Medical Classics of Gold Mirror · Essential Methods for Treating Cold Damage in the Heart Method (Third Edition)

Author: Department of Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The Medical Canon of Gold was compiled by Wu Qian and others during the Qing Dynasty. It served as a textbook for studying Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the Qing era and remains an important reading material for modern TCM learners. Especially the essential techniques of various disciplines within it are concise, to the point, easy to remember, and widely popular among readers. The Essentials of the Treatise on Cold Damage summarizes the main content of theory, methods, prescriptions, and medications from the Treatise on Cold Damage, as well as some later studies related to it, in the form of rhymes. The accompanying "Notes" not only explain the meaning of the rhymes but also incorporate insights from medical scholars on the Treatise on Cold Damage. As a result, the Essentials has become a widely circulated supplementary reading material for studying the Treatise on Cold Damage from the Qing Dynasty to the present day. It holds significant reference value for learning and researching the Treatise on Cold Damage, guiding clinical practice, and laying a solid foundation in TCM. This book retains the original rhymes while adding summaries, annotations, colloquial explanations, and remarks. The summaries highlight key points, clarify doubts, translate the rhymes, and absorb the meaning of the original annotations. The remarks provide a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the clinical application of theory, methods, prescriptions, and medications, including pathogenesis analysis, medical theory elaboration, thought exploration, clinical significance discussion, prescription meaning analysis, historical applications, modern research summaries, and critiques of inappropriate statements. Thus, it is not only suitable for beginners of TCM and those new to the Treatise on Cold Damage, but also highly beneficial for clinical practitioners.