Analysis on the application of acrid-cold therapy in warm diseases
Acrid-cold therapy is an important method for the differentiation and treatment of exogenous febrile diseases in traditional Chinese medicine.It sprouts in the Huangdi Neijing,develops in ZHANG Zhongjing's Shanghan Lun,and improves in the school of warm diseases in Ming and Qing dynasties,however,there are few systematic expositions in ancient and modern times.This paper systematically sorted out the principle and method of acrid-cold therapy,summarized the commonly used recipes for acrid-cold in clinical practice,and took the therapy of Wei Qi Ying Xue as the guiding principles,taking common warm diseases as the target,taking into account the stages of heat depletion and residual evil in the later stage of warm diseases,summarized the core compatibility and specific application of acrid-cold therapy in clinical practice,with a view to clarifying its principle,formulation and treatment rules,and providing ideas for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of warm diseases in nowadays.
Warm diseasesFour natures and five flavorsAcrid-cold therapyCompatibility ruleTherapy with syndrome differentiation