Study on the Origin of Liuwei Dihuang Pill of Buyin Famous Prescription
10.16466/j.issn1005-5509.2025.03.014
- VernacularTitle:补阴名方六味地黄丸的源流考察
- Author:
Yuqing QI
1
;
Yanwei YU
;
Zhichao GUO
Author Information
1. 绍兴职业技术学院医学院 浙江,绍兴 312000
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Liuwei Dihuang Pill;
warm-tonifying thought;
tonifying the kidney;
propagate;
history of knowledge;
health preservation;
prescription;
Zhejiang school of traditional Chinese medicine
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2025;49(3):345-350
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
[Objective]To study the formation,change and propagation of Liuwei Dihuang Pill.[Methods]The medical literature and other historical records about Liuwei Dihuang Pill were collected and analyzed,and the formation process,effect change,influencing factors behind the change and application of this prescription and the transmission path were discussed.[Results]Liuwei Dihuang Pill was developed by QIAN Yi,a doctor in Song Dynasty,based on the decoction of Shengqi Pill.It was used to treat kidney deficiency syndrome in children.Because the cooked Rehmannia can nourish Yin and blood,Song and Yuan Dynasties doctors also used the prescription for Yin blood deficiency.In the Ming Dynasty,with the elucidations of the Mingmen theory by the doctors of the warm-tonifying faction,this prescription became the representative formula for tonifying kidney Yin.At the same time,the spreading and population of this prescription was not only in the elite medical group,but also through the medical heritage of GAO Doukui,LYU Liuliang and FANG Yizhi,in the form of medical books,prescription books and health books in the folk.By the Qing Dynasty,the spreading of this formula had shown the characteristics of"secularization",and the literature,literati's notes,novels and other materials can reflect the use of Liuwei Dihuang Pill in the folk.[Conclusion]This paper discusses the origin and development of Liuwei Dihuang Pill,which is of great significance for the study of the rise and formation of the warm-tonifying thought in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
