历代治疫处方中连翘的本草考证

The Herbal Evidence of Forsythia in Prescriptions for the Treatment of Epidemics through the Ages

本文通过对历代本草及治疫处方记载的连翘基原及功效进行考证,发现宋以前使用的连翘为藤黄科湖南连翘及其同属植物,具有散结消肿、利尿通淋之功,侧重于下焦,宋以后木犀科连翘逐渐成为主流商品,具有清心泻火解毒之功,侧重于上焦。连翘主因其清热解毒之功在宋以后广泛出现在治疫处方中,用于痄腮、白喉、麻疹、杨梅疮、烂喉痧等疫病。本考证可为临床疫病治疗提供参考。

This paper examines the origin and efficacy of forsythia as recorded in the Materia Medica and prescriptions for epidemics, and finds that before the Song Dynasty, forsythia was used in the family of Garcinia cambogia and its allied plants, which had the function of dispersing nodules and swelling, diuretic and drenching, focusing on the lower jiao. After the Song Dynasty, forsythia was widely used in prescriptions for epidemics such as mumps, diphtheria, measles, prune sores and cholera. This testimony can be used as a reference for clinical treatment of epidemics.