Lanxin's Medical Cases
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Summary
The book is divided into two parts. The first part presents Chief Physician Fan Lanying's clinical syndrome differentiation approaches to externally contracted diseases, pulmonary diseases, spleen-stomach diseases, heart and liver-gallbladder diseases, etc. The second part covers treatment insights for difficult and complicated diseases and unique treatment methods for certain difficult miscellaneous conditions, such as cough-variant asthma, gastrointestinal dysfunction, hyperthyroidism, arrhythmia, psoriasis, eczema, diabetes, depression and anxiety disorders, impotence, gynecological inflammation, infertility, and pediatric anorexia.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- TCM clinicians seeking to draw on differentiation approaches and treatment methods across multiple specialties
- Preceptorship students in apprenticeship education, for learning case recording and clinical analysis
- Practitioners of integrated Chinese and Western medicine needing broader TCM multi-specialty clinical reference
- TCM enthusiasts with some theoretical foundation, for understanding the paradigm of case writing
Not a good fit for
- Readers with no TCM foundation at all, for whom case terminology and differentiation logic pose a high threshold
- Those seeking standardized diagnostic and treatment protocols, whereas the cases focus on individualized differentiation
- Readers interested only in a single specialty and not in multi-specialty conditions, as the book covers a broad range
Reading tips
- Read in the order of the disease categories in Part One, first grasping the differentiation framework, then moving on to the difficult cases in Part Two.
- For each case, first think independently about differentiation and treatment, then compare with the original record to identify differences in reasoning.
- For the difficult conditions in Part Two, keep thematic notes summarizing the unique treatment methods and medication characteristics by disease type.
- Preceptorship students can compare the book with their own preceptorship records to learn methods of case organization and presentation.
About the publisher
China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine focuses on publishing books in traditional Chinese medicine, covering Chinese medical classics, clinical medicine, acupuncture and tuina, materia medica and formulae, and medical history and literature; its catalogue includes 3,277 titles. Representative books include Xiao Er Yao Zheng Zhi Jue, Shang Han Lun, Yi Xue Zhong Zhong Can Xi Lu, Zhen Jiu Da Cheng, Yi Zong Jin Jian, and Guo Aichun's Annotated Huangdi Neijing Suwen (Second Edition). These works involve writings by historical physicians such as Qian Yi, Zhang Zhongjing, Wang Shuhe, and Zhang Xichun, as well as documentary studies compiled by contemporary authors including Zhao Xin, Zhen Xueyan, Zhang Yongtai, and Wang Xiangang. In terms of publishing characteristics, the press emphasizes collation and annotation of original Chinese medical classics and the systematic presentation of famous physicians' works, balancing the transmission of ancient editions with reference for clinical application. Public information is limited, and no other publishing fields are covered here.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 作者简介
- 《兰心医案》编委会
- 樊兰英主任携工作室成员跟师名老中医王焕禄门诊影像
- 工作室照片
- 序
- 编写说明
- 兰心医话
- 从医之路
- 学术思想
- 一、治病必求于本
- 二、因人制宜
- 三、重视舌象、体征
- 四、注重湿与瘀
- 五、重视脏腑生理
- 六、重中而尊西
- 专病论治
- 咳嗽变异性哮喘
- 一、病因病机
- 二、辨证论治
- 三、治则方药
- 过敏性鼻炎
- 一、病因病机
- 二、辨证论治
- 三、治则方药
- 汗证
- 一、病因病机
- 二、辨证论治
- 三、治则方药
- 反流性食管炎
- 一、病因病机
- 二、辨证论治及治则方药
- 心悸论治
- 一、病因病机
- 二、症状表现
- 三、治则方药
- 失眠
- 一、病因病机
- 二、辨证论治
- 三、治则方药
- 消渴
- 一、病因病机
- 二、辨证用药
- 颈椎病
- 一、病因病机
- 二、辨证论治
- 三、治则方药
- 带状疱疹论治
- 一、病因病机
- 二、辨证论治
- 三、治则方药
- 湿疹
- 一、病因病机
- 二、辨证论治
- 三、治则方药
- 慢性荨麻疹
- 一、病因病机
- 二、辨证论治及治则方药
- 百合病
- 一、病因病机
- 二、辨证论治及治则方药
- 医案选录
- 外感病
- 咳嗽（风邪犯肺证）
- 咳嗽（风邪犯肺，痰饮内阻证）
- 咳嗽（脾虚湿盛证）
- 咳嗽（风邪犯肺，湿热内蕴证）
- 咳嗽（痰热壅肺，热灼肺络证）
- 鼻鼽（外邪犯肺证）
- 鼻鼽（肺卫不足，风寒袭表证）
- 鼻鼽（卫气不足，气阴两虚证）
- 脾胃病
- 腹胀（肝郁脾虚证）
- 腹胀（脾胃虚弱证）
- 腹胀（肝胃不和，血瘀阻络证）
- 胃痞（肝胃不和证）
- 胃痞（脾虚湿盛证）
- 吐酸（肝胃不和证）
- 吐酸（肝胃不和，脾胃湿热证）
- 胃痛（肝胆脾胃湿热证）
- 便秘（脾虚湿盛证）
- 便秘（脾虚湿盛证）
- 心脑病
- 眩晕（肝阳上亢，瘀血阻络证）
- 眩晕（肝阳上亢，湿瘀阻络证）
- 眩晕（肝阳上亢，痰饮内阻证）
- 头痛（肝阳上亢，肝胃不和证）
- 胸痹（心气不足，血瘀阻络证）
- 胸痹（肝郁脾虚，气滞血瘀证）
- 心悸（气阴不足证）
- 中风 中经络（气虚血瘀证）
- 面肌痉挛（气虚血瘀，风痰阻络证）
- 肝肾病
- 水肿（阴虚内热，水饮内停证）
- 水肿（脾肾两虚，水湿内蕴证）
- 水肿（肝胆湿热证）
- 尿频（脾肾两虚证）
- 五官病
- 口疮（热毒内蕴证）
- 口疮（心肝火旺，热毒内蕴证）
- 口糜（热毒内蕴，脾虚湿热证）
- 耳鸣（肝火上炎证）
- 白涩症（阴虚湿热证）
- 皮肤病
- 瘾疹（血虚风燥，兼有湿热证）
- 蛇串疮（肝胆湿热，血瘀阻络证）
- 湿疮（湿热内蕴，血虚风燥证）
- 颜面疔疮（热毒内蕴，血瘀阻络证）
- 白驳风（阴虚内热证）
- 经脉筋骨病
- 行痹（气阴不足，肝郁气滞证）
- 痹证（肝脾湿热内蕴证）
- 雷诺综合征手指破溃案（湿热内蕴，瘀血阻络证）
- 着痹（风寒湿痹，脾肾阳虚，血瘀阻络证）
- 痛风（风湿热郁证）
- 颌痹（肝胆湿热证）
- 脉痹（风寒湿痹，瘀血阻络证）
- 痛痹（肝肾不足，血瘀阻络证）
- 痿证（气虚血瘀证）
- 妇科病
- 月经后期（瘀血阻滞证）
- 月经后期（气血不足，肝郁脾虚证）
- 闭经（气血不足，气虚血瘀证）
- 痛经（气血不足，气虚血瘀证）
- 崩漏（气虚血瘀，冲任不固证）
- 更年期汗证（气阴不足证）
- 盆腔炎（肝郁脾虚，湿热内蕴，瘀血阻络证）
- 儿科病
- 咳嗽（风邪犯肺证）
- 厌食病（脾肾两虚证）
- 抽搐（肝火上炎证）
- 男科病
- 阳痿（脾肾两虚证）
- 杂病
- 梅核气（肝郁脾虚，痰气交阻证）
- 身冷（肺气不足，阴阳失调证）
- 自汗（卫气不足，营卫失和证）
- 自汗（心脾两虚，阴阳失调证）
- 消渴病（脾虚湿盛证）
- 百合病（阴虚火旺证）
- 甲状腺结节（肝胆湿热证）
- 虚劳（肝郁脾虚证）
- 湿阻（肝胆湿热证）
- 不寐（脾胃虚弱证）
- 不寐（肝郁脾虚，湿热内蕴证）
- 附录
- 诊法心得
- 一、三才具备，四诊合参
- 二、见微知著，司外揣内，统摄整体
- 三、用药依据“四标准”原则
- 四、善于总结、开阔思路、探索创新
- 常用对药和角药
- 一、常用对药
- 二、常用角药
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About the author
Fan Lanying is a Chinese author about whom little public information is available; no clear records of her life, education, or medical career have been found. According to library holdings, only one work by her is extant, Lanxin Medical Cases, which is classified under medicine and belongs to the genre of medical case records. Such works typically document diagnostic and treatment processes, pattern-differentiation reasoning, and prescriptions, offering both clinical reference and documentary value, and reflecting the author's experience in observing and managing illness. The title, with its echo of "orchid heart," suggests a careful and meticulous style of examination. Because information on her life and other writings is lacking, her academic lineage and influence remain difficult to assess; readers may treat this book as the main window into her medical practice and examine it alongside related historical sources.
