Theoretical Construction, Clinical Application and Advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Based on Zangfu and Meridian Syndrome Differentiation: A Review

Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is a kind of macular disease, which mainly occurs in young and middle-aged men. It is characterized by serous detachment of retinal neuroepithelium or pigment epithelium caused by choroidal capillary leakage. The disease is self-limited to some extent, but recurrent episodes can lead to irreversible visual impairment.According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), this disease belongs to the category of "Zhizhan Yiyao", and its occurrence is closely related to the dysfunction of liver, spleen and kidney and the adverse vaporization of trijiao. This article systematically reviews the TCM diagnosis and treatment system based on Professor Chen Dafu's "six meridian-syndrome differentiation in ophthalmology", and expounds its theoretical construction, clinical application characteristics and advantages of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine in the staged treatment of CSC, in order to provide reference for clinical practice.