苦参治疗狂证的功用辨析

Analysis of the Function of Kushen(Sophora Flavescens) for Manic Psychosis Treatment

中国古代多部中药学典籍中记载苦参具有"主结气、除伏热、安五脏、定志、益精"等作用。自晋代《肘后备急方》至近代,有诸多中医药学著作中记载了运用苦参治疗狂证的方法,一般采用苦参单方或苦参佐以薄荷。根据中医学对狂证病因的认识,可以推断苦参主要依靠清热作用来治疗狂证,同时其主结气、养肝胆气、安五脏、定志、益精、利九窍等作用也应该是有效的辅助作用。现代医学对苦参药理作用的研究发现其具有催眠、抗中枢兴奋等作用,也可以佐证苦参对狂证的独特治疗效果。

In many records of Chinese materia medica of ancient China,Kushen (sophora flavescens)has functions of "managing Qi stasis,eliminating heat pathogen,securing five-viscera,sedating mind,adding essence and draining nine-role".Treating manic psychosis with Kushen (sophora flavescens)has been recorded in Chinese medical documents from Jin Dynasty to contemporary China.The major function of Kushen (sophora flavescens)is taken into medicine lonely or collocated with Bohe(mint).The record was first issued in Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies edited by GE Hong in Jin Dynasty.Subsequently,there were plenty of documents mentioned that.In accordance with cognition of etiology to manic psychosis in old China,functions of Kushen (sophora flavescens)"in managing Qi stasis,eliminating heat pathogen,securing five-viscera,sedating mind,adding essence and draining nine-role were considered as useful treatments.Contemporary research discovered that Kushen (sophora flavescens)has functions in resistance to central excitation,hypnosis and analgesia.It can also support the unique therapeutic effect of Kushen (sophora flavescens)on manic psychosis.