The treatment method for febrile diseases mainly are internal therapy and external treatment, while internal therapy is studied more currently, external treatment is paid less attention to.This article is emphasized to talk about external treatment of febrile diseases.Obtains from the historical evolution, reviewed the origin, orm systematically with the development phase and the maturation periodof external treatment of febrile diseases. After reviewing its historical evolution, make the simple summary.Compared with the internal treatment, external treatment holds the good quality, which can get the same goal with internal treatment, such as promoting flow of qi and blood, regulating yingqi and weiqi, expelling and opening muscular interstics, expelling heat to exterior, resolving carbuncle and dispersing accumulation, removing nerotic tissue and promoting granulation, protecting the organs, dredging orifices, regulating the flow of qi, opening orificle to activate spirit, stopping wind to relieve convulsion, replenishing qi to prevent collapse, etal.We also probe the mechanism of external treament, and presume the influence of Qi and Wei is the mechanism of function of external treament and has a good relationship with meridian.At the last, we discuss the concrete of external treament, to think treatment based on syndrome differentiation is the key factor for external treament for febrile diseases, synthetic operation is the base princple to use it, and to modificate the presription in accordance with syndrome is the essential requirement, the antecedent of handling external treament is to select the herb and method carefully, the important way of promoting effection is to oberve the side-effect of herb on purse. |