《伤寒论》中附子“破八片”探析

Study on the Reason of "Cut Aconite into Eight Pieces" in Treatise on Febrile Diseases

附子为临床常用中药,在《伤寒论》含附子的方剂中,频繁出现附子“破八片”的描述,为了更好理解张仲景用附子“破八片”的内涵,通过考证历代本草古籍,发现附子“破八片”用法是极为罕见的。结合术数理论,更有利于理解张仲景用附子“破八片”背后隐含的意义,体现了张仲景始终遵从《黄帝内经》“法于阴阳,合于术数”之准则。

Aconite, a commonly-used Chinese medicine, is indicated that it should be cut into eight pieces in many prescriptions of Treatise on Febrile Diseases. But the indication is rarely found in other ancient works about Chinese Herbology. This article shows that Shushu theory is helpful to understand the reason of Zhang Zhongjing prescribed aconite to be cut into eight pieces in those prescriptions. And the result reveals that Zhang followed the law of "followed the rules of yin and yang and adjusted Shushu the ways to cultivate health" of Huangdi Neijing when writing those prescriptions.