This book discusses the main line of clinical thinking of traditional Chinese medicine: intuitive experience - basic concepts - thinking structure - axiom system - reasoning about the cause, location and nature of the disease. The whole book is divided into theoretical and clinical chapters. The first chapter of the theoretical chapter introduces the holistic thinking, syndrome differentiation thinking, balanced thinking, common thinking, and pattern thinking of traditional Chinese medicine; the second chapter explains the "qi-yin and yang" thinking structure and the concept of "unity of nature and man" behind this thinking structure; the third chapter uses the axiom deduction system to reconstruct "Treatise on Febrile Diseases", highlighting the six-meridian disease-eight cardinal syndrome model, and showing the logical reasoning for identifying the cause, location and nature of the disease. Chapter 4 elaborates on the inheritance and innovation of TCM clinical thinking. The clinical chapter uses the medical records and ward rounds of the traditional Chinese medicine master Xuan Guowei to introduce the practical application of clinical thinking of traditional Chinese medicine. You can refer to the theoretical chapter for interpretation.
Reader comments
This book is very good! It explains the clinical thinking of traditional Chinese medicine very thoroughly, especially the part that reconstructs "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" using an axiomatic deduction system, which is eye-catching. I like the logical reasoning about the cause, location, and nature of the disease in the book, which is very enlightening. Moreover, there are also medical records from the master of Chinese medicine Xuan Guowei, which are very practical. All in all, this is a good book worth reading.
This book is very good! It explains the clinical thinking of traditional Chinese medicine very thoroughly, especially the part that reconstructs "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" using an axiomatic deduction system, which is eye-catching. I like the logical reasoning about the cause, location, and nature of the disease in the book, which is very enlightening. Moreover, there are also medical records from the master of Chinese medicine Xuan Guowei, which are very practical. All in all, this is a good book worth reading.