Thinking of Traditional Chinese Medicine (New Edition)

Author: Liu Lihong
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Thinking about Traditional Chinese Medicine is also known as Introduction to the Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases. The author, driven by a deep dedication and passion for classical TCM, is committed to the research, interpretation, and study of difficult conditions related to Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases. To avoid obscurity and complexity, the author strives to combine academic rigor with engaging content, transcending the mere study of Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases. It serves as a model that integrates case characteristics with academic principles. The title Thinking about Traditional Chinese Medicine embodies the concepts of thinking in time and space, thinking about life, and thinking about health. Therefore, it is not only a TCM book but also an academic work on traditional culture, and more importantly, a humanities and social sciences book that transcends time and disciplines.
Thinking about Traditional Chinese Medicine is also known as Introduction to the Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases. The author, driven by a deep dedication and passion for classical TCM, is committed to the research, interpretation, and study of difficult conditions related to Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases. To avoid obscurity and complexity, the author strives to combine academic rigor with engaging content, transcending the mere study of Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases. It serves as a model that integrates case characteristics with academic principles. The title Thinking about Traditional Chinese Medicine embodies the concepts of thinking in time and space, thinking about life, and thinking about health. Therefore, it is not only a TCM book but also an academic work on traditional culture, and more importantly, a humanities and social sciences book that transcends time and disciplines.
The chapter "Regulating Human Life According to the Four Qi" (Chapter 2) – Spring March – is called the season of renewal when heaven and earth are born, and all things flourish. One should sleep late and rise early, take long walks in the courtyard, let down their hair and relax their body to invigorate the will. Nurture life without killing, give without taking, reward without punishing. This is the response to the spring qi and the way of nourishing life.
The Yin and Yang and the four seasons are the beginning and end of all things, the root of life and death. To oppose them brings disaster, while following them prevents severe illness. This is called adhering to the Dao. The wise follow the Dao, while the foolish admire it. To align with Yin and Yang brings life, to oppose them brings death. To follow them brings order, to oppose them brings chaos. To reverse the natural order is to oppose the Dao, which is called internal obstruction.
Therefore, the sage does not treat illness that has already formed but treats it before it arises; he does not quell chaos that has already occurred but prevents it before it happens. This is what is meant by this. When illness has already formed and medicine is then used, or when chaos has already arisen and treatment is then applied, it is like digging a well when thirsty or forging a spear in the middle of a battle. Is this not too late?