Analysis of the Prescriptions and Symptoms of Pili Powder in Wenbing Tiaobian
Pili Powder was in Wenbing Tiaobian,but its formulation characteristics,academic origins,clinical ap-plications,and eponymous formulas have not been systematically investigated.The formula of the same name as Pi-li Powder is used for six diseases,including external heat disease,gynecological metrorrhagia,internal madness,fe-brile diseases with moderate dryness,dysentery and diarrhea,and moderate evil convulsion.Pili Powder presented in Wenbing Tiaobian was specifically designed in response to the severe outbreak of cholera vera in Shuntian in 1821,targeting syndromes characterized by cold-dampness injuring yang.Its theoretical underpinning lies in Wu Jutong's theory of autumnal dryness surpassing qi.It is mainly used to treat the syndrome of cold dampness damag-ing yang,and has the characteristics of dryness resembling dampness,vomiting,diarrhea,and pain,as well as the characteristics of bitter heat,hardness,dryness,and fragrance dispelling filth.This prescription has enriched the ex-perience of traditional Chinese medicine in treating diseases such as dryness and dampness,and has expanded the theoretical system of dryness and dampness in traditional Chinese medicine along with the theory of autumn dry-ness surpassing qi.
Pili PowderWenbing TiaobianThe theory of autumn dryness surpassing qiDry epidemicPrescrip-tions and symptoms