1. Origin of using corrigents: using corrigents is one of the compatibility methods which assist remedium cardinale with the herbs in different nature and taste, reversed in functions to suit differentiations and common used in complex and refractory syndromes. Using corrigents is first seen in "Huangdi Neijing". The representative prescription is Zuo Jin Wan.
2. Philosophical supports of using corrigents: using corrigents' compatibility includes law of the unity of opposite.
3. Differences of using corrigents and combination: both of using corrigents and combination are choosing the herbs in different nature and taste, reversed in functions, therefore it is easy to be confused. The difference of using corrigents and combination is mainly the quantity of dose. The herbs for using corrigents are less than two, and the dose accounts for about 1/6; The herbs of combination are relatively more in both kinds and dose, and generally, the kinds and dose are similar.
4. Enlarge the application range of using corrigents: the forms of using corrigents?compatibility are using corrigent of cold and heat, using corrigent of rising and decline, using corrigent of tonification and reduction; using corrigent of moisten and drying; using corrigent of promoting and arresting and using corrigent of convergence and divergence, etc.
Key words: using corrigents' compatibility, philosophical supports, application values
Writer: Rongqun Li, Aiwen Zhuang
Basic Medicine department of Zhejiang Traditional Chinese medicine academy, Binwen road, Beiwen district, Hangzhou (310035)
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