The Research On The Method Of Using Acrid And Bitter Agents In Seasonal Febrile Disease

The method of using acrid and bitter agents is one kind of taste therapies, mainly including therapy of opening with acrid agents and descending with bitter agents and light prescription with acrid and bitter agents.The law Originated from neijing,was made use by Zhang Zhongjing,transmissed in tang and song dynasty, developed in jin and yuan dynasty,and improved in ming and qing danasty by the scholar in the field of seasonal febrile disease.The scholars in the field of seasonal febrile disease emphasize on the property and taste of Chinese materia medica and herbal medicine.especially Ye Tianshi,Wu Jutong and Wang Mengying,they said some words which indicate that the combination of acrid and bitter agents can regulate the functional activities of qi and also the light prescription with acrid and bitter agents.There is a lot of records about the theory of method with the combination of acrid and bitter agents,and at the guidance of this theory,the therapy of opening with acrid agents and descending with bitter agents was put into the use of treating the seasonal febrile diseases,and formulated the theory of light prescription with acrid and bitter agents.Wu Jutong, Wang Mengying and other famous doctors in the field of seasonal febrile Disease carried on the law of the method of using acrid and bitter agents,all these people used xie xin tang and xiao xian xiong tang to treat the seasonal febrile disease,and then,a lot of medical records were left.The research based on the law and medical records of using the method of acrid and bitter agents,from the points of type of illness,the taste and tropism,the usual herb combinations,the mechanism of the combination of acrid and bitter agents and so on,to disscuss the inherent laws.and reach a conclusion that the method with combination of acrid and bitter agents has the role of adjusting the functional activities of qi and drying dampness,and can resolve heat and phlegm.then the method of using acrid and bitter agents has deep influence to the later generation.