title: Study on traditional Chinese medicine theory of lung being connected with large intestine.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The theory of lung being connected with large intestine, which is a major topic in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), has guided clinical practice for thousands of years in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study, we analyzed the history, main contents, clinical application, and material basis of the theory, to attempt to improve the potential clinical significance of "lung being connected with large intestine" in China.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The lung being connected with large intestine was first described in "Huang Di Nei Jing", and formed one of the basic theories of TCM. For thousands of years, the majority of TCM practitioners explored this theory continuously, leading to its development and use as an important theory in the guidance of TCM clinics In the last decade, researchers in the field of integrated TCM and Western medicine have studied clinical applications and biomedical mechanisms with experimental methods to explore the implications of the theory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With the further development of science and technology, research concerning the theory of lung being connected with large intestine will be greatly stimulated and contribute to the modernization of TCM.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resource and Compound Prescription, Hubei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, Hubei, Wuhan 430065, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Daizhi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Junfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Songlin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000266:history / Q000503:physiopathology; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000266:history / Q000503:physiopathology; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*