Research On Four Herbs Decoction (Siwu Tang) And Its Associated Prescriptions

As a representative prescription of Nourishing Blood, Four Herbs Decoction is consisted according to the principle of Prescriptions for Nourishing Blood of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) to regulate blood deficiency, and it becomes a general and original prescription of nourishing blood.The thesis discusses the origin and development and concept of associated prescription, and tries to find the development and regulation of Four Herbs Decoction and its associated prescriptions. From more than 400 associated prescriptions, sorting out 53 associated prescriptions of Four Herbs Decoction and being divided into 9 kinds.In the basis of nourishing blood, adding to these effects: nourishing blood and benefiting qi, nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, nourishing blood and expelling cold .nourishing blood and tranquilizing mind, nourishing blood and expelling exogenous wind, nourishing blood and stopping endogenous wind, nourishing blood and Yin, nourishing blood and promoting blood circulation to relieve stasis, nourishing blood and clearing heat.The aim of the thesis is to expand the clinical practice scope of Four Herbs Decoction, and provide more than efficient basis in order to use Four Herbs Decoction in the clinical practice.