Ye Tianshi Medical Collection

Author: Chief Editor: Huang Yingzhi
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Publishing Date: 1999-08-01
Features: The rise of the Wēnběng school was one of the outstanding achievements of medicine during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Ye Tianshi's Lun Yuán Rè established the transmission patterns of Wēnběng from the exterior to the interior and pioneered the diagnostic and treatment principles based on differentiation. Tianshi Medical Collection collects and organizes Ye Tianshi's medical case studies. It aims to clarify the origins of different versions and provide concise annotations, ensuring accuracy in every detail. The goal is to inherit and promote Ye Tianshi's academic thoughts through research. Tianshi Medical Collection compiles the medical works compiled by Qing Dynasty's Ye Tianshi. Ye Tianshi, also known as Gui, was born in 1667 and died in 1746. His ancestral home was Shixian, Anhui, and he was born in Wuxian, Jiangsu. This book includes 10 volumes of Clinical Guide to Medical Cases (), 1 volume of Essentials of Pediatrics (), 1 volume of Lun Yuán Rè (), 1 volume of Medical Cases of Zhongfu Hall (), 3 volumes of Selected Good Prescriptions of Zhongfu Hall (), 10 volumes of Interpretation of Pujie Shoubing Fangyi (), 4 volumes of Authentic Medical Cases of Ye (), 1 volume of Medical Cases of Ye Tianshi (), 3 volumes of Secrets of Medical Efficacy (), 4 volumes of Elucidations on Jingye Quanshu (), 2 volumes of Authentic Late Medical Cases of Ye Tianshi (), 2 volumes of Selected Medical Cases of Meishoutang (), and 2 volumes of Unpublished Medical Cases of Ye Family (). The main content of this book systematically organizes and compiles Ye Tianshi's elaborations on the theory of Wēnběng in traditional Chinese medicine, his research on prescriptions and syndromes of predecessors, and his rich clinical experience. It also includes discussions on the academic thoughts of Ye Tianshi in medicine, with a list of medical research paper titles at the end. This book is the first systematic compilation and annotation of 13 medical books written by Ye Tianshi and compiled by his disciples and later scholars, presented in simplified characters and horizontal layout. It is suitable for professionals in traditional Chinese medicine and those studying or researching traditional Chinese medicine. Excerpt:
Yang rising, heat steaming, fluid deficiency—anger stirring Yang, coinciding with the season of spring wood's ascent, when the internal wind of jueyin invades the empty meridians of Yangming, ascending to the throat, encircling the clear space behind the ears. Excessive ascension leaves the extremities without nourishment from fat and fluid, causing numbness in the joints. These are the roots of fei (heat stroke), known as lower deficiency and upper excess, often leading to diseases at the top of the head. The heat generated by emotional changes does not follow the principles of using Huangqin and Huanglian for bitter descent or Xiangfang and Fangfeng for pungent dispersion. The liver is a strong organ that requires gentleness and moisture to achieve harmony. Fresh radix rehmanniae, radix scrophulariae, folia mori, moutan bark, horn of przewalski, and cerasus fructus all have the function of nourishing the four limbs and alleviating numbness. These are the roots of fei, known as lower deficiency and upper excess, often leading to diseases at the top of the head. The heat generated by emotional changes does not follow the principles of using Huangqin and Huanglian for bitter descent or Xiangfang and Fangfeng for pungent dispersion. The liver is a strong organ that requires gentleness and moisture to achieve harmony. Fresh radix rehmanniae, radix scrophulariae, folia mori, moutan bark, horn of przewalski, and cerasus fructus all have the function of nourishing the four limbs and alleviating numbness.