The classic prescription of Banxia Xiexin decoction comes from Treatise on Febrile Diseases.Ancient doctors have dis-cussed the prescription quite extensively.Its treatment based on syndrome differentiation is effective in clinical practice.Each pre-scription has its corresponding syndrome and mechanism.Pathogenesis can be used as the key of understanding"treating different diseases with same methods"in ancient and modern Chinese medicine,running through the whole process of the dynamic diagnosis and treatment of disease,pulse and syndrome.By reviewing the theoretical literature of Banxia Xiexin decoction in all dynasties,and studying the medical cases of its application by doctors in the Qing Dynasty,we analyzed the etiology and pathogenesis of Banxia Xiexin decoction syndrome from theory to clinic.Also,it was visualized with Cytoscape and TBtools software.As a result,the refer-ence ideas for the study of making the past classic prescription serving the present could be provided.There are similarities and differences for the causes and mechanisms descriptions between the theoretical literature and medical cases of Banxia Xiexin decoc-tion syndrome.In the Qing Dynasty,doctors applied a variety of syndrome differentiation methods to expand the indication of syn-drome and cause,paid more attention to the influence of constitution causing diseases,reflecting the TCM lively treatment thinking.
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