刘奎应用浮萍治疗瘟疫的学术探讨

Liu Kui's Academic Thought on the Application of Spirodelae Herba to Treat the Plague

刘奎,字文甫,号松峰,系山东诸城人,名相刘墉之堂弟,清嘉庆年间名医。其在治疗瘟病方面独树一帜,充分运用并发展了“戾气学说”治瘟疫的理论和实践,著成《瘟疫论类编》和《松峰说疫》。他认为:“瘟之愈,终由汗解”,而浮萍最善发瘟疫之汗,故在瘟疫治疗中广用浮萍,且疗效颇佳。

Liu Kui,who styled himself as“Wenfu”and“Songfeng”,was a native of Zhucheng,Shandong Province,the cousin of the famous minister Liu Yong,and a famous doctor during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty.He was unique in the treatment of plague and fully applied and developed the theory and practice of"epidemic causative factors"in the treatment of plague,and authored Compilation of Plague Treatise and Songfeng Talking about the Epidemic.He believed that“the healing of plague is ultimately due to sweat”,and Spirodelae Herba is the best at generating sweat of plague,so Spirodelae Herba is widely used in the treatment of plague and the treatment is quite effective.