"treatise On The" Mind Disease Treating Preliminary Studies

The paper describes in outline the treatments for neuropsychosis in Treatise on Cold—Attack,which be classified into 12 categories:treatments of relieving exterior syndrome & clearing away the interior heat(Major Blue Dragon Decoction representative),treatments of purging interior fire(Zhizichi Decoction representative),treatments of purging interior fire & expelling material evils(Purgative Decoction for Coordinating Gastric Function representative),treatments of harmonizing Shaoyang disease(Minor and major Decoction of Bupleurum representative),treatments of activating blood flow and removing blood stasis(the Decoction of Peach Kernel for Activating Qi representative),treatments of pouring out phlegmatic saliva(Muskmelon Pedicel Powder representative),treatments of invigorating qi and riching the blood(Minor Decoction for Strengthening the Spleen),treatments of nourishing yin to lower the fire(the Decoction including Coptis and Colla Corii Asini representative),treatments of Strengthening heart yang(Decoction of Cinnamon Twig with Dragons Bone and Oyster Shell representative),treatments of Strengthening yang and lowering the rebellious qi(Double Cinnamon Twig Decoction and Decoction including Poria Cinnamon Twig Liquorice and Chinese date),treatments of restoring yang to rescue the patient from collapse(Cold Limbs Decoction representative),treatments of regulation of yin and yang(Black Plum Pills representative),and try to study the mechanism of these treatments and prescriptions for neuropsychosis in Treatise on Cold—Attack and also their influence on the clinic treatments for neuropsychosis of subsequent physicians.Through the study,I think,the main foundation theory of Zhongjing's treatments for neuropsychosis lies in the theory five zang-ciscera storing mental activity,regulating the mental activity according to five-ciscera.And also we can find that Zhong Zhongjing attached importance to the employing ability of recover possessed by organism itself,and did not abuse medicines,and also the joint use of medicine and acupuncture and moxibustion.The rule of diagnosis and treatment for neuropsychosis,I think,is treatment based on syndrome differentiation which is the essence to TCM,and this is just the value of this paper:we should learn not only the concrete knowledge from the works, but also learn the spirit of treatment based on syndrome differentiation,which is instructive to us the phenomenons that treat insomnia always with Spine Date Seed Decoction without giving any thought to the differentiation of their concrete syndromes.