1. Prescription name: The name of each prescription usually reflects its main efficacy or ingredients. For example, some prescriptions for colds may be named cold prescriptions, while those for diarrhea may be named antidiarrheal prescriptions. At the same time, there will be some specific names, such as Liuwei Dihuang Pill and Xiaoyao Powder, which usually come from the experience or cultural background of the ancients.
2. Composition of the prescription: This part lists all the ingredients of the prescription in detail, including Chinese herbal medicines, herbs, minerals, etc. For example, prescriptions for hypertension may include salvia miltiorrhiza, poria cocos, licorice and other Chinese herbal medicines. For some complicated prescriptions, it may be necessary to describe the specific steps or skills in the preparation process.
3. Usage and dosage: This part explains in detail how to use the prescription, including dosage, time (such as before or after meals) and administration mode (such as oral administration and external application). For some prescriptions that need to be prepared, the preparation method will also be provided.
4. Efficacy Indications: This part describes the main efficacy and usage of this prescription. For example, a prescription may be described as clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and relieving pain, which means that it is mainly used to treat swelling and pain caused by heat toxin. These descriptions are usually related to the diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine.
5. Source of prescription: This part explains the source of prescription, which may come from ancient medical books and folk prescriptions. This helps readers to understand the historical and cultural background of this prescription.
6. Taboos and precautions: This part lists the precautions when using this prescription, including taboo groups (such as pregnant women, children, the elderly, etc.). ), the interaction between drugs and possible adverse reactions. This part is very important for the safe use of prescription.
7. Note: For some special prescriptions, there may be other relevant information, such as historical background, detailed description of preparation technology, source and quality control of specific medicinal materials, etc. This information helps to further understand and use prescriptions.
Prescription classification:
1, classified by disease name
This classification method is convenient for clinical application. 1 1 classical prescriptions in Han Shu Literature and Art Annals include 12 prescriptions for visceral arthralgia, 16 prescriptions for visceral hernia, 16 prescriptions for cold and heat, and prescriptions for golden sores. And the norms of Taiping Shenghui Fang, Puji Fang and Zhun Fang.
2. Classification according to syndromes
Treatise on Febrile Diseases classifies prescriptions according to the changes of syndromes of Taiyang, Yangming, Shaoyang, Taiyin, Shaoyin and Jueyin, which highlights the idea of syndrome differentiation and treatment in traditional Chinese medicine.
3. Classification according to hail Hall effect.
Classification according to efficacy originated from Compendium of Materia Medica collected by Chen in Tang Dynasty. Traditional Chinese medicine is divided into ten kinds according to its efficacy, namely, spreading, dredging, tonifying, purging, mild, heavy, astringent, slippery, dry and wet, which are called ten doses. According to the preface of Cheng Wuji's Treatise on Prescriptions for Exogenous Fever, the prescription is composed of ten agents: dispersing, dredging, tonifying, purging, mild, heavy, astringent, slippery, dry and wet. This view has become the basis for applying the ten-agent classification of traditional Chinese medicine to the classification of prescriptions in later generations, and it is of certain significance to improve the systematicness, theory and practice of prescriptions.
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Jingyue put forward eight arrays of supplement, harmony, attack, dispersion, cold, heat, solidity and cause in the Complete Book of Pure Moon. In the Qing Dynasty, Cheng Zhongling put forward eight methods in medical thought: sweating, harmonizing, diarrhea, digestion, vomiting, clearing away heat, warming and tonifying. And Wang Ang's theories of nourishing, promoting hair, vomiting, attacking interior, exterior and interior, reconciliation, regulating qi, regulating blood, expelling wind, dispelling cold, clearing summer heat, promoting diuresis, moistening dryness, purging fire, resolving phlegm, resolving food stagnation, arresting astringency, killing insects, improving eyesight, carbuncle, menstruation and urgency.
4. According to clinical classification
According to clinical classification, it was first seen in Daughter's Prescription and was listed as one of the eleven classic prescriptions in Hanshu Yiwenzhi. Qian Jin Fang Yao also has a method to classify women's prescriptions, infants and seven diseases by family.
5, according to the prescription composition structure classification
According to the composition and structure of prescriptions, Neijing has only seven prescriptions.
6, according to the etiology and organ classification
According to the etiology and viscera classification, it was first seen in Fang Yao Qianjin.
7. According to the classification of the main parties, the source is hidden.
In Zuji written by Shi Pei in the Ming Dynasty, 70 ancient prescriptions were selected as the main prescriptions, followed by their derivative prescriptions, totaling more than 800, which is of certain value for studying the origin and development of prescription changes.
8. Classification by dosage form
Classification by dosage form is more common in the instructions of modern Chinese patent medicines, which is convenient to find and use when preparing.