The Formula and Combination Rules of 22 Prescriptions for Activating Blood Circulation and Resolving Blood Stasis in Correction on Errors in Medical Works (Yi Lin Gai Cuo ) from the Perspective of "Tang-ye-jing-fa map"
Objective:To explore the formulae and combination rules of 22 prescriptions for activating blood circulation and resolving blood stasis in Correction on Errors in Medical Works (Yi Lin Gai Cuo ) from the perspective of "Tang-ye-jing-fa map".Methods:The "Tang-ye-jing-fa map" was used to analyze the 22 prescriptions for activating blood circulation and resolving blood stasis as recorded in Correction on Errors in Medical Works (Yi Lin Gai Cuo ) by Wang Qingren,the "22 prescriptions for activating blood circulation and resolving blood stasis" were used to draw a 22 prescriptions for activating blood circulation and resolving blood stasis."Tang-ye-jing-fa map" of the 22 prescriptions for activating blood circulation and resolving blood stasis was drawn to analyse the structure of the combination of the medicinal flavours.Results:The nine formulas mainly for tonifying the liver were used based on the principle of "pungent-bitter-sweet-salty",with the liver being the main organ and the five organs being in tune.The seven formulas mainly for tonifying the spleen were used based on the principle of "sweet-pungent-bitter",with the spleen being the main organ and the liver,heart and kidney being in tune,without involving the lungs.The four formulas mainly for dipping the heart were basically based on the principle of "pungent-sweet-bitter" or "bitter-salty",with the spleen being the main organ and the five organs being in tune.The two formulas mainly for purging the spleen were based on the principle of"pungent-bitter-sweet",with the spleen being the main organ and the liver,heart and kidney being in tune,without the lungs.Conclusion:Most of the formulas involved liver wood,spleen earth and heart fire.The most frequently used herbs by Wang Qingren to invigorate blood circulation and resolve blood stasis were peach kernel,followed by red flower,red peony,angelica and chuanxiong,the Qi tonifying herbs were huangqi and licorice,the Qi moving herbs were chaihu and chuanxiong,and the most frequently used herbs were for the liver meridian.The five flavours were mainly pungent,sweet and bitter,which were in line with Wang Qingren's characteristic use of the medicine to invigorate blood circulation and remove blood stasis,supplemented by tonifying and promoting Qi.Wang Qingren's used of the five flavours was combination to transform the five flavours into bitterness,and to promote the use of pungent and sweet herbs that acted on the spleen to enter the heart and exorcise the heart.Wang Qingren used of huangqi,which was used in eight of his 22 prescriptions to invigorate blood circulation and remove blood stasis,without forgetting to tonify Qi.Wang Qingren's combined of blood-stasis invigorating herbs with meridian inducing herbs and herbs with different trends of action,directs the blood-stasis invigorating herbs to act directly on different areas of blood stasis.
prescriptions for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasisCorrectionon Errorsin Medical Works(Yi Lin Gai Cuo )Tang-ye-jing-fa mapWang Qingren