[Exploring and analyzing Wang Qishi's academic thoughts on the spleen and stomach]

There are several academic characteristics about the spleen and the stomach which could be used when identifying and treating the consumption diseases in Li xu yuan jian (Mirror to Manage the Vacuity Pattern), which was written by Wang Qishi, a doctor of the Ming dynasty. About the cause of illness and patho - mechenism, he attached importance to the relation among the essence, Qi and fire (spirit). And he considered that the three sides of the Yang vacuity were belonged to the spleen. About the differentiation of syndromes for treatment, he emphasized the whole connection among treasures and houses. He put forward that the treatment with the vacuity pattern should have three bases: the spleen, the lung and the kidney, in which he especially stressed the spleen, fully reflecting the important academic viewpoint of "the spleen is the mother of body".