Specialists in the South of the Five Ridges LUO Zhi-yuan Exactly Using Differentiationof Syndrome According to Triple-Jiao to Treat Bubonic Plague
- VernacularTitle:岭南医家罗芝园活用三焦辨证辨治鼠疫
- Author:
Yong-Chen LI
;
Wen LAI
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Bubonic plague;
Differentiation of syndromes by sanjiao theory;
The South of the Five Ridges
- From:
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
2006;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Specialists in the south of the five Ridges LUO Zhi-yuan think that upper-jiao syndrome of bubonic plague appears in the second and third days,middle-jiao syndrome in the period of the third to the sixth days,and lower-jiao syndrome appears at the seventh day.Upper-jiao syndrome of bubonic plague is the most complicated,including the severe syndrome,the critical syndrome,the deadly syndrome.They summarize the six symptoms and signs in middle-jiao of bubonic plague,including "extreme heat and thirst,black and prickly tongue,abdominal distention and pain,stercoroma and delirium,heat accumulation with watery diarrhea,cold feeling of the whole body and hidden pulse",and the four symptoms and signs in middle-jiao,including "pain,distention,stercoroma,heat accumulation with watery diarrhea".They also pointed out that preserving body fluid is key for treating lower-jiao syndrome of bubonic plague.
