中藥草芳香療法之可行性研究

近二百年，現代醫學問世，以療效迅速、用藥方便，尤其對於急性病症之治療更是立竿見影，普受世人愛用；然而，現代醫學卻常有習慣性、抗藥性、復發性、引發不良反應等副作用的現象。此外，綠色環保意識抬頭、預防醫學的興起、以及中醫本兼共治的特色等因素，都促使中醫學在全球逐漸又受到重視。中草藥素以煎熬口服為主，而口服的使用方式則有某些缺點；倘若以現代化的蒸餾等不同的方式，萃取出高純度的中藥草精油如人參、當歸、川芎等，再根據中醫內病外治的原理，更佐以傳統中醫基礎理論、經絡學、本草學等精華，再擷取分析化學、現代醫學、生物科技的理論與驗證，整合成中藥草芳香療法來運用，將中草藥賦予時代的新元素，以文獻分析法檢視、歸納，發現整合中醫藥與芳香療法，正如老樹萌新芽、創新傳統中醫藥的使用方式，能展現中醫藥全新的、更璀璨的一面，對人類醫療保健發揮更大的貢獻。

關鍵字

中醫基礎理論；經絡學；中國香文化；本草學；芳香療法

並列摘要

Modern medicines are born since Industrial Revolution. They are adopted due to their prompt effects, easy to use and especially for curing some acute diseases. However, there are a few of disadvantages such as habitual, inducing negative side-effects, and relapse etc., those occurred for recent fifty years. In the meantime, the spring up of environmental protection and health-caring caused most of the famous modern medicine industries to pay more attentions to some traditional medicines and complimentary treatments including TCM in these few years. The most popular usage of TCM is by oral, while drugs used orally have some kinds of deficits or risks. There already have more than forty kinds of distilled TCM essential oils in the market for example Ginseng Radix, Angelicae Sinensis Radix, and Ligustici Rhizoma. In case according to TCM rules ---＂inner ills, cure from outer＂, while under the viewpoint and instruction of TCM fundamental theories, Meridian theory, TCM Herb Pharmaceutics and joined with contemporary knowledge of Biochemistry and Aromatherapy to integrate a so-called ＂TCM aromatherapy＂. Such an innovative usage of TCM has been tested in both hospitals, few Spa and verified by Document Analysis satisfactory in Taiwan for one year, and might perhaps endow classic TCM quite a new life and enlarged the adoptability of TCM around the world. To top the all, TCM aromatherapy might be a new star in conventional aromatherapy and strengthen the effectiveness of aromatherapy.