Research On Formulating Characteristics Of Zhang Jingyue's Prescriptions

Zhang Jingyue, a physician of Ming Dynasty, who was an advocator of using warm-nourishment remedies in the treatment of diseases and a well-known representative of the warm nourishment sect. "Yang is not excess and yin is insufficient" was one of his famous theories.This study based on 286 prescriptions which created by Zhang's, through literature study and computer analyze to found the Zhang's formulating rules and academic thoughts. Results mainly as fellows:1.Creating formulas stress deficiency syndrome,heat and dampness.According to the sorts of drugs doctor Zhang's formulas have used,could found that the tonics and heat-clearing drugs are the two mostly used drugs.Although,the damp-draining diuretic is in the fifth in the top 10,the FuLing and ZeXie used very widely.It was also illustrated that doctor Zhang have paid close attention to dampness.2.Like using medicines which properties are sweet, pungent, warm, but prudent using medicines which properties are bitter, cool and cold. Doctor Zhang thought that the Yang is very important to the health, so the Yang must be protected. Analyzing all the medicines found that those drugs who's properties are sweet, pungent and warm are mostly be used.3. Tonifying the prenatal essence and blood likes use Danggui and Shudi; invigorating spleen to remove dampness is good at apply Fuling.The Danggui can reinforcing blood,the Shudi can reinforcing essence.Both of them combined with each other could tonifying kidney-yang and kidney-yin.The Fuling could invigorating spleen to remove dampness and replenishing qi.Doctor Zhang thought that by strengthing spleen to regulating the function of other zang-organs.4.Tonifying both Yin and Yang, and tonics using only. Doctor Zhang advocated that both Yin and Yang are unity, they used each other. Just based on this understanding, Doctor Zhang when applied of Yang tonics usually cooperated with Yin tonics, vice versa. This is the so-called "treating Yang within Yin", and "treating Yin within Yang".5. Invigorating of the spleen and the kidney, but more attention to supplement of the spleen and the stomach. The kidney is responsible for the congenital constitution and the spleen is responsible for postnatal growth of the human body. From the statistic results recognized that the drugs relate to spleen, lung and stomach meridians are more above the drugs which relate to kidney meridian. Furthermore, come to the top 10 diseases reinforcing the spleen to replenish of Qi was the most extensive therapeutic method. 6.Tonifying and nourishing Yin more than warming Yang. Doctor Zhang had a theoretical system about how to invigorate Yin, who thought that Yin was the life's material source and only the Yin sufficient the organs functions could play normal. Usually doctor Zhang made advantage of Danggui and Shudi to tonifying yin.