Analysis of XIA Yongliang's Cases in Using Modified Dachaihu Decoction
[Objective]To summarize the clinical experience of Professor XIA Yongliang in using modified Dachaihu Decoction.[Methods]Through following Professor XIA's outpatient service,sorting typical medical records of fever,lung-distension,gastric distension and hypochondriac pain,combined with interrelated discussions in classics,from the pathogenesis,main syndrome and therapeutic method of the diseases,it summarizes the syndrome and application characteristics of Professor XIA's experience in using Dachaihu Decoction.[Results]In the clinical application of Professor XIA in using Dachaihu Decoction,following the pathogenesis of Qi stagnation and excess pathogens blocking,the main symptoms of this syndrome are emotional disorder,dry or obstruction stool and so on.Modified Dachaihu Decoction can relieve heat accumulation,by clearing heat and relaxing bowels,activating Qi and purging turbidity;modified Dachaihu Decoction can cure the lung-distension's chest tightness,by regulating Qi-flowing,dispelling turbid pathogen and removing blood stasis;modified Dachaihu Decoction can eliminate gastric distension of middle-Jiao,by smoothing the liver and regulating Qi,regulating the spleen and stomach;modified Dachaihu Decoction can treat hypochondriac pain,by regulating Qi and purging fire,dredging gallbladder and bringing evil downward.Professor XIA's four using Dachaihu Decoction cases fully show the characteristic of "treating different diseases with the same method" in traditional Chinese medicine.[Conclusion]Professor XIA seizes the key point of "Qi stagnation" and "excess pathogens blocking",using modified Dachaihu Decoction to dissolve stagnant heat,harmonize Qi and blood,regulate middle-Jiao and clear the gallbladder.The kinds of disease are diverse,with a remarkable efficacy.