颜德馨运用黄连经验

YAN Dexin′s Experience of Using Coptis

黄连味苦寒,归心、脾、胃、胆、大肠经,功能清热燥湿,泻火解毒。国医大师颜德馨教授取黄连苦能燥湿,寒可清热,在诸多疾病中加以配伍使用,既清瘀热,又化痰湿,尚可健脾胃,临床可用以泻心火而直折上炎之肝火,清心平肝降血压;对于消渴,颜老提出"脾胰同源"之说,倡导消渴病从脾论治,药用黄连可泻热运脾止消渴;而心率失常,颜老认为总责之阳微阴弦,用药宜温中有通、温中有清,以桂枝伍黄连,可有清心化痰复脉律之效;治疗失眠,黄连堪当大任,与它药配伍,显得灵活与实用。

The coptis is bitter and cold, owned by the heart meridian, spleen meridian, stomach meridian, gallbladder meridian,large intestine meridian, with functions of clearing heat and drying dampness, discharging fire and detoxifying. YAN Dexin, Professor of the National Medical Masters, takes Coptis＇ function of drying dampness and clearing heat put it into practice in a number of diseases. It can clear stagnant heat, reduce phlegm - dampness, tonify the spleen and invigorate the stomach. In clinical use,it can straight off liver fire by clearing heart fire, lower blood pressure;when it comes to diabetes, YAN puts forward that spleen and pancreas are homologous, so he advocates that diabetes should be treated on spleen. Coptis can clear heat and activate spleen in diabetes treatment. While in arrhythmia, YAN thinks that it owns to Yang deficiency and Yin excess, medication should combine with the drugs that can clear and disperse. Guizhi and coptis using together can clear the heart and resolve phlegm,benefit to treat arrhythmia. In treating insomnia, coptis is worthy of a great responsibility,it is flexible and practical when used with other drugs.