Golden Cabinet Essentials Dictionary

Author: Ai Hua
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Publishing Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a long history, and Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essentials from the Golden Cabinet) is the section on miscellaneous diseases from Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases) written by the Han Dynasty physician Zhang Zhongjing. It is also the earliest extant monograph on the diagnosis and treatment of miscellaneous diseases in China. Due to its high guiding significance and practical value in theory and clinical practice, modern TCM internal medicine and TCM gynecology have both developed based on Jin Gui Yao Lue. The principles, methods, formulas, and medications in the book have long guided treatment methods, post-treatment reactions, and prognoses. Any problems encountered while studying Jin Gui Yao Lue can be found and resolved in this dictionary. This dictionary focuses on explaining terms and their meanings. During its compilation, a vast amount of literature was consulted to systematically address the pronunciation, interpretation of terms, and controversial viewpoints in Jin Gui Yao Lue, as well as the currently accepted interpretations. This ensures that the explanations of terminology are more comprehensive. Given that one medicinal herb may appear in tens or even dozens of formulas, this dictionary has systematically organized and summarized the herbs, indicating which formulas they primarily appear in and their major functions, thereby deriving their patterns. This dictionary is a specialized reference work that comprehensively reflects the content of Jin Gui Yao Lue and is intended for use in medical practice, teaching, and scientific research. However, due to limitations in expertise and the haste of compilation, errors and omissions are inevitable. We sincerely hope that fellow practitioners in the medical field will kindly point out any shortcomings so that this dictionary can be further improved in the future. Jin Gui Yao Lue Dictionary is a specialized reference work that comprehensively reflects Jin Gui Yao Lue. It strives to be an accurate, advanced, comprehensive, and authoritative dictionary. It systematically organizes, summarizes, studies, and compiles Jin Gui Yao Lue and its various ancient and modern research documents and anthologies. The entries collected are extensive, including single-character and multi-character words, etiologies, pathogenesis, symptoms, syndromes, and disease names; treatment methods, medications, and formula names; processing methods for medicinal herbs; and the dosage forms, dosages, decoction and administration methods for formulas, as well as post-treatment reactions and prognoses. The entries cover the entire book. This dictionary focuses on explaining terms and their meanings, systematically addressing the pronunciation and interpretation of terms in Jin Gui Yao Lue, striving for standardization and accuracy, and serves as a reference tool for medical practitioners, educators, and researchers in TCM.