An analysis of treating pulmonary diseases by harmonization method from Professor GAO Zhongzu
The harmonization method is one of the eight treatment methods,and has been highly valued by medical practitioners throughout history.Regardless of the connotation and extension of the harmonization method,many medical practitioners have discussed and elaborated on it.The supervisor,Professor GAO Zhongzu,delved deeply into the connotation of harmonization method.He believed that harmonization method in traditional Chinese medicine is the application of drugs with opposite properties and effects to reconcile and restrict the two aspects of contradictions,with the aim of restoring the function of the internal organs,achieving dynamic balance between the various organs,and promoting the recovery of the body to achieve a physiological state of Yin(阴)and Yang(阳)self-acting harmony.The reason why the body experience diseases is that the neutrality state of the body is disrupted.Based on many years of clinical experience,Professor GAO followed the ancient precepts,learned from the past but didn't follow the past,used the classic prescriptions flexibly,combined with the pathogenesis of the lung,invigorated the method,and used the Xiaoqinglong decoction(小青龙汤),the Xiaochaihu decoction(小柴胡汤)and the Xiaoxianxiong decoction(小陷胸汤)combined with Xingren(Semen Armeniacae Amarum),Baikouren(Fructus Amomi Rotundus),Chuanbeimu(Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae),Bohe(Herba Menthae),and Jiegeng(Radix Platycodonis)to create the Xinjia Sanxiao decoction(新加三小汤),which complies with the physiological function of the lung,and aims at promoting the elimination of depression,smoothing the Qi(气)movement,and strengthening the spleen and moistening the lung,externally,it can eliminate wind and cold,and internally,it can clear the stagnation of water and heat,and is used to treat the cold enveloping fire syndrome of mixed cold and heat.The compatibility of formulas reflects the characteristics of cold and heat balance,external and internal dual resolution,dryness and moistening combination,ascending clearness and descending turbidity.This prescription can restore the ascending and descending movement of Qi,assist in the normal function of the lungs,and embody the idea of harmony method everywhere in the formulas,highlight Professor GAO's viewpoints of conforming to the functions of the organs and conforming to their nature is the supplement in treating diseases to achieve the goal of consolidating the foundation and eliminating evil,and obtain dynamic balance of the body.This prescription provides new ideas and references for the clinical treatment of complex pulmonary diseases.