肝硬变合并腹水在祖国医学一般称为“臌胀病”,历代以来对此病记载较多,如内经水胀篇记载:“腹胀身皆大……身苍黄,腹筋起,此其候也”。古人把肝硬变所引起的黄疸和门脉受阻而致腹壁静脉曲张,描写得很清楚,又如金匮水气篇记载:“肝水者,其腹大,不能转侧,胁下腹痛……”。指出了肝硬变之主要症状和肝病所引起之腹水特征常伴有胁下腹痛,朱丹溪有“皮间有红缕赤痕”为血肿之记载,这和现代医学所指蜘蛛痣征象相似。祖国医学对在消除腹水问题上,很重观根据患者体质和症状的虚实来决定方剂和药量以及补泻之进退,通常应以寒、热、虚、实之变为依据,因此鉴别虚、实甚为重要,医借鉴别虚实方法,以李士 Cirrhosis with ascites in the motherland medicine is generally referred to as “swollen disease”, since ancient times more records of the disease, such as the internal hydration articles recorded: “abdominal distension are large ... body yellow, abdominal tendons, this time also ”. The ancients caused by liver cirrhosis caused by jaundice and portal vein obstruction caused by abdominal varicose veins, described very clearly, another example of the Jin Kui gas records articles: “liver water, the abdomen, can not turn side, threatening abdominal pain ... ... ”. Pointed out that the main symptoms of liver cirrhosis and liver disease caused by ascites are often accompanied by signs of abdominal pain, Zhu Danxi has “skin scarred red line” for the hematoma records, which is similar to modern medicine and signs of spider nevus. On the issue of elimination of ascites, the motherland’s medicine is based on the actual conditions of the patient’s physique and symptoms to determine the prescription and dose as well as the advance and retreat of reinforcing and diarrhea. Normally, it should be based on cold, heat, In fact, it is very important