The establishment and clinical application of Fuyang"Guizhi Method"
The Fuyang(扶阳)Academic School follows Huang-Lao-Yi-ology(黄老易道)and the medical sage ZHANG Ji's school.The founder is Mr.ZHENG Shouquan of the late Qing Dynasty,which has been passed down for nearly 200 years.The view of"Yang(阳)goveming Yin(阴)"is the theoretical core of Fuyang thought.The imbalance of"Yin and Yang ontology structure"is the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease."Guizhi Method"(桂枝法)and"Sini Method"(四逆法)are the two major treatment methods of this school.The treatment of the disease generally first uses the Guizhi Method to promote the cleansing and restore the Qi(气)movement of the middle and upper Jiao(中上焦),and then uses the Sini Method to warm Yang and consolidate the body to restore Yin and Yang ontology structure of the human body.The Fuyang School consider the three Yang as one Yang and the three Yin as one Yin.They propose that the three Yang diseases should be ruled by the Taiyang(太阳)disease and the three Yin diseases should be ruled by the Shaoyin(少阴)disease.Professor LU Chonghan,the representative inheritor,first proposed and created the Guizhi Method to treat the three Yang diseases.The rule of application is called Xuantong method(宣通法),and its etiology and pathogenesis is Yangqi(阳气)stagnation.As the main means of Fuyang,this method is based on Guizhi decoction(桂枝汤)or Shengjiang(Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens)-Guizhi(Ramulus Cinnamomi)pairs.Its basic drugs include Guizhijian(Cassia twig tip),Cangzhu(Atractylodes),Chenpi(Tangerine peel),Nanshanzha(Hawthom),Zhigancao(Licorice),Shengjiang,etc.The key method of modified application of the Guizhi Method is based on the prescription to add the drugs for reconciling Shaoyang(少 阳)[Chaihu(Radix Bupleuri)-related prescription]or discending Yangming(阳明)(Chengqi prescription),so as to achieve the purpose of clearing away pathological products gradually and maximize the effect of dredging.As the first method of unifying three Yang diseases,Guizhi Method has the functions of regulating Yin and Yang,promoting phlegm and blood stasis,dredging Yin and Yang roads,and finally restoring the normal state of"inner Yang and outer Yin"of the human body.This method provides a very clear idea for the prevention and treatment of three Yang disease,and undoubtedly provides a reference for our clinical practice.
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