麻黄临床功用探悉

麻黄具有"发汗平喘利水"的功效;历代医家多以麻黄治疗外感风寒,恶寒发热,无汗,咳喘,水肿等症,是辛温解表中发汗作用最强的,害怕使用。结合历代本草、方书中对麻黄功用的记载,结合临床实践,发现麻黄的作用远远超出目前中药学教科书所记载的"发汗、平喘宣肺、通阳利水"功效,还具有较强的"温通阳气"作用,可以温通阳气,调和血脉,起到温阳通络止痛、止遗、止痒等作用。因此,从另外的角度探悉麻黄在临床的功用,临床上只要辨证准确,善用麻黄辛温走散之性,可以起到较好的疗效。

Analysis on the Clinical Effect of Ephedra

Ephedra,a kind of traditional Chinese medicine,its pharmacological actions and side effects have drawn people’s attention.Doctors in the past used ephedra to treat disease of exogenous wind-cold,cough,asthma and edema.They think ephedra has strong effect on inducing sweat and dispelling exogenous evils.According to literature,ephedra has the nature of pungent and warm,could dispel wind and remove dampness,warm channel and expel cold,remove obstruction in collaterals.Thus,ephedra can be widely used in correct syndrome differentiation and exact combination of Chinese materia medica guarantee the wise application of ephedra for arthromyodynia,depression and other diseases.