There are different views on ointment, ointment and ointment prescription.
Ointment, in terms of dosage form alone, belongs to one of the eight major dosage forms of traditional Chinese medicine: pill, powder, ointment, Dan, wine, dew, soup and ingot. Ointment is divided into oral ointment and external ointment, and external ointment is also called plaster, thin ointment and plaster. Early oral ointments were sometimes called "XXX soup", such as Da Fu Zi Tang and Zhu You Jian Tang in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber.
Nowadays, some scholars discuss the origin of the cream prescription, which often dates back to Huangdi Neijing and Fifty-two Prescriptions for Diseases. Fifty-two prescriptions for diseases contain fat ointment, fat ointment, moss ointment, leopard ointment and snake ointment, and Huangdi Neijing contains dog ointment and horse ointment. These ointments are basically animal fats, which are externally applied on the body surface (so "ointment" is used as a verb, which means coating). In the future, sticky things made of plants are also called paste, so they no longer refer to animal fat.
The folk winter season in Jiangnan is based on "disease prevention", commonly known as "cream tonic"; Now what some people say orally is actually eating cream. Strictly speaking, the ointment prescribed by the doctor is called ointment. Today, people are still used to eating cream in folk areas of cream, especially in Longsha cultural area. As a tonic in winter, "cream" expresses not only a preparation form, but also a tonic. "High posture" or "high flying" is a term with a specific concept in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, which has a special meaning in medicine. The difference between ointment, ointment and paste is obvious.
The Chinese Medical Association's "Technical Operation Standard for Health Care of Traditional Chinese Medicine" defines the cream as "cream", which is a Chinese medicinal ointment with health care as its main purpose, also known as "cream". It is correct to point out clearly that the main purpose of ointment is not to cure diseases, but to preserve health and recuperate the body to cure diseases.
"Cream nourishing" is a folk custom in Jiangnan area.
The Heritage Studio of Longsha Medical College conducted an investigation on the folk custom of taking cream as tonic in winter in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. It is found that the folk custom of taking ointment mainly covers Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou and northern Zhejiang, and the Longsha cultural area around Taihu Lake is the center of ointment folk custom. There is a tradition of homemade cream in winter among the people in Longsha Cultural Area.
Choosing "high posture" for winter tonic has the advantage of dosage form.
The paste is sticky and stays in the body for a long time, which can play a nourishing role more than other dosage forms. "Lingshu Wuyijin Bie Ye" "The body fluids of five grains are combined into a paste, which permeates the bone gap and supplements the brain marrow". In winter, the tonic is mainly to supplement the essence, and the paste is more suitable.
In addition, the ointment has the advantages of convenient administration, good taste and easy storage and carrying.
The culture of "dragon high sand" is profound.
Longsha area has a long history and culture. Lu Wengui, a university student in Jiangyin at the end of Song Dynasty and the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, was praised as the "Southeast Master" by academic circles. Mr. Lu devoted himself to the cultural and educational undertakings in Longsha area, including Chinese medicine, for more than 50 years, and trained a large number of cultural and medical talents. The thought of Heluo in Song Dynasty was an arrow of Mingmen theory between Ming and Qing Dynasties, which was inherited by Lu. The Longsha medical school formed by Lu Wengui's cultural heritage has enriched and developed the theory of "storing essence in winter" in Huangdi Neijing by applying the theory of Mingmen and the idea that "one yang is born on the winter solstice", and initiated and promoted the folk custom of nourishing prescriptions in Jiangnan area. It is one of the important characteristics of this academic school to make good use of cream to nourish health and prevent and treat diseases.
Longsha ointment is the source of traditional Chinese medicine ointment, which can best reflect the folk culture connotation of ointment. Liu Baodi and Zhang Yuqing, famous doctors in Longsha, are outstanding representatives of Jiangsu and Zhejiang ointment.
Four Features of "Dragon High in Sand"
Through the study of the cases of doctors' prescriptions in Longsha in the past dynasties, it is considered that the prescriptions in Longsha conform to the idea that the winter solstice is a sun, and pay attention to the life of Yuanyang. Pay attention to the mutual roots of yin and yang, and seek yang in yin; Combine five movements and six qi, and adapt to the time; Pay attention to the four characteristics of the paste boiling process and the excellent production process.
"Dragon high sand" has a specific theoretical basis.
As mentioned above, the cream embodies the folk culture connotation of a specific region. From the academic level, the theory of winter storage essence in Neijing, the theory of endowment source, the thought of Taiji Heluo in Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties and the theory of Mingmen in Ming and Qing Dynasties are the theoretical basis of Longsha ointment.
Dragon High Sand follows the opportunity of seven losses and eight benefits.
The word "seven damages and eight benefits" is found in Su Wen's On the Harmony of Yin and Yang, which is the basic method of regulating Yin and Yang in Huangdi Neijing. In modern academic circles, it is mostly interpreted as room art, which loses the important significance of "seven damages and eight benefits" In this regard, Professor Gu Zhishan has refuted the article "Seven Damages and Eight Benefits in Huangdi's Internal Classic" published in journal of traditional chinese medicine, China on July 2 1 2006.
Professor Gu Zhishan thinks that the theory of Yin and Yang is named because the main idea of this article is to emphasize the correspondence of Yin and Yang in nature and the image of Yin and Yang in human body. All human activities need to be consistent with the image of yin-yang gasification in nature, and "seven losses and eight benefits" is the image feature of yin-yang gasification in nature.
According to the "Red Diagram of Three Yang Tai" drawn by the professor, Eight is located in the northeast, corresponding to the place where the sun is open in early spring, and the weather rises left and falls right. After Eight, the yang is getting stronger; The seventh is located in the western autumn. After the seventh, "Yangming is closed" and the yang is gradually closed. Su Wen's Four Qi Tunes the Spirit said: "People who are yin and yang at four seasons are the foundation of all things, so saints raise yang in spring and summer and yin in autumn and winter to follow their roots, so they rise and fall with all things at the gate of growth. Here, "nourishing yang in spring and summer" refers to "benefiting eight", while "nourishing yin in autumn and winter" follows the natural law of "seven losses", and "yang kills yin and hides it" to help yang collect.
Because the sun's yang in winter is essentially sealed in the north by the small yin, there is a saying that "the small yin controls the fire" and "the vital gate between the kidneys". The "door of life" is the "door of growth" mentioned above. In spring and summer, the yang "floats" outside, and in autumn and winter, the yang "sinks" outside. Obeying seven damages and eight benefits is the principle, "nourishing yang in spring and summer, nourishing yin in autumn and winter" is the method, and "ascending and descending with everything at the door of growth" is the realm.
According to the law of "seven damages and eight benefits", some people who lose the yang after autumn can take some autumn cream first, which can be used as "Taoist cream" in winter to make the yang better collected.
"Longgao Sand" advocates taking it from the winter solstice.
Longgao Sand advocates taking it at the beginning of the winter solstice, because the winter solstice is the cathode and the sun is born. Tang Du Fu's Xiaozhi: "Heaven and human beings urge each other every day, and the winter solstice brings spring", and Song Zhu Shu Zhen's Winter Solstice: "The yellow bell should be driven by the wind, and the yin lies and the yang rises, while Shu Qi returns." According to Gu's "Three Yang Opening and Closing Pivot Diagram", we can fully understand the concept of "Winter One".
Taking "high posture" in winter is to conform to the laws of nature. When the cathode produces yang, taking some drugs that nourish the kidney and produce sperm is beneficial to the function of storing sperm in the kidney, but it is not enough to store sperm only, and it is not enough to replenish kidney and essence. Longsha's high posture conforms to the gasification law of "one sun on the winter solstice". Astragalus membranaceus and cassia twig are often added to the drugs for warming yang and tonifying kidney. The cream pays attention to "moving in silence, combining static and dynamic". According to the idea that the sun rises on the winter solstice, adding medicine to help the sun "open" and "rise" is a higher level of "movement".
Dr. Longsha combined luck to enrich the connotation of "ointment"
Influenced by the academic tradition of Song Dynasty inherited by Lu, Longsha doctors attached great importance to the application of luck theory in clinic, and this feature was also reflected in Longsha doctors' prescriptions. In the prescriptions of famous doctors in Longsha, we often see the idea of flexible prescription and medication according to the luck characteristics of different years.
Dr. Long Sha expands the application extension of "high posture"
The cream was originally used to tonify diseases in winter, but some doctors found that taking the cream in winter can often get unexpected effects on some chronic diseases, so some doctors often use the cream in combination to treat some chronic diseases in winter, expanding the scope of indications of the cream.
Qin Bowei's "The Complete Collection of Cream Prescriptions" points out that "the cream prescription is not a simple tonic, but contains the meaning of treating diseases and saving lives. Professor Yan Dexin, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, makes good use of ointment in clinic. He pointed out that ointment is not only a good medicine for nourishing and strengthening, but also the best dosage form for treating chronic diseases.