Medical Classics

Author: (Ming) Yu Tan / Guo Ruihua (ed.)
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Publishing Date: 2002-02-01
Features: Medical Orthodoxy is a comprehensive medical work compiled by Yu Tan during the Ming Dynasty. The author extracted the key principles from The Inner Canon and The Pulse Classic, supplemented by the major theories and effective formulas from generations of medical scholars, while inheriting family traditions and incorporating his own insights. The book comprises eight volumes, covering all major disciplines such as internal medicine, external medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, and stomatology. It includes nearly 100 disease conditions, each organized into a separate category with sub-sections on theory, pulse diagnosis, and treatment methods. The work provides reasoning, methods, formulas, medications, annotations, and case studies. In terms of treatment, it follows Zhang Zhongjing for cold damage syndromes and Li Gao for internal injury, while revering Dan Zeng for miscellaneous diseases. With extensive references and personal interpretations, it is a practical and valuable ancient medical classic.