Theoretical Analysis of Jingui Yaolue Sour-Sweet-Bitter Method in Treating Liver Disease Spreading Spleen
Jingui Yaolue guided the treatment of liver disease spreading spleen with sour-sweet-bitter method.Liver has functional and body differences.Common liver diseases include insufficient blood in liver,leading to excessive liver function and over-restricting spleen and stomach,abnormal rise and fall of spleen and stomach and disorder of the Qi movement of Zang-Fu organs.All kinds of diseases can be caused by the pathogenesis.Therefore,sour-sweet-bitter method uses the function of drugs with different five flavors,following the Neijing medication theory.Sour drugs can regulate the function and make the con-vergence of liver,bitter drugs can descend Qi movement and dredge stomach and intestines and purge the liver fire,sweet drugs can restore spleen function and nourish liver blood and sour drugs also can nourish the liver body,eventually achieving the pur-pose of regulating liver function and body,restore the physiological function of spleen and stomach.This is the so-called normal operation of the five Zang-organs of the human body and physical health.
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