Fu Qingzhu was a famous doctor in the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. His masterpiece

Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology

has been regarded as the foundation work of gynecology in traditional Chinese medicine. Fu Qingzhu attached great importance to the viscera syndrome differentiation and focused on the liver

spleen and kidney for syndrome diagnosis and treatment. While regulating the liver and kidney

he also focused on the maintainence of the acquired spleen and stomach. The simultaneous treatment of the liver and spleen is based on differentiation of syndromes according to the pathological changes of

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organs and the theory of five elements theory. The simultaneous treatment of the liver and spleen is used throughout the treatment of women’s diseases at various stages of menstruation

leukorrhea

pregnancy and childbirth. Fu Qingzhu’s experience in treating gynecological diseases with the simultaneous treatment of the liver and spleen is analyzed as follows. If spleen disease affects the liver as earth rebels against wood

accordingly

treatment should be invigorating the spleen and soothing the liver. If liver disease affects the spleen as liver deppression affects the spleen

accordingly

treatment should be inhibiting wood and reinforcing earth. If liver disease leads to spleen disease as wood overacts on the earth

the treatment should be restoring Qi to bring adversely risen Qi downward. For simultaneous liver and spleen diseases in which the liver fails to store and the spleen fails to contain

treatment should be tonifying the liver and spleen. Combined with clinical cases

this paper introduces the clinical application of simultaneous treatment of the liver and spleen in gynecology.