Zhang Zhongjing of the Han Dynasty was honored as the "Sage of Medicine" because he wrote the Treatise on Typhoid Fever. The formulae in this book are called "Jing Fang" by the later generations. I believe that everyone who likes Chinese medicine knows the characteristics of the prescription: less medicinal flavor, heavier, symptomatic and effective.
There are many famous formulas, such as Ephedra, Gui Zhi Tang, Xiao Chai Hu Tang, Da Cheng Qi Tang, and so on, which are widely used in Chinese medicine. One of these formulas, which has been described as "the most in line with China's humanistic tradition", is "Small Chaihu Tang".
The formula consists of seven important flavors: Chai Hu, Han Xia, Ginseng, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Scutellaria baicalensis, ginger, and jujube. In the formula, Chaihu is bitter, pungent, slightly cold, with pungent dispersing and bitter descending, liver detoxification effect; Scutellaria is bitter, cold, good at clearing Shaoyang phase fire. Both of them are good at clearing Shaoyang phase fire. They work together to disperse one and clear the other, clearing away heat, regulating the effect of Shaoyang qi; Semixia and ginger are pungent and warm in nature, which can harmonize the stomach, lowering the rebelliousness and stopping vomiting, eliminating plaques and dispersing lumps and knots; ginseng, licorice and jujubes can benefit the qi and neutralize the middle and support the correctness of the body to remove the evil. The seven drugs are closely matched, complement each other, cold and hot and use, Xin open bitter descending, tonic and diarrhea, both can clear the Shaoyang evil heat, but also can regulate the gas lift in and out.
The late Professor Liu Duzhou, a famous Chinese medicine practitioner, once said, "Xiao Chaihu Tang is good at opening the liver and gallbladder of the depression, so it can promote the qi to make the six internal organs smooth, the five viscera and the peace and harmony of yin and yang, balance, qi and blood harmonization." It is quick in effect and marvelous in treatment. Although there is no ephedra and cinnamon sticks in the formula, it can still induce sweating; there is no manna and rhubarb, but it can still laxative; there is no Poria and Atractylodes but it can be diuretic; there is no Changshan and Caojiao, but it can cure malaria. Therefore, Prof. Liu said that it "does not trace its form, but only to treat its cause, the depression open the gas to live, the disease can be cured."
Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Xiao Chaihu Tang has antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, hepatoprotective, choleretic, enhance immunity, sedative, analgesic, analgesic, antiallergic, regulating gastrointestinal function, alleviate and mitigate the adverse effects of chemotherapeutic drugs and other effects. Clinically, this formula is often used to treat exogenous diseases and a variety of internal injuries.
The clinical application of Xiao Chaihu Tang is expanding, but how to correctly apply Xiao Chaihu Tang is not an easy task. Some people statistics 27 kinds of Chinese medicine journal on the application of small chaihu soup case reports, *** got 143 cases, including 49 kinds of Chinese and Western medicine diseases, including internal, gynecology, pediatrics, five senses, oncology and other multi-disciplinary diseases, the appearance of the clinical symptoms have more than 80. Such as loss of appetite, bitter taste in the mouth, vomiting, fever, malignant cold, dizziness, fullness of pain in the chest and hypochondriacs, heartburn and headache, dry throat, stringy pulse, number of pulses, fine pulse, white moss, yellow moss, and so on.
Another 265 cases were analyzed and studied, and it was found that the most common symptoms treated with Xiao Chaihu Tang were, firstly, all kinds of exogenous fever; secondly, gastrointestinal symptoms, such as loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, etc.; and secondly, symptoms of the dorsal region. As far as the tongue and pulse are concerned, the most common ones are thin white moss, thin yellow moss, stringy pulse and stringy fine pulse.
As can be seen from the above, Xiao Chaihu Tang treats mainly fever, digestive and emotional symptoms. Fever is mainly characterized by hot and cold exchanges, at this time because of the fight between positive and evil, and the positive qi is gradually weak, not enough to resist the evil, especially in exogenous diseases; digestive and emotional symptoms reflect the qi stagnation, the spleen and stomach are out of harmony, and the triple jiao is not fluent, which is reflected in the exogenous diseases and internal injuries. Mastering the basic pathogenesis and main clinical manifestations of Xiao Chaihu Tang is an important guidance for the correct clinical application of Xiao Chaihu Tang.
The theory of typhoid fever 101 said, "typhoid stroke, there are evidence of Chaihu, but see an evidence is, do not have to be full". However, the generations of doctors have different views on this, that can not be based on the misuse of Xiao Chaihu Tang. In Japan, there have been incidents of death caused by misuse of Xiao Chai Hu Tang. Therefore, any good formula must be used only after the organic combination of evidence and disease identification.
When taking Xiao Chaihu Tang, pay particular attention to the following points:
(1) Avoid cold and spicy food.
(2) The person who is in the upper part of the body and the lower part of the body is weak, and the liver is full of fire should not be used.
(3) vegetarian Yin deficiency vomiting blood, or hypertension patients with hyperactive liver Yang should not be used.
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In short, today, the knowledge of Chinese medicine is summarized for everyone to compare themselves. If you suspect that your own evidence belongs to this kind, do not rush to apply, must be in the professional Chinese medicine practitioner's dialectical guidance, to confirm that there is no error before applying, do not take without authorization, so as not to delay the condition. After all, the Chinese medicine pay attention to dialectical treatment, one person a party, in order to solve their own problems from the root.