Essence of Zhang Xichun's Academic Thoughts on Palpitation Disease
The renowned physician Zhang Xichun,who was an expert in integrating Chinese and Western medi-cine,had a comprehensive academic ideology encompassing principles,methods,prescriptions,and medicines in the treatment of palpitations,thus pioneering a novel perspective in the management of this disorder.This article is grounded in the section on treating heart diseases in"Yixue Zhongzhong Canxi Lu"(Medicine:A Synthesis of East and West).In therapeutics,it emphasizes the simultaneous regulation of Qi and blood and the integration of the physical and mental aspects.Furthermore,for pathological factors such as phlegm and fluid retention,it supple-ments with measures of harmonizing the spleen and stomach,resolving phlegm and fluid retention,and balancing Yin and Yang,and combines clinical empirical evidence to deeply explore Mr.Zhang Xichun's academic ideology in the treatment of palpitations,with the expectation of offering positive and instructive significance for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of palpitations.