Discussion on Treatment of Fire and Heat Disease by LIU Wansu Based on ‘Depression of Yang Qi’ Theory
10.16466/j.issn1005-5509.2017.07.001
- VernacularTitle:刘完素“阳气怫郁”论治火热病浅探
- Author:
Ting ZHAO
;
Jie BAO
;
Yongsheng FAN
- Keywords:
LIU Wansu;
fire and heat disease;
depression of Yang Qi;
pathogenesis;
therapeutic method;
Exploration to Pathogenesis in Plain Questions;
Yellow Emperor's Plain Questions on Xuanminglun Formulae;
4 masters in Jin and Yuan Dynasties
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2017;41(7):553-555,561
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
[Objective]To explore LIU Wansu's methods in treating fire and heat disease from depression of yang qi.[Methods]To analyse LIU Wansu's understanding of fire and heat disease and highlight its treatment from depression of yang qi through reading his works like Exploration to Pathogenesis in Plain Questions,Yellow Emperor's Plain Questions on Xuanminglun Formulae and so on.[Results]LIU Wansu had profound medical knowledge,rich clinical experience and initiative spirit.Under the guidance of nineteen items of pathogenesis from Huangdi's Canon of Medicine,he expanded fire and heat disease and put up six exogenous pathogenic factors can transfer to fire theory.To be specific,excessive wind,cold,dampness and dryness would block Xuan Fu and depress yang qi,causing fire and heat disease.He regardeddepression of yang qi as a key link in six exogenous pathogenic factors' transferring to fire and put up cooling combined with ventilating method to dissipate depressed yang qi,including relieving exterior syndrome with pungent-cool drugs,clearing depressed heat,relieving exterior and interior syndrome,eliminating dampness and relieving depression as well as combination of cold and warm drugs.[Conclusion]LIU Wansu treated fire and heat disease from depression of yang qi,providing new methods in treating fire and heat disease for later generations as well as guiding significance in current clinical work.
