Experience of XUE Boshou in Using Fangfeng(Radix Saposhnikoviae)in Clinical Practice
This paper summarized professor XUE Boshou's clinical experience of using Fangfeng(Radix Saposh-nikoviae).Firstly,Fangfeng is used to scatter wind and release the exterior,disseminate and penetrate the patho-gens,and can treat the early-staged externally contracted heat diseases with exterior qi constraint and blocking,and serious internal heat through Xiaodu Xijiao Beverage(消毒犀角饮)from Beneficial Formulas from the Taiping Imperial Pharmacy(《太平惠民和剂局方》)combined with Yinqiao Powder(银翘散),Shengjiang Powder(升降散)and Zhizichi Decoction(栀子豉汤)in their modifications.Secondly,it eliminates wind and dispels dampness,relieves itching,and heals sores,with self-made Xue's Guomin Decoction(薛氏过敏煎)in modification being formulated to treat aller-gic skin diseases caused by pathogenic wind attacking the exterior.Thirdly,it disperses liver qi and soothes the spleen,lifts yang and stops diarrhea,and can be used in modified Tong Xie Yao Formula(痛泻要方)from Teachings of ZHU Danxi(《丹溪心法》)when treating diarrhea caused by liver constraint and spleen deficiency.Fourthly,it can disperse stagnated qi throughout the body and unblock the meridians of the five zang(脏)organs,commonly in formu-lation of modified Huangqi Chifeng Decoction(黄芪赤风汤)from Correction of Errors in Medical Works(《医林改错》)to treat patients with qi deficiency and blood stasis after radiotherapy and chemotherapy of tumors,as well as alopecia areata or even alopecia universalis,chronic rhinitis and others.
Fangfeng(Radix Saposhnikoviae)experience of famous doctorsXUE Boshou