|
Xin Fan Ba Zhen written by Zhang Jing-Yue, who was a famous doctor of warm-supplementary school in Ming Dynasty, included new formulas designed in compliance with strategies to construct eight arrays into Supplementation Array, Harmonization Array, Attack Array, Dispersing Array, Cooling Array, Warming Array, Securing Array, and Cause Array. Where listed eight schemes to talk about therapeutic principles, and eight tactical arrays contained formulas and drugs to treat diseases. Some formulas in this book have been popularly researched and clinicaly studied, but not the whole construction of the eight arrays. Therefore, we used the Xin Fan Ba Zhen as study materials and the contents of Jing-Yue’s writings as study references to try to finger out the characteristics of the eight schemes and arrays. The results demonstrated that, firstly, Jing-Yue designed the Xin Fan Ba Lve in accordance with the yin-yang and life-gate theory and the true-yin theory. Yin-yang and six changes made the new formulas reasonably to Xin Fan Ba Zhen. It means that the schemes are the basis of the arrays, and the yin-yang and life-gate theory are the basis of the schemes. Secondly, there were respective characteristics of each arrays. Supplementation Array represented the physiology, pathology, and treatments of the yin-yang and life-gate theory and the true-yin theory of Jing-Yue the most completely, and represented the relationship of yin and yang are rooted in each other, jing and qi are transformed in each other, the congenital develops the acquired, and the acquired resupply the congenital. Cooked rehmannia, licorice, and tangkuei were used to nourish yin-blood. Harmonization Array emphasized on harmonizing qi dynamic and composed variant usages of Two Matured Ingredient Decoction, Stomach-Calming Powder, and Poria Four Fecoction Decoction. Attack Array was designed to attack repletion, and gleditsia was used mainly. Dispersing Array resolved the exterior in every situation, enriched the theories of using bupleurum to resolve the exterior and constitute formulas, and used licorice, tangkuei, and white peony to supplement yin-blood to assist bupleurum to harmonize and dissipate cold. Cooling Array used cold medicinals to eliminate mainly the repletion heat , so the cold medicinals were used more than others. Warming Array contained formulas composed of warm and hot drugs to cure the cold, and valued the usages of the dried ginger, aconites, and cinnamon bark. Securing Array was made for securing and astricting seminal emission, vaginal discharge, and menstruation insecurity, etc, and used the drugs both supplementing and securing more than others. Cause Array mainly in gynecology, pox, fever and cold, surgery, and external medicine, are more and far more complex than other arrays. To emphasis on distinguishing tip and root, and consider the root and tip stimulatory are the real concepts of Cause Array. Thirdly, the new formulas in the eight arrays added what the old formulas lacked, and had the characteristics of persist in supporting right showing in following features. Every characteristic in the new formulas of the eight arrays can make up the insufficiencies of the old formulas. People with internal injure and miscellaneous diseases were cared by supplementing original qi before treating disease. Supplementing yin was used in most arrays showing the key point the yang is based on yin. Supplementing the yang in yin was seeking yin in yang. The high frequencies of using licorice, tangkuei, cooked rehmannia, poria, and white peony mean Jing-Yue placed importance on supplementing yin, and freeing qi dynamic. After comparing the recent literature on studying Xin Fan Ba Zhen by other academicians, we found that our study can reveal the original intentions of Jing-Yue constituting the new formulas in the eight arrays more clearly.
|