The focused issue on “Holistic Traditional Chinese Medicine: the synergy of spleen and stomach in health” is to describe the relationship between digestive diseases and other diseases, edited by Dr. Bo Li, from Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.

Dr. Bo Li specializes in treating disease of gastroenterology with TCM and Western medicine, such as gastro esophageal reflux disease, peptic ulcer and atrophic gastritis precancerosis. Additionally, he is skilled in using TCM to treat gynecological disease. He has been engaged in digestive internal medicine clinical research for years. He is undertaking two research projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

Focused issue outline:

1. The treatment of gastroesophageal reflux cough with lung-spleen theory


2. Research progress of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of gastric mucosa injury caused by long-term use of low dose aspirin in patients with coronary heart disease


3. Gastrointestinal disorders in chronic kidney disease


4. Treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease-related chronic cough with lung-stomach co-treatment and nourishing-dampness dual-use


5. Study on the effect of spleen deficiency on the pathogenesis of psoriasis based on intestinal microbiome


6. Diabetic gastroparesis: what can complementary and alternative medicines do?

Disclosure:
The series “Holistic Traditional Chinese Medicine: the synergy of spleen and stomach in health” was commissioned by the editorial office, Longhua Chinese Medicine without any sponsorship or funding. Bo Li served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.