[Popular work by Chen Nianzu, a top-notch doctor in the late Qing Dynasty, a master of traditional Chinese medicine and the light of mankind]
In the late Qing Dynasty, Yi Chaodong, the minister of Guanglu Temple, Xiong Qian, the governor of Zhili, Xie Zaitian, the official minister, and Chen Nianzu, the life-saving doctor of the Ryukyu King, were highly praised by Lin Zexu. He lectured at the Inshang Thatched Cottage in Songshan, Fujian Province, and wrote dozens of books and had countless disciples. "Yi Cong Zhong Lu" is a medical book mainly focusing on the treatment of miscellaneous internal diseases. It has 8 volumes and is divided into 39 chapters. It discusses nearly 40 kinds of internal diseases and syndromes, and also covers miscellaneous diseases of women. This book examines pulse syndromes in detail, studies the pathogenesis in detail, and is quite unique in syndrome differentiation and prescription selection. When it comes to the treatment of internal medicine diseases and syndromes, there are many medical classics on the purpose, from pathogenesis to treatment methods, each citing the relevant contents of the "Nei Jing" or Zhongjing's theory to explain, or using Zhongjing's prescriptions as the guidelines for the treatment of diseases and syndromes. Each article first outlines the cause and pathogenesis of the disease, followed by treatment methods. For each disease, the cause, pathogenesis, and key points of syndrome differentiation are first discussed, followed by pulse diagnosis, and then the prescriptions are listed. Its syndrome differentiation and treatment is based on Zhongjing's method, and takes into account the famous sayings and prescriptions of various schools in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is quite practical, concise and to the point, and serves as a reference for beginners of traditional Chinese medicine to remedy the shortcomings and remedy the shortcomings.
