TCM therapies
He Jie Fa (和解法): TCM Concept Guide
He Jie, is a method of treatment by using drugs of catharsis and tonifying functions, to reconciliate surface and inner body, to regulate the function of the liver and spleen, to reconcile the stomach.
1. He Jie Shao Yang
This therapy is to treat pathological factors in Shao Yang, the most common syndromes have chills and fever, chest pain, perturbed, can’ t help vomit, not talking and have no appetite, bitter taste in mouth, dry throat, dazzling and so on.
Shaoyang is located in semi-exterior-interior of the body, sweating, vomiting are all taboos, only He Jie method is the most appropriate one. In this method we usually apply radix bupleuri, Artemisia apiacea, Pinellia ternata, Scutellaria baicalensis; Bupleurum tenue is among the representatives.
2. Regulating the function of liver and spleen
It is to treat liver and spleen disorders, depression, chest uncomforts, cold、heat、pain and diarrhoea, etc.This method often use radix bupleuri, Radix paeoniae Alba and liquorice, Atractylodes Macrocephala；Si Ni San and Xiao Yao San is the representatives.
3. Tonifying intestines and stomach
Appropriate for illness in stomach, disorders of cold and heat, abdominal pain, vomiting. Common medicines have rhizoma zingiberis, Radix Astragali, Rhizoma Coptidis, Pinellia ternata. Representatives are Ban Xia Xie Xin Soup.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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