《刘涓子鬼遗方》是我国现存最早的一部外科专著,传为晋末刘涓子遗著,南北朝·齐·龚庆宣撰于公元499年。原著10卷,现仅存5卷,已佚去二分之一左右。由于此书是魏晋南北朝时期外科的一部代表著作,至今实用价值较高,故笔者不揣浅陋,对现存《刘涓子鬼遗方》5卷中的外科外治法作一初探,并以此就教于同道。一、外治法的用药《刘涓子鬼遗方》一书共收151方,其外用方占56％强,计89方,是外治方多于内治方的一本书。在外治方中使用的多为常见药物。如白芷、鹿茸、芎(艹穷)、干地黄、续断、 “Liu Yaozi’s Ghost Remains” is the earliest surviving surgical monograph in China. It was passed on to the remains of Liu Yanzi in the late Jin Dynasty. The Northern and Southern Dynasties Qi Gong Qingxuan was written in 499 AD. The original volume of 10 volumes, now only 5 volumes, has been reduced to about half. Since this book is a representative work of the surgery of the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, it has a high practical value so far. Therefore, the author does not ask for a brief explanation of the external surgical treatment in the existing “Liu Yutui’s Ghost Remains” 5 volumes and teaches it. In the same way. 1. The book “Liu Yuzi’s Ghost Remains” is a 151-party book on the use of external governing medicine. Its external parties account for 56% of the total, accounting for 89, and it is a book with more external parties than internal governance. Most of the drugs used in external treatment are common drugs. Such as the white pheasant, antler, cricket (艹 艹 poor), dry yellow, Dipsacus,