Application of'body fluid chain'theory in Shanghan Lun
Body fluid chain refers to the chain relationship between various body fluids,which is connected and transformed with each other.This concept is a high generalization of the integrity of the body fluid system.In Shanghan Lun,ZHANG Zhongjing focused on analyzing the correlation between various body fluids,and flexibly and skillfully applied the body fluid chain theory to the whole process of syndrome differentiation and treatment.In this paper,the application of body fluid chain theory in the differentiation and treatment of diseases in Shanghan Lun is preliminarily expounded from the four perspectives of guiding disease diagnosis,judging treatment suitability and taboos,speculating disease changes,and enlightening treatment ideas by using the method of literature collation and theoretical discussion,with a view to providing some inspiration and reference for the development of body fluid theory in traditional Chinese medicine and the research and application of Zhongjing theory.
Shanghan LunBody fluid chainBody fluidSyndrome differentiation and treatment