Yellow River Medical Notes

Author: Sun Jifen
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book adopts the style of medical conversations, with each chapter being around a thousand words. Though concise in length, it vividly captures clinical experiences and research insights. The Yellow River region is located in the transitional zone between northern and southern China, characterized by distinct seasons: warm springs, hot summers, dry autumns, and cold winters. While it is not as severely cold as northern China in winter, it still experiences biting winds. Summers are scorching, and although it lacks the humidity of the south, people often suffer from dampness-related illnesses due to indulging in cold drinks and seeking coolness. Therefore, conditions such as cold damage (), dampness-related diseases (), external pathogens (), and internal disorders (), as well as diseases categorized under internal, gynecological, and external medicine, exhibit unique characteristics in the Yellow River region compared to other areas. The case studies presented vary by person, time, and location, sometimes adapting ancient knowledge for modern use or promoting new theories. They often blend the familiar with the unconventional, and within the extraordinary lies the ordinary. Additionally, insights from Mongolian and Tibetan medicine are included, all of which reflect the vibrant academic diversity and intellectual debate among traditional Chinese medicine practitioners across the eight provinces along the Yellow River. Sifting through the sand to gather gold, this book is well worth reading.