By collecting and sorting out documents from ancient times to nowadays, the research analyzes the situation of the clinical practice of Xiao jianzhong Tang. It discovers that the range of the use of Xiao jianzhong Tang is continuously changing in 2 thousand years. Ancient doctors mainly applied it in coughing, bleeding, while modern doctors usually use it in chronic digestive diseases, cardiovascular diseases and hematological diseases, etc. The recipe is for exterior-excess syndrome due to fatigue and lassitude, poor appetite, pale tongue with whitish fur, wiry (or deep) and thready pulse. The essay also inquires into problems like its compatibility, classification and the modification in the light of the symptoms. |