Study On The Principle And Method Of Diagnosing And Treating Fluid-related Disorders In The "Golden Chamber"

Objective To find out the principle and method of diagnosing and treating fluid-related disorders used by Zhang Zhong-jing in the "Golden Chamber" and deepen the understanding towards "Fluid Retention Diseases"Methods The articles in the "Golden Chamber" which concerning fluid-related disorders and clarify the relationships between symptoms and disease during diagnosis were studied and the Chapter of Fluid Retention Disease and articles related were reviewed using "disease centered approach".Resultsâ‘ The concept "symptom" and "disease"could not be saperated. Symptom analyze was the only method to understand disease. If the pattern of particular disease was considered during diagnosis, disease mechanism would be revealed with higher accuracy.â‘¡Partial disease mechanism was not the main focus by Zhang Zhong-jing when diagnosing, instead, observe the disease process in dynamic way would help to increase the clarity and accuracy of deciding treatment method.â‘¢The pattern of Fluid-retention Disease was affected by the relationships between Vital energy and Evil. However, the excessive fluid could stay at any part of the body with various depth, which give out a complex pattern of change. In the Chapter of Fluid-retention Disease, Zhang Zhong-jing revealed the pattern in a highly conclusive manner.â‘£"Harmonizing with drugs of warm in nature" was the principle of treating Fluid-retention disease. But it did not only refer to the treating method in one particular phase or moment. It was in fact the overall principle of treating Fluid-retention in the whole process.Conclusion Formulae and treatment methods were not the most valuable part in the "Golden Chamber", through studying in a right angle, the mind set of how Zhang Zhong-jing consider to diagnose and treat disease would be shown.