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Fromherbs to prescription Study of Xiaochaihu decoction syndrome of Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases |
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DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2014.08.19 |
Key Words
Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases;Xiaochaihu decoction;Shen Nong's Herbal Classic;prescription syndrome |
Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | Low Su Geh | Malaysia | | YUAN Hong-xia | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, Tianjin | 513539435@qq.com |
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Abstract
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As a representative of classical prescriptions, Xiaochaihu decoction is one of the most important prescriptions originated from Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases by ZHANG Zhong-jing in Han dynasty. It was used frequently by doctors of successive dynasties. This thesis explored the efficacy of the seven herbs, constituted Xiaochaihu decoction with the compari-son of the content of Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases and Shen Nong's Herbal Classic. At the same time it was summarized that how ZHANG Zhong-jing added and subtracted these seven herbs in order to figure out ZHANG Zhong-jing's rule and idea of using herbs. |
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