Medical Formulas Collected and Interpreted with New Explanations

Author: Wang Ang
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) prescriptions and medications for treating diseases have a long history, with profound origins. The works on TCM prescriptions from ancient and modern times are vast and numerous. Teacher Yang Wenchao of Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine presented me with his book "New Interpretations of Collected Medical Prescriptions." His annotations and explanations are concise yet precise, rigorous and objective, with insightful explorations and discussions, emphasizing both theory and clinical practice, making it highly practical. Prescription interpretations, which explain the significance of prescription compositions and the characteristics of drug combinations, originated with Jin Chengwu and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. Wang Ang's "Collected Interpretations of Medical Prescriptions" selects prescriptions that are "commonly used in various books and widely used in the world," with over 300 main prescriptions and more supplementary ones. It collects famous sayings on prescriptions from