摘要
取象比类是中医固有的思维模式,许多本草的药用理论也是由此而产生的。由形而得名,因形而入药,是中药理论重要的源起。飞廉全株生芒刺,有风象而为风药,治风病而疾行善屈;虎杖茎空若竹,色如琥珀,入血分而去其实;漏芦色红,从芦头腐烂,而溃疮疗痈;乌头形若阳乌,而性热散寒,补阳兴阳;沙苑蒺藜密生毛刺,涩而收敛。
Abstract
Analogy is the inherent thinking mode of Traditional Chinese Medicine,and many herbal medicinal theories are thus produced. The naming and application according to the appearance of plant is the important origin of Chinese medicine theory. Welted thistle,the whole plant with thorn, whose appearance is like the wind imageand characteristic of being apt to move in frequent changes, is named after the wind and used to treat the wind diseases.Polygonum cuspidatum ,whose stem is hollow like the bamboo tree,color is amber and efficacy enter the blood aspect to treat syndrome.Radix rhapontic,red, decay from radix rhapontic head,is used to cure carbuncle. The rhizome of Chinese monkshood,looking like Yang Wu with hot nature ,is used to relieve the cold and tonify Yang. Semen astragali complanati with dense burr whose flavor can be described as astringent and properties, can be described as astringent.