Sun Zhaozong's Clinical Effective Formulas

Author: Sun Meisheng
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Publishing Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Academic tradition upholds the classics but does not rigidly adhere to them, drawing on the strengths of various schools and developing them. With humility, the author sought advice from predecessors and peers, learning from their strengths and addressing his own weaknesses. Over the years, the pages accumulated to form the book titled Clinical Effective Formulas. In clinical prescriptions and medication use, he was unbound by conventions—prescribing heavily when necessary, targeted and precise; prescribing lightly when appropriate, striving for subtlety and flexibility. The formulas, though seemingly ordinary, were extraordinary, achievable only by true masters. Heavy prescriptions often followed Shi Jinmo, also adopting the large-scale replication method of Mr. Qiu Peiran. The Broad Huang Hua Formula in the book uses over 20 herbs, appearing complex but actually incorporating methods such as invigorating qi to resolve stagnation, promoting blood circulation to remove stasis, strengthening the spleen to resolve phlegm, detoxify and reduce swelling, and promoting muscle regeneration. Light prescriptions, on the other hand, aimed for precision. He invented the Semen Zizyphi Jujubae and Gancao Decoction to treat conditions arising at midnight (the "zi hour"). He discovered that Daituo could control blood pressure rebound. Using a low-dose Gui Zhi Si Ni Tang with a stewing method to rescue heart failure—just as the saying goes, "governing a large state is like cooking a small fish." Treating postpartum fever with He Shou Wu, Dang Gui, and Platycodon Decoction was inspired by the Zhi Yuan Medical Notes, which emphasized "allowing the heat to subside back into the blood and qi rather than dispersing it externally," yielding excellent results. He treated stroke hemiplegia by tonifying the extraordinary meridians, with particular focus on the Yang Qiao. He also discovered that tonifying the Yin Wei meridian could treat coronary heart disease of the heart-kidney type. Adjusting the Shaoyang pivot point treated coronary heart disease with heart-dampness stagnation, as well as conditions like reversed bile syndrome, epilepsy, and depression, demonstrating methods that were truly ingenious—reminiscent of "wise strategies and flexible techniques." Academic tradition upholds the classics but does not rigidly adhere to them, drawing on the strengths of various schools and developing them. With humility, the author sought advice from predecessors and peers, learning from their strengths and addressing his own weaknesses. Over the years, the pages accumulated to form the book titled Clinical Effective Formulas. In clinical prescriptions and medication use, he was unbound by conventions—prescribing heavily when necessary, targeted and precise; prescribing lightly when appropriate, striving for subtlety and flexibility. The formulas, though seemingly ordinary, were extraordinary, achievable only by true masters. Heavy prescriptions often followed Shi Jinmo, also adopting the large-scale replication method of Mr. Qiu Peiran. The Broad Huang Hua Formula in the book uses over 20 herbs, appearing complex but actually incorporating methods such as invigorating qi to resolve stagnation, promoting blood circulation to remove stasis, strengthening the spleen to resolve phlegm, detoxify and reduce swelling, and promoting muscle regeneration. Light prescriptions, on the other hand, aimed for precision. He invented the Semen Zizyphi Jujubae and Gancao Decoction to treat conditions arising at midnight (the "zi hour"). He discovered that Daituo could control blood pressure rebound. Using a low-dose Gui Zhi Si Ni Tang with a stewing method to rescue heart failure—just as the saying goes, "governing a large state is like cooking a small fish." Treating postpartum fever with He Shou Wu, Dang Gui, and Platycodon Decoction was inspired by the Zhi Yuan Medical Notes, which emphasized "allowing the heat to subside back into the blood and qi rather than dispersing it externally," yielding excellent results. He treated stroke hemiplegia by tonifying the extraordinary meridians, with particular focus on the Yang Qiao. He also discovered that tonifying the Yin Wei meridian could treat coronary heart disease of the heart-kidney type. Adjusting the Shaoyang pivot point treated coronary heart disease with heart-dampness stagnation, as well as conditions like reversed bile syndrome, epilepsy, and depression, demonstrating methods that were truly ingenious—reminiscent of "wise strategies and flexible techniques."