Treatise on Warm Diseases: Collected Notes and New Perspectives

Author: Wu Jutong Li Shunbao
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: "A Collection of Annotations and New Interpretations on 'Discourses on Warm Diseases'" from the "Series of Annotated and Translated Ancient Chinese Medical Classics" offers insightful interpretations and analyses, hence the name "New Interpretations." It provides sharp clarifications on some ambiguous concepts and contentious points in the study of warm diseases, such as the definitions of disease names, the role of Zheng () and Xie () in warm diseases, the Five Evolutions and Six Climates theory, the distinction between cold damage (Shanghan) and warm diseases, latent warm diseases (Fu Qi Wenbing) and new-onset warm diseases (Xin Gan Wenbing), as well as latent warm diseases triggered by new-onset ones, the San Jiao (Three Jiao) theory, the phenomenon of aversion to cold in warm diseases, the use of exterior-relieving and sweating herbs, the transmission patterns of warm diseases, the Yangming clearing method, and issues of delirium in warm diseases. All these are elaborated based on clinical practices in warm diseases, adhering to the principle that "practice tests truth," thereby clarifying ambiguous concepts, providing sharp analyses of differing opinions, and establishing new concepts.