徐凌云教授从肝肾论治中老年失眠

Professor Xu cures insomnia among middle and elder ages in adjusting the function of liver kidney

《内经》曰:"年四十,而阴气自半也,起居衰矣。"更由情志过极、思虑劳倦等原因,耗伤气血阴精,加重肝肾阴虚,不能上奉于心,一则神魂失养,二则水不济火,相火妄动,或肝阳亢盛,神魂被扰,为中老年不寐的重要病理基础。徐凌云教授善用滋补肝肾、降火安神法,以杞菊地黄汤加减治疗不寐;因辨证准确,用药精准,灵活论治,每于平淡小方出奇功。

There is an old saying in Huangdi Neijing that “since forty years old,peoples qi and essence of yin are re-duced to half and their living tend to decrease.”Moreover,because of excess among the seven emotions and five minds,qi and blood,yin and essence are consumed and damaged.These exacerbate deficiency pattern of liver-kidneys yin which cannot nourish the heart,leading to two consequences.The first is that consciousness and ethereal soul lose nourishment.The second is that the water of kidney and the fire of heart cannot work in balance and then ministerial fire float without restraint;or consciousness and ethereal soul are disturbed due to yang hyperactivity of liver-kidney.These are the vital pathology foundations of insomnia among middle and elder ages.Professor Xu is adept in methods of nourishing liver-kidney,downbeat fire and tranquilizing by curing in-somnia with qijudihuangtang.Her accurate identification of syndrome and flexible treatment always create curative in simple pre-scription.