Use of ephedra in treating arthromyodynia
- VernacularTitle:痹证用麻黄浅识
- Author:
Bo ZHANG
;
Kuiguo SU
;
Lifeng YUE
;
Liangduo JIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Arthromyodynia;
Ephedra;
Dispelling wind and eliminating dampness;
Warming the channel and dispersing cold;
Removing obstruction in collaterals
- From:
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
2005;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Doctors in the past dynasties always used ephedra to treat disease of exogenous wind-cold,cough,asthma and edema,but ignored its application in treating arthromyodynia.It could be deduced from the record of the books of Chinese medicine and prescriptions that ephedra had the nature of pungent and warm,could dispel wind and remove wetness,warm channel and expel cold,remove obstruction in collaterals.All of those were correspondent with the pathogenesis of arthromyodynia.Thus,ephedra can be widely used in types of arthromyodynia.Proven case was also included in this article.
