Tracing to Source,Inheritance and Prospect of Dosage in Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases(Shanghan Zabing Lun) / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

Along with the development of the society,the herbal dosage was developed from the uncertainty and imprecisionin primary formulae to relatively exactness in classical formulae of Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases(Shanghan Zabing Lun);it embodied the medicinal development.Due to the vicissitudes of metrology in past dynasties,doctors applied the classical formulae were opinions differ from each other,formed the different recognitions of later ages on dosage conversions in classical formulae;it in a certain extent influenced the accurate inheritance of classical formulae.There was no agreement among many views on dosage conversions of the classical formulae all the times and it was suspense.The definition of dosage in classical formulae properly had its fact evidences,and it must be based on therapeutic effect.Through the cognition of relevant discussions and the textual research on weights and measures in modern time et al,it was quite helpful for the definition of dosage conversions;meanwhile it had important significance to research on dosage conversions in classical formulae assisted with demonstration method.