Zhen Zong Sanmei

Author: Zhang Lu
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Publish Date: 2000-10-01
Features: "Zheng Zong San Wei," also known as "Shi Xiong Laoren Zheng Zong San Wei," is a specialized monograph on diagnosis written by the renowned physician Zhang Lu during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The book consists of one volume and twelve chapters. Chapters 1–2 elucidate the essence of medicine, chapters 3–6 focus on the normal and variant positions, appearances, and meridians of the pulse, chapter 7 details 32 pulse types, chapter 8 thoroughly discusses the similarities and differences in ancient and modern diagnostic theories of the pulse, as well as cases where pulse and syndrome do not match, and chapters 9–12 explore the order and disorder of the pulse and the pulse diagnosis of women and infants. The book is written in elegant language and presents thorough arguments, making it a valuable reference for clinical Chinese medicine practitioners and researchers of pulse diagnosis.