Study on Compilation and Collation of Classic Formulas Involved in Pulse Classic·Disease Syndromes and Treatment Based on Pulse Manifestations of Sanguan
Disease Syndromes and Treatment Based on Pulse Manifestations of Sanguan(Based on Pulse Manifestations of Sanguan for short)comes from WANG Shuhe's Pulse Classic,which contains rich content of classic formulas.It was believed that the formulas involved in this chapter have been lost.However,in the process of sorting out medical documents before the Song Dynasty,the author found that formulas in Based on Pulse Manifestations of Sanguan may be scattered in various forms among unearthed medical docu-ments and surviving medical formularies.Taking Qianhu Decoction(前胡汤),Pingwei Pill(平胃丸),Wuweizi Decoction(五味子汤),Zhupi Decoction(竹皮汤),Nyuwei Pill(女萎丸),Ziwan Pill(紫菀丸)and Tinglizi Zhuyu Pill(葶苈子茱萸丸)as examples,this paper expounded the author's three principles of supplementing the lost formulas in Based on Pulse Manifestations of Sanguan.①Supplementing according to other copies of Pulse Classic;②Supplementing according to the clauses about formulas and syndromes in the medical books before the Song Dynasty that are the same or similar to the indications of the formulas recorded in Based on Pulse Manifestations of Sanguan;③Compilation and collation according to the documents about composition of formulas in the medical books before the Song Dynasty that are relevant to the formula names as those recorded in Based on Pulse Manifestations of Sanguan.The paper also discussed the age and reason of the lost formulas in Based on Pulse Manifestations of Sanguan and the significance of collecting the lost formulas,which could provide new reference for the research of Pulse Classic,compilation and collation of other similar documents.
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