Common Home Illnesses: Wonderful Small Prescriptions

Author: Ren Xu, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Chinese medicine is a great treasure trove. The diagnostic and treatment experiences of physicians and folk remedies are its shining gems. Over thousands of years, traditional Chinese medicine has made significant contributions to the health and prosperity of the Chinese nation. Since the 21st century, it continues to play a vital role in medical treatment, health care, prevention, rehabilitation, and conditioning for human health. With the development of the economy and the improvement of people's living standards, society is placing increasing emphasis on healthcare. Treating and preventing diseases is no longer just the responsibility of doctors. The popularization and development of medicine have provided society with broader medical technologies and treatment methods. Improving the quality of human life has become a key research topic in 21st-century medical studies. The shift in societal health concepts has made people move from passively accepting medical treatment to focusing on self-care and conditioning.
This book is divided into five chapters and selects safe, effective, and convenient practical Chinese medicine prescriptions, single and empirical formulas, and medicinal diets for common, frequent, and chronic diseases in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, and pediatrics. It helps readers understand common diseases and master self-diagnosis, treatment, and health maintenance. The book covers over 100 symptoms of diseases and includes approximately 700 Chinese medicine prescriptions and medicinal diet formulas, some of which are over-the-counter drugs available in the market as Chinese patent medicines. The criteria for selecting formulas are simplicity, safety, effectiveness, and ease of preparation, making them suitable for household use. The sources of the prescriptions mainly include the empirical formulas of famous physicians in history, medical classics, folk empirical formulas, and medicinal diet formulas. Each formula is discussed in detail, including name, source, ingredients, preparation method (or dosage form and specifications), efficacy, indications, and applications. Some formulas are followed by additional empirical formulas. Especially for chronic diseases with long courses, the book includes more medicinal diet formulas to facilitate long-term use based on readers' preferences. At the same time, chronic patients should undergo regular medical examinations and follow doctors' advice. Serious and acute conditions should be treated in hospitals to avoid delaying the.
This book aims to be a reference book for family prevention and treatment of common diseases. It is categorized by diseases, selecting and compiling formulas. It also introduces medicinal diets, dietary care, and conditioning methods. This book can serve as a reference for clinical doctors and provide comprehensive guidance for ordinary readers in self-care, prevention, conditioning, and self-treatment. Most of the authors are physicians and medical science popularizers with years of clinical experience. We sincerely hope this book can help you achieve a healthy and happy life, improving your medical health knowledge and enabling early prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of diseases.
The practice of treating common ailments with simple household remedies has gradually become a health trend. Household "miracle formulas" and "folk remedies" are already playing a vital role in medical treatment, health care, prevention, rehabilitation, and conditioning in human life. With the development of the economy and the improvement of living standards, society is placing increasing emphasis on healthcare. Treating and preventing diseases is no longer just the responsibility of doctors. The popularization and development of medicine have provided society with broader medical technologies and treatment methods. Improving the quality of human life has become a key research topic in 21st-century medical studies. The shift in societal health concepts has made people move from passively accepting medical treatment to focusing on self-care and conditioning.
This book is divided into five chapters and includes prescriptions for nearly 150 common household conditions, with a total of 700 prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs. Based on common symptoms, formulas are categorized by internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, tumors, and beauty and health care. Each disease is followed by simple and practical empirical formulas. The formulas mainly come from the empirical formulas of famous physicians in history, medical classics, folk empirical formulas, and medicinal diet formulas. They are introduced in detail, including name, source, ingredients, preparation method or dosage form and specifications, efficacy, indications, and applications. All formulas are simple, safe, effective, well-compiled, and easy to prepare, making them suitable for household use. The book's table of contents and index are also uniquely arranged to help readers quickly find the formulas they need. For chronic diseases with long courses, the book specially includes relevant medicinal diet formulas to facilitate long-term consumption. This book can serve as a reference for clinical doctors and ordinary readers and is a health dictionary for the family.