Comparative Analysis of Relationship Between Five Medicinal Tastes and Reinforcing-Reducing Effect in Huangdi Neijing and Fuxingjue
10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20240518
- VernacularTitle:《黄帝内经》与《辅行诀》五味补泻关系的对比分析
- Author:
Nan QIN
1
;
Rui JIN
2
Author Information
1. Nantong Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine， Nantong 226000， China
2. Xiyuan Hospital， Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Science， Beijing 100091， China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
five elements;
five Zang organs;
five medicinal tastes;
five medicinal tastes for reinforcing-reducing treatment;
Tangye Jingfa Tu;
Fuxingjue;
Huangdi Neijing;
Treatise on Febrile Diseases
- From:
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae
2025;31(12):234-238
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The "theory of Zangqi method" in Huangdi Neijing the "Tangye Jingfa picture" in Dunhuang's posthumous book Fuxingjue both contain the relationship between the five medicinal tastes and the reinforcing-reducing treatment of the five Zang organs. This article made a systematic comparative analysis of the two methods from the aspects of narrative methods， specific content， mathematical logic， clinical experience， and real treatment effect. From the perspective of narrative methods， they both adopted the expression structure of three medicinal tastes corresponding to one organ， which were respectively described as tonic， laxative， and urgent tastes， with the same way of thinking and the narrative frame shared. From the perspective of reinforcing-reducing content， out of a total of 15 attributes related to the corresponding tonic， laxative， and urgent tastes of the five organs involved in the two methods， there were seven inconsistencies between the two methods. In terms of medicinal taste distribution， the "Tangye Jingfa Tu" presented the order of "liver， heart， spleen， lung， and kidney"， Whether tonic， laxative， or transforming tastes， they were all pungent， salty， sweet， sour， or bitter. However， the "theory of Zangqi method" showed no such pattern. From the perspective of mathematical modeling analysis， the distribution of medicinal tastes in the "Tangye Jingfa Tu" conformed to the mathematical logic of the outer product of a five-dimensional space vector， while the "theory of Zangqi method" had no such law. From the perspective of clinical experience， the effect of removing the heart-fire with a bitter taste in the "Tangye Jingfa Tu" was more consistent with the clinical cognition of clearing heat and detoxification effects of traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） with a sweet taste in the "theory of Zangqi method". From the perspective of understanding prescriptions and solving prescriptions， the combination and compatibility principle of 160 common classical prescriptions in the Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine can be analyzed by using the "Tangye Jingfa Tu". Therefore， the authors believed that the relationship between the five medicinal tastes and the reinforcing-reducing treatment of the five zang organs in the Fuxingjue was more rigorous and logical， in line with clinical empirical cognition than the relevant records in the Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine.
