Chang, Pure Cold Temperature Unified Academic Thought,

The opposition of"cold pathogenic disease"and"epidemic febrile disease"had lasted for a long times in the development history of Traditional Chinese Medicine, even in today's clinical practice in Taiwan. Is there any way to unite the two theories? The purpose of this article is to search for such a well-know Chinese doctor who can unite the two theories to his clinical experience. I hope this study on the points of the physician will help us to understand and treat diseases caused by exogenous factors from a new view.Zhang Xi-chun is a famous expert on Traditional Chinese Medicine in modern times. He plays an extremely important role on modern history of TCM. In recent years, there are plenty of academic researches on his theories, including on his research methods, on his medical theories, on his treatment experiences, on his using drugs and composing prescriptions. However, there is still lack of study on his theory of"union of cold pathogenic disease and epidemic febrile disease". Zhang Xi-chun is called as one of the"greatest four doctors in China"and the"three well-known Zhang", which indicated that his therapeutic effects gained highly evaluation by Chinese people. He is good at treating diseases caused by exogenous factors and his theory on the disease is special. So I choose this physician to study in order to explore his theory of"union of cold pathogenic disease and epidemic febrile disease", which will be benefit to the argument between"cold pathogenic disease"and"epidemic febrile disease".Directed by"new theory of three outlines"(新三纲论), Zhang Xi-chun analyzed the definition of cold pathogenic diseases which had been discussed by Zhang Zhong-jing, and concluded that Shanghan Lun on cold damage(伤寒论)in fact includes three types of syndromes, which are wind-stroke syndrome, cold damage syndrome and warmth attack syndrome. At the same time Zhang Xi-chun also classified epidemic febrile disease into three types based on different etiological factors: spring-warm syndrome, wind-warm syndrome and damp-warm syndrome, as well as emphasized that treatment methods for epidemic febrile disease should be difference in according to above three types. He believed that treatment methods for epidemic febrile disease had been mentioned in Zhang Zhong-jing's Shanghan Lun on cold damage, and introduced Zhang Zhong-jing's analyzing and differentiating of cold pathogenic disease in accordance with the theory of the six channels(六经辨证) to the treatment of epidemic febrile disease. He pointed out that Maxing Shigan decoction(麻杏石甘汤) was a prescription of Zhang Zhong-jing for the treatment of epidemic febrile disease at early stage, others such as Daqinglong decection(大青龙...