Medical research on decoction medicine in medical bamboo unearthed in Han dynasty
Decoction medicine originated from Shennong,inherited from YI Yin,BIAN Que,CANG Gong and others,and carried forward by ZHANG Zhongjing.Examination of unearthed medical documents on bamboo slips and silk in the Han dynasty shows that early decoction medicine has a relatively independent disease spectrum,and the diagnosis method was very different from that of meridian medicine in its emphasis on pulse diagnosis,it pays attention to the cause,the identification and differentiation of the syndrome,and the transmission of the disease.In terms of treatment,the main use of decoction,mash,and Biqi is to treat diseases.By the end of the Eastern Han dynasty,ZHANG Zhongjing integrated meridian medicine with decoction medicine,formed a'pulse-syndrome(disease)-prescription-treatment'diagnosis and treatment system,which has made all aspects of decoction medicine integrated and created a new situation in traditional Chinese medicine,and established the basic appearance of traditional Chinese medicine today.
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