湿温病源流考

Investigation of the Origin of Damp-warm Disease

湿温病是好发于长夏季节一种外感热病。其病名首见于《难经》,由于时代背景的特殊性,各代医家的理解存在巨大差异,对于湿温病的界定含糊不清,至今仍有医家将其与他病混淆。清代以后,医家对于湿温病的认识臻于全面,确立完整的辨证论治体系,并总结湿温病禁忌证,沿用至今。考察湿温病源流,有助于对临床实践和理论研究更准确的认识。

The damp-warm disease,which often happens in summer,is a kind of fever diseases caused by exogenous pathogenic factors. Its name was first found in Nanjing. Due to the particularity of era background,there is a huge difference among the understanding of physicians through past generations. Because of the ambiguous definition of damp-warm disease,some physicians confuse it with other diseases. Since the Qing Dynasty,the physicians have reached a comprehensive understanding of damp-warm disease,established a complete system of syndrome differentiation and treatment,and summarized the contraindication of damp-warm disease,which is still used today. It is helpful for clinical practice and theoretical research to investigate the origin of damp-warm disease.