Life-saving collection

Author: Xu Bai Zuren (Qing Dynasty)
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: The book is divided into 35 categories, with discussions on symptoms and prescriptions, totaling over 200,000 words. It is organized into sections such as Emergency First Aid, Cold Damage and Apoplexy, General Treatment for Various Diseases, Clinical Disciplines, Health Maintenance and Wellness, Tuina Massage, etc., and collects over 2,000 prescriptions. The book often provides multiple prescriptions for a single condition, facilitating targeted medication selection. Additionally, it includes examples of modifying prescriptions to treat various diseases, with the source of each prescription clearly noted. As a result, it has been widely adopted by later generations of medical practitioners. The treatment methods include oral administration, external application, fumigation, bathing, warming, acupuncture, packing, dietary therapy, and more, all comprehensively covered. The collected prescriptions in the book are balanced, reliable, concise, and innovative, with diagnostic and treatment approaches that are highly effective. Therefore, with this book in hand, medical practitioners can prescribe medications according to the disease, and patients can rely on the prescriptions for self-treatment. Even in areas lacking medicine, it can save lives in critical situations.