芳香中药在疾病外治中的应用

Application of aromatic herb in external therapy

中医外治是中医临床中常用的治疗方法,"内病外治"是中医的治疗特色之一。无论是传统医学还是现代研究均发现芳香中药在疾病外治中效果显著,中药具有可透皮吸收的特点,芳香中药对药物的透皮吸收可起到促渗的作用,芳香中药外用治疗疾病方法种类多样。作者对芳香中药外用的理论基础及临床应用进行综述。

External therapy of traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） is a common method in clinic of TCM. External therapy for internal disease is one of the characteristics of TCM treatment. Both traditional medicine and modern research had discovered that the aromatics produced an obvious effectiveness in external therapy. Percutaneous absorption is also a characteristic of Chinese medicine, the aromatic herb can promote the percutaneous absorption, and there are many methods of using aromatic herb in treating internal disease with external theropy. This article was a review on the theoretical basis and the clinical practice of aromatic herb.