中药理论与本草学术系统三元结构性

Theory of Chinese Drugs and Their System Structure

中药是独特的药学系统,有三个子系统:药物学子系统包括“四气五味”、“君臣佐使”等中药传统理论;药效学子系统有“升降浮沉”等理论;隶属人体生命功能的子系统有“药物归经”。本文讨论了本草学术系统呈三元结构性。

Chinese drugs constitute a unique medicinal system that features the following three subsystems: subsystem of medicinal substances consisting of traditional theories such as 'four properties and five tastes of drugs' and 'the principal, adjuvant, auxiliary and conduetant ingredients in a prescription' , etc: subsystem of pharmacological actions comprising the theory of 'ascending. descending, floating and sinking' , etc: Subsystem of human body's functions incorporating the theory of 'drugs to act on the channels' . In this paper a discussion has been held on the above three-element structure of traditional Chinese drugs.