Medical Records of Jingxiao Hall

Author: Zhao Luchao, Zhao Guancao (ed.), Zhang Ruying (reviewed)
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Publishing Date: 2004-02-01
Features: Jing Xiaotang Yi An records nearly two hundred medical cases. It first discusses the pathogenesis of diseases, followed by the description of pulse and symptoms, with appropriate prescriptions and formulations. The cases cover various diseases such as internal medicine, external medicine, gynecology, trauma, and ophthalmology/otolaryngology. From the table of contents, it involves over forty diseases. This reflects the extensive knowledge, diligent practice, and multifaceted medical experience of the two physicians. Jiang Zezhi's Medical Cases originally consisted of two volumes, totaling 272 cases, covering 54 types of diseases, primarily focusing on internal medicine but also including gynecology, surgery, and ophthalmology/otolaryngology. The cases include both external infectious diseases and severe internal injuries, with varying levels of medication complexity and diverse formulations. They generally provide a comprehensive reflection of Jiang Zezhi's rich clinical experience and unique academic insights. Wang Yingzhen's Essentials begins with Wang Yingzhen's four-character essential principles, a song for his son to be cautious in medicine, methods for distinguishing cold, heat, deficiency, and excess pulses, and discussions on decoctions. It also includes practical applications of formulas such as Shanghan and Yingtuo Biao Jī Tang (Shanghan syndrome and dispersing exterior-heat), Qingjie Fengre Baofei Tang (clearing wind-heat and protecting the lungs), Tuofa Sha Zhen Xi Du Tang (dispersing measles pathogen), Runyang Piyin Tang (nourishing spleen yin), and Buhuo Shengtu Tang (warming the fire and generating earth). It then lists diagnostic methods for pulse cases, including treatments for cultivating essence and qi, vomiting and diarrhea with aversion to cold, chronic cough and lung-kidney injury, kidney deficiency with deafness and dizziness, wind-cold and food stagnation with thirst, kidney deficiency, weak spleen earth, impending collapse of original qi, chronic cough and lung injury with blood loss, Baihe Disease, fetal movement with prolapse, prolonged menstruation with virtual heat, and pale complexion with lower back pain, covering 23 internal and gynecological diseases.