Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Preservation and Diagnosis Three-Character Classic: Medical Formulas. Illustrations. Explanations

Author: Chen Nianzu [Qing]; Zhang Ruqing
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: This book selects the core content of Volume 1 and Volume 2 of the original work, based on the Nan Yatang edition published in the ninth year of the Jiaqing reign (1804). It is divided into 24 chapters, with each chapter further divided into several sections based on content and meaning. The structure follows the original work: first, the classical text is presented, followed by annotations and brief remarks. At the end of each chapter, a concise explanation is provided for the discussed diseases and syndromes. The remarks section aims to help modern readers overcome linguistic and traditional Chinese medicine knowledge barriers when reading The Three-Character Classic of Medicine. It enables readers today to gain basic knowledge of the history and clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine from this book, understand the general outline of traditional Chinese medicine, and acquire a preliminary, practical understanding of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prescriptions for 23 types of diseases and syndromes. This is a distinctive feature of the book.