Fumigation history of traditional Chinese medicine
The written records of Chinese medicine decoction for external treatment of diseases are as follows:
Book of Rites: Take a bath if you have a sore on your head, and take a bath if you have a choice.
Huangdi Neijing also said: There are evil spirits, which are regarded as sweat, and evil spirits can be solved by sweat.
"Fifty-two Diseases Prescription" was unearthed with Mawangdui Han Tomb, and it was clearly put forward that the diseases should be treated by steaming with hot medicine boiled by traditional Chinese medicine, including all-round fumigation and bathing, such as treating hemorrhoids with Luo Ruan; Boiling leek wine to treat traumatology diseases.
Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage in the Eastern Han Dynasty, also described the prescription and technique of fumigation and washing with Sophora flavescens to treat women's lower body eroded by fox disease.
Ge Hong's Elbow Backup Emergency Prescription in Jin Dynasty recorded the treatment of trauma and carbuncle by decocting Cortex Phellodendri and fumigating with Huang Cen.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, fumigation developed rapidly. On the basis of pudendal and foot fumigation, the methods of eye fumigation and hair fumigation were put forward. Sun Simiao's "Qian Jin Fang Yao" recorded the prescription and technique of fumigation and washing with a large dose of Huangqi Fangfeng Decoction to treat Queen Liu's stroke and revive her. The use of traditional Chinese medicine fumigation therapy in the Palace Deep Hospital to treat the severe stroke of the Empress Dowager was enough to explain the role and influence of traditional Chinese medicine fumigation therapy at that time.
Fumigation therapy was further developed and matured in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The first aid theory and parallel prose theory in Qing Dynasty are the maturity and perfection of the branch scientific system of external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. In particular, the incisive, dialectical and irrefutable macro theory in theoretical parallel prose has pushed the external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine from practice to theory to a new height. Among them, Wu Shiji, a master of external treatment, practiced hard, thinking that "external treatment has lasted for more than ten years, and tens of thousands of people have been detained for inspection, and countless people have been treated".
In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial concubine was bathed in hot springs and flowers. In the Yuan Dynasty, Tai Hospital recorded the fumigation prescriptions of emperors and queens in previous dynasties and various fumigation prescriptions for treating joint pain, hemorrhoids, impotence and scrotal swelling and pain. Especially in Qing Dynasty, fumigation occupied a large proportion in Fang Yaozhong of Qing Palace. 65 pieces of fumigation commonly used by Cixi Guangxu were collected in "Selected Documents of Medical Prescriptions of Cixi Guangxu". Among them, there are 20 fumigation prescriptions, 6 fumigation prescriptions 16, 3 fumigation prescriptions, 5 fumigation prescriptions 15, 7 fumigation prescriptions for limbs and 4 fumigation prescriptions. It can be seen that the application of fumigation therapy in court has been highly valued.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the progress of science and technology, a number of influential monographs have appeared, such as The Complete Book of Natural Therapy, The Complete Book of Unique Therapy of Practical Chinese Medicine, The Complete Book of Clinical Treatment of Contemporary Chinese Medicine, and The Complete Book of China Medical Treatment. , came out one after another, learn from each other's strong points, and made contributions to the continuous development of external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and fumigation therapy of traditional Chinese medicine. Skin is the largest organ of human body, which has many functions such as secretion, absorption, infiltration, excretion, feeling and so on. In addition to the protective function against the invasion of foreign pathogens. Traditional Chinese medicine steam therapy uses the physiological characteristics of the skin to make drugs absorbed through the surface layer of the skin, through the stratum corneum, through the dermis, and transported to the blood circulation to exert their efficacy. The absorption and penetration of skin are related to humidity, and the humidity of drug treatment only enhances the effect of absorption and penetration. The warm stimulation of medicinal steam raises the skin temperature, dilates the skin capillaries, promotes the circulation of blood and lymph, promotes metabolism and improves the nutrition of surrounding tissues. The warm stimulation of medicinal steam also makes pores open, makes the whole body sweat, and makes the "evil poison" in the body excreted with sweat, which not only strengthens the body, but also eliminates fatigue and gives people comfort. At the same time, it can stimulate the nerve endings of the skin and form new reflexes through the nervous system, thus destroying the original pathological reflex connection and achieving the purpose of curing diseases. The medicinal steam circulates from bottom to top, and also permeates the acupoints and dredges the meridians (the so-called "general principle is painless, but pain is impassable"), so it can replenish qi and nourish blood and regulate the balance of yin and yang in the body.