Analysis of the thought of treating epidemic with largetrifoliolious bugbane
Starting from the medical theories of yin and yang poisoning,yin fire,and pectoral qi collapse,this paper explores the epidemic treatment ideas of different doctors with largetrifoliolious bugbane.Largetrifoliolious bugbane is pungent and cool natured drug,which can detoxify hundreds of toxins,ward off obstacles and evil spirits,and treat pestilence and hot epidemic disease and post-syndromes.Zhongjing distinguished between yin and yang poisoning based on whether the epidemic virus had already broken out or not;For those infected with yang poisoning,the combination of largetrifoliolious bugbane and Sichuan pepper and realgar was used to treat the disease through sweating;And for those infected with yin poisoning,the combination of largetrifoliolious bugbane and turtle carapace was used to detoxify and disperse nodules.Li Dongyuan always regarded the unique exuberance of heart fire as the key to causing the epidemic disease,and for the people who occured on the head and face,the combination of largetrifoliolious bugbane and expelling wind drugs and bitter and cold medicine could clear heat and remove toxicity,and raise yang and purge fire;And for those with internal injuries to the spleen and stomach,the combination of largetrifoliolious bugbane and the products of sweet,warm and tonifying spleen-earth could purge yin fire;For those with toxic exanthema in the lungs and stomach,they mainly consumed spicy,cool,and mild products to abolish the epidemic disease and detoxify;Those who fought against upper-qi with excess evil would follow Origin-Analogue Theroy to invigorate vital energy and benefite qi.
pestilenceyin and yang poisoningraising yang and purging firepectoral qi collapsepost-epidemic evidence