Zang Xiang Chapter - Clinical Guidelines from the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon

Author: Chen Ming
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon is one of the earliest classical medical works preserved in China. It has been revered by generations of medical practitioners as the "foundational text of medicine." However, the language of The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon is archaic and its content vast, making it extremely challenging to comprehend. Historically, scholars have approached the study of The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon primarily through "deciphering," with research often focusing on textual collation, punctuation and annotation, and theoretical interpretation. In contrast, practical clinical research grounded in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practice and the clinical guidance offered by The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon has been significantly overlooked. Given this, it has become urgent to actively compile and explore clinical research findings related to The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, thereby harnessing its profound clinical guidance value.
Based on the inventions, creations, and practical experiences of ancient and modern medical practitioners regarding the theories of The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, as well as the author's own insights from studying the text and clinical practice, this book explores the specific clinical applications of its theories and analyzes their guiding role in the development of TCM scholarship. The book is organized into the following sections:
- Textual Compilation
- Explanations
- Elaborations
- Clinical Applications
- Key Insights from Renowned Scholars
The author spent 15 years accumulating research materials to complete this work, ensuring it could stand alongside Selected Clinical Cases of Famous Practitioners on the Treatise on Cold Damage, Selected Clinical Cases of Famous Practitioners on the Golden Cabinet, and Commentary and Evaluation of Famous Formulas for Warm Pathogens as a sister volume, forming the Clinical Essentials of the Four Great Classical Texts of TCM series.