In order to explore the pattern of Zhang Jingyue's prescriptions on the treatment of phlegm retention and the academic thought of treating phlegm retention. This article collected the prescriptions in Jingyue Quanshu phlegm retention set up databases, determined the four characters (FC), five tastes (FT) and channel distributions of herbs and Drug frequency and dosage. Resultly, a total of 111 prescriptions which met the inclusion criteria were screened out, containing a total of 168 traditional Chinese medicines. We found that medicines with high frequency were Banxia, Fuling, Chenpi, Baizhu, Gancao, Renshen, Shengjiang, Shudihuang, etc. analyzed thecommonly used compatibility drug pairs, core drug combination 29 groups, 7 related rules and8 new prescriptions. Thus, Zhang Jingyue pays attention to safeguard Promordial Qi, simultaneous application of cooling and tonifying, Maintain Yin and Yang, distinguishes relative importance or urgency, emphasizes regulating spleen and kidney.

Yue Feng, Kaixin Li, Yaoxuan Ma, Yawen Zhang. Discussion on the Academic Thought of "Jingyue Quanshu Phlegm Drinks" and the Law of its Use of Medicines. Frontiers in Medical Science Research (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 8: 115-122. https://doi.org/10.25236/FMSR.2023.050816.

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