中药四性理论的研究现状与展望

中药药性理论是中医药理论的重要组成部分,中药四性是中药药性理论的核心内容,四性的现代研究日益受到国家及科研工作者的重视。关于中药四性的功能和物质属性的现代研究因研究思路与方法不同,因而存在着较大的差异,至今未能取得突破性进展。作者从理论研究、临床研究、生物效应研究、研究方法与研究思路4个方面阐述了中药四性研究现状,明确了中药四性研究中存在的问题,提出了中药四性研究可供选择的思路与方法。

Status and Prospect on Studies of Four Properties for Traditional Chinese Materia Medica

Property theory of herbal medicines is the key part and the soul of Chinese material medica theory. Four properties of the traditional Chinese medicine is the core content of drug property theory of traditional Chinese materia medica(TCMM). For the past few years, the study of property has attracted high degree of attention increasingly. Although a few of achievements have been obtained in biological effect and material structure, a great breakthrough is still being expected.In this article, the status of of the four properties for the TCMM are analysed from four aspects such as theory research, clinical research, biological effect research, method and pathway research. The existing problems are identified and the potential preferential methods and pathways are raised.