Drug characteristics, regularity and application of Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica in the treatment of cough with dyspnea
WANG Yue1 SU Xin2
1.School of Basic Medicine, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Jilin Province, Changchun 130117, China;
2.School of Health Management, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Jilin Province, Changchun 130117, China
Abstract:Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica has mentioned 41 kinds of herbs with therapeutic effect of cough with dyspnea. This paper makes statistics and analysis from the aspects about the distribution of drugs, nature and flavour, meridian tropism, the classification of efficacy, and the trend of action, so as to explore the characteristics and regularity of herbs in Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica for treating cough with dyspnea, in order to provide reference for clinical treatment and new drug research and development of cough. The results show that the distribution of drugs are mainly the following products and plant drugs; most of the flavor is pungent and mild; thirty-one drugs can be found and meridian, cough is closely related to lung, kidney and heart; up to now, there are 26 flavors, involving 13 kinds of efficacy, most of which are warming interior formula, antitussive and antiasthmatic medicine and heat-clearing medicine; the tend of drugs effect is sinking and descending more than ascending and floating; it can play a role by eliminating pathogenic factors, nourishing vital qi and special effects.
王悦1 苏鑫2. 《神农本草经》治咳逆药物特点、规律及应用探微[J]. 中国医药导报, 2021, 18(9): 164-167.
WANG Yue1 SU Xin2. Drug characteristics, regularity and application of Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica in the treatment of cough with dyspnea. 中国医药导报, 2021, 18(9): 164-167.