Traditional Chinese Medicine Collection: Shengji

[A medical masterpiece compiled by the official Imperial Hospital of the Song Dynasty] [A historical medical document with research value] [Compiled by the Song Dynasty government by collecting medical prescriptions from the people and doctors at that time, combined with secret recipes stored in the "inner government", and compiled by the Taiyuan Hospital] The book contains nearly 20,000 medical prescriptions in 200 volumes. The first list of items such as luck, narrative examples, and governance methods is equivalent to the narrative of the entire book; from now on, starting from "various winds" and ending with "gods taking bait", there are a total of 66 categories. Each door is divided into several diseases. The cause and pathology of each disease are discussed first, followed by prescriptions and medicines for treatment. The diseases recorded in the book include internal, external, gynecological, pediatric, facial features, acupuncture and other miscellaneous treatments and health care. It contains both theory and experience and is extremely rich in content. It can be called the complete medical book of the Song Dynasty. In terms of theory, in addition to citing medical classics such as the "Nei Jing", it is further elaborated in combination with contemporary theories. In terms of prescriptions, they are selected from folk experience and secret recipes of doctors, and their curative effects are generally reliable, so they are highly praised by later generations of doctors.