Medical Classics Golden Mirror: Four Diagnostic Methods Heart Method Essentials Simplified. 2nd Edition

Author: He Ren
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Features: The Golden Mirror of Medicine was compiled by Wu Qian and others during the Qing Dynasty. It served as a textbook for studying traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the Qing era and remains an important reading material for modern TCM learners. Especially the core principles and key points of various disciplines within it are concise, to the point, easy to remember, and widely popular among readers. The Golden Mirror of Medicine: Essentials of Four Diagnostic Methods is a part of it, primarily introducing the four diagnostic methods of TCM: observation, auscultation and olfaction, inquiry, and palpation. The content is brief and highly practical. This colloquial interpretation mainly provides a sentence-by-sentence translation of the original text, with appropriate annotations for difficult terminology. Additionally, it offers explanations of medical principles and clinical applications for each verse, making the book more accessible and easier to understand. It serves as a supplementary reading material for learning and studying TCM diagnostics, helping to build a solid foundation in basic TCM theory. This book is widely suitable for beginners of TCM and grassroots clinical practitioners as a reference.