Fangfeng Tongsheng Powder: Treating external and internal, qi and blood, and three energizers

Gao Jianzhong Traditional Chinese Medicine Book Club

Author/Gao Jianzhong⊙ Editor/Wang Chao

Summary: Liu Hejian's many achievements in his life were good at controlling fire and causing it to be suppressed. "Fangfeng Tongsheng Powder" is inside and outside, up and down, Qi is divided into blood, and it reaches everywhere, and its meaning is actually Zhou Za. This prescription separates the upper and lower, exterior and interior, and treats qi, blood, and triple burners at the same time. It fully embodies Liu Hejian's prescription characteristics of treating heat "without causing depression and depression."

Prescription of Fangfeng Tongsheng Powder

Wu Kun’s explanation of the prescription of Fangfeng Tongsheng Powder in "Tongshen Prescription" is more exciting: "Fangfeng Tongsheng Powder is a medicine for relieving external symptoms. If the wind-heat is on the skin, it will be discharged through sweat; Schizonepeta and peppermint are also used as clearing medicines; if the wind-heat is on the top of the head, it will be discharged through the nose; rhubarb and Glauber's salt are also tonics, which are used to relieve wind-heat. If it is in the intestines and stomach, it will be discharged from the back; talc and gardenia are also medicines for the water; if wind-heat is in the juedu, it will be discharged by drowning; if the wind is excessive in the diaphragm, the lungs and stomach will be affected by evil; Gypsum platycodon, platycodon, etc. It also clears the lungs and stomach, and Forsythia sulligerii and Scutellaria baicalensis can also dispel the wandering fire in the meridians; wind is the problem, which is controlled by liver wood. Ligusticum chuanxiong, Gui, and peony root can also harmonize liver blood, and licorice and Atractylodes macrocephala can also harmonize stomach qi. And strengthen the spleen. Liu Shouzhen is good at treating fire, and the purpose of this prescription is detailed and clear! "

It treats upper and lower parts, exterior and interior separately, and treats Qi, blood and three burners at the same time, which fully embodies Liu Hejian's treatment of heat." The characteristics of the prescription are "not to cause depression". As Wang Xugao said in "Tuisiji Lei Fangge Commentary": "This is a medicine for treating the exterior and interior, qi and blood, and the three energizers."

Contemporary physician Ran Xuefeng also said in "Ran's Prescriptions" Pointed out: "According to this prescription, Liu Wansu uses it to treat symptoms such as excessive wind-heat and both external and internal triple burners. Check out this recipe to clear up the exterior and interior, harmonize qi and blood, adjust the two stools, and relieve the triple burners. Although the medicine has many flavors , orderly, like Han Hou's generals, the more the better... Check Hejian's life skills, he is good at controlling fire, and the fire is stagnant. This side is internal and external, the qi is divided into the blood, and it reaches everything. The meaning is actually Zhou Za . ”

Due to the use of Angelica sinensis, peony root, Atractylodes macrocephala and other medicines in the prescription, the ancients believed that this prescription contains tonic for purging the body and does not harm the body. As Yu Jiayan pointed out in "Medical Law": "This prescription is a light preparation for treating the exterior and interior. It uses Chuanxiong, Angelicae, peony, and Atractylodes to harmonize the blood and benefit the spleen. Therefore, sweating will not damage the surface or the inside, so you can take more. ”

In fact, the dosage of angelica, peony, and atractylodes in the prescription is small. Ligusticum chuanxiong, angelica, and peony are only used to harmonize the blood. Atractylodes has the function of strengthening the spleen. Together with ginseng, astragalus, rehmannia root, and white peony root Waiting to protect the righteous nature makes a difference. In the brigade purgative medicine, it is impossible to achieve "sweating without hurting the surface and sweating without hurting the inside".

As for the so-called "light dose" of this prescription, which can be "taken more often", it is also worthy of discussion. Fei Boxiong pointed out in "Medical Prescriptions": "Although Yun Tong can cure all internal and external evils, it must be used only if the three burners of the outside and inside are both true in the note. Otherwise, saltpeter and yellow are as strong as gypsum and talc. Shen Han, an ordinary disease, how can it be treated like this? ”

In terms of clinical symptoms, the indications of this prescription are often those with strong body and strong heat. As for whether it can be "taken multiple times" and whether it is a "heavy dose", it mainly depends on the dosage.

This article was originally published in "China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine"