从巫祝用“土”到以“土”为药论——兼论马王堆医书巫祝用土

The Clay in Witchery and the Clay in Medicine

土居中央,布气四方。其在中医文化领域,区区块垒之土,亦可以小见大,显出巫医同源异流之路。考古出土与传世文献证实,土之妙用,的确走过一条巫用为主,巫、医并举,引“土”归药的演绎心路。是为祖国中医文化由蒙昧巫医走上理性医学的升华之路。

Clay has been used as an important medium in witchery, and in traditional Chinese medicine for a long time. The present paper intends to prove that witchery and medicine have come from the same origin, but developed in different ways. Unearthed relics in archeology and the classic documents also show that the usage of clay started with witchery, gradually found itself both in witchery and in medicine, and finally stays with medicine, therefore reflecting the development of traditional Chinese medicine from witchery to scientific medicine.