Collection of Popular TCM Formula Rhymes

Author: Du Yunxi
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Publishing Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book is divided into three parts with a total of 45 chapters. The first part is titled "New Collection of Common TCM Herbs (Three-Character Rhyme)," which is a revision based on the 1996 published "Common TCM Herbs in Three-Character Rhyme." The number of herbs has been increased to 645, primarily introducing the properties, functions, main indications, compatibility, dosage, and precautions of each herb. The second part is "Ancient and Modern Famous and Effective Formulas (Four-Character Song)." It covers 20 categories, including medication and prescription essentials, exterior-relieving, stopping vomiting, purgative, anthelmintic, digestive, heat-clearing, diuretic, warming the interior, resolving phlegm and stopping cough, aromatic dampness transformation, dispelling wind-dampness, calming the liver and extinguishing wind, opening the orifices, calming the spirit, regulating qi, regulating blood, replenishing deficiency, astringent and consolidating, external use, and anti-cancer, with over 630 famous and effective ancient formulas. The third part is "Diagnosis and Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment (Seven-Character Poem)," which mainly introduces important methods of TCM diagnosis, including "Four Diagnostic Methods," "Eight Principles Differentiation," and the relationship between diseases and the "Five Elements" (creation, restriction, overacting, and counteracting). This book comprehensively includes content related to TCM herbs, formulas, and diagnosis, possessing systematicity, completeness, and operability. Its writing style is unique, employing three-character, four-character, and seven-character poetic forms, making the language concise, easy to recite, and memorable. It solves the problem of learning TCM herbs and formulas being rigid, dull, and difficult to memorize, making it an excellent handbook for clinical TCM. It is suitable for TCM practitioners, pharmacists, clinical practitioners of Western medicine with TCM training, students and faculty of medical schools, and TCM enthusiasts for reference.