Revealing the Subtleties of Deficiency and Damage
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Summary
Ji'an was also deeply filial. His study of medicine, though prompted by his own illness, was in fact undertaken to treat his mother's condition. When I first saw him weighing herbs and measuring water, his care was meticulous, and he often spoke to me of the properties of medicines. Thus what I learned of the medical art came from Ji'an alone; how could I regard his work lightly? And how could it be something others could lightly regard? Sadly, after his death much of it was scattered and lost, and I feared it would soon be used by physicians merely to cover jars. I therefore had it copied and preserved.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Clinical practitioners with a foundation in Chinese medicine who are concerned with deficiency pattern treatment and formula application
- Researchers of Chinese medical literature and history, especially those concerned with the transmission of modern medical texts
- Advanced learners who have completed basic Chinese medicine theory and wish to broaden their clinical thinking
Not a good fit for
- Ordinary readers with no foundation in Chinese medicine who want to prescribe medicines for themselves from the book
- Readers seeking only general health-preservation knowledge and unwilling to study pattern differentiation logic
Reading tips
- Read the preface first to grasp the author's medical background and the editorial intent of 'established formulas as rules,' then read the main text.
- Compare with the deficiency-related chapters of Chinese Internal Medicine to identify similarities and differences in pattern differentiation and formula thinking.
- Annotate each formula with its composition and indications, and use formula textbooks to understand the principles of modification.
- When encountering unfamiliar pulse and symptom terminology, consult Chinese medical dictionaries and take notes; do not guess or apply them mechanically.
About the publisher
Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) was a private publishing and distribution house in Shanghai during the late Qing and early Republican periods, issuing traditional works by lithographic printing. Judging from the 1,194 titles in the collection, its publishing focused on classical poetry, Eastern philosophy, historical reading, traditional Chinese medical texts, and canonical works, along with books on literary appreciation. Representative titles include the poetry and prose collections of Du Fu and Ouyang Xiu; historical works such as the Book of Han and Zizhi Tongjian; classical texts such as the Book of Documents and Mencius; and specialized and literary classics such as Treatise on Cold Damage and Li Sao. Its author resources cover major figures across the ages, including Du Fu, Ban Gu, Sima Guang, Zhang Zhongjing, Qu Yuan, Ouyang Xiu, and Tang Shenwei, reflecting the house's characteristic reliance on traditional scholarship and medical literature while serving general readers. Public information on its early history and operational details is limited, so no conjecture is offered here.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 张序
- 自序
- 卷上
- 经义
- 论证
- 阴虚论治
- 阳虚论治
- 咳嗽
- 失血
- 骨蒸
- 遗精
- 女人月闭
- 诸虚见症
- 论虚损劳瘵
- 论虚损传变
- 论五劳七伤六极
- 辨虚火
- 论脉
- 论爪
- 论嚏
- 虚损危候
- 辨似损非损
- 卷下
- 六味地黄丸
- 八味丸（崔氏）
- 大补元煎（新方）
- 左归饮（新方）
- 右归饮（新方）
- 左归丸（新方）
- 右归丸（新方）
- 八珍汤（《局方》）
- 十全大补汤
- 人参养荣汤（《局方》）
- 五福饮（新方）
- 七福饮（新方）
- 独参汤（葛氏）
- 养心汤（《医统》）
- 天王补心丹
- 柏子养心丸（《集验》）
- 人参固本丸（《千金》）
- 一阴煎（新方）
- 加减一阴煎（新方）
- 二阴煎（新方）
- 三阴煎（新方）
- 四阴煎（新方）
- 五饮煎
- 大营煎（新方）
- 小营煎（新方）
- 坎离交济丹（新制）
- 地六汤（新制）
- 金锁正元丹（《和剂》）
- 金锁思仙丹（万氏）
- 水陆二仙丹（经验）
- 固精丸（《济生》）
- 固精丸（《直指》）
- 家韭子丸（《三因》）
- 猪肚丸（经验）
- 秘元煎（新方）
- 固阴煎（新方）
- 苓术菟丝丸（新方）
- 补中益气汤（东垣）
- 补阴益气煎（新方）
- 举元煎（新方）
- 归脾汤（《济生》）
- 加味归脾汤（薛氏）
- 生脉散（《医录》）
- 百合固金汤
- 乌贼鱼骨丸（《内经》）
- 五物煎（新方）
- 理中汤（仲景）
- 理阴煎（新方）
- 四味回阳饮（新方）
- 六味回阳饮（新方）
- 温胃饮（新方）
- 镇阴煎（新方）
- 寿脾煎（新方）
- 一气丹（新方）
- 六气煎（新方）
- 保阴煎（新方）
- 抽薪饮（新方）
- 徙薪饮（新方）
- 清化饮（新方）
- 秦艽鳖甲散
- 柴胡梅连丸
- 逍遥饮（新方）
- 金水六君煎（新方）
- 贝母丸（新方）
- 一柴胡饮（新方）
- 二柴胡饮（新方）
- 三柴胡饮（新方）
- 四柴胡饮（新方）
- 五柴胡饮（新方）
- 正柴胡饮（新方）
- 柴陈煎（新方）
- 麦煎散
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About the author
Anonymous is not a real personal name but a general Chinese designation for authors whose names are unknown, lost, or unsigned. Neither nationality nor dates of birth and death can be verified, and available public information is limited, so the works attributed to this name are the only basis for description. The collection holds 2,078 works under Anonymous, spanning medicine, classics, historical readings, ancient poetry, classical literature, and philosophy. Representative works include The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon: Lingshu, Mencius, The Book of Documents, Nineteen Old Poems, Complete Song Ci, and The Peacock Flies Southeast. Most of these works took shape through long transmission and editing, emerging either from collective folk creation or from authors whose names were lost over time. In ancient China, the Book of Songs, the Great Learning, and many popular storybooks and plays were signed Anonymous because their authors could not be traced. Anonymous works cross the classics, histories, philosophical writings, medical texts, and poetry; their subjects are broad, and their styles vary from archaic simplicity to clear naturalness, making them important and influential sources for understanding ancient Chinese thought, medicine, and literature.
