Collection of Clinical Experiences of Li Fengxiang

Author: Luo Zenggang, Zhang Mingrui, Ma Xiaobei, De Xuehui, Hong Lintao
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Li Fengxiang, styled Renqian, penname Wunong, was born in 1916 in Chengwu, Shandong Province. He served as the Deputy Director of the TCM Department at the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical College, the Director of the TCM Department of the TCM School, and the Director of the Internal Medicine Teaching and Research Section. With over 70 years of medical practice, he was renowned for his medical expertise and high moral character in both Shandong and Inner Mongolia, with a legacy of talented students. He was a celebrated elderly TCM practitioner in the local area.
At the age of 12, Li Fengxiang entered the Hezheng Tang pharmacy as an apprentice. Later, he apprenticed under the renowned TCM surgeon Liu Hanzhao, studying diligently for 12 years and systematically learning and inheriting the essence of TCM surgery's differential diagnosis and treatment. After several years of practicing medicine, he apprenticed under Zhao Dianzhai, a descendant of a famous TCM family in the area. Zhao personally taught him the Four Great Classics, explained difficult questions, and elaborated on them with his extensive clinical experience, laying a solid foundation for Li Fengxiang's future TCM career.
Li Fengxiang excelled at differential diagnosis and was often able to overcome difficult and persistent conditions, earning praise from Zhao. Li was a man of broad vision and integrity, the organization's call, and in 1959, at the request of the Shandong Provincial Health Department, he went to Inner Mongolia Medical College to teach. He the Deputy Director of the TCM Department at the Affiliated Hospital, the Deputy Director of the Pharmacy, the Director of the TCM Department of the TCM School, and the Director of the Internal Medicine Teaching and Research Section. In 1961, he was awarded the title of "Active Member of the Socialist Construction of Inner Mongolia Medical College" by the Autonomous Region, and in 1983, he was honored as an "Advanced Worker of Higher Education in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region." During his career, he trained a large number of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, contributing to the medical and health development of the frontier areas.
For decades, Li Fengxiang remained humble, pursued lofty goals, and lived a life of simplicity, fame, and wealth. He often advised his students, "A physician should have a compassionate heart; when practicing medicine, do not be burdened by fame and profit; when prescribing medicine, one should have the courage of a sword and the heart of a qin." He emphasized treating patients with kindness, as if they were family. In addition to Li Fengxiang's medical cases and insights, this book also includes the "Three-Character Explanation of Medicinal Properties," which will be of great help to aspiring TCM learners.