The Application of Classical Formulas

Wang Qi / 盛增秀 / Jiang Houwen / Jiang JingxianNingxia People's Publishing House1981

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Summary

The Application of Classical Formulas is a work on Cold Damage and the Essentials of the Golden Cabinet co-compiled by Wang Qi, Sheng Zengxiu, Jiang Houwen, Jiang Jingxian, and others, published by Ningxia People's Publishing House in 1981. The book collects over one hundred formulas from Treatise on Cold Damage and Essentials of the Golden Cabinet—commonly recorded as 101, though some sources give 100. For each formula it first notes the original source, then introduces in turn the composition, usage, effects, indications, formula analysis, clinical application, commentary, review or experimental research, and precautions, forming a complete narrative chain from original text to clinical practice and from theory to verification. A major feature of the book is its extensive gathering of the classical-formula experience of such renowned teachers of the national Chinese medicine research class as Yue Meizhong, Zhao Xiwu, Wang Wending, Ren Yingqiu, and Liu Duzhou; this experience is mostly presented as one case with one discussion or one formula with one discussion, focusing on the key points of pattern identification and the reasoning behind modifications. The book also excerpts verified cases of classical-formula use by earlier scholars, relevant reports from modern journals, and experimental research on classical formulas as well as foreign research materials, giving the clinical value of classical formulas corroboration from a modern medical perspective. As a representative popularizing work on classical formulas from the early 1980s, the book bears a distinct mark of its time: it respects Zhang Zhongjing's original formulas and methods while not rejecting experimental research or foreign experience. It is of great reference value for readers studying Treatise on Cold Damage and Essentials of the Golden Cabinet in understanding the practical meaning of "formula corresponding to pattern" and grasping the extended application of classical formulas in miscellaneous diseases, and it is a book often mentioned in studies of the modern academic history of classical formulas.

Editor's review

经方之难，不在背方，而在“何时用、如何用”。本书恰恰把重点放在运用上：一百余首仲景方，每方先溯源出处，再讲组成用法、功效主治，进而拆解方义，最后落到临床应用与名医验案，形成一条从条文到病床的完整路径。编者阵容值得留意。王琦、盛增秀等人长期从事中医文献与临床研究，书中整理的岳美中、赵锡武、王文鼎、任应秋、刘渡舟等前辈的经方经验，多来自全国中医研究班的讲授与临证实录，属于一手性较强的资料。这些老先生用方往往不拘于原书主治，善于从病机层面抓主症，读来尤其能打开思路。本书还收入了期刊报道、实验研究与国外研究情况，尽管受时代所限，这部分内容今天看来不免简略，但它提示读者：经方不是封闭的经典文本，而是持续被临床与研究所检验的活方。需说明的是，本书初版于1981年，市面流通多为旧书，字词用法、剂量单位、部分研究结论都带有那个年代的痕迹，读者宜结合现行规范与新版教材对照阅读。它不是入门讲义，也谈不上系统的类方全书，更像一部带有资料汇编性质的名家经验辑要；对已经读过《伤寒论》原文、希望看看前人怎么用方的人来说，它的价值反而更明显。

Who it's for

A good fit for

已通读《伤寒论》《金匮要略》原文、希望深入理解方证运用的中医学习者
中医临床工作者，尤其是内科、杂病方向，需要借鉴前辈用方思路的医生
中医文献与学术史研究者，关注20世纪80年代经方研究状况的人
中医药院校高年级学生及研究生，作为经方课程的补充读物

Not a good fit for

完全零基础的中医爱好者，书中大量条文与术语尚无铺垫
希望获得现代循证医学证据与规范剂量指导的读者
只想查阅方剂速记口诀、备考应试的读者

Reading tips

先手边备一本《伤寒论》《金匮要略》原文，读到某方时回查原条文，方义与主治才不易走偏。
重点读每方的“临床应用”与“按语”部分，留意名医抓主症、辨病机的思路，而非只记某方治某病。
书中涉及剂量、研究结论与病名多有时代痕迹，引用时请与现行药典及新版教材核对。
可按类方自行整理笔记，把分散在不同方下的名家经验归类，形成自己的用方线索。

About the publisher

Ningxia People's Publishing House China · Founded in 1958

Ningxia People's Publishing House is a comprehensive local publisher. Judging from the books in our database, its publishing areas cover social fiction, cultural essays, inspirational growth and classical poetry. Representative titles include social novels such as Li Peifu's Baijie Grass and Ma Huijuan's The Way Out, cultural works such as Xu Zhiyuan's One-Way Street 2: The Avant-Garde Is Dead, and inspirational titles such as Workplace Connections, Reading Connections and The Book of Skills. Wisdom-Painted Poetic Realms: When AI Meets Tang and Song Elegance reflects its interest in subjects at the intersection of classical poetry and new technology. Authors include Ma Huijuan, Li Peifu, Xu Zhiyuan, Lu Ming, Zhou Qiang, Zheng Liangwei, Zheng Hesheng and Guancheng. As public information is limited, this description focuses on the publishing profile shown by the books in our database.

FAQ

《经方应用》和《经方临床应用》是同一本书吗？

不是。本书《经方应用》由王琦等人编著，1981年宁夏人民出版社出版；《经方临床应用》另有王振亮（河南科学技术出版社，2022年）与田雪飞（中国中医药出版社，2021年）等版本，作者、体例与内容均不相同。

这本书收录了多少首方剂？

多数资料记载为一百零一首，也有工具书记作一百首，均为《伤寒论》《金匮要略》中的方剂，具体数字以实物版本为准。

书中重点介绍了哪些医家的经验？

据现有资料，书中重点介绍了全国中医研究班任教老师岳美中、赵锡武、王文鼎、任应秋、刘渡舟等人运用经方的经验，并摘录前贤验案与期刊报道。

这本书现在还能买到新书吗？

该书1981年由宁夏人民出版社出版，目前未见权威渠道记载近年重印或有新版，市面流通多为旧书，购买时请注意版次与品相。

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About the author

Wang Qi Author · Chinese · 1943

Wang Qi (born 1943), a native of Gaoyou, Jiangsu, is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a National Master of Chinese Medicine, and a lifetime professor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. He established academic systems including traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) constitutionology and TCM andrology, proposed the theory of nine Chinese body constitutions, and created a diagnostic and treatment model based on constitution differentiation, disease differentiation, and syndrome differentiation, as reflected in works such as The Creation and Application of Wang Qi's Constitution-Disease-Syndrome Differentiation Model, Wang Qi's Prescription Collection, and General Principles of TCM. His research also extends to children's TCM constitution and nutrition. The library also holds his compiled editions of The Complete Works of Li Taibai and related poetry annotations and anthologies, showing an interest in classical poetry and Eastern philosophy. With 30 works spanning medicine, classical poetry, Eastern philosophy, artificial intelligence, and health, public information is limited, making it difficult to detail every aspect of his life.

盛增秀 Author

Sheng Zengxiu is an author long engaged in the collation of traditional Chinese medicine literature and medical writing. Public information about him is limited, and details such as his place of origin, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded. Judging from the thirteen works included in the database, his writing focuses on the literature review and clinical research of warm-disease theory, the Danxi school, and damp-heat syndromes, with representative works including The Warm-Disease School, The Danxi School, Traditional Chinese Medicine Damp-Heat Studies, and Theory and Clinical Practice of Warm-Disease Studies. He has also compiled or annotated case collections such as Selected Commentaries on Ancient Masters' Tumor Medical Cases, Selected Commentaries on Ancient Masters' Damp-Heat Medical Cases, and A Special Collection of Stroke Medical Cases, and participated in Research on Zhu Danxi's Medical Culture. Overall, his writings emphasize tracing the origins of scholarly schools, commenting on medical cases, and integrating theory with clinical practice, offering systematic documentary references for the transmission of Chinese medical scholarship.