Magical Use of Time

"The Miraculous Uses of Time", a comprehensive medical book. Four volumes. Written and published in 1803 by Chen Xiuyuan of the Qing Dynasty. The author lists mainly miscellaneous internal diseases, but also covers many common diseases such as gynecology and ophthalmology, focusing on the commonly used prescriptions for these diseases. The book begins with a discussion of the four diagnoses, and then divides them into categories, each focusing on disease and syndrome, together with the main treatment prescriptions and their addition and subtraction. The book's narrative is concise and its selection of prescriptions is practical. The book has been widely circulated and published in many volumes. There are more than twenty clear editions in existence. There are photocopies after 1949. "The Miraculous Uses of Shi Prescriptions" was written by Chen Xiuyuan, a physician in the Qing Dynasty, and published in the eighth year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1803). The book consists of 4 volumes, which are not complicated and have clear outlines. The book first describes the four main points of clinical diagnosis, including observation, smell, inquiry, and palpation. Then, on the basis of a full summary of the clinical experience of doctors in the past and the author himself, the book analyzes the etiology, pathogenesis, syndromes, treatments, and prescriptions of 42 common clinical diseases such as stroke, choking, diabetes, and athlete's foot.