| As one of the important treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine, eliminating dampness method is specific to dampness syndromes. Because of the diseases caused by dampness pathogen are universality, the study of eliminating dampness has practical significance, however, the relevant concepts and mechanisms of eliminating dampness should be further deepened and studied. Given that, based on the analysis of the eliminating dampness method and related materials, more elaborations and improvements of the eliminating dampness method theory will be discussed. This paper can not only reflect the guiding significance of systematic research on eliminating dampness method theory, but also provide a theoretical basis for the treatment of clinical damp diseases.On basis of reading treatises of eliminating dampness method published by the doctors of all dynasties, this research will mainly combine the literature researches and theoretical discussions to study the theory and guiding significance of eliminating dampness method. Through the systematic expositions on the core concepts of dampness, dampness pathogen and so on, the theoretical basis of eliminating dampness method will be put forward clearly. Based on elaborating guiding ideology, treatment principle and treatment method of eliminating dampness method, further discussion on the principle and connotation of eliminating dampness method will be presented and the treatment mechanism of eliminating dampness method will be concluded and explained. By means of the systematic researches and discussions on the classifications, specific applications and application regularities of eliminating dampness method, the theoretical foundation for clinical application of eliminating dampness method will be provided and the clinical significance of eliminating dampness method will be embodied. |