LIU Shoushan's Experience in Treating Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with Treatment of Three Methods and Three Stages
Adilijiang Abudureyimu
ZHOU Ting
YU Qiushi
ZHANG Tongtong
GUO Hongyu
CHENG Luyao
YUAN Yi
LI Duoduo
Abstract：Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis(DLSS),one of the most common types of lumbar spinal stenosis,should be attributed to the category of tendon paralysis and tendon injury in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),with complex disease cause and prolonged disease course.The core mechanism of the disease can be summarized as pain due to blockage or pain due to malnutrition.According to the characteristics of disease cause,disease mechanism and syndrome,Professor LIU Shoushan classified DLSS into early,middle and late stages,and put forward the principle of three methods and three stages step by step treatment,i.e.,the early stage is mainly treated with"purging method"to attack stasis and stagnation;the middle stage is mainly treated with"resolving method"to resolve the accumulated lumps and mass gradually;the late stage is mainly treated with"tonifying method"to supplement the deficiency.Besides,Professor LIU emphasized that elimination of blood stasis and purgation should be carried out throughout the treatment,but either method should be emphasized based on different stage.
Keywords：LIU Shoushandegenerative lumbar spinal stenosisthree methods and three stagestreatment based on stagestraditional Chinese medicine treatment
Publication Date：2025-06-05
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 675-679 )