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How did China treat malaria in ancient times?
In TCM, malaria is divided into five types: pathogenic stagnation with less yang, internal stagnation of summer heat, internal accumulation of summer heat and dampness, invasion of epidemic virus, lack of positive energy and aversion to evil, and different treatment methods are adopted according to different types.

1. Pathogenic depression and shaoyang

The chills are strong and the fever subsides, sometimes sweating stops, accompanied by headache, redness, nausea and vomiting, and bitter taste. The tongue coating is thin and white or yellow and greasy, and the pulse is string or numbered.

[Treatment] Reconciliation of shaoyang, elimination of pathogenic factors and interception of malaria.

[Prescription] Xiaochaihu Decoction: Bupleurum 12g, Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi 12g, Pinellia ternata 12g, Changshan (stir-fried with wine) 7g, Amomum tsaoko 7g, licorice 7g, ginger 3g and jujube 3g. For those who show aversion to cold or even less sweating, add 7 grams of Ramulus Cinnamomi, Notopterygii Rhizoma and Radix Saposhnikoviae each; For people with severe thirst, add 2 grams of Radix Puerariae, Dendrobium, Trichosanthis Radix/kloc-0, and 7 grams of Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride, Rhizoma Atractylodis and Cortex Magnolia Officinalis.

2. Depression in summer heat

How hot and how cold, or not. Less sweating, headache, joint pain, thirst, alcoholism. The tongue is red with yellow fur and has several strings.

[Treatment] Clearing away heat and toxic materials, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production.

[Prescription] Baihujia Guizhi Decoction: gypsum 35g (first decocted), Anemarrhena asphodeloides 12g, licorice 35g, japonica rice 35g, cassia twig 12g. If you have a fever and don't catch a cold, accompanied by chest tightness and shortness of breath, use white tiger ginseng chicken soup, ginseng 16 g, and the course of the disease will be long, the vaginal fluid will be greatly deficient and the tip of the tongue will be red and dry. Add Artemisia annua turtle shell soup: turtle shell 25 g (fried first), Artemisia annua 12 g, Radix Rehmanniae 16 g and Cortex Moutan 12.

3. Connotation of summer heat and humidity

Cold is more than hot, or cold is not hot. Headache is dull, mouth is not thirsty, chest and hypochondriac fullness, mental fatigue, white or greasy tongue coating, and tight pulse.

[Treatment] Warming the heart and diarrhea, dispelling cold and removing dampness.

[Prescription] Chaihu Guizhi Decoction: Chaihu 12g, Ramulus Cinnamomi 7g, Zingiberis Rhizoma 7g, Scutellariae Radix 12g, Toosendan Fructus 16g, Oyster 16g, and Glycyrrhiza uralensis 7g. For those with white and greasy fur, 7g of Amomum tsaoko and 65438+ of Magnolia officinalis can be added. For those who have severe aversion to cold or spit a lot, 7 grams of Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata and 0/2 grams of Rhizoma Pinelliae/kloc-are added.

4. Epidemic virus attack

Acute onset, serious illness and different types of fever.

(1) fever: fever is very cold, or intense cold, headache, red face, drinking cold drinks, even delirium, convulsions, red tongue with little crimson fur and black dirt, and rapid pulse.

[Treatment] Liquid for removing filth, clearing heat and protecting body fluid.

[Prescription] Qingyitang: Scutellariae Radix 12g, Coptidis Rhizoma 7g, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae 12g, Bupleurum Radix 12g, Changshan 7g, Artemisia annua 12g, Pinellia ternata 12g, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae 12g, Poria. Gypsum 35g, Folium Isatidis 16g, Radix Rehmanniae 12g, Radix Scrophulariae 16g, Dendrobium nobile 12g, Polygonatum odoratum 16g, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei 12g, and Natrii Sulfas 65438 were added to dry stool.

(2) Cold: The cold is very hot or slightly cold, but it is not hot, thirsty, vomiting and diarrhea, or fainting, with white greasy tongue coating and thready pulse.

[Treatment] Aroma turns turbid, eliminating filth and regulating qi.

[Prescription] Jiawei Buzhong Yiqi Powder: Rhizoma Atractylodis 10g, Cortex Magnolia Officinalis 12g, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae 12g, Radix Glycyrrhizae 6g, Xiang Lei 12g, Rhizoma Pinelliae 12g, Eupatorium fortunei 12g, and Folium Nelumbinis. If phlegm covers your eyes and you are unconscious, use Suhexiang Pills.

5. Love between righteousness and emptiness and evil

When it comes to work, it will happen again and again, and it will be hot and cold. There are tumors under the hypochondriac ribs, mental fatigue, sallow and emaciated, lazy and short of breath, spontaneous sweating and palpitations. The tongue is pale, with little coating and weak pulse.

[Treatment] Supplementing qi and nourishing blood and harmonizing camp and health.

[Prescription] Heren Drink: Ginseng 16 g, Angelica sinensis 12 g, Polygonum Multiflori Radix 25 g, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae 12 g, Zingiberis Rhizoma 7 g, and Glycyrrhiza uralensis 6 g. If there is a mass under the hypochondrium, it can be used together with turtle shell Wan Jian.