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1、Generalintroduction（总论）2004-02修改■王卫PropertiesandActionsofChineseMedicinalHerbs（药性）ThetheoriesofpropertiesofChinesemedicinalherbsaremainlysummarizedasthefournaturesandfiveflavors,floatingandsinking,meridiantropism,andtoxicity,etc..L1FournaturesandfiveflavorsFournaturesandfi
2、veflavorsarealsoknownasthepropertiesandtastesofChinesemedicinalherbs-1.1.1FournaturesFourpropertiesofChinesemedicinalherbs,cold，ho匚warmandcool，arealsocalledthefournaturesorfourxinginTCM.Cold-coolandwarm-hotaretwocompletelydifferentcategoriesofnatures,cold-coolbelongingtoyi
3、n,andwarm-hottoyang,whereascoldandcoolorhotandwarmareonlydifferent,tosomedegrees,intheirvariance.Chinesemedicinalherbswithcold-coolnaturecanclearawayheat,purgefireandeliminatetoxicmaterials,whicharemainlyusedforheat-syndrome;Chinesemedicinalherbswithwarm-hotnaturehavetheac
4、tionsofexpellingcoldandrestoringyang,whicharemainlyusedforcold-syndrome.Inaddition,therearealsosomeChinesemedicinalherbsknownasneutraloneswhosecoldorhotnatureisnotsoremarkableandwhoseactionisrelativelymild.Butactuallytheystillhavedifferencesinthetendencytocoolorwarmsothatt
5、heyarestillintherangeoffournatures.1.1.2Fiveflavorspungent,sweet,sour、bitterandsaltyThefiveflavorsofChinesemedicinalherbsrefertothefivedifferenttastes,pungent,sweet,sour,bitterandsalty,whichcanbetastedbythetongue.Withthedevelopmentofthetheorydealingwiththemedicinalproperti
6、es,someflavorsaresummarizedoutofclinicalactionsofChinesemedicinalherbs,therefore,thereisalittledifferencebetweentheflavorsofmedicinalherbsandthetastesgotbytongue.TheChinesemedicinalherbswithsameflavormostlypossesssimilaractionswhilethemedicinalherbswithdifferentflavorsshow
7、differentactionsinthetreatment,whichareshownasfollows.Pungent:Pungentisaflavorofmedicinalherbsthathasanactionofdispersingandpromotingcirculationofqiandblood.Pungentmedicinalherbsaregenerallyindicatedforexteriorsyndromesduetoinvasionofexogenousfactorsandsyndromesofstagnatio
8、nofqiandblood・Forexample,ZisuyeandBohecanproducetheeffectsofinducingsweatingtoexpeltheexo
