Cao Yingfu's Opinion on Lesser Yang Triple Energizer Syndrome
In the book Treatise on Cold Damage,Minor Bupleurum Decoction is mostly used for lesser yang meridian diseases,and medi-cal experts in the past time have always explained it based on lesser yang and gallbladder meridian diseases.After studying classics and clinical practice,Cao Yingfu,a medical practitioner of the Republic of China's School of Prescription Practice,wrote Elaboration on the Subtleties of the"Treatise on Cold Damage",and proposed that the syndrome of Minor Bupleurum Decoction belongs to lesser yang triple energizer disease.He also explained that from the perspective of fluid metabolism that the triple energizer is responsible for the distribu-tion and circulation of body fluids,which is in line with lesser yang as a hub for regulating the opening and closing of qi.This not only expands the exploration scope of clinical lesser yang diseases,but also explains the deep reasons for the widespread application of Minor Bupleurum Decoction.
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