杨四知和《惠民正方》

Yang Si-zhi and Classical Formulas for Benefiting People

《惠民正方》首列大明律条,次考蛊术之源流、种类,再列治蛊正方,后列治诸毒正方、治鸟兽虫鱼诸毒正方、治果实菜谷诸毒方、治药草毒方、治蛇虫犬兽伤方、治虫积方等。《惠民正方》共收载治诸毒正方50首,治鸟兽虫鱼诸毒正方40首,治果实菜谷诸毒正方23首,治药草毒正方44首,治蛇虫犬兽伤正方220余首,以及多首解毒歌诀。《惠民正方》不仅收载有治诸毒正方,还收载有鉴毒方法、解水毒方法、中毒与否的鉴别方法等等,这些恰好能给我们一些指导性的防治方法。这更凸显了该书的实用意义。《惠民正方》是一部广搜博采的、济世救民的解毒方书,为后世的解毒文献研究提供了详实可靠的资料,为其他文献研究提供了确切的信息,是一部不可多得的古代解毒方文献资料。

In Classical Formulas for Benefiting People, the legal articles of Ming Dynasty are first listed; Second the origin and type of method of treating disease due to noxious agents produced by various parasites are listed ; Third, the classical formulas for treating disease due to noxious agents produced by various parasites are listed; Then the classical formulas for treating various poisons, for treating various poisons due to birds, animals, insects and fishes, for treating various poisons due to seeds, vegetables and grains, for treating various poisons due to medicine and herbs, for treating various damage due to snakes, insects, dogs and animals, for parasitic malnutrition. In this book, there are 50 classical formulas for treating disease due to various poisons; 40 for treating various poisons due to birds, animals, insects and fishes; 23 for treating various poisons due to seeds, vegetables and grains; 44 for treating various poisons due to medicine and herbs; over 220 for treating various damage due to snakes, insects, dogs and animals; and many detoxification formulas put into verse. Classical Formulas for Benefiting People not only records classical formulas for treating disease due to various poisons, but also method for detecting toxicity, method for resolving water toxicity and identification of poisoning or not, etc. These can give us some guidelines for prevention and treatment, and highlight the practical significance of the book. The book is a wide collection of detoxification formulas for salvation, provides a detailed and reliable data for the study of the literature of later generations of detoxification, and exact information for other literature research, and is a rare ancient detoxification literature.