monarch(jūn chén zuǒ shǐ)

monarch

"Jun Chen Zuo Shi" is a phrase, which can also be regarded as a term of prescription science, and it is the basic principle of prescription compatibility. The following is a detailed description of the specific content and internal from these two aspects.

Explanation: it originally refers to the monarch, ministers, assistants and envoys who play different roles respectively, and then refers to the different roles of various herbs in the prescription of traditional Chinese medicine.

Source: Shennong materia medica classic: "120 kinds of Chinese medicine are used for the monarch to nourish the life; 120 kinds of Chinese medicine are used for the minister to nourish the nature; 125 kinds of Chinese medicine are used for the assistant envoy to cure the disease; the medicine should be used in accordance with the monarch, the minister and the assistant envoy."

Example: when prescribing traditional Chinese medicine, we should arrange the relationship between different herbs.

Usage: as attribute and object; used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Explanation of words

The idiom "king, minister, assistant" is pronounced J ū NCH é nzu ǒ sh ǐ, which originally refers to the different roles played by the monarch, minister, assistant and Messenger, and then refers to the different roles played by various herbs in the prescription of traditional Chinese medicine. The source of Shennong's materia medica classic is as follows: "120 kinds of herbs are used for the monarch to nourish the life; 120 kinds of herbs are used for the minister to nourish the nature; 125 kinds of herbs are used for the assistant envoy to cure the disease; the medication must be in accordance with the monarch, the minister and the assistant envoy." Interpretation: in Zhang Zhicong of Qing Dynasty, there are 120 kinds of superior products as the monarch, which mainly nourish the life to meet the needs of heaven, and are non-toxic. If you want to take them for a long time, you will not hurt others. If you want to replenish qi and prolong life, you will be the first-class products. There are 120 kinds of intermediate products as the ministers, which mainly nourish the nature to meet the needs of people, and are toxic and non-toxic. If you want to treat diseases, you will be the second-class products If you want to get rid of cold and heat evil, break the accumulation and get rid of chronic diseases, you should have inferior products. when prescribing traditional Chinese medicine, the relationship between each medicine should be well arranged.

Prescription of traditional Chinese Medicine

"Monarch, Minister and assistant envoy" is the principle of TCM prescription. This principle of prescription was first found in Neijing. "Su Wen Zhi Zhen Yao Da Lun" says: "the chief medicine is the king, the assistant king is the minister, and the assistant minister is the envoy." Li Gao of the Yuan Dynasty once again stated in the treatise on spleen and stomach: "the amount of monarch's medicine is the most, followed by that of minister's medicine, followed by that of making medicine. You can't make your ministers over the monarch. If the monarch and his ministers are in order, they can resist evil and get rid of disease. " Wu Yiluo of Qing Dynasty further explained: "the chief patient is the right medicine, so he is called the king. The king's taste is few and the weight is heavy. Zuojun thought that he had more taste and lighter weight, so Kuang Junzhi didn't care. Those who should serve as ministers are called envoys. The number of envoys can go in and out, and the weight is lighter, so it is necessary to prepare envoys for passing guides. This is the meaning of the monarch, the minister and the assistant. "

Terminology of prescriptions

The term of prescription science is the basic principle of prescription compatibility. In Su Wen Zhi Zhen Yao Da Lun: "the chief disease is the king, the assistant king is the minister, and the assistant minister is the envoy." "One monarch and two ministers make a small system. There are two kings, two ministers, three assistants and five assistants. One monarch and one minister, three assistants and nine assistants, make the system great. " According to their functions in prescriptions, they can be divided into monarch's medicine, minister's medicine, adjuvant's medicine and envoy's medicine, which are called monarch's medicine, minister's medicine, adjuvant's medicine and envoy's medicine. Junzhi prescription is mainly used to treat the main syndrome. Minister refers to the auxiliary monarch medicine treatment of the main syndrome, or the main treatment and syndrome drugs. Adjuvant refers to the drugs that cooperate with monarch and Minister drugs to treat concurrent syndromes, or inhibit the toxicity of monarch and Minister drugs, or play an anti adjuvant role. It refers to the drugs that direct the various drugs to the lesion site or mediate the various drugs. Taking Mahuang Decoction for the treatment of exterior syndrome of typhoid fever as an example, Mahuang's sweating and relieving exterior syndrome is the sovereign medicine, Ramulus Cinnamomi's helping Mahuang's sweating and relieving exterior syndrome is the official medicine, Almond's helping Mahuang's relieving asthma is the adjuvant, and licorice's harmonizing various medicines is the causative medicine. In one side, the monarch's medicine is indispensable, while the minister's medicine, the assistant's medicine and the envoy's medicine can be configured or deleted as appropriate.

interpretation

The so-called "monarch, minister, assistant and envoy" is to discuss the status of each medicine in the prescription and the change law of the sexual effect after compatibility from the perspective of multi drug use. It is the further development of the compatibility of seven emotions. It is of great significance to study the prescription of traditional Chinese medicine and guide clinical rational drug use. 1. Sovereign medicine: that is, the medicine that plays a major role in the treatment of the main syndrome or disease in the prescription. It reflects the main direction of the prescription, and its drug strength ranks first among the prescriptions. It is an indispensable drug in the prescription. 2. Official medicine: it is used to assist monarch medicine to strengthen the treatment of main diseases and main symptoms. 3. Adjuvant: first, it is an adjuvant, which is used for the treatment of secondary and concurrent syndromes; second, it is an adjuvant, which is used to eliminate or slow down the toxicity or intensity of the monarch's medicine and minister's medicine; third, it is an anti adjuvant, that is, according to the needs of the patient's condition, it uses drugs with opposite properties to the monarch's medicine, which can play a complementary role in the treatment. 4. Causative medicine: the first meaning is the medicine for inducing meridians, and the drugs in the prescription can directly reach the disease site. The second meaning is the medicine for harmonizing the functions of various drugs, so as to make them work together to dispel pathogenic factors. For example, Achyranthes bidentata and Glycyrrhiza uralensis are often used as causative drugs in prescriptions.

Principle of composition

Junyao

It is a kind of medicine that plays an important role in treating the main disease or syndrome. Its medicinal power is the first in the prescriptions, and its dosage is larger than that used as an adjuvant. In a prescription, Junyao is the most important and indispensable medicine.

Official medicine

There are two meanings. One is to strengthen the treatment of the main disease or syndrome with the help of monarch medicine. the second is to treat concurrent diseases or syndromes. Its power is less than that of the monarch.

Adjuvant

There are three meanings. One is adjuvant, that is, to assist the monarch and minister to strengthen the therapeutic effect, or to directly treat the secondary syndrome. The second is adjuvant medicine, which is used to eliminate or slow down the toxicity or intensity of monarch and minister's medicine. the third is anti adjuvant, that is, according to the needs of the patient's condition, use drugs that are opposite to Jun's properties and taste and can play a complementary role in the treatment. The power of adjuvant is less than that of chenyao, and the dosage is generally light.

Make medicine

There are two meanings. One is meridian guiding medicine, that is, the medicine that can guide all the drugs in the prescription to reach the focus. the second is a kind of medicine with the function of harmonizing various drugs. So that the drug's potency is small, the dosage is also light. this principle is scientific and has good practical effect. The four words "Jun Chen Zuo Shi" are simple and vivid.

traditional culture

Four image structure

First of all, monarch, minister, assistant and envoy is about the integration of traditional Chinese medicine itself, which involves the four image structure in Chinese culture. The monarch, minister, assistant and envoy, Lao Yang is the king, father, husband, heaven and summer; Lao Yin is the minister, mother, wife, earth and winter; Shaoyin is the assistant, long and autumn; Shaoyang is the envoy, young and spring. The monarch is the leader, and the ministers not only provide assistance for the monarch, but also take care of the aspects that the monarch can't care about, and also provide constraints on the monarch, so as to form a moderate balance with the monarch. The assistant envoys not only further expand the role of the formation of the monarch and the ministers, but also adjust the situation of the formation of the monarch and the ministers, so as to achieve the reasonable and comprehensive of the whole side. This is just like a family, to do one thing, the husband and wife are the main force, and the husband is the core Heart, the wife's help has push, Cambodian, and stop, division of labor, and cooperation; but there are always disharmony between husband and wife, the child is their direction, the elderly is their dependence, the regulation and decision of adjuvant are different, adjuvant can help, assist and counter assist, assist is to help the monarch and his ministers play a role, assist is to adjust the power of the monarch and his ministers, and counter assist is to help The function of communicating prescription and medicine with morbid human body is similar to that of inducing meridians and reaching diseases; the function of making is also to harmonize, which is determined by the structure of monarch, Minister and assistant. Making (including monarch, Minister and assistant) is not necessarily a specific medicine, but an indispensable part in the prescription of traditional Chinese medicine. In this sense, making is the direction and goal of the whole prescription. It's like spring, summer, and autumn and winter. Winter and summer are the core and complement each other. But without spring and autumn, winter and summer can't be transformed. Spring and autumn are two relative trends. The structure of four seasons constitutes abundant vitality, and life is more colorful in places with four seasons. There are two pairs of information, energy and material flows which are different from each other and related to each other. The monarch and the minister are one pair, and the assistant envoy is another pair. In order to prevent deviation, it is necessary to form a whole and restrict each other. Jun Chen Zuo Shi does not necessarily refer to the specific flavor of the prescription, but the structural description of traditional Chinese medicine. It is a pattern that "the solution of the prescription begins with the completion of the prescription without self". Before the completion of the prescription without self, Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing has proposed Jun Chen Zuo Shi. Until before the Song Dynasty, the specific flavor of Jun Chen Zuo Shi was not understood. Why? Although it is possible that a certain medicine in the prescription mainly plays the role of monarch or minister or assistant or envoy, monarch, Minister and assistant is not in this sense. the four images are living and dynamic, which constitute the concept of whole strength mentioned in Taijiquan. The prescription forms a "ball" state rooted in the natural structure and compared with the natural structure, and it is a living ball "potential" state, that is, the internal state of the prescription medicine is living and self-adjusting; the external state and the corresponding person form a whole, interactive and self-adjusting, which is also living.

Four image balance

Another meaning of junchenzushi is that the force of the whole prescription group should be balanced. In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, in the space of human body, the drug power of each Chinese medicine is the information and energy flow with space vector. When the prescription is constituted, the energy information flow formed by each Chinese medicine is a three-dimensional structure in human body. The whole body combined with each other's respective strength should be balanced, and should be in the integrated state of front and back, left and right, inside and outside, up and down of human body People will feel uncomfortable. For example, Shenling Baizhu powder, the prescription uses Chaihu Kaiyu and Cimicifuga Shengti, which not only uses their respective functions in the prescription, but also uses these two medicines to match, Chaihu goes left and Cimicifuga goes right, which balances the power of the medicine, so that patients will not feel extra discomfort after taking it. Another example is the SARS prevention prescription in Beijing in 2003, which is composed of 8 kinds of herbs, including Atractylodes lancea 12g Agastache rugosa 12g Yinhua 20g Guanzhong 12g Huangqi 15g Shashen 15g Fangfeng 10g Baizhu 15g. The resultant force of Fangfeng, Huoxiang, Guanzhong and Huangqi is in the first thoracic vertebra of shoulder and back

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