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Author: Zhang Zhongjing
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Publishing Date: 1997-06-01
Features: Zhang Zhongjing (name Jing, from Nieyang in Nanxun during the Late Han Dynasty) wrote the Treatise on Cold Damage and Acute Illnesses in sixteen volumes. Wang Shuxie of the Western Jin Dynasty compiled the Treatise on Cold Damage in ten volumes, with the rest lost. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Zhu obtained Zhang Zhongjing's Essential Prescriptions from the Golden Cabinet and Jade Box in three volumes from the imperial library. Lin Bi corrected and published it starting from the section on miscellaneous diseases, which became the existing Essential Prescriptions from the Golden Cabinet. It consists of three volumes and twenty-five chapters. The chapter "Diseases of Zang-Fu Organs and Meridians: On the Onset and Progression of Illness" discusses treatment based on etiology, serving as a summary of the entire work. The sixteen chapters from "Convulsions, Dampness, and Heat" to "Vomiting and Diarrhea" deal with the treatment of internal medicine diseases and syndromes. The two chapters "Sores and Abscesses, Intestinal Pain and Erosion" address the treatment of surgical diseases and syndromes. The three chapters starting from "Pregnancy in Women" focus on gynecological diseases and syndromes. The entire work discusses over forty types of diseases and includes two hundred and five prescriptions (excluding the three chapters on miscellaneous treatments and dietary prohibitions). The dosage forms cover decoctions, pills, powders, ointments, wines, baths, applications, and Sitz baths, among others. Zhang Zhongjing emphasized supporting the body's defensive Qi to treat cold damage and supporting the body's healthy Qi to expel pathogenic factors in treating miscellaneous diseases. Cold pathogens damage the body's Yang Qi, so when treating cold damage, one must always protect the Yang Qi. Most miscellaneous diseases stem from the deficiency of Zang-Fu organ Qi, so the treatment of miscellaneous diseases should be based on the pathogenesis of meridian and Zang-Fu organ disorders, expelling both internal and external pathogenic factors while reinforcing the body's healthy Qi, thereby establishing the general principle of treating miscellaneous diseases through Zang-Fu organ differentiation and syndrome analysis. His approach to discussing stroke based on the differentiation of meridians, channels, Zang-Fu organs, and collaterals, and his analysis of conditions like consumptive debility and edema based on the damage of Qi and blood in the five Zang organs, all serve as the foundation for the diagnosis and treatment of internal medicine diseases in later generations. The three chapters on women also mark the beginning of traditional Chinese medicine gynecology. The subtle pulse cannot be ignored, and Zhang Zhongjing's differentiation of pulse and complexion is a model for later generations. For example, distinguishing between consumptive lung and lung abscess based on the deficiency or excess of the pulse, identifying the stagnation of bi (wind-dampness) based on a weak and thready pulse, and differentiating between phlegm-dampness syndromes based on a double or one-sided wiry pulse—all these provide guidance for clinical practice and help grasp the pathogenesis of diseases.