Ancient Literature Literature study on Timing Medication for Chest Stuffiness and Pains Based on Chrono-Medicine(Traditional Chinese Medicine)
Ding Huixin, Yu Chunguang, Zhang Chunhua, Wang Ling, Li Peiyao
Published 2019-07-11
Cite as Chin J Prac Nurs, 2019,35(20): 1576-1581. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2019.20.012
Abstract
ObjectiveBased on the analysis of the ancient literatures about chest stuffiness and pains in Chrono-Medicine of traditional Chinese medicine,to study the content of timing medication in chest stuffiness and pains.
MethodsAccording to the database of Chinese Medical Code, searching the ancient literatures and establishing the database, extracting the contents of chest stuffiness and pains’s prescription which covering timing medication. And the statistical analysis and content discussion were carried out according to the choice of taking medicine.
ResultsThe 67 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine included were qi regulating agent, dispelling cold agent, expectorant agent and blood regulating agent. Besides,the time of taking medicine is used to be3:00-5:00,7:00-9:00,11:00-13:00,17:00-19:00, 19:00-21:00, 21:00-23:00.Take medicine once a day in the morning, twice a day, three times a day, three times a day and once a night. It is recommended that timing medication in clinical should be increased in time of 21:00-23:00 and 11:00-13:00, and paying more attention to the heart channel corresponding and the heart pericardium channel in time of 11:00-13:00 and 19:00-21:00.
ConclusionTiming medication is beneficial to the optimization of therapeutic effect and minimization of toxicity of traditional Chinese medicine, which needs to provide the best evidence for further multi-center clinical trial research, and promote the popularization of timing medicine in clinical practice.
Key words:
Chrono-Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine); Chest stuffiness and pains; Timing Medication; Ancient literature
Contributor Information
Ding Huixin
School of Nursing, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
Yu Chunguang
Zhang Chunhua
Wang Ling
Li Peiyao