Research Progress in Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Based on Brain-gut Theory to Explore Gastrointestinal Dysfunction after Stroke

As one of the common complications after stroke, the incidence of gastrointestinal dysfunction is increasing year by year, which has become a major problem in clinical treatment. In recent years, with the rise and improvement of brain-gut theory, modern medicine has conducted more and more exploration and research on the correlation between brain-gut, providing a new target for the treatment of gastrointestinal dysfunction after stroke. In TCM, the concept of brain-gut communication runs through the theory of Tibetan-image, zang-fu treatment and meridians theory, and under the guidance of brain-gut theory, syndrome differentiation and treatment, and the use of acupuncture, moxibustion, massage and other methods to assist treatment, with obvious curative effect. Western medicine, combined with the theory of brain-gut axis, mainly uses drugs and related treatments to improve gastrointestinal dysfunction and improve the quality of life of patients after stroke. This review mainly discusses the research progress of traditional Chinese and western medicine in the treatment of post-stroke gastrointestinal dysfunction based on the mechanism of brain-gut theory in the treatment of post-stroke gastrointestinal dysfunction, which provides new ideas and methods for clinical treatment and prevention of the disease, and has certain clinical guiding significance.