WU Pei-heng’s academic thought of warming yang / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

The academic thoughts of WU Pei-heng originate from the theory of emphasizing yang in Inner Canon of Huangdi and warming and assisting yang theory in Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases,which inherits and develops the theorectical essence of ZHENG Qin-an.The core of WU Pei-heng’s academic thoughts is the importance of yang-qi in human body.In his opinion,yang-qi is the essence of human,warming yang is the basic principle and treatment in clinic,large dose of aconite root should be used to saving critical patient.In addition,two cases treated by warming yang method are recorded to verify the practicability of WU Pei-heng’s thoughts.