Analysis on the Application of Alcohol in Unearthed Medical Literature
10.16466/j.issn1005-5509.2024.02.017
- VernacularTitle:出土医学文献中酒的应用试析
- Author:
Yuxuan SONG
1
;
Li YAN
;
Qian JIA
Author Information
1. 安徽中医药大学 合肥 230012
- Keywords:
unearthed documents;
Wushier Bingfang;
Wuwei Medical Bamboo Slips of Han Dynasty;
Tianhui Medical Bamboo Slips;
alcohol;
decocting method
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2024;48(2):219-223
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
[Objective]To explore the application of alcohol in unearthed medical literature,so as to provide reference for the clinical application of alcohol in modern Chinese medicine.[Methods]Based on the unearthed literatures such as Wushier Bingfang,Wuwei Medical Bamboo Slips of Han Dynasty,ZHOU Jiatai Medical Bamboo Slips of Qin Dynasty,Tianhui Medical Bamboo Slips and so on,combined with the relevant records in the handed down literature,the application of alcohol in the unearthed literatures was compared and summarized.[Results]Although there is no specific reason for the use of alcohol in the unearthed medical literature,a comprehensive analysis can be made from the related records in the contemporaneous literature.The analysis showed that in the pre-Qin,Qin and Han Dynasties,most of the alcohol was yellow wine,which was used in the way of alcohol mixing,alcohol decoction and impregnation,and was widely used in the treatment of various diseases.It is concluded that the alcohol has the effect of"changing the medicinal properties,direct to the disease""warming the channels and clearing the collaterals,removing blood stasis and relieving pain""correcting the odor,enhancing the drug effect"and so on.The application of alcohol in the later literature showed different characteristics in each period,but all developed on the basis of the application of alcohol in the Qin and Han Dynasties.[Conclusion]Alcohol has great potential in the clinical treatment of modern Chinese medicine,but the soaking and decocting time of alcohol for medicine,the effect of different temperatures is worth further study.
