Professor Feng Xinghua Astragalus Academic Thought Paralysis Disease Treatment

The paper, with the careful guidance of Professor Feng Xinghua and Chief physic ian Liu Hongxiao, has preliminarily analyzed the experience and thoughts of Feng Xin ghua about how to clinically use Astragalus to treat impediment diseases.The paper ha s combined the following complements together to clarify it, as the core theoretical ba sis--" support right and dispel evil" the important theory of <Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach>, the Chinese medical theory related to Astragalus’s functions,use of As tragalus in the common impediment diseases,the commonly used formulas containing Astragalus, the commonly used drugs combined with Astragalus.At the same time, the paper also reviews the Materia Medicas which related to Astragalus and reviews mod ern pharmacological research of Astragalus with the method of literature retrieval.The specific structure of the paper is as follows:In first part, it expounds Astragalus’s functions on fortifying spleen and supplem enting qi,boosting qi and activating blood,promoting pus discharge and promoting tissu e regeneration,strengthening the superficial and stopping sweating,by reading the recor ds of Astragalus on Materia Medicas.And it also explains the influence on Astragalus of different drug process and dosages.The main chemical composition concluding flavo noids,polysaccharide and saponins class is know by literature retrieval.It also details th e progress of Astragalus’s pharmacological research on the immune regulation, mainly including the influence on immune organs, nonspecific immune (including Macrophag as, Natural Killer Cell, Dentritic Cells),specific immune(lymphocyte), immune factors (i ncluding Interferon, Iinterleukin, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Cell Adhesion Molecule, Nucl ear Transcription Factor-kappB, NO factor, Immunoglobulin and C complement), resisti ng oxygen free radicals,resisting inflammation, blood and protein.In second part,it summarizes the theoretical basis about Professor Feng Xinghua h ow to use Astragalus to treat impediment disease. Firstly it puts forward the core theo ry of "support right and dispel evil", and emphasizes the significance of the balance between qi and blood or yin and yang, and of the harmony between five organs and six bowels; secondly it puts forward the main theory of<Treatise on the Spleen an d Stomach>,and emphasizes the importance of spleen (and stomach) as "root of later heaven and source for qi and blood transformation";thirdly it expounds the theoretica1basis of Chinese medicine on Astragalus’s functions of fortifying the spleen and supplement qi,banking up the earth and engendering metal, boosting qi and warming y ang,boosting qi and activating blood, boosting qi and producing blood,through the Chi nese medical link between fortifying the spleen and boosting qi and supplementing the root of later heaven, child ill to supplementing the mother and banking up the earth and engendering metal, qi vacuity and blood vacuity, the three organs including lung, spleen and kidney and the metabolism of liquid water, damp-heat and sore, qi vacuity and yang vacuity, qi vacuity and blood stasis, it reflects the core thought--using Astr agalus’ s function of supporting right and dispelling evil to cure impediment diseases. At the same time, it has preliminarily concluded the academical characters of how to use Astragalus in the clinical treatment of impediment diseases, for the Astragalus’s f unction of fortifying the spleen and boosting qi, Professor Feng Xinghua will use Astr agalus combined with Four Gentlemen Decoction to supplement qi to supplement qi a nd strengthen the center to support right and dispel evil, when the patients coming with the syndromes of the vacuity of spleen qi, as the lack of strength, or reduced fo od intake, or muscle atrophy, or spleen-stomach disharmony, or in the plateau of the i mpediment diseases, or for a long period of time to take hormones and immune inhib itors; for the Astragalus’s function of fortifying spleen and boosting lung, and bankin g up the earth and engendering metal,so Professor Feng Xinghua will use Astragalus combined with Four Gentlemen Decoction to fortify the spleen and boost lung qi, an d to bank up the earth and engender metal,when the patients coming with the syndro mes of vacuity of lung qi,as thoracic oppression,or shortness of breath, or panting and cough; for the Astragalus’s function of disinhibiting water and dispersing swelling, s o Professor Feng Xinghua chooses Astragalus to combine some dampness-disinhibiting medicinals, like poria,alisma and coix, to treat the patients who come with the syndr omes of joint swelling and distention; or choose Astragalus to combine dendrobium, a chyranthes, lonicera flower, polygala together to cure crane’s knee wind; for the Astr agalus’s function of promoting pus discharge and promoting tissue regenerations Pro fessor Feng Xinghua chooses Astragalus to combine ledebouriella,mint and so on to di ssipate the heat and resolve the exterior, when the patients coming with ulcerating cor e of skin;or choose Astragalus to combine ovate atractylodes, poria,alisma and coix s eed together to treat the ulcerating core of mucous membranes; as Professor Feng Xin ghua say, yang vacuity will lead to qi vacuity, so he chooses Astragalus to boost qi a nd free yang, and usually use Astragalus combined with aconite to treat the patients with the syndromes of qi vacuity and lack of warmth in the limbs; as Professor Feng Xinghua say,"qi is the commander of the blood", so he chooses Astragalus to boo st qi and activate blood, and usually use Astragalus-Four Gentlemen Decoction combin ed with Tangkuei to treat the patients with the scleroderma; as Professor Feng Xinghu a say,"having-form blood cannot be produced quickly",so he chooses Astragalus to b oost qi and produce blood,and usually use Astragalus and Four Gentlemen Decoction combined with lycium and Tangkuei to supplement qi and produce blood when the pa tients come with the syndromes of vacuity of qi and blood,as dizziness and somber w hite facial complexion.Then, it takes the common impediment diseases (including Rheumatoid Arthritis,S ystemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren’s Syndrome, Systemic Sclerosis, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Poly Myositis, Gout Arthritis) as the outline to expound the specific and int egrated choose of Astragalus’s function by syndrome differentiation, and it has enrich ed the guiding significance of Astragalus in treating impediment diseases clinically.Professor Feng Xinghua especially emphasizes on the theoretical basis of herbs and formulas, like the importance of nature-and-flavor and channel entry for herbsl, and the sovereign, minister, assistant, and envoy for the medicinal roles in the formula.Taking it as a principle, the paper finally has preliminarily summarized and analyzed the common-used formulas which conclude Astragalus,like Four Spirits Decoction,Astragalus and Four Gentlemen Decoction, Fangji and Astragalus Decoction, Astragalus Cinnamon Twig Five Agens Decoction, Jade Wind-Barrier Powder,Center-Supplementing Qi-Boosting Decoction,and so on.At the same time,it has overviewed the usually-used herbs combined with Astragalus which Professor Feng Xinghua prefers to choose during the treat of impediment diseases,as Astragalus combined with codonopsis, Astragalus combined with ovate atractylodes, Astragalus combined with poria, Astragalus combined with tangkuei, Astragalus combined with salvia,Astragalus combined with ledebouriella.