throughout the disease course.The disease mechanism mainly involves qi stagnation and blood stasis,internal accumulation of water dampness,qi deficiency and blood stasis,and deficiency of liver and kidneys.Prof.Wang's formula for treating postoperative swelling after knee arthroscopy is based on the modification of Wupi Wuteng Decoction(五皮五藤饮),which consists of six Chinese medicinals,namely,the Sangbaipi(Cortex Mori),Dongguapi(Exocarpium Benincasae),Mudanpi(Cortex Moutan),Fulingpi(Cutis Poriae),Rendongteng(Caulis Lonicerae Japonicae),and Qingfengteng(Caulis Sinomenii).Pi medicinals and Teng medicinals are applied in combination.Pi medicinals could work on the skin while the Teng medicinals unblock collaterals.They work together to remove the stasis and stagnation internally and externally.In clinical practice,the formula can be modified based on the specific type of swelling observed after knee arthroscopy.
Keywords：post knee arthroscopyswellingpromoting diuresis and resolving stasisPi and Teng medicinals in combinationWANG Shaoshan
Publication Date：2025-02-04
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 218-221 )