余瀛鳌调肝八法

Eight Methods for Regulating Liver by YU Ying'ao

余瀛鳌教授临证重视调肝,并将其作为治疗疾病的一般原则,具体应用时又分为疏肝、平肝、清肝、柔肝、和肝、护肝、软肝、镇肝八个方面。同时强调临证注重脏腑间生克制化的关系,在调节脏腑失衡时需兼有调肝或通过调他脏以助调肝,具体包括健脾胃需兼调肝、调肝需兼滋肾水、宁心神需兼调肝、清肺热需兼调肝。调肝八法或与其他治法联用后可用于急慢性肝病、高血压病、慢性肾病、情志病、月经病、甲状腺疾病、前列腺炎等多种疾患的治疗。

Professor YU Ying＇ao emphasizes regulating liver clinically and takes it as a general principle in treating diseases. As for specific application,the principle could be divided into 8 aspects,including dispersing liver,calming liver,clearing liver,moderating liver,harmonizing liver,protecting liver,softening liver and tranquilizing liver. Meanwhile,Prof. YU emphasizes paying attention to the generation-restriction relationship among Zang-fu viscera clinically. When regulating the disorder of Zang-fu viscera,it is needed that regulating liver or regulating other Zang viscera to help regulating liver,specifically including invigorating spleen-stomach with regulating liver,regulating liver with nourishing kidney water,calming heart-mind with regulating liver,clearing lung heat with regulating liver. The 8 methods of regulating liver or combining with other therapeutic methods could be used in treating acute and chronic liver disease,hypertension,chronic kidney disease,emotion disease,menstruation disease,thyroid disease,prostatitis,etc.