Medical Talks from the South

Name: Medical Talks from the South
ISBN: 9787530475027

刘尚义Beijing Science and Technology Press2015

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Word count: 570K words
Chapters: 41
Series: Five Medical Discourses
ISBN: 9787530475027

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Medical Talks from the South is the southern volume of the "Five Medical Talks" series, edited by Liu Shangyi, a nationally recognized senior master of Chinese medicine. The book was first compiled in the 1980s under the auspices of the Chinese Medical Theory Collation and Research Association, alongside Medical Talks from the Yellow River, Medical Talks from the Yangtze, Medical Talks from the Yanshan Mountains, and Medical Talks from the North; it was reissued by Beijing Science and Technology Press in 2015. The volume gathers medical jottings by renowned senior physicians and mid-career leading practitioners from Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao, with contributions also from Chinese medicine practitioners in Malaysia. Most pieces run about a thousand characters and record clinical experience and scholarly views in an essayistic form. Topics span Shanghan (Cold Damage), Wenbing (Warm Disease), the Golden Chamber, internal medicine, orthopedics and traumatology, external sores, gynecology, pediatrics, the five sense organs, acupuncture, proctology, tuina, qigong, ethnic medicine, Chinese herbal medicine, and folk remedies, covering methods of pattern differentiation, approaches to treatment, the use of formulas and herbs, pulse and tongue diagnosis, and analysis of classical passages—for example, "Random Notes on Chest Impediment and Heart Pain and Phlegm Turbidity," "On 'Treating Wind by First Treating Blood,'" "On 'Treating Flaccidity by Attending Solely to the Yangming,'" and "Observing the Tongue to Distinguish Danger." The book runs to roughly 570,000 characters; its pieces are short, pithy, and highly practical, making it an important reader for understanding the clinical experience of southern Chinese medicine practitioners.

Editor's review

“五部医话”是20世纪80年代中医理论整理研究会组织全国中医师集体编写的医话丛书，本册为南方卷，2015年重排再版后成为几代中医人的案头书。它的好处在于“散而有用”：上百篇千字短文，各出自临床一线之手，没有空泛的体系铺陈，多为一个证、一个方、一味药、一句经典条文的具体体会。南方医家于湿温、脾胃、外疡、男科杂症等尤有心得，与北方医家风格互为参照，读来常有“原来如此”的会心。编者刘尚义为国家级名老中医，长于杂症、肾症、脾胃症与外疡诊治，选文注重实用与可复现。既可通读以窥南方医家群体的思路，也适合临证时按题翻检，是院校教材之外理解中医临证思维的好补充。

Who it's for

A good fit for

已具备中医基础理论、希望补上临证思路的中医院校学生
需要碎片化阅读、随手翻检经验短文的中医临床医师
对伤寒、温病、方药与针灸实务感兴趣的中医爱好者
想了解南方各地中医学术风格与流派差异的读者

Not a good fit for

完全没有中医基础、想找入门系统教材的零基础读者
希望通过一本书获得标准化诊疗方案或自诊自疗依据的人
偏好现代循证医学体系、排斥传统医话叙述的读者

Reading tips

不必从头通读，可先按题材（伤寒、温病、方药、针灸）挑篇阅读。
遇到引文与条文，配合《内经》《伤寒论》原文对照，效果更佳。
每读一则，试着概括其证—法—方的思路链条，转化为自己的笔记。
书中经验属个人心得，切勿直接照搬用于自身或他人的用药决策。

About the publisher

Beijing Science and Technology Press China · Founded in 1981

Beijing Science and Technology Press is a science and technology publisher focused on health, medicine, and popular science. Its current collection of 158 titles covers categories such as health, popular science, applied psychology, and medicine, addressing practical subjects like physical training and sports anatomy as well as emotional regulation and psychological healing. Representative titles include You Don't Have to Forgive to Heal, Night Sky Watching, Starting Strength, Burns' Feeling Good, The Female Body: Everything About the Amazing Female Body, Sports Anatomy, Strength Training Programs, and The Schwarzenegger Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding. In terms of authors, works by Pete Walker, Terence Dickinson, Mark Rippetoe, David Burns, and Sheila de Liz are included, while translators Yan Feifei, Zhuang Zhonghua, and Li Zhanjiang have contributed to related titles. Overall, the press balances professional rigor with accessibility for general readers and has developed a clear publishing profile in areas such as fitness training, self-help psychology, and women's health. Public information is limited; this introduction is based on the titles available in the collection.

Random Notes on Medicine From the South
Informal Discussion of Chest Bi, Heart Pain, and Phlegm Turbidity (Yuan Jiaji)
The Gateway to Learning Chinese Medicine (Guo Meifeng)
The True Face of Warm Disease (Guo Meifeng)
On the Importance and Methods of Studying the Inner Canon (Ban Xiuwen)
The Three Determinations and One Appropriateness in Cold Damage Pattern Identification (Yu Changrong)
On "Treating Wind by First Treating the Blood" (Chen Quanxin)
On Tonification and Draining (Chen Quanxin)
On "Treating Flaccidity by Taking Yangming Alone" (Chen Quanxin)
The Subtle Meaning of Diagnosis Through Observation Below (Yang Ganqian)
When Heat Enters the Nutritive Level, the Tongue Is Not Necessarily Deep Crimson (Yang Chunbo)
Mr. Wang Pinxian on Research in Chinese Medicine (Yang Yueming)
A Few Matters From Clinical Practice (Chen Zhenyi)
Beginning With the Holistic View of Chinese Medicine (Zou Zhuoqun)
A Brief Discussion of Spleen Yin (Huang Jianye)
Two Erroneous Passages Concerning Exterior Patterns (Xu Xueyi)
Using Sweet-Warm to Remove Heat Requires Courage and Insight (Tan Xuelin)
Random Notes on Aphorisms of Chinese Medical Treatment Methods (Tan Xuelin)
Treating the Upper by Treating the Lower: Freeing the Bowels Stops Epistaxis (Chen Guoxin)
The Relationship Between Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases (Yang Zejun)
A Brief Analysis of the Pathological Features of Jueyin Disease (Yang Zejun)
On "Combined Disease," "Concurrent Disease," "Direct Hit," and "Double Contraction" From the Relation of Pathogen and Right Qi (Yang Zejun)
A Popular Explanation of the Six Channels and Qi Transformation in Cold Damage (Yang Zejun)
A Brief Analysis of "Yin and Yang Qi Not Connecting in Sequence" (Deng Xingxue)
A Glimpse of "Preventing Change After Illness Has Begun" in the Treatise on Cold Damage (Luo Zhixiong)
On Punctuating "When the Asthmatic Patient Develops It, Cinnamon Twig Decoction With Magnolia Bark and Apricot Seed Is Good" (Liao Chongwen)
A Tentative Discussion of Pattern Identification and Disease Identification (Liu Shukui)
An Occasional Talk on "One Who Is Good at Supplementing the Kidney Should Seek It in the Spleen and Stomach" (Wan Benshan)
One Must Not Read Formula Books Rigidly (Sun Tancun)
A Remarkable Success of the Phlegm-Expelling Method (Wang Jimei)
When Qi and Fire Burn Inward and Flesh Sloughs Away, Bitter-Cold Direct Suppression Restores Health (Wang Jimei)
Remaining Notes on Treating Dampness (Liu Xieming)
Treating Night Sweats With Aromatic and Bland-Penetrating Agents (Zheng Jiakeng)
Critical Patterns and the Four Combined Pulses (Pan Yonghuang)
With One Volume in Hand, Benefit Is Endless (Chen Mingjian)
In Clinical Practice, the Key Is to Master Ancient and Modern Medical Principles (Chen Mingjian)
On "Jiji" and "Jiji" (Liu Zhangjie)
My View on "When the Pulse Escapes and Enters the Zang, Death Is Immediate; When It Enters the Fu, Recovery Ensues" (Liao Chongwen)
Observing the Tongue to Identify Danger (Chen Tongyu)
Changes in Tongue Coating Reflecting Corticosteroid Reactions (Peng Gefei)
Deviated Coating and Half-Exterior, Half-Interior Patterns (Peng Gefei)

FAQ

《南方医话》和《长江医话》有什么关系？

两者同属“五部医话”丛书，该丛书还包括《黄河医话》《燕山医话》《北方医话》，1984年起组织编写、1987年完成，按地域汇集各地中医的医话随笔，各自独立成书。

这本书是刘尚义个人著作吗？

不是。刘尚义担任主编，书中各篇由浙、闽、粤、桂、黔、台及港澳等地名老中医与中年中医骨干分别撰写，另有马来西亚中医人士投稿，属集体撰述。

医话和医案有什么区别？

医案侧重完整记录某次诊疗的病情、辨证与处方过程；医话则是随笔体，多围绕一个观点、一则经验或一句经典条文展开议论，篇幅短、主观心得色彩更浓。

现有版本是哪一版，字数多少？

流传较广的是北京科学技术出版社2015年4月版，ISBN 9787530475027，约57万字，467页左右，16开平装；更早还有1996年等版本。

零基础能读懂吗？

会有一定难度。书中大量讨论六经、卫气营血、脏腑辨证与方药加减，建议先具备中医基础理论、诊断学与中药方剂学的基本概念再读。

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About the author

刘尚义 Author

Liu Shangyi is an author of medical books, though publicly available information about him is limited: his nationality, dates of birth and death, education, and professional positions are not clearly documented. Two of his works are included in the collection, namely Liu Shangyi's Theory and Clinical Practice of "Treating from the Membrane" and Liu Shangyi's Theory and Clinical Practice of "Introducing Sores into Tumors," both belonging to the field of medicine. As the titles suggest, his writing centers on the construction of traditional Chinese medicine theory and its clinical practice. The former takes "treating from the membrane" as its guiding framework, while the latter focuses on "introducing sores into tumors"; both reflect an approach that brings traditional therapeutic ideas into specific diseases and combines theory with clinical practice. Such works are typically intended for researchers and practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, emphasizing conceptual explanation and the correspondence between case experience and theory, in a specialized language suitable for thematic reference. Because verifiable material is scarce, this note makes no biographical conjectures and offers only a brief account of the works' subject matter and writing characteristics.