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Author: Wang Ang (Qing Dynasty)
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Publish Date: 1998-04-01
Features: The three books, Collected Formulas of Medicine, Essentials of Materia Medica, and Rhyming Formulas for Medicinal Preparations, written by Wang Ang, a renowned physician from Xiuning during the early Qing Dynasty, have been passed down for over three hundred years. They have gained widespread acclaim both domestically and internationally and are universally recognized by medical practitioners as essential reading for beginners and indispensable references for clinical practice. The three books strictly adhere to the principles and formulas of ancient texts, tracing back to works such as the Shen Nong’s Classic of Materia Medica, the Tang Ye Jing, the Inner Canon, the Thousand Gold Formula, the Secret Essentials of the External Platform, and the formula collections of scholars from the Song, Jin, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, as well as methods for health preservation and emergency care. They integrate these diverse traditions into a unified system. Their enduring popularity stems from their rich, practical content, meticulous and precise reasoning, well-organized and concise categorization of formulas, and their effectiveness in clinical practice. Rhyming Formulas for Medicinal Preparations compiles over three hundred formulas into rhyming couplets, making them easy to memorize and recall. For those aspiring to learn medicine, these books are the first step—choosing formulas based on symptoms and achieving rapid results through medication can strengthen one’s confidence in the medical profession. From there, one can delve deeper into the profound principles of medicine and, over time, become a great physician, with generations of successors following in their footsteps.