Rhymed Prescriptions for Diagnosis and Treatment

Name: Rhymed Prescriptions for Diagnosis and Treatment
ISBN: 9787532371839

Zuoxiao Shanren / 范欣生Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers2004

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Word count: 264K words
Series: A rare manuscript from the Ming/Qing medical tradition, this work is valued for its rarity and its verse format. It is a handwritten copy by the Qing physician Zuoxiaoshanren, never block-printed, passed down only by transcription; the original is held at the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Library and is seldom seen. Shanghai Scientific and Technical Publishers included it in the series Selected Rare Manuscripts of Classical Chinese Medicine, with punctuation and collation by an expert in Chinese medical literature, and issued it in simplified characters, making this unique copy publicly available. Its reading method is distinctive: the entire book presents prescriptions in seven-character verse, one rhyme per line, compressing the prescription name, composition, dosage, usage, and indications into poetic lines. It reads like reciting the Tangtou Gejue and is far easier than lengthy prescription discussions. More valuable still, the book does not merely compile old prescriptions: the author organizes prescriptions by more than thirty categories of disease, including warm epidemics, summerheat-dampness-heat, autumn dryness, and fire patterns; after each prescription he discusses the main indications, modifications, and appended formulas, and concludes with a discussion of drug properties and the disorders each drug treats, inheriting earlier authorities while adding his own clinical experience. For scholars studying the origins of late-Qing formulary learning and recovering lost texts, this is rare primary material; for clinical Chinese medicine practitioners, it is a practical prescription booklet for quick reference and memorization.
ISBN: 9787532371839

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Zhenyan Yifang Ge Kuo (Rhymed Prescriptions for Diagnosis and Treatment) is a specialized work of prescription verses compiled by the Qing physician Zuoxiaoshanren. The original is a manuscript in three thread-bound volumes, with no printed edition in circulation; it is now held at the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Library and is a rare medical text. The book contains 150 main prescriptions, with 70 more in a supplement, totaling 220 formulas. The prescriptions are arranged by efficacy and indications, covering more than thirty categories, including warm epidemics, wind stroke, cold stroke, summerheat-dampness-heat, autumn dryness, fire patterns, consumptive injury, sinus leakage, nosebleed, tooth bleeding, dysuria and obstruction, cough, phlegm-fluid retention, lung abscess, chest bind, intermittent fever, jaundice, devouring after eating, flaccidity, painful obstruction, swelling, diarrhea, various pains, three postpartum rushes, cholera, hemorrhoids, bloody stool, hernia, menstruation and childbirth, and infancy. Each entry first gives the prescription name and explains its function, with some noting the source; then a seven-character verse summarizes the ingredients, dosages, preparation, and usage; next it describes the main indications and key points of pattern identification, with modifications and appended formulas; and at the end of the book it discusses drug properties and the disorders each drug treats. The author explains prescriptions in poetic form, distilling complex formulary texts into rhymed verse that is easy to recite and remember. It serves as an introduction for beginners and preserves the author's clinical experience, reflecting from one angle the development of formulary learning in the late Qing. This edition, punctuated and collated by Fan Xinsheng, is the fourth item in the series Selected Rare Manuscripts of Classical Chinese Medicine (the volume also includes Yifang Xiedu and Wu Family Medical Prescriptions Compilation). It is set in simplified characters with punctuation for modern readers.

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这部书的价值，在于“珍稀”二字。它是清人坐啸山人的手抄本，从未刻印，仅靠抄写流传，原抄本现藏南京中医药大学图书馆，普通人很难见到。上海科学技术出版社把它收入《中医古籍珍稀抄本精选》，由中医文献专家点校、句读，改为简体排印，才使这部孤本得以公开。读它的方式也特别：全书用七言歌诀写方剂，一韵一句，把方名、组成、分量、用法、主治都压缩进诗句里，读起来像念汤头歌诀，比看大段方论轻松得多。更可贵的是，书里不只是堆砌旧方：作者按温疫、暑湿热、秋燥、火证等三十余类病证分门收方，每方之后再谈主证、加减与附方，还附论药性与诸药所主，既承前贤之说，也掺入自家临证体会。对研究清末方剂学源流、辑佚文献的人来说，这是难得的原始资料；对临床中医师来说，它也是一本可以随手翻查、帮助记诵的实用方剂小册。

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A good fit for

从事中医方剂学、医史文献研究的学者与研究生
正在背诵汤头歌诀、备考中医经典的中医院校学生
喜欢歌诀体例、希望随手查阅方剂的临床中医师
收藏中医古籍影印本与珍稀抄本丛书的爱好者

Not a good fit for

没有中医基础、想自行照方抓药服药的普通读者
习惯现代循证医学表述、排斥传统方论的读者
只想读医案故事、不关心方剂组成与配伍的读者

Reading tips

先通读卷首的分类纲目，把温疫、暑湿、燥火等门类与自己熟悉的病证对应起来。
以歌诀为线索背诵，再回头核对每方的组成、用量和煎服法，避免只记韵文不解方义。
阅读时配合《汤头歌诀》《医方集解》等常见方书对照，相互印证方源与配伍思路。
遇到歌诀未明之处，可查阅原抄本影印本或相关点校说明，留意抄本异文与脱漏。

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Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers China · Founded in 1956

Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers is a publisher known for professional books in the natural sciences, engineering technology, medicine and health, and agricultural technology. Its catalogue of 759 titles covers popular science, examinations, medicine, agriculture and forestry, and social culture. Representative books include several editions of The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton and Matthew Sands; the first and second volumes of Morris Kline's Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times; and the fourth edition of Molecular Pharmacognosy by Huang Luqi. Other representative authors include Feynman, Wei Xian and Zhang Zhibin. The publisher has developed distinctive strengths in classic translated works in physics and mathematics as well as in medical and agricultural professional titles, while also publishing popular science, textbooks and teaching materials, and journals. Its author resources draw on internationally renowned scientists and domestic specialists.

FAQ

《诊验医方歌括》的作者是谁？

此书为清代医家坐啸山人辑录，原书为抄本，共三册，没有刻本传世，现代整理本由范欣生点校。坐啸山人的生平事迹资料很少，学界主要依据抄本本身的题署来著录作者。

这本书收录了多少首方剂？

据整理本介绍，全书正文收正方150首，另有补编70首，合计220首方剂。方剂按病证与功效分成温疫、中风、暑湿热、火证等三十余类。

这个版本是原抄本影印吗？

不是。上海科学技术出版社2004年出版的是点校排印本，采用简体字并加句读，编入《中医古籍珍稀抄本精选》第四种，与《医方絜度》《吴氏医方汇编》合并为一册出版。

书里的歌诀适合背诵吗？

适合。全书用七言诗歌体写方名、组成、用量与主治，句式整齐押韵，类似《汤头歌诀》的体例，便于诵读记忆；但理解方义仍需结合后面的主证、加减说明。

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范欣生 Author

Fan Xinsheng, about whom public information is limited, is known to be engaged in research and writing in the field of medicine, with two works held in the collection. Among them, "A Discussion of the Incompatibility Taboos of the 'Eighteen Antagonisms' in Chinese Medicine" focuses on the "eighteen antagonisms" taboos in Chinese herbal compatibility, a foundational topic in Chinese materia medica and clinical medication safety, and is thus highly specialized and practical; "Modern Research on Formula Categories" centers on modern research into formula categories, reflecting the author's organization and exploration in the field of formula science. Judging from the available works, Fan Xinsheng's writing concentrates on professional medical content, emphasizing the integration of traditional Chinese medicine theory with modern research, and is aimed at students and researchers of Chinese medicine, offering reference for knowledge organization and medication standards in related fields.