Essentials of Cold Damage

Name: Essentials of Cold Damage
ISBN: 9787117082426

刘渡舟 / 聂惠民 / Fu ShiyuanPeople's Medical Publishing House2006

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Series: Modern Masters of Chinese Medicine Reprint Series (Series 3)
ISBN: 9787117082426

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Essentials of Cold Damage is a monograph on the Treatise on Cold Damage co-authored by Professor Liu Duzhou of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine with Nie Huimin and Fu Shiyuan, drawing on nearly thirty years of his experience in teaching, clinical practice, and research on the text; it belongs to Series 3 of the Modern Masters of Chinese Medicine Reprint Series. Taking six-channel pattern identification and treatment as its overarching framework, the book uses a method of grouped exposition to systematically reorganize the 398 original passages of the Treatise, dividing them into sections on greater yang, yang brightness, lesser yang, greater yin, lesser yin, and terminal yin, along with cholera and the relapse-after-recovery patterns of yin-yang exchange. It preserves the systematic order and completeness of the original passages while reorganizing them by pattern and formula, so that readers can follow the thread and see the logical relations among the passages. In interpreting the original text, the authors juxtapose related passages and their corresponding formulas wherever possible and mark the original passage numbers for easy comparison and discrimination of similarities and differences. Passages with formulas are usually followed by Liu Duzhou's own clinical case records, grounding disease identification, pattern differentiation, treatment principles, prescriptions, and medicinals in real diagnostic settings and helping readers grasp the clinical reasoning behind classical formulas. A general introduction precedes the book, discussing the Treatise's background and methods of study; appendices at the end address the scholarly significance of the arrangement of the passages and include a table for converting ancient and modern dosages, a formula index, and a passage index, facilitating classroom study, clinical reference, and review. With clear analysis, thorough reasoning, and abundant clinical experience, it is an important reference for studying six-channel pattern identification and the clinical use of classical formulas.

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刘渡舟是公认的伤寒大家，这部《伤寒挈要》最能体现他“以六经统条文、以方证带临床”的治学路数。全书把398条原文按六经与证候归类重组，每条注解常与相邻、相似条文对举，并标注条号，解决了初学者“读得懂每一条、串不起整部书”的常见困境。更难得的是方证之后多附刘渡舟亲历治案，读者能直接看到某方在某证上如何加减取舍，理论与临证之间的距离被大幅缩短。书前讲学习方法，书后附条文排列意义、剂量折算表与方剂、条文双索引，教学、临证、备考三用皆宜。人民卫生出版社“现代著名老中医名著重刊丛书”本排印清晰、便于翻阅，是伤寒入门打底与临床温习经方都值得常置案头的读本。

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正在系统学习《伤寒论》、希望把398条原文串成体系的在校中医学生
已读过讲义但临证时不知如何对应方证的中医师与基层医生
对经方感兴趣、想通过名家医案体会辨证思路的中医爱好者
需要一本可随时检索条文、方剂与剂量的临床参考书者

Not a good fit for

完全没有中医基础、不熟悉阴阳表里寒热虚实等基本概念的零起点读者
只想找简易偏方或养生保健文章、不愿研读原文的读者
期望看到现代药理实验与循证研究数据的读者

Reading tips

先读总论中“导言”与“学习方法”两部分，明确六经辨证的框架，再进入各论。
按太阳、阳明、少阳、太阴、少阴、厥阴的顺序逐章推进，每章先看提纲证，再读兼证与变证。
读条文时对照书末条文索引与方剂索引，把同一方在不同篇章中的出现集中起来比较。
配合刘渡舟治案，尝试自己先立法处方，再对照原案，检验辨证是否到位。

About the publisher

People's Medical Publishing House China · Founded in 1953

Founded in 1953, the People's Medical Publishing House is an important institution in China's medical publishing field, with publishing directions covering medical textbooks, academic monographs, medical journals, and popular science books. Its collection contains 2,503 titles, mainly classified under medicine. Representative works include the Complete Book of Chinese Nutrition Science (2nd Edition, 2 volumes), Guide to Clinical Practice with Medical Records, the Golden Mirror of Medicine (Volume 1), Chinese Medical Imaging: Head and Neck Volume (3rd Edition), and the Essentials of the Golden Cabinet from the Collected Clinical Chinese Medicine Must-Read Series (Collector's Edition), spanning both modern medicine and classical Chinese medical texts. Representative authors include Yang Yuexin, Ge Keyou, Ye Tianshi, Su Li, Wu Qian, Zheng Jinsheng, Wang Zhenchang, and Xian Junfang, covering fields such as nutrition, Chinese medicine, and medical imaging. With a publishing approach that balances textbooks and academic monographs, the press has established the "Renwei" brand.

Modern Masters of Chinese Medicine Reprint Series (Series 3)

FAQ

这本书和《伤寒论》原文是什么关系？

它不是原文的白话译本，而是以六经辨证为纲，把《伤寒论》398条原文归类重组后再逐条诠释；原文条号仍标示清楚，可随时回查原著。

书名的“挈要”是什么意思？

“挈要”意为提挈要领、抓住关键，指全书着力梳理六经辨证与方证的关键脉络，而非逐字训释的注本。

附录中的剂量折算表有什么用处？

仲景方用汉制计量，附录给出古今剂量折算，便于读者在研读原文与临证参考时换算成现代常用单位，具体用量仍需结合临床与规范判断。

这个版本和“高清版”电子书是同一内容吗？

“高清版”通常是对扫描件的清晰化处理，内容仍以人民卫生出版社2006年版《伤寒挈要》为底本，阅读时以版权页信息核对版本为宜。

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刘渡舟 Author

Liu Duzhou's biographical details are limited in publicly available sources, yet he has left several works in the field of traditional Chinese medicine publishing. Four of his books are included here, all centered on the study of the Treatise on Cold Damage (Shanghan Lun) and the clinical application of classical formulas: Newly Compiled Categorized Formulas from the Treatise on Cold Damage (2nd Edition), Fourteen Lectures on the Treatise on Cold Damage (2nd Edition), A Clinical Guide to Classical Formulas (2nd Edition), and An Outline of Pattern Diagnosis and Treatment of Liver Disease (2nd Edition). Judging from their titles and subject classification, these works are written for medical readers, emphasizing the organization and categorization of classical passages and the explanation of clinical reasoning. They combine the structure of teaching materials with the practicality of clinical reference, and offer some value for the study of Zhang Zhongjing's scholarship and for beginners in classical formula practice.

聂惠民 Author · Chinese · 1935

Nie Huimin, born in 1935, is a professor, chief physician, and doctoral supervisor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. A renowned scholar of Shanghan Lun, she has been named a Capital National Famous TCM Physician. Her scholarship and clinical practice are both grounded in the Treatise on Cold Damage, with long-standing concentration on the six-meridian pattern differentiation system and the clinical use of classical formulas; she advocates flexible application of ancient formulas on the basis of accurate pattern identification. Two of her works are included here, both in medicine: Essentials of Nie Huimin's Clinical Case Records on Classical Formulas presents clinical cases as its core, showing how classical formulas are modified for specific conditions, while Nie Huimin's Clinical Insights into the Shanghan Lun focuses on her reflections on studying and practicing the treatise. One uses cases to illuminate theory, the other uses theory to organize cases; both are plain and practical rather than abstract, and serve as references for TCM clinicians and learners of classical formulas. Public information is limited, so biographical details are omitted.