Common Knowledge of Traditional Chinese Diagnosis and Treatment

Hu YoumeiFujian People's Publishing House1958

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Summary

Common Knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, compiled by Hu Youmei, was first published in February 1958 by Fujian People's Publishing House. Running to about 90 pages, it is a concise primer on traditional Chinese medical diagnosis and treatment intended for grassroots medical workers and beginning practitioners of Chinese medicine. The book is divided into two chapters, "Essentials of Diagnostic Methods" and "Essentials of Therapeutic Methods," with an appendix. The first chapter concentrates on the practical essentials of the four diagnostic methods of Chinese medicine, presenting the key points of inquiry, pulse taking, tongue observation, listening to the voice, and visual inspection in the form of mnemonic verses, accompanied by a pulse classification table and a table of death signs and anomalous pulses; it also includes dedicated verses on diagnosing women's illnesses, pediatric diagnostic methods, and verses on diagnosing pediatric illnesses, making the material easy to recite from memory and consult in clinical practice. The second chapter classifies diseases according to the organ systems of modern medicine, discussing in turn respiratory diseases, circulatory diseases, digestive diseases, excretory diseases, nervous system diseases, systemic diseases, male genital diseases, female genital diseases, pediatric diseases, surgical diseases, venereal diseases, and infectious diseases. This reflects the compilational approach of the time, in which Chinese and Western disease names were used side by side and the differential diagnosis and treatment of Chinese medicine were matched to modern disease classifications. Concise in length, clear in organization, and notable for its mnemonic formulation, the book is a representative text for understanding the landscape of popular Chinese medicine publications in the 1950s and the knowledge system of grassroots Chinese medical diagnosis and treatment.

Editor's review

这本书的价值，首先在于它是一部“小而全”的中医入门手册。全书正文不足百页，却把诊法与疗法两大板块都覆盖到了，读者拿到手就能形成对中医诊疗流程的整体印象，不必在厚重的教材里反复翻检。其次，它采用歌诀加表格的编排方式：问症歌、辨舌歌、闻声歌、望诊歌、小儿诊法歌朗朗上口，脉象分类表和死症怪脉表则把繁复的脉学内容压缩成可对照查阅的条目，这种“口诀+速查表”的结构对记忆极为友好，是传统中医教育中很典型的入门手法。再次，第二章按呼吸、循环、消化、排泄、神经等系统归类病症，反映了20世纪50年代中西医病名并用的时代特征，对研究中医教材史、基层医疗史的研究者而言，是一个有史料价值的样本。需要说明的是，本书成书较早，其中花柳病、传染病等章节的表述和用药观念已与今日临床实践有相当距离，读者应把它当作了解中医诊疗思路与历史文献的读物，而非当下的诊疗依据。

Who it's for

A good fit for

对中医四诊与辨证思路感兴趣的入门读者，希望通过歌诀快速建立框架
基层医务工作者与乡村医生，需要一本简明速查的诊疗参考
中医文献与教材史研究者，关注20世纪50年代中医普及读物形态
习惯用口诀、表格辅助记忆的中医药专业学生

Not a good fit for

希望获得当代循证诊疗方案与最新用药指南的临床医生
寻求具体疾病自我诊断、自行用药指导的普通患者
只接受现代医学体系、对传统中医理论持排斥态度的读者

Reading tips

先读第一章的各类歌诀并背诵，再回看脉象分类表与辨舌歌，理解口诀与具体指征的对应关系
阅读第二章时对照现代疾病分类做笔记，留意书中中西医病名并置的编写逻辑与时代印记
把本书当作历史文献而非临床手册，遇到方药与治法内容时另查当代权威教材核实
篇幅短小，可放在案头随时翻阅，重点在于熟悉框架而非逐字精读

About the publisher

Fujian People's Publishing House China · Founded in 1951

Fujian People's Publishing House is a comprehensive publisher focusing on humanities and social sciences, with publishing areas that include politics, economics, culture, education, history, and the collation of ancient texts. Judging from the three titles in the database, the press attends both to the collation and republication of classic literature, such as Yu Dafu's Spring Breeze Drunk Evening in an authoritative revised collector's edition, and to original social novels, such as Long Zaiyu's Zhang Duo series. This selection approach, balancing literary classics with socially engaged fiction, reflects its distinctive publishing profile across classic works and social novels. Due to limited materials in the database, publicly available information is limited, and a fuller account of the press's author resources and series planning cannot yet be provided.

Chapter 1 Essentials of Diagnostic Methods
(1) Song of Inquiry
(2) Notes on Pulse Taking
(3) Pulse-Type Classification Table
(4) Table of Abnormal Pulses in Fatal Cases
(5) Song of Diagnosing Women
(6) Song of Tongue Observation
(7) Song of Listening
(8) Song of Inspection
(9) Notes on Pediatric Diagnostic Methods
(10) Song of Pediatric Diagnostic Methods
Chapter 2 Essentials of Therapeutic Methods
(1) Respiratory Diseases
(2) Circulatory Diseases
(3) Digestive Diseases
(4) Excretory Diseases
(5) Neurological Diseases
(6) Systemic Diseases
(7) Male Genital Diseases
(8) Female Genital Diseases
(9) Pediatric Diseases
(10) Surgical Diseases
(11) Venereal Diseases
(12) Infectious Diseases
Appendix

FAQ

这本书适合零基础的中医爱好者读吗？

比较适合作为入门框架读物。书中诊法部分以歌诀和表格呈现，语言简练，不依赖太多前置知识；不过第二章涉及较多病名与辨证术语，零基础读者可能需要配合一本现代中医基础理论教材对照阅读。

书里的方药和治法现在还能直接用吗？

不建议直接照用。本书1958年出版，其中花柳病、传染病等章节的表述与现代医学认识差距较大，药物剂量、适应证和安全性标准也均已更新。它更适合作为了解中医诊疗思路与文献面貌的读物，实际诊疗请遵循现行规范并咨询执业医师。

这本书有多少页、内容量大概多大？

根据可查到的版本信息，全书约90页，分为“诊法录要”和“疗法录要”两章，另附附录，属于典型的简明手册型篇幅，通读一遍所需时间不长，更适合反复查阅而非一次性读完。

为什么第二章按“呼吸器病、循环器病”这类名称分类？

这反映了20世纪50年代中医著作的一种常见编写方式，即借用现代医学的器官系统分类来组织中医的病症与治法内容，便于当时读者与西医病名对接。这一体例本身也是研究近代中医教材演变的有趣线索。

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About the author

Hu Youmei Author

Hu Youmei is an author about whom very little public information is available; only one work by this name is known, Common Knowledge of Traditional Chinese Diagnosis and Treatment. Judging from the title and its usual classification, the book belongs to the medicine and health category and likely covers the basics of diagnosis and treatment in traditional Chinese medicine, aimed at general readers who wish to understand its fundamental theories and approaches to common illnesses. Writing of this kind usually emphasizes practicality and readability, turning technical terms into everyday language so that readers can form an initial understanding of how traditional Chinese medicine works. Since the author's biography, education, and medical experience cannot be verified, this entry makes no speculation and introduces the work's subject matter only on the basis of the book itself. It may serve as an introductory reference for readers interested in traditional medicine.