Discussion on Characteristics of LI Shizhen's Diagnosis and Treatment of Sweat Syndrome from Compendium of Materia Medica·Basic Remedy for All Diseases
Starting from the"basic remedy for all diseases",this paper analyzed the academic theory and medication characteristics of LI Shizhen's diagnosis and treatment of sweat syndrome.When treating sweat syndrome,LI Shizhen combined disease differentiation with syndrome differentiation,and divided it into four categories of syndrome:qi deficiency,blood deficiency,wind-heat and damp-heat.It enriched the basic remedies for sweat syndrome and the usage was flexible.The compatibility was simplified,and internal treatment was combined with external treatment.The external treatment methods such as powdering and external application were still commonly used in modern clinic.The treatment of deficiency syndrome of sweating by using animal medicine provided reference for the diet therapy of sweating syndrome.In addition,LI Shizhen attached great importance to the treatment of sweating in the elderly,children and postpartum women.The content of treating sweating syndrome in Compendium of Materia Medica was rich and distinctive,which opened up new ideas for the treatment of sweating syndrome and the research and development of specific medicine in modem clinic.
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