The Application of Eight Methods in External Treatment of TCM

Abstract

External treatment of Chinese medicine is an important part of Chinese medicine, external treatment of Chinese medicine can be directly to the lesion, the local drug concentration is significantly higher than the blood concentration, and compared with the internal treatment, it has the characteristics of quick effect ,less adverse reactions and so on. The external treatment of Chinese medicine is based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and is based on the holistic concept and the theory of syndrome differentiation and treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has eight methods:“diaphoresis, vomiting, purgation, warming,harmonizing, clearing, dispersion and reinforcingâ€. In this paper,makeing the "eight methods of traditional Chinese medicine" for the general programme, expounding the application of external treatment of Chinese medicine, hoping the "eight methods" of TCM in clinical external treatment of Chinese medicine has better application.