Huangdi Neijing
Huangdi Neijing, written in the Warring States Period, is the earliest extant monograph of TCM theory in China. Summarized the medical experience and academic theory from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, absorbed astronomy, calendar, biology, geography, anthropology and psychology before Qin and Han Dynasties, and comprehensively expounded the anatomy, physiology, pathology and diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases of human body by using the theory of the integration of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements and Heaven, and established a unique theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine, which became the theoretical basis and source of medical development in China.
Among the 13 prescriptions in Huangdi Neijing, the earliest existing Chinese medicine book, there are 10 kinds of Chinese patent medicines, as well as pills, powder, wine and pills.
Huangdi Neijing is a theoretical classic of China's early medicine. Referred to as Neijing. It was first seen in Liu Xin's Seven Laws and Ban Gu's Han Shu Yi Wen Zhi, the original volume 18. Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, "With plain questions, nine volumes and eighty-one are difficult to discuss typhoid fever and miscellaneous diseases". When Huangfu Mi wrote The Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion A and B in Jin Dynasty, he said, "There are nine volumes of acupuncture classics, nine volumes of plain questions and two hundred and ninety-eight volumes, which are called Neijing", and nine volumes are called Lingshu in Tang Wangbing. In Song Dynasty, Songshi presented and published Lingshu Jing. Therefore, Jiujuan, Needle Sutra and Lingshu are actually more than one book. After the Song Dynasty, Su Wen and Ling Shu became two major parts of Huangdi Neijing.
What does Huangdi Neijing mean? In Neijing, many people think it is about the internal laws of the human body, while others think it is about internal medicine. However, relevant experts believe that Huangdi Neijing is a book about "seeking from within", so it is called Neijing to make life healthy and long-lived, not seeking from outside, but seeking from within. In other words, you don't have to take any medicine to make your life healthy, such as how to treat a disease.
In fact, there are only 13 prescriptions in the whole Huangdi Neijing, and there are very few prescriptions. The key is to look inward. First, look inward, that is, look inward at our internal organs and how our qi and blood flow, and then practice inward, so as to achieve the goal of health and longevity by adjusting qi and blood, meridians and viscera. Therefore, seeking from the inside actually points out a method and way for us to correctly understand life. This method is different from modern medical methods, which rely on instruments, laboratory tests and anatomy. On the other hand, traditional Chinese medicine relies on introspection, understanding and intuition.
Huangdi Neijing includes Su Wen and Ling Shu. Neijing was not written by one person at a time. It is neither a work of a certain period nor a personal work of a doctor. Among them, there are chapters from the Warring States to the early Western Han Dynasty, as well as works from the middle and late Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are not only new works after Wei and Jin Dynasties, but also supplements from doctors in Tang and Song Dynasties. For example, Bing Wang added seven papers in the Tang Dynasty and two chapters in the Song Dynasty. It can be seen that it is a collection of medical works compiled, processed and supplemented by many physicians in different times from Warring States to Han Dynasty, who collected the medical achievements at that time.
Huangdi Neijing is very rich in content, which comprehensively expounds a series of basic problems including physiology, pathology, pharmacology, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and health preservation, covering all aspects of TCM theory, methods, prescriptions and drugs, and has made indelible contributions to the establishment of TCM theory. Now only its main spirit is briefly introduced as follows:
First, the overall view
Holism is one of the basic viewpoints of traditional Chinese medicine. The holistic view that runs through the whole book of Neijing contains the following meanings:
1, human body itself
Neijing regards all parts of the human body as an organic whole which is interrelated and unified inside and outside. In fact, this understanding reflects an ancient view of system theory. According to system theory, it is not a simple addition of components, but a new property different from any component. Because the human body is an extremely complex whole system, it needs to be viewed from the universal connection.
Neijing emphasizes observing the physiological and pathological manifestations and changes of various parts of the human body from the holistic view of mutual subordination and interconnection. As far as the relationship between viscera is concerned, although each has its own master, it cannot be separated from each other's close cooperation.
The "Tibetan image" in Neijing covers the physiology and illness of human body, which shows that the five internal organs and the exterior are an organic whole that communicates with each other and is related to the exterior. Tang said, "Elephant refers to what is seen from the outside and can be read by others", and Jiebin also said, "Elephant, elephant and internal organs are visible from the outside, so it is called Tibetan elephant". This is the basis of the so-called "inside must be outside" and "inside is outside" in the four diagnoses of traditional Chinese medicine.
2. Man and nature
The understanding that the human body must be unified with nature is another important embodiment of the holistic view in Neijing. "Su Wen Bao Quan Ming Xing Lun" says: "Heaven covers the earth, everything is ready, and it is not expensive for people. People are born with the spirit of heaven and earth, and the law of the four seasons is also. " When the climate of the four seasons changes, the human body will inevitably respond accordingly. For example, in spring and summer, the yang is dissipated, and the qi and blood tend to be exterior-interior, thus making the skin slack, less drowning and sweating; In autumn and winter, the yang is collected and qi and blood tend to be adducted, so the skin is dense, sweating less and drowning more. The change of climate in four seasons is also an important condition for life, growth, culture, harvest and hiding of living things (including human body).
In addition, the theory of Lingshu Chronicle also tells people. Whether the climate of the four seasons is normal or not directly affects human health and the prevalence of diseases, that is to say, "those who are less thieves because of their age, people are less sick and die less;" Thieves over 40 years old are evil, cold and warm are not harmonious, and people get sick and die. "Even the prevalence of some diseases often has seasonal characteristics, and some endemic diseases contained in Su Wenyi's Prescription Theory are also closely related to the geographical environment.
3. Body and emotion (that is, the unity of form and spirit)
Neijing also has some scientific views on the dialectical relationship between organism and emotion. Su Wen's Theory of Six Nodes of Hidden Images holds that "Qi is born in harmony, supplemented by body fluid, and God is born in self", which shows that the body plays a decisive role in emotion. However, the theory of "having the will, therefore, resists the spirit, recovers the soul, adapts to the cold and warm, and harmonizes the emotions", aiming to show the regulating effect of emotions on the body. Neijing holds that emotional activity is a normal physiological function of human beings. However, if it is excessive, it may cause dysfunction of zang-fu organs and abnormal operation of qi and blood, which may lead to diseases, such as anger hurting the liver, sadness, lung sadness, thinking hurting the spleen and fear hurting the kidney. Therefore, we attach great importance to regulating emotions, helping to eliminate lesions and restore physiological functions.
4. Man and society
Neijing also discusses the relationship between social environment and human diseases. When analyzing the etiology and pathology, we should not only pay attention to the invasion of exogenous pathogens and the rise and fall of healthy qi, but also warn doctors to fully consider the social environment, experience and personal experience of patients.
Second, the theory of viscera and meridians
The theory of zang-fu organs and meridians systematically discussed in Neijing is an important theory with the main content of studying the physiological functions, pathological changes and their relationships of five zang-organs, the twelve meridians, odd meridians and eight veins, and it is the basis and basis of TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment. It occupies a special position in Chinese medicine.
Third, the theory of yin-yang and five elements
In the process of summarizing and expounding the basic theoretical problems of traditional Chinese medicine, Neijing also applied and developed China's inherent theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
Application of yin-yang theory
Su Wen's Theory of Yin and Yang should be like a big picture says: "Yin and Yang, the way of heaven and earth, the discipline of all things, the changing parents, the beginning of life and death, and the house of the gods must be treated in this way." Because Neijing regards the unity of opposites of Yin and Yang as the universal law of the generation, development and change of all things in the universe, it summarizes and expounds the physiological function, pathological changes, disease diagnosis and drug treatment of human body with the law of unity of opposites of Yin and Yang.
Under normal circumstances, the yin and yang aspects of the human body should be relatively balanced. Once this balance is disturbed by the rise and fall of yin and yang, the human body will get sick. The so-called "yin wins yang disease, and yang wins yin disease." Yang wins is hot, and Yin wins is cold "(Su Wen's" Yin and Yang should be like a big theory ")," Yang deficiency is cold outside, and Yin deficiency is hot inside; Yang exuberance is exterior heat, and yin exuberance is interior cold "(Su Wen Tiaojing Lun). And "Su Wen is angry with the sky" contains: "Yin Pingyang is dense and refined; Yin and yang are separated and refined, which aims to illustrate this truth. In a sense, medication is to improve or adjust the imbalance of yin and yang in the human body with the help of the yin-yang bias of drugs, so as to restore the normal state of "yin and yang are secret" and achieve the purpose of treatment.
Application of Five Elements Theory
The ancients believed that the five basic substances that make up the objective world-Jin Mu's fire, water and earth-do not exist in isolation, but depend on and restrict each other. This interdependent relationship is called "symbiosis", such as aquatic wood, wood fires, fire produces soil, and soil gold produces water; The relationship of mutual restraint is called "mutual restraint", such as water breaking fire, fire breaking gold, Jin Kemu, wood breaking soil, soil breaking water.
The key to the introduction of the five elements theory into medicine lies not in the five substances themselves, but in their different development and their relationship. According to the records in Neijing, all kinds of things in the world, including the four seasons climate change, human physiology, pathology and even mental modality, can match the five elements, as listed in the table:
Five elements, five seasons, five colors, five flavors, five internal organs, five aspirations, five odors and five grains.
Mu Fengchun Shengqing Su 'an is selling slaves.
Fire, summer, hot, long red and bitter heart, burning.
It grows in soil and is wet in summer, yellow, sweet and fragrant in spleen.
Golden autumn is dry, white, pungent, lung and fishy.
Black and salty kidney and rotten edamame are stored in cold water and winter.
According to the relationship between the five elements and the generation of grams, Neijing holds that all organs are interdependent. Restrict each other. As the saying goes: "Pride is harmful, and inheritance is the system. The system is biochemical, and external evils rise and fall. Harm is chaos, biochemical disease. " The theory of five elements is often used to describe the spread of diseases and infer their life and death.
In a word, the application of the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements in Neijing reflects the understanding of the unity of opposites and the interdependence, mutual restriction and mutual transformation of viscera in human body at that time. Admittedly, due to the limitations of the times, the above understanding only stays in the intuitive scope, and it is impossible to understand the dialectical relationship between unity and struggle.
Fourth, pay attention to prevention and oppose superstition.
The discussion of prevention in Neijing is often combined with health preservation, such as "moderate diet, regular daily life, no rash action" and "double diet will hurt the stomach" He also warned people to control their lust and avoid "getting drunk, trying to exhaust their essence and dissipate their truth". Doctors should be aware of micro-therapy, so as to prevent micro-duration and nip in the bud; Never turn a blind eye to the development of the disease, wait and see for a long time, miss the opportunity, and cause an incurable crisis. "Su Wen Si Qi Diao Ling" said: "A saint is not ill, but he is not cured. This is also called. Husband's illness became medicine, and chaos became a cure. It is not too late to cross a well and fight for a cone. " Here, the idea of preventive medicine is obvious, and it is also a famous saying.
Su Wen's Five Zangs Theory points out that "those who are confined to ghosts and gods cannot speak of virtue", which shows that medicine and superstition are incompatible.
The compilation of Neijing marks a new stage of Chinese medicine from empirical medicine to theoretical medicine. It not only summarizes the medical achievements before Qin and Han Dynasties in China, but also provides theoretical guidance and basis for medical development after Qin and Han Dynasties. It laid a theoretical foundation for traditional Chinese medicine in the aspects of holistic view, contradictory view, theory of zang-fu organs and meridians, theory of etiology and pathogenesis, theory of health preservation and disease prevention, and principles of diagnosis and treatment, thus occupying a very important position in the history of medical development in China. For more than two thousand years, it has been effectively guiding the clinical practice and theoretical discussion of later generations, and its influence is obviously far-reaching. The newly-built trees of famous doctors and schools in past dynasties are closely related to Neijing, both academically and practically. Even if it is directly published, it is still a medical masterpiece with strong vitality and practical value today.
2. "Thousands of dollars are very important."
1000 USD prescription "Emergency 1000 USD prescription"
Comprehensive clinical medicine. This book is a collection of experience in diagnosis and treatment before the Tang Dynasty, which has a great influence on later physicians. Sun Simiao believes that the value of life is more valuable than 1000 yuan, and a prescription can save people from danger, and the value is even higher than this. Therefore, he used "Thousand Dollars Prescription" as the title of the book, referred to as "Thousand Dollars Prescription". Thirty volumes. After the Ming dynasty, there were 93 volumes according to the Taoist scriptures, and the contents were the same. Sun Simiao in Tang Dynasty was written in Yonghui for three years (about 652 years). The author regards human life as more important than his daughter, so he takes "a daughter" as the title of the book. It was because there were too many materia medica departments of prescription science at that time that it was not easy to make a hasty investigation. It is written by drawing lessons from various classics, deleting complexity and simplifying, and combining personal experience. Volume 1 introduction to medicine and materia medica, pharmacy, etc. Volume 2 ~ 4 Gynecological Diseases; Volume V Pediatric Diseases; Volume six or seven diseases; Volume 7 ~ 10 gale, beriberi and typhoid fever; Juan 1 1 ~ 20 are some internal medical miscellaneous diseases arranged in the order of viscera; Volume 2 1 diabetes, gonorrhea and other symptoms; Volume 22 furuncle, swelling and gangrene; Volume 23 Hemorrhoids and leakage; Volume 24 detoxification and miscellaneous treatment; Volume 25 Preparing for Emergency Action; 26 ~ 27 volumes are nourishing and nourishing; Volume 28 flat pulse; Volume 29 ~ 30 Acupuncture points are indicated. A total of 2335300 pieces. The medical theories and prescriptions contained in the book systematically summarize the medical achievements from Neijing to the early Tang Dynasty, and it is a book with high scientific value. /kloc-can be copied after 0/949.
The first volume of the book is a general introduction, including medical ethics, materia medica, pharmacy and so on. After that, the treatment based on syndrome differentiation was given priority to clinical departments, including gynecology (2 volumes), pediatrics 1 volume, otolaryngology 1 volume, internal medicine 15 volume (including viscera 10 volume) and surgery (3 volumes). In addition, there are 2 volumes of first aid for detoxification, 2 volumes of dietotherapy, 2 volumes of pulse/kloc-0, and 2 volumes of acupuncture. * * * 233 doors, theoretical 5300 pieces.
Qian Jin Fang Yao summarized the medical achievements before the Tang Dynasty. The first book, Sincerity and Practice of Great Doctors, is the basis of China's medical ethics. His exposition of "Special Volume of Gynecology and Pediatrics" laid the foundation for the independence of Gynecology and Pediatrics in Song Dynasty. The treatment of internal diseases advocates focusing on the deficiency and excess of cold and heat in zang-fu organs, which is similar to the systematic classification of modern medicine. Among them, the carbuncle of flying corpse (similar to tuberculosis) is classified as lung syndrome and treatment, and it is pointed out that cholera is caused by diet. The description of the prone parts of osteoarthropathy (osteoarthrosis tuberculosis) and the record of the relationship between diabetes and carbuncle all show a high level of understanding. The discussion on the indications of acupoints provides a criterion for acupuncture treatment, and the selection of Ashi points and the promotion of "the same size" are quite helpful to the accuracy of acupoint selection. Therefore, Qian Jin Fang Yao has been attached great importance by later medical scientists. Fang Yao also spread abroad, which had a certain impact.
Three. Treatise on typhoid and miscellaneous diseases
A Brief History of Treatise on Febrile Diseases
At the beginning of the 3rd century, Zhang Zhongjing read widely, collected all kinds of books, and concentrated his whole life on writing Treatise on Febrile Diseases. Typhoid referred to by Chinese medicine is actually the general name of all exogenous diseases, including plague, an infectious disease. This book was written about 200 ~ 2 10. At that time when paper was not widely used and printing was not invented, this book was probably written on bamboo slips.
Zhang Zhongjing died on 2 19. Without the protection of the author, Treatise on Febrile Diseases began its world tour. At that time, the spread of books could only be copied by hand, which was very difficult to spread.
When the time came to the Jin Dynasty, the first key figure in the fate of Treatise on Febrile Diseases appeared. A doctor named Wang Shuhe came across the book. The book was broken, and Wang Shuhe read this wonderful book intermittently with excitement. As an imperial doctor, he tried to collect all kinds of manuscripts of Treatise on Febrile Diseases, and finally found all the parts about typhoid fever and sorted them out, named Treatise on Febrile Diseases. There are 22 treatises on febrile diseases, and 397 treatments are recorded. There are 1 13 papers with a total of more than 50,000 words, but there are no traces of miscellaneous diseases in Treatise on Febrile Diseases. Wang Shuhe's contribution, in the words of Xu Dachun, a famous doctor in Qing Dynasty, is that "if there is no uncle, there is no book".
Wang Shuhe has a deep relationship with Zhang Zhongjing, not only sorting out medical books for him, but also leaving us the earliest written records about Zhang Zhongjing. Wang Shuhe said in the preface to pulse meridian: "The use of medicine depends on life. And magpie, Jude or garth; Zhong Jingming's trial is also waiting for the certificate. If in doubt, he will go to the exam. "
After that, the book gradually spread among the people and was highly praised by doctors. Tao Hongjing, a famous doctor in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, once said: "Zhang Zhongjing is the only one and the ancestor of all parties." It is conceivable that this groundbreaking and pinnacle work has made people know its author and pushed the author to the lofty position of medical sage.
The Song Dynasty, 800 years after Zhang Zhongjing's death, was a dynasty in which Treatise on Febrile Diseases was revived. In Song Renzong, an academician named Wang Zhu found a "bamboo slip eaten by insects" in the stacks of the Imperial Academy, entitled "A Brief Introduction to the Golden Chamber". Part of this book is similar to Treatise on Febrile Diseases, and the other part is about miscellaneous diseases. Later, when the famous doctors Lin Bu and Sun Qi were ordered by the imperial court to revise Treatise on Febrile Diseases, they compared it with Synopsis of the Golden Chamber, knowing that it was written by Zhongjing, but renamed it Synopsis of the Golden Chamber and published it in the world. There are 25 articles and 262 articles in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber. At this point, several key figures in the fate of Treatise on Febrile Diseases all appeared.
Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Synopsis of the Golden Chamber were both revised and published in the Song Dynasty. What we see today is the revised version of the Song Dynasty. In addition to repeated prescriptions, 269 prescriptions were included in the two books, and 2 14 kinds of drugs were used, which basically summarized the commonly used prescriptions in clinical departments. These two books, Huangdi Neijing and Shennong Materia Medica, are called "Four Books of Traditional Chinese Medicine"-four books, and Zhang Zhongjing alone has two. In other words, the four classics of TCM are Huangdi Neijing, Difficult Classic, Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Shennong Herbal Classic. )
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Treatise on Febrile Diseases is a must-read classic for later generations of doctors, and it has been highly praised by doctors of all ages. Up to now, it is still one of the main basic courses offered by Chinese medicine colleges and universities, and it is the source of Chinese medicine learning. During SARS last year, books and Zhang Zhongjing once again became the focus of attention. This is unimaginable in western medicine, because it is impossible to have any anatomical works of19th century as today's textbooks, and it is impossible for western medicine to find a basis for its treatment from its ancestors hundreds of years ago.
In this book, Zhang Zhongjing created three firsts in the world: artificial respiration, drug enema and biliary ascaris treatment were recorded for the first time.
Treatise on Febrile Diseases has a strong vitality in recent 2000 years. It is recognized as the originator of China's medical prescriptions and the most influential clinical classic focusing on syndrome differentiation and treatment. Most of the prescriptions listed in the book are well matched, and many of them have been proved by modern science. Later generations of doctors can achieve good results every time they use it according to the law. In history, four or five hundred scholars have explored its theoretical prescriptions, leaving nearly a thousand kinds of monographs and monographs, thus forming a brilliant and unique typhoid school in the academic history of traditional Chinese medicine. According to statistics, as of 2002, there were nearly 2,000 books on Treatise on Febrile Diseases.
Treatise on Febrile Diseases has not only become a must-read book for physicians in China, but also spread widely overseas, such as Japan, Korea, Viet Nam, Mongolia and other countries. In Japan, in particular, there was once an ancient school specializing in Zhang Zhongjing in history. Until today, the Japanese traditional Chinese medicine community still likes to use Zhang Zhongjing's prescription. In some famous Chinese medicine factories in Japan, typhoid prescriptions generally account for more than 60%. Among the proprietary Chinese medicines (leaching agents) produced by some famous Japanese pharmaceutical factories, such as Kotaro, Uchida, Shengjitang, etc., typhoid prescriptions generally account for more than 60% (some of which are obviously the evolution of typhoid prescriptions). It can be seen that Treatise on Febrile Diseases has a far-reaching influence in the field of Japanese traditional Chinese medicine and even in the world.
Treatise on Febrile Diseases is the earliest monograph on clinical diagnosis and treatment in China. This paper systematically analyzes the etiology, symptoms, development stages and treatment methods of typhoid fever, creatively establishes the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment of typhoid fever according to the classification of six meridians, and lays the theoretical foundation of principle, method, prescription and medicine. There are more than 300 prescriptions selected in the book, and the compatibility of these prescriptions is relatively refined and the indications are clear. Such as Mahuang Decoction, Guizhi Decoction, Chaihu Decoction, Baihu Decoction, Qinglong Decoction, Maxingshi Dry Decoction, etc. After thousands of years of clinical practice, these famous prescriptions have been proved to have high curative effect, which has provided a foundation for the development of TCM prescription science. Later, many prescriptions were developed from this. The famous doctor Hua Tuo read this book and praised it: "This is a real living book." . Yu praised Zhang Zhongjing's Treatise on Febrile Diseases, saying that "it is the ancestor of many parties." . "Like the brilliance of the sun and the moon, once it reaches Fudan, it will be immortal" (China Medical Records Examination). There are many works of annotation and explanation on this book in past dynasties. In particular, there are as many as 300 or 400 books that annotate and expound Treatise on Febrile Diseases.
Zhang Zhongjing and Treatise on Febrile Diseases
Zhang Zhongjing and Treatise on Febrile Diseases (I)
Before the 2nd century AD, people had accumulated rich experience and knowledge in the prevention and treatment of diseases. Moreover, due to the constant prevalence of infectious diseases at that time, according to the records of the later Han Dynasty, there were seven major epidemics in Guangwu's 13-26 (AD 37-50), from the fourth year of the establishment of Lingdi Jianning to the second year of Zhong Ping (AD 17l). Therefore, it promotes the understanding of medical scientists on disease prevention and treatment. In the process of medical practice, there have been many works integrating theory with practice, the most valuable of which is Zhang Zhongjing's book-Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases.
Zhang Zhongjing and Treatise on Febrile Diseases (Ⅱ)
In short, the syndromes of Sanyang Meridian are mostly heat syndrome and excess syndrome, while the syndromes of Yin San Meridian are mostly cold syndrome and deficiency syndrome. In guiding clinical practice, the treatment based on six meridians makes people have rules to follow.
On the basis of differentiation of symptoms and signs and treatment of six meridians, the treatment methods such as sweating, vomiting, diarrhea, reconciliation, warming, clearing away heat, tonifying and eliminating heat were adopted. Because the cause of the disease is the expression of the struggle between healthy qi and evil qi, the result is either the prosperity or decline of evil, or the victory or retreat of evil. Therefore, in the treatment, we should adopt the methods of strengthening the body resistance and eliminating pathogenic factors, sweating and stopping vomiting, warming and reinforcing the digestion. These are all formulated in accordance with the principle of strengthening the body and eliminating evil spirits.
In addition, Zhang Zhongjing also put forward a flexible dialectical method of "taking pulse as evidence and pulse as evidence". When discussing the treatment, we should adopt the methods of treating both exterior and interior according to the priority of the disease, and discuss the contraindications and comprehensive acupuncture therapy.
Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Synopsis of the Golden Chamber.
Treatise on Febrile Diseases consists of 22 articles with 397 methods, 1 13 prescriptions. There are 25 articles and 262 prescriptions in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber. It can be known from the contents recorded in it that as early as the 2nd century AD, Chinese medicine has been able to correctly use antipyretics, cathartics, diuretics, emetic drugs, sedatives, stimulants, stomach-invigorating drugs, antimalarial drugs, dysentery drugs, etc. through the practice and summary of medical scientist Zhang Zhongjing, and most of them have been proved by modern science to be reliable in curative effect.
People can also see in the first chapter of Jin lue Zang-fu Meridian Syndrome: "If people can be careful not to let evil wind dry collaterals, harmonize meridians, and treat viscera, they will feel heavy stagnation, that is, guiding, inhaling, acupuncture, rubbing, and not blocking the nine orifices in today ... feeding to keep them cold, hot, bitter and sweet, and not leaving them behind." In other words, if people can take care of it, don't let pathogenic evil wind invade the meridians. If they just enter the meridians and have not spread to the viscera, they will be treated. If the limbs feel inconvenient, they will adjust their breathing, apply acupuncture and massage to make their eyes, ears, nose, mouth and urine unimpeded ... Dressing should be adjusted to cold and hot, and the diet should be sweet and sour, so that the human body will not decline and diseases will not invade muscles and skin. This is the understanding and method to guide people to fight against diseases, and requires people to prevent diseases at the end and treat them early.
1700 years ago, Zhang Zhongjing made great progress in the medical history of China. Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Synopsis of the Golden Chamber summarized the medical experience in China before the 3rd century A.D., established the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment, and carefully selected reliable prescriptions, which played a certain role in mastering the prevention and treatment of diseases and promoting the development of medicine. Since then, many physicians in the past dynasties have discussed Zhang Zhongjing's theory step by step. They studied it from different angles and made progress, thus forming the typhoid fever school of traditional Chinese medicine.
According to relevant records, in addition to Treatise on Febrile Diseases, Zhang Zhongjing has the following works: Zhang Zhongjing's Prescription for Treating Women, two volumes; "Zhang Zhongjing Fang" fifteen volumes; Zhang Zhongjing's remarks; Zhang Zhongjing's "Comment on Diseases" and so on. The above bibliography may be a single book of some contents decomposed from Treatise on Febrile Diseases, and may not be otherwise explained.