Treatise on Cold Damage

Author: Xiong Manqi
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Publish Date: 2000-09-01
Features: This book is one of the Advanced Series of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, edited by Professor Xiong Manqi, Chief Professor at Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, leader of the Key Discipline of Shanghan Lun under the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Doctoral Supervisor. It is co-authored by expert professors of Shanghan Lun from nine higher TCM universities and colleges: Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine, Chengdu University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Guiyang University of Chinese Medicine, and Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine.
Shanghan Lun was written by Zhang Zhongjing, the medical sage of the Han Dynasty. Its academic thoughts play an extremely important role in the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine and serve as the cornerstone of clinical theory. Therefore, Shanghan Lun is a compulsory course for students in higher TCM universities and colleges, as well as a classic medical work for those learning TCM.
The Advanced Series of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy · Shanghan Lun is edited by Professor Liu Duzhou, based on his edition of Shanghan Lun, which is a reproduction of the Ming Dynasty's Zhao Kaimei's copy of the Song Dynasty's Shanghan Lun. The book, titled Shanghan Lun Annotations, is divided into two parts:
The first part consists of 10 chapters, discussing each disease—Sun syndrome, Yangming syndrome, Shaoyang syndrome, Taiyin syndrome, Shaoyin syndrome, Jueyin syndrome, Huoluan disease, and post-Yin-Yang exchange recovery disease—separately. Each disease includes original text, word explanations, summaries, interpretations, selected annotations, reviews, treatment methods, prescriptions, prescription meanings, selected commentaries, critiques, and clinical applications (including ancient and modern applications), as well as modern research.
The second part has 4 chapters: differential diagnosis of similar syndromes (including syndrome, symptoms, pulse, and tongue manifestations), differential diagnosis of similar prescriptions, differential diagnosis of medication use, and special research topics.
At the end of the book, there is an index of prescriptions. This book systematically, comprehensively, and scientifically explores, organizes, and studies Shanghan Lun. It incorporates the insightful discussions of (generations of medical scholars) and contemporary research achievements, analyzing them clearly and logically. It thoroughlys the theoretical and practical materials of Shanghan Lun, extracts the essence of past research, and reflects modern research findings. The content is rich, the data is detailed, and it represents the highest level of development of Shanghan Lun studies at the end of the 20th century.
This book is suitable for graduate and undergraduate students, researchers, and teachers in TCM universities and colleges, as well as TCM research institutes. It also holds significant reference value for clinical TCM practitioners.