Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine

Name: Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine
ISBN: 9787534568855

王秀 / 陈可冀Jiangsu Phoenix Science and Technology Press2011

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Word count: 160K words
Chapters: 38
Series: Illustrated Chinese Medicine Series
ISBN: 9787534568855

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Summary

This volume is the basic-theory installment of the "Illustrated Chinese Medicine Series," edited by Wang Xiu with Chen Keji, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as general editor-in-chief; it is a project under the Eleventh Five-Year Plan for National Key Books. Running to about 160,000 characters with nearly 200 color illustrations across 158 pages, it systematically sets out the fundamentals of Chinese medicine in an illustrated format. It begins with the historical origins of the discipline: first introducing the four great classics—The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, Treatise on Cold Damage, Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet, and Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica—along with the evolution of etiology and pathogenesis, the new doctrines of the Four Masters of the Jin-Yuan period, the understanding of infectious disease in warm-disease theory, the blood-stasis doctrine and the treatment method of invigorating blood and resolving stasis, and the clinical application of Chinese herbal medicine; it then summarizes the three basic characteristics of Chinese medicine—the holistic view, treatment based on pattern differentiation, and preventing disease before it arises; next it explains in turn the meaning, features, and interrelations of yin-yang doctrine and its medical applications; the characteristics, categorization, generating and overcoming, overacting and insulting relations of the five phases and their applications; the five zang and six fu organs, the extraordinary fu, and the relations between the five zang and the body, sense organs, and among the organs in visceral-manifestation theory; the formation, movement, and mutual connections of qi, blood, and body fluids; and finally etiology, discussing the six excesses, the seven emotions, phlegm and retained fluids, and the relationship between diet and disease. The book strives to simplify complicated theory and visualize abstract theory, making it suitable for readers with no background to build a framework of Chinese medical thinking.

Editor's review

很多中医入门书的问题在于“术语一上来就砸人”，而这本书选择了另一条路：先讲历史，让你知道阴阳五行、脏腑气血这些概念是怎么一步步长出来的，再讲理论，理解成本会低很多。全书不过16万字、158页，配了近200幅彩图，五行生克、脏腑关系、气血津液往来这些最容易绕晕的内容都做成了图，翻一页就能看明白，非常适合作为第一本中医理论书。它的底子也不“水”：丛书总主编是中国科学院院士陈可冀，“十一五”国家重点图书出版规划项目，内容取自中医基础理论的通行框架，术语规范，没有为了通俗牺牲准确性。章节安排也友好——从四大经典与各家学说，到整体观、辨证论治、治未病，再到阴阳、五行、藏象、气血津液、病因，正好是一条完整的认知链。不管是打算系统自学中医，还是想读懂养生说法背后的道理，这本薄薄的彩图书都值得放在案头当“地图”用。

Who it's for

A good fit for

零基础想系统了解中医理论框架的普通读者
中医药院校低年级学生，用作课前预习与概念梳理
养生、食疗、艾灸等健康爱好者，希望补上理论根基
社区医生、健康管理从业者，需要快速查阅中医基础概念

Not a good fit for

希望直接学方剂、针灸操作与具体治法的读者，本书只讲基础理论
有较深中医功底的临床医师，可能觉得内容偏浅
追求完整彩色电子版高清图版的读者，需留意版本与清晰度

Reading tips

按章节顺序通读一遍，第二遍重点精读阴阳、五行、藏象三章，这是全书骨架。
遇到五行生克、脏腑关系等图示，动手在纸上重画一遍，比只看图记得牢。
每读完一章，用自己的话复述一次核心概念，检验是否真正理解而非记忆术语。
读到病因一章时，可结合自身饮食起居情况对照理解，但切勿据此自行诊断用药。

About the publisher

Jiangsu Phoenix Science and Technology Press China · Founded in 1978

Jiangsu Science and Technology Press (now Jiangsu Phoenix Science and Technology Press) focuses on academic monographs in science and technology, applied science and technology books, science and technology textbooks, and popular science readers, while also publishing works on traditional culture and the humanities and social sciences. Its catalog shows a distinct strength in classical poetry, Eastern philosophy, and historical reading. Representative titles include Nalan Xingde's Nalan Ci (color-illustrated hardcover edition), Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian: Hereditary Houses, Wang Yangming's Instructions for Practical Living, Zeng Guofan's Family Letters, Hong Yingming's Caigentan, Lu Yu's The Classic of Tea, as well as Jiang Tingfu's Modern Chinese History and The Outdoor Survival Guide. Its author resources cover classic writers such as Nalan Xingde, Sima Qian, Wang Yangming, Zeng Guofan, and Jiang Tingfu, and include works licensed from Australia's Weldon Owen Publishing. Its publishing approach combines science and technology titles with Chinese classics and practical lifestyle books, balancing academic value with general reading needs.

Chapter One: The Historical Trajectory of Chinese Medicine
Section One: The Cornerstone of Learning Chinese Medicine—The Four Great Classics
Section Two: The Perfection and Development of Etiology and Pathogenesis
Section Three: The Emergence of New Doctrines—The Four Masters of the Jin-Yuan Period
Section Four: A New Theory of Infectious Disease—Warm-Disease Theory
Section Five: A Characteristic Theory of Chinese Medicine—The Blood-Stasis Doctrine and the Treatment of Invigorating Blood and Resolving Stasis
Section Six: The Weapon of Clinical Treatment in Chinese Medicine—Chinese Herbal Medicine
Chapter Two: The Basic Characteristics of Chinese Medicine
Section One: The Holistic View
Section Two: Treatment Based on Pattern Differentiation
Section Three: Preventing Disease Before It Arises—Preventive Medicine in Chinese Medicine
Chapter Three: Yin and Yang in Mutual Dependence
Section One: The Original Meaning of Yin and Yang
Section Two: The Characteristics of Yin and Yang
Section Three: The Relations of Yin and Yang
Section Four: The Application of Yin-Yang Doctrine in Chinese Medicine
Chapter Four: The Five Phases in Cyclical Motion
Section One: The Characteristics of the Five Phases
Section Two: Classification of Things by the Five Phases
Section Three: Generating, Overcoming, Overacting, and Insulting Relations among the Five Phases
Section Four: The Application of Five-Phase Doctrine in Chinese Medicine
Chapter Five: Visceral Manifestation
Section One: Classification of the Zang-Fu Organs by Form
Section Two: The Physiological Functions of the Five Zang Organs
Section Three: The Physiological Functions of the Six Fu Organs
Section Four: The Extraordinary Fu
Section Five: The Five Zang Organs and the Body and Sense Organs
Section Six: Relations among the Zang-Fu Organs
Chapter Six: Qi, Blood, and Body Fluids
Section One: Qi
Section Two: Body Fluids
Section Three: Blood
Section Four: The Connections among Qi, Blood, and Body Fluids
Chapter Seven: Etiology
Section One: The Six Excesses and Disease
Section Two: The Seven Emotions and Disease
Section Three: Phlegm and Retained Fluids and Disease
Section Four: Diet and Disease

FAQ

这本书和《中医诊断学》是同一本吗？

不是。本书属“彩图中医学丛书”，内容为中医基础理论，讲阴阳五行、藏象、气血津液、病因等；中医诊断、方剂、针灸等是另外的分册或另书，不要混淆。

零基础能直接读吗？

可以。全书以彩图配合通俗文字，把抽象理论形象化，属于入门定位；但阴阳五行、藏象等概念较抽象，建议慢读并配合做笔记。

书里的彩图多不多？

据出版信息，本书配有近200幅彩图，共158页，图占比重较大，主要用于诠释五行关系、脏腑功能等抽象内容。

这是“十一五”国家重点图书吗？

是。该书附注为“十一五”国家重点图书出版规划项目，丛书总主编为中国科学院院士陈可冀。

书里会讲具体偏方和用药吗？

不会。本书讲的是基础理论，仅在历史部分提及中草药的地位与瘀血学说等，不提供具体处方，不宜作为自我治疗依据。

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王秀 Author

Wang Xiu is an author with limited publicly available information, currently represented by two works on quite different subjects. The health-related title What to Eat When You Have Biliary Tract Cancer shows that her writing stays close to practical life: it addresses the everyday dietary needs of patients with biliary tract cancer and offers reference in an accessible and useful manner. Her other book, Nourishment for Chinese Painting: Injecting Fresh Blood into Chinese Painting, turns to the field of art, and its title indicates a concern for the contemporary development of Chinese painting and a wish to bring new nourishment and vitality to the traditional medium. Taken together, these two works show Wang Xiu writing across both health and art rather than confining herself to one area—the former aimed at patients and focused on practical guidance, the latter at art lovers and focused on creative reflection. Because details such as dates and place of birth, nationality, and education remain unconfirmed, her personal background cannot be described in detail. The present introduction therefore relies mainly on the available works and categories to present the different directions of her writing.

陈可冀 Author

Chen Keji. Public information about the author is limited. Judging from the six works held in the library, Chen's writing and editorial work center mainly on Chinese court medicine and traditional Chinese medicine culture. The subjects range from the collation and study of court medical texts, a selected compilation of Qing dynasty court medical cases, and expositions of health-preservation ideas in court medicine, to specialized topics such as the clinical application of Panax notoginseng saponin preparations, and extend to discussions of Chinese tea culture and health. Overall, the works combine documentary collation with thematic discussion, attending both to the close reading of original medical texts and case records and to making traditional Chinese medical knowledge accessible in the contexts of health preservation and clinical practice. They offer readers a concrete entry point into the documentary landscape of court medicine and the culture of traditional Chinese health preservation, and are commonly classified under medicine.