Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine (한국한의학연구원논문집)
- Volume 2 Issue 1
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- Pages.506-513
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- 1996
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- 1229-3377(pISSN)
Experimental study on the standardization of the Hot and the Cold Natures
열약과 한약의 사기론적 평가기준에 대한 실험적 연구
- Lee, Han-Goo (Dept. of Herbal Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
- Nam, Bong-Hyun (Research planning office of Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
- Lee, Mi-Young (Dept. of Herbal Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
- Kim, Chung-Sook (Dept. of Herbal Medicine, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
- Published : 1996.12.30
Abstract
The odor theory(氣味論) has been defined as the Nature(氣) and the Taste(味) of traditional herbal medicine to find the logic in treatment of various diseases by them. There is a strong possibility these Natures of the drug can be categorized according to yin(陰) and yang(陽). To understand the Hot and the Cold Natures of traditional herbal drugs in scientific approaches, changes in skin, rectal temperature of rats have been measured at 0, 30, 60, 90 min after a 5, 10, 20g/Kg oral administration each of Coptidis Rizoma(Ranunculaceae, Coptis chinesis,
Keywords
- Natures of drugs;
- body temperature;
- traditional herbal drugs;
- the dosage and the preparation of crude medicines