Essential Readings in Medicine

Author: Li Zhongzi (Ming Dynasty)
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This book was written by Li Zhongzi, a renowned physician of the late Ming Dynasty. It consists of 10 volumes. Volume 1 focuses on medical theories and illustrations. The theoretical section introduces the origins of medicine and guides aspiring medical students, while the illustrative section lists human skeletal measurements, organs, and physiology based on the Neijing (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon). Volume 2 provides a concise explanation of traditional Chinese medicine's pulse diagnosis and examination methods. Volumes 3-4 are a concise pharmacopoeia, primarily based on the Bencao Gangmu, summarizing the main therapeutic effects of over 400 commonly used herbs and interpreting them with various scholarly views while incorporating the author's own insights. Volumes 5-10 introduce the pathogenesis and treatment of over 30 diseases, primarily focusing on internal medicine, along with medical case studies. This edition is based on the 1637 edition printed during the Dingchou year of the Chongzhen reign (1637), meticulously collated and edited. A preface provides an introduction, and an afterword includes a formula index and a drug name index for easy reference. This book is widely suitable for clinical practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, faculty and students of TCM universities, and self-taught learners of TCM.