Which Novel About Traditional Chinese Medicine Is the Best? 中医哪本最好
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I Have a Thousand Years of Medical Wisdom, and You Call Me a Hospital's Deadweight? 我千年医道，你说我是医院废物？
Young doctor Fang Yan dreamed of a thousand years. In his dream, he and his family’s clinic traveled through the long river of history. He met the miracle doctor Bian Que, the Daoist physician Ge Hong, the Sage of Medicine Zhang Zhongjing, the Medicine King Sun Simiao, the Lesser Sage of Medicine Zhang Jingyue, the founder of the Fire Spirit School Zheng Qin’an… The clinic carried Fang Yan across all of history. In each era, he stayed awhile and met the most outstanding physicians of the time… H
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Mao Zedong's Final Ten Years 毛泽东最后十年
The author recounts what he saw and heard during the 27 years he spent accompanying Comrade Mao Zedong. In particular, he provides a fairly comprehensive account of Chairman Mao's life, work, studies, and inspection tours from 1966 to 1976, and reveals little-known details and episodes surrounding major events such as his “meetings with the Red Guards” and Lin Biao's “September 13 Incident.” The book offers readers interested in understanding and studying this period important historical facts a
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- 53 Four Pillars Astrology 四柱命理学 Four Pillars of Destiny is a classic work on the study of fate, carefully compiled by Mr. Liu Zhihang. With a distinctive philosophical perspective and deep cultural knowledge, he skillfully combines the essence of Four Pillars of Destiny with the wisdom of life, presenting readers with a world of destiny that is both mysterious and rich in philosophy. Mr. Liu Zhihang is a versatile talent with outstanding achievements in music, literature, philosophy, and other fields. He has also conducted in 557Reads—Score10514d adds
- 54 The Making of an Exceptional Doctor 破格大医成长记 This is the story of Shi Yuanming, a boy who grew up deep in the mountains and followed his keen observations of nature and the world, along with a family heirloom, Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica, to forge a one-of-a-kind path in traditional Chinese medicine. From a young age, Shi Yuanming showed extraordinary talent. He watched ants seek out herbs to heal themselves and grasped the secrets of medicinal properties. He identified a condition marked by an intermingling of cold and 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Way of Revitalizing Yang 振阳医道 The Path of Zhenyang Medicine is an epic TCM novel inspired by Li Ke, a renowned modern practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. It tells the legendary story of Li Zhenyang, a self-taught old physician who spent half a century practicing medicine, wielding a thunderbolt's decisiveness and a bodhisattva's compassion to perform miracle after miracle, bringing patients back from the brink of death. With gripping prose, the novel recreates Li Zhenyang's real cases: venturing deep into plague-st 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Primordial Origin of Heaven 天元太易 An epic work that reimagines the wellspring of Chinese civilization The Origin is a sweeping narrative rooted in ancient legends and imbued with the wisdom of the “Three Ancient Tombs.” The book strictly follows the cosmology of the Weft of Changes and is divided into five volumes: Great Change, Primordial Beginning, Primordial Formation, Primordial Substance, and Supreme Ultimate. Its 365 chapters correspond to the number of days in a year, building a coherent universe of civilizational develo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Pulse of Mountains and Rivers 脉动山河 Synopsis of Pulse of the Mountains and Rivers Story overview: The realm is in chaos, and epidemics are rampant. Young physician Lu Mingyi flees the Imperial Medical Bureau in Luoyang after his father dies under a false accusation, carrying his father's dying wish to "find the true pulse." He meets a young beggar named Aman, and the two travel together. Along the way, they treat children stricken by the epidemic, but the Imperial Medical Bureau pursues them. In the desolate woods south of the ci 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 A Tale of Harmony, Culture, and Wellness 和合文化康养记 In a tranquil village nestled among picturesque hills and waters, a school called Qinglin quietly comes into being. This is no ordinary schoolhouse. It's the first harbor in the dream of the Hehe Culture and Wellness Group, an innovative venture that turns vacant old houses into a vibrant haven where senior students can enjoy life. Su He, a young graduate of traditional Chinese medicine, is devoted to the principle of "treating illness before it arises." He throws himself into the project and be 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Physician Hua Tuo: Part One 华佗行医记（第一篇） Hua Tuo's Medical Journey (Part One) 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 60 The Legendary Story of Zhang Zhongjing, the Sage of Medicine 医圣张仲景传奇故事 The legendary tale of the Medical Sage Zhang Zhongjing 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 The Legend of Wang Shuhe, the Pulse Sage 脉神王叔和传奇 The legend of Wang Shuhe, the Sage of Pulse Diagnosis 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Sun Simiao, the Medicine King: A Millennium of Medical Wisdom 药王孙思邈千年医魂 The Medicine King Sun Simiao: A Thousand-Year Medical Soul 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Legend of Qian Yi, the Father of Pediatrics “儿科鼻祖”钱乙传奇 The Legend of Qian Yi, the "Founder of Pediatrics" 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Huangfu Mi, the Father of Acupuncture 针灸鼻祖皇甫谧 Huangfu Mi, the Founder of Acupuncture 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Story of Li Shizhen, the Sage of Medicine (Part One) 药圣李时珍故事（第一篇） The Story of Li Shizhen, the Medicine Sage (Part One) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Legend of the Real and Fake Thunder Gods 真假雷公传奇 The Legend of the True and False Lei Gong 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Yi Yin, the Father of Medicinal Decoctions “汤液始祖”伊尹 Yi Yin, the "Founder of Decoction Medicine" 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Zhuyou Art: A Mysterious Legacy of Millennia-Old Medicine 祝由术：千年医道的神秘传承 Zhu You Arts: The Mysterious Legacy of a Thousand Years of Medicine 157Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Five Phases and Six Qi: The Wisdom of Human-Nature Harmony 五运六气：天人相应的医学智慧 The Five Phases and Six Qi: The Medical Wisdom of Harmony Between Heaven and Humanity 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Fu Qingzhu: A Legend of Virtue and Healing 傅青主：医道双馨的传奇 Fu Qingzhu: A Legendary Physician of Virtue and Skill 2Reads—Score214d adds
- 71 Spring in the Apricot Grove: Dong Feng’s Legacy of Healing 杏林春暖：董奉的医道传承 Spring Blossoms in the Apricot Grove: Dong Feng’s Medical Legacy 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Healing Way of Taiji: Zhang Sanfeng’s Art of Balancing Yin and Yang 太极医道：张三丰的阴阳调和术 The Taiji Way of Medicine: Zhang Sanfeng’s Art of Balancing Yin and Yang 2Reads—Score214d adds
- 73 The Mysterious Legend of Guang Chengzi 广成子神秘传奇 The Mysterious Legend of Guang Chengzi 3Reads—Score114d adds
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The Acupuncturist's Strange Tales 针灸师的异闻录
The Clinical Adventures of an Acupuncturist and His Friends in the Mystical Arts: When acupuncture meets the mystical arts, and medical principles shed light on strange phenomena. A book that will make you see Chinese medicine anew, from the transmission of pathogenic qi to spirit-light divination and fire offerings, unveiling the invisible battlefield of life behind Chinese medicine. Perhaps one day, in the hands of a Chinese medicine practitioner, it can become a reference book for finding the
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The Wisdom of the Ancients 古人的智慧
The Wisdom of the Ancients A sweeping epic spanning the life of the Yellow Emperor, revealing the legendary birth of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, from practice to theory! More than history, it is a trove of wellness wisdom passed down from ancient times. This novel follows the Yellow Emperor's life, depicting the entire journey of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, from practical experience to theory, and from its creation to its transmission through the ages. Brilliant from childhood, t
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The Way of Medicine: Studying Traditional Chinese Medicine at a Martial Arts School 医道之我在道馆学中医
Everyday Traditional Chinese Medicine, the miraculous healing arts of China's many schools and lineages, and cultivation fantasy. If you want to learn about Traditional Chinese Medicine and see it used to treat and save lives, read the first four volumes. If you want to see miraculous techniques, including methods some consider superstitious, such as Zhuyou healing, the Three Powers of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity through ley lines, and Miaojiang Gu sorcery, start from Chapter 101. For cultivatio
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- 77 Heir to the Way of Medicine 道医传承人 One scroll of the Green Pouch brings peace to the world; nine layers of starry seas save all living beings. When the ancient Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon meets the vast sea of stars, and Five-Element acupuncture pierces the barriers of the universe, a young man carrying on the legacy of Daoist medicine journeys from campus to the stars, from healing individuals to restoring civilizations, and ultimately becomes the “Galaxy Medical Saint,” revered across countless worlds. College student Zhou Anp 33Reads6.9Score—14d adds
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The Journey to Win Your Heart 撷君行
Time’s wheels roll ever onward into the mid-Tang era. On this land shrouded by evil spirits, the people suffer while no one comes to their aid. Only Sun A Shi, the Medicine King, leads his disciples in searching for the secret to driving the evil spirits away. Three couples among the Medicine King’s disciples, Jiang Ze and Jiegeng, Gancao and Guizhi, and Doukou and Didi, hold fast to their faith in battle and never give up in the face of hardship. Like dancers, they weave love and hate into a ma
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The Journey of Traditional Chinese Medicine 中医之路游历篇
In today’s fast-paced society, staying up late, ordering takeout, and working 996 have become the norm, while the ancient art of traditional Chinese medicine seems to have been forgotten in the dust of history. From The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon to Treatise on Cold Damage, from Compendium of Materia Medica to Treatise on Warm Diseases, Guo Nanxing gradually comes to understand under Old Wu’s guidance that traditional Chinese medicine is more than memorizing formula verses and medicinal proper
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- 80 Fallen 堕 That year, I was twenty-nine, and Mo Huai was thirteen. When I, someone who no longer wanted to live, met him, someone else who no longer wanted to live, we somehow found the strength to keep going, at least for a little while. So we decided to rely on each other and make it through together. 43.9kReads9.6Score5.2k14d adds
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Tales of Classical Chinese Medicine 经方那些事儿
[This book features many real medical cases. Do not imitate them!] In his twenties, Qin Guanlan arrives at Shoujing Hall with a PhD to his name, yet can't get a single patient to see him. He's too young and too handsome. No one thinks he looks like an experienced practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. But Chen Jiubai sees something in him. The old doctor sees patients in the morning and gives lectures in the afternoon, personally guiding Qin as he unlocks the secrets of the Treatise on Co
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The Last Traditional Chinese Doctor in China 华夏最后一个中医
Chen Qing is a young Chinese medicine practitioner just starting out. On his first day seeing patients, he discovers that he can actually hear his patients’ internal organs talking... Spleen: Brrr, it’s so cold. That fatty ate thirteen popsicles yesterday. I nearly froze to death. Lungs: Don’t get me started. He spent all night burping yesterday. I couldn’t get a wink of sleep. What a pain in the lungs. Liver: Stop complaining. He’s just a little greedy. It’s no big deal. Look at how he’s stayed
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The Medical and Martial World 医武江湖
What is Chinese medicine? Is it a technique or a Way? What is the world of the jianghu? Is it black or white? This story tells of the first half of a life spent entering the Way through medicine, taking you into the real jianghu and revealing the most mysterious parts of traditional culture, as well as the good and evil buried deep in human nature.
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The Secrets of Shennongjia 神农架的秘密
Lu Jiuzhang, a dropout from a university of traditional Chinese medicine, was accused of causing a medical accident after using acupuncture to save someone's life. While gathering herbs in the Shennongjia mountains, he happened upon Xue Suwen, a recluse and inheritor of the “Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate,” who passed its essence on to him. The protagonist possesses both modern medical knowledge and the legacy of ancient secret arts. Through his growth and struggles in both Chinese and Weste
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A Small-Town Doctor, A Vast World 小中医，大世界
Zhang Liang, a poor young man from the countryside, was lucky enough to get into a traditional Chinese medicine college thousands of miles from home. After graduating, he struggled to find work and barely managed to land a job at a community hospital, only to be pushed around by the deputy director. With no other options, Zhang Liang forged a different path. Relying on his skill in traditional Chinese medicine, he first treated an elderly farmer from the countryside. Word spread widely, and inte
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- 86 Kill Those Men: From Ugly Chick to Beautiful Swan 杀死那些男人之丑小鸡变白天鹅 [Transformation and glow-up + triumphant heroine + uplifting feel-good story + top student's growth + fairytale romance + authentic post-80s generation] Note: Please don't let the heroine's looks put you off! The protagonist is called “XX Fat” purely because the author has a mischievous sense of humor. In reality, Xia Weiwei has a figure the likes of which appear only once every three thousand years. She's an outgoing, adorable girl with sky-high emotional and intellectual intelligence; she's th 1.3kReads9.3Score11214d adds
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Back to the 1990s: My Unrestrained Life in the Countryside 重回九零，我在农村的肆意人生
Liu Zhijie, now in his forties, has lost everything and is saddled with hundreds of thousands in debt. He plans to take the little cash he has left and return to his village to retire, but then he suffers a cerebral thrombosis. Unwilling to keep suffering, he steels himself and decides to end it all. Unexpectedly, he is reborn in the 1990s, back when his family was still prosperous and his parents hadn't divorced.
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The Great Immortal Doctor 大仙医
A master alchemist is reborn in a modern Chinese medicine clinic, with extraordinary medical skills and incredible luck. Beautiful women come seeking his help, and romance is always in the air for this unassuming doctor. He rises from a poor young man to a legendary physician, living a wonderful life!
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Acupuncture: A Plain-Language Edition and Commentary 针灸大成白话文及解读
The Complete Acupuncture Book in Modern Chinese: Translation and Commentary is an excellent guide for readers who want to explore the world of acupuncture with ease. Using The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion by Yang Jizhou of the Ming dynasty as its source, the book translates its obscure classical Chinese into clear, accessible language, making it easy for even readers with no prior knowledge to follow. The commentary is another highlight: it explains the principles of acupunctu
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Master Ni's Complete Treatise on Cold Damage 倪师人纪之伤寒论全集
Treatise on Cold Damage is a classic Chinese medicine text written by Zhang Zhongjing of the Eastern Han dynasty. In 12 volumes, it examines the principles of treating externally contracted febrile diseases. Ten volumes, comprising 22 chapters, survive today.
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The Fragrance of Medicine 药箱药香
Not long after his birth, Niu Niu dies in a devastating plague. His body decays and disappears, while another soul quietly transmigrates to the Han Dynasty. At that time, war rages across the land, people struggle to survive, corpses litter the fields, and a rampant plague claims the lives of Niu Niu’s parents. With their dying breaths, they tell him to seek out his great-uncle Zhang Zhongjing, the governor of Changsha and a practicing physician. Impressed by Niu Niu’s extraordinary talent and g
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The Unorthodox Doctor: Save Yourself Before Saving Others 都市不良医：救人先救己
Zhong Ming was born with a terminal condition of extreme yang. To save his own skin, he began learning to read at age three under his master's guidance, using The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon as his primer. From childhood, he studied medicine under his master, relying on a fragment of the Green Satchel Medical Classic to keep himself alive. In search of four remedies, a flower, a blade of grass, a stone, and a person, he set out on a journey to defy fate and change his destiny. With his extraord
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- 93 The Medical Cauldron 医鼎记 This is a novel about preserving and passing down the traditions of Chinese medicine. After Sun Haoran gets into medical school, his grandfather, a barefoot doctor, gives him a small family heirloom cauldron. On the night his grandfather dies, the cauldron accidentally enters Sun Haoran’s body, giving him the ability to transmigrate in his dreams to the side of famous doctors from ancient times. He becomes a successor to Bian Que, a friend of Hua Tuo’s direct disciple, and a friend of Zhang Zhon 3.3kReads8.2Score66914d adds
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The Healer Reigns Supreme 医者为王
One needle is worth a fortune, and a single prescription is impossible to find. With miraculous skill, he can shift the stars and turn fate itself, his divine needles reversing yin and yang. A humble young doctor from an ordinary family relies on his superb skills to make Death take another route and force illness to yield. Moving among the powerful and making his way through the city, this young doctor creates an urban legend, saving lives and working miracles. With miraculous hands, he brings
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- 95 The Fat Doctor and the Charlatan 肥医神棍 [Fat Protagonist + Comedy + System + Supernatural + Miracle Healer] The King of Hell says you’ll die at the third watch. Who dares keep you alive until the fifth? But what if the King of Hell is your dad? Medical student Sun Dawei is betrayed by his childhood sweetheart and kicked out of medical school. By chance, he inherits a will from his great-uncle, the seventh brother of his maternal grandmother. Not only does he gain a charlatan System, he also embarks on an unconventional path to becomin 30kReads8.8Score5k14d adds
- 96 The Village Divine Farmer 乡村神农 Also known as: After Returning to the Village, I Have the Time of My Life Every Night Chen Ping, a medical student, is terminally ill. With his illness reaching its final stage, he returns to his village to recuperate. But on his very first night back, a shadow sneaks into his home... 46.4kReads9.2Score6.1k14d adds
- 97 Isn't It Perfectly Reasonable for a Resident Physician Like Me to Crush the Department Chief? 我一个住院医师吊打主任很合理吧 Lu An, an emergency surgeon who has just graduated with his bachelor's degree, is an unremarkable resident physician until he unexpectedly gains the support of a System. It lets him collect other people's emotional points: sadness, pain, happiness, gratitude, ecstasy, and hatred, then turn those points into abilities of his own. From then on, he races ahead on the road to saving lives. It makes perfect sense for a resident physician to crush a department director, right? 132.6kReads9.2Score24.8k14d adds
- 98 Siheyuan: Fishing for All Things Under Heaven 四合院：垂钓诸天万物 Lin Shaowen got drunk at a class reunion. After sleeping and waking up, he inexplicably arrived in the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Lin Shaowen, an outstanding graduate of Beijing College of Chinese Medicine. He had just graduated from university and now faced a choice: should he become a promising full-time doctor at Union Hospital, or an obscure factory doctor at a steel mill? Without a second thought, Lin Shaowen chose to become a factory doctor. There was no helping it. Sending a 78.9kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
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Apprenticed to the Tang Dynasty’s King of Medicine 我给大唐药王当学徒
Chen Mo, a student at a modern university of Chinese medicine, is a cocky guy who peppers every sentence with scientific jargon. After trying out a “miracle” remedy he concocted, he accidentally transmigrates to the Tang dynasty and becomes an apprentice to the medicine king, Sun Simiao. He tries to explain Tang-era medicine using modern medical concepts like “microorganisms” and “antibiotics,” causing one ridiculous mishap after another. Yet amid all the banter and bickering, he and Sun Simiao
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- 100 The Eerie Tomb Raider 摸金诡医 Lin Jiu's grandfather, an old tomb raider who had been missing for many years, passed down a bizarre “Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate” tomb-raiding talisman to him through a blood curse on his deathbed. This drew him into a terrifying mystery that had endured for a thousand years: every generation of elite tomb raiders eventually became a “substitute” for some mysterious being. Lin Jiu must use extraordinary medical techniques to heal the “substitute” curse afflicting him while solving the my —Reads—Score—14d adds
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