Low-Key Traditional Chinese Medicine Novels. Pure TCM, No Inner Energy or Mythical Elements 平淡的中医文。纯中医，不要内力神话的中医。

1. 1 中 Fifty Years in the World of Traditional Chinese Medicine 中医江湖五十年 Chen Banxia陈半夏Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted For historical reasons, most people know little about traditional Chinese medicine, and some are even prejudiced against it. Yet firsthand medical experience is undoubtedly the best way to understand it. The author recounts his own journey studying medicine, as well as those of his master and grandmaster. In particular, he tells the story of his master, known as “A Heart Devoted to Medicine,” who began studying medicine at the age of eight and has now practiced for fifty years. The book offers r 6.6kReads9.5Score1.3kShelves

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   The life story of an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor, especially the explanation of consuming lard and high blood pressure, makes me think about how I now consume lard.

2. 2 医 The Art of Healing 医路精诚 Already Old已旧Urban1.4M WordsCompleted The companion novel to this book, I Am a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, is complete. The new novel, From Village Doctor to Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is currently being updated. Interested readers are welcome to check it out. At a time when traditional Chinese medicine is in decline, hospitals bearing its name are treating patients with Western medicine. Wang Chen, an heir to the Shanghan school, simply cannot stand it: even for a common cold, a traditional Chinese medicine ho 21.8kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves

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   These are all pure Chinese medicine novels. The first three are from the traditional Chinese medicine school, focusing on classic formulas. The fourth book is by Xu Yang from Qidian, now available on Tomato. The following books are by Fang Qianjin, Junzi Ruhang, and Ling An. All are good. Recommended.

3. 3 你 You're Almost a National Go Master, So Why Are You Still Going to College? 你都快成国手了怎么还来上大学 Already Old已旧Urban1.1M WordsCompleted This book is the sequel to The Way of Medicine. My new book, From Village Doctor to Master of Chinese Medicine, is also being updated, and I strongly recommend that readers look it up. Chinese medicine has five levels: first, herbal remedies; second, decoctions; third, diagnosis and treatment; fourth, microscopic precision; and fifth, grandmaster. After graduating from university, most people only reach the level of decoctions. He had already mastered diagnosis and treatment before he even start 7.6kReads9.1Score950Shelves
4. 4 从 From Village Doctor to Hospital Director 从村医到院长 Already Old已旧Rural Life1.0M WordsCompleted [No System] [One Female Lead] [Everyday Life] [Rural Life] [Slow Growth] [Realistic] Wang Jinyi studied traditional Chinese medicine and graduated from a junior college. In an era when even university graduates couldn't find hospitals willing to hire them, his only option was to head to the countryside and become a village doctor. Born into a farming family, he didn't start out with lofty ideals of saving lives and easing suffering, or the dedication of a great physician. At first, he only wante 28.4kReads8.9Score4.2kShelves
5. 5 我 Practicing Chinese Medicine in 1950 我在1950当中医 Tang Jiajia唐甲甲Urban375k WordsCompleted Everyone in Qinghe City knows that the eldest branch of the traditional medicine Zhou family was cast out decades ago, and spent those same decades under the thumb of the second and third branches. They thought the eldest branch would never produce another talent. Then, in the spring of 1950, the young Zhou Shiyuan awoke from a high fever. Not only did he save his mother, who was in critical danger during a difficult labor, he also pioneered “acupuncture anesthesia,” greatly easing the shortag 478Reads7.2Score101Shelves
6. 6 全 The Complete National Physician 全职国医 Fang Qianjin方千金Urban5.3M WordsCompleted Fang Han, a graduating senior at a traditional Chinese medicine college, originally wanted nothing more than to be a handsome doctor who kept to himself, marry a pretty wife, and become a chief physician before retirement. He never expected to accidentally become the youngest master physician in the country. This is the story of a young doctor who grows with the help of a System! It’s also the story of an ordinary person who grows into a great healer devoted to all living beings! 30.5kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves
7. 7 大 The Great Nation's Top Doctor 大国上医 Fang Qianjin方千金Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Fang Lezhang, an outstanding modern doctor from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, wakes up one morning reborn in the 1990s as Fang Le, a medical student of that era. Suffering from tuberculosis, he has taken a leave of absence and is stuck at home, despised by everyone as a sickly consumptive. Fortunately, he has a kind and beautiful wife to care for him. Now that he's reborn in the 1990s, should he ride the wave of the times and become the richest man alive, or draw on his 17.3kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
8. 8 我 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？ Fang Qianjin方千金Urban1.7M WordsCompleted 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 20.5kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
9. 9 无 The Peerless National Healer 无双国医 A Gentleman Like Jade君子如珩Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Why do expert department heads from the country's top hospitals keep showing up at a neighborhood clinic? Why do renowned experts and professors from across the country so often visit a township health center? Yun Heng, a master's graduate in traditional Chinese medicine, had just started his new job when he offended the hospital's department head and was driven out. With no choice but to make a living at a neighborhood clinic, he somehow turned a township community health center into a national 61.3kReads9.5Score7.4kShelves
10. 10 离 After My Divorce, My Traditional Chinese Medicine Skills Awakened 离婚后我的国医技能觉醒了 A Gentleman Like Jade君子如珩Urban2.8M WordsCompleted [Traditional Chinese medicine, the story of a young doctor working his way up] When Chen Yang was young, he made a foolish mistake. For what he thought was love, he fell out with his family and followed Wang Ya to the countryside, where he took a job at a township clinic. In the end, all he got for it was the words, "Let's get divorced." This time, Chen Yang is going to make a life for himself and his daughter. He'll leave the township hospital behind and carve out a world of his own. 100kReads9.3Score12.2kShelves
11. 11 道EN Notes from a Taoist Medicine Clinic 道医馆笔记 Ling An苓安Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [All plotlines in this book are fictional and included solely for the purposes of the story. They do not represent real-life views. Please keep that in mind and don't confuse fiction with reality.] After graduating with a master's degree from an ordinary university of traditional Chinese medicine, the protagonist didn't go to work at a hospital. Instead, they joined a Daoist medical clinic and began recording their encounters with strange and baffling illnesses. 225.5kReads9.5Score81.9kShelves
12. 12 济 An Ordinary Doctor Who Heals the World 济世凡医 Ling An苓安Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Seeing color, hearing sound, and taking a pulse with three fingers: a traditional worldview gives rise to traditional medical principles. This story has no supernatural powers or tycoons throwing money around. It is simply a day-by-day account of an ordinary practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine on his path as a doctor, guided by the heartfelt wish to carry on the teachings of the sages. Throughout the long river of history, traditional medicine has protected generations of Chinese people 20.3kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
13. 13 中 Traditional Chinese Medicine: I Can See Disease Tags 中医：我能看见疾病词条 Cookie and Cream Puff曲奇泡芙Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [This book features many real medical cases, but do not imitate them!] On the night before he was due to be dismissed, Lin Yi, an intern at a mediocre medical college, awakened the National Medicine Keyword System. From then on, his eyes became the most precise body scanners around! Blue indicators mean mild, yellow means moderate, and red means life-threatening! Other doctors rely on test results to diagnose patients. He relies on keywords. A PhD from a prestigious university mocks his credenti 70kReads8.9Score7.4kShelves
14. 14 赤 The Barefoot Chinese Medicine Doctor 赤脚中医 Happy Waters, Green Peak乐水青峰Urban879k WordsOngoing Pluck a handful of grass, pick up a needle: relieve people’s pain and save their lives. A folk healer from the very bottom of society continues the timeless legend and myth of traditional Chinese medicine... From July 28 onward, four chapters will be released daily. 1kReads8.7Score188Shelves

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    These are all books I've read more than twice; they're packed with useful information! You won't be able to put them down, and you'll learn a lot without even realizing it!

15. 15 医 Hospital Intern: I'm the Only One Who Understands Ancient Chinese Medicine 医院实习生：唯有我懂古中医 There Are Immortals in This World世上有神仙Urban325k WordsOngoing Chen Xiuyuan, an intern at a top-tier hospital, was publicly cheated on by his girlfriend and became the laughingstock of the entire hospital. In this world, Western medicine reigns supreme. At the brink of despair, he awakens the legacy of the ancient Chinese medical tradition. He masters the four diagnostic methods and is skilled in classical prescriptions and silver needles. For chronic illnesses Western medicine cannot cure, one dose of his herbal medicine can eradicate the root cause. For e 1.7kReads—Score167Shelves

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    This novel about traditional Chinese medicine is worth reading. It contains the most detailed and abundant knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as satisfying moments of face-slapping.

16. 16 全 All-Round Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor: I Join a District Hospital from the Start 全能中医，开局入职区医院 Big Head脑袋大嘞Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [Traditional Chinese Medicine + No System + Technical Expertise + Master Physician Skills + Mysterious Origins + Pure Traditional Chinese Medicine + Acclaimed by Patients + Secrets of His School] At 25, he is already a young traditional Chinese medicine doctor who has practiced across the country. Two years after graduation, while his peers are still rotating through standardized training and copying prescriptions under their mentors, Jiang Ran has already traveled across much of China. From Ti 10.9kReads7.1Score1.1kShelves

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    I've been following this book for a long time, and it's really good. I'm recommending it to everyone because it hasn't had a bad ending. It's a top-tier TCM novel. I think the rating is inaccurate; it's definitely an 8.9. Let's all give it a thumbs up! It's purely TCM-based, without any system, and it's a great story.

17. 17 中 The Traditional Chinese Medicine Gravekeeper 中医守墓人 Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang甘草泻心汤Urban673k WordsOngoing The rating has only just opened, and it will gradually rise, so feel free to enjoy! [A book that will help you rediscover Treatise on Cold Damage] [No System, no cheats] Young miracle doctor Jiang Chen runs the old clinic his grandfather left behind, using his peerless medical skills to take the Chinese and Western medical worlds by storm. The old-school doctors in the field look down on him for being young, while Western medical bigwigs mock Chinese medicine as useless. One difficult case after 5.8kReads6.6Score799Shelves

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    Purely Traditional Chinese Medicine, without any systematic approach, but it's still quite enjoyable to read.

18. 18 祖 The Joyful Life of a Traditional Chinese Medicine Heir in a Western Hospital 祖传中医的西医院快乐生活 Muzi Li the Big Eater木子李大食Urban734k WordsOngoing (This book is medically rigorous and realistic while still telling a compelling story. The author’s previous million-character novel is Traditional Chinese Medicine Passed Down in My Family, So I Went to Medical School.) For illnesses Western medicine can’t cure, I use traditional Chinese medicine. For illnesses traditional Chinese medicine can’t cure, I use Western medicine. What? In a word, this is a medical story free of childish nonsense and stripped of fantasy. Li Zhongxi was struck by an u 928Reads8.4Score110Shelves

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    This is an educational book, and the content should be genuine traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions. It's suitable for the average person who doesn't want to read a long book.

19. 19 黄 The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon, Explained with Laughs 黄帝内经爆笑讲解版 Eight Hundred Miles of Wind and Clouds风云八百里3.8M WordsOngoing Still missing out on China’s millennia-old treasures of health and wellness because classical texts are so hard to understand? This book breaks free from the dry style of traditional texts and uses laugh-out-loud language to unpack the foundational classics of Chinese medicine! It is divided into three volumes. The first offers clear, accessible explanations of the chapters of the Suwen, breaking down the underlying medical principles of yin and yang, the five elements, the organs, and qi and bl 13kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves

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    Look! A wonderful collision of millennia-old medical wisdom and modern humor! This groundbreaking work simplifies the ancient and profound classic of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the *Huangdi Neijing*, with a lighthearted and humorous style, making learning fun. From Yin and Yang and the Five Elements to the internal organs and meridians, from health preservation to disease prevention, every obscure medical principle is cleverly integrated into vivid and interesting stories and jokes, allowing readers to grasp the essence of Traditional Chinese Medicine while laughing heartily. Whether you are a TCM novice or an enthusiast, you can find enjoyment and wisdom in this hilariously explained version, allowing ancient medical wisdom to be reborn in laughter, becoming a helpful guide to healthy living for modern people.

20. 20 医 The Road Ahead for a Healer 医者前行路 Sour and Spicy Orange-Gray Tiger酸辣橙灰色老虎Modern Romance418k WordsOngoing The story begins six months before my final year of university ends. I recommend starting at Chapter 69. So far, it has covered several major themes: the truth about time, attitudes toward money, procrastination and dissection, and defining the boundaries of life. The second volume is a record of practical experience, the third combines thought and practice, and the fourth recounts what happened after I was utterly crushed. Almost everything is written in the first person, as a record of real ev 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book was "Exemplary Figures for Our Generation," and the second one I started reading from chapter 69. It was very interesting, especially the part about how to combat anxiety, which was remarkably effective.

21. 21 重 Reborn: Zhou Ran's Starry River 重生：舟冉星河 Fragrance on the Road陌上香Modern Romance411k WordsCompleted Rebirth + Period Setting + Devoted Love + Powerful Couple + Career Success One day, Du Xinran wakes up reborn in 1996, transformed into a girl from Northeast China... Dr. Du, now a Northeastern girl, has been troubled lately. She suspects that the mysterious man before her is blackmailing her. Wasn't it just one bite in a moment of desperation? Does he really expect her to marry him in return? “You left your mark on me. Who else would want me now?” And so, he blackmailed her for the rest of her 474Reads9.0Score124Shelves

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    I recommend these books. The first one is about Traditional Chinese Medicine. A female medical PhD is reborn in Northeast China, becoming a third-year medical student preparing for graduate school entrance exams. She learned Traditional Chinese Medicine from her elders in her previous life, and uses acupuncture to assist in surgery, making her highly sought after by various departments. The second one has a slight fantasy element, but it's not overt. The female protagonist is skilled in martial arts, medicine, alchemy, and acupuncture—she's proficient in Taoist medicine passed down through her family. Five-star recommendation.

22. 22 重 Back to the 1990s: The Frail Daoist Healer Holds the Legacy of Chinese Medicine 重返九零：娇弱道医手握国粹传承 Yao Jiu姚九Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Daoist Medicine + Iron-Blooded Young Officer + Cultural Revival + Powerful Couple, Sweet and Satisfying] Reborn in the 1990s, Yao Pingxiang returns with the legacy of Daoist medicine. With silver needles in her left hand to heal others and Daoist cultivation in her right to build her foundation, she unexpectedly embarks on a path where medicine and Daoism lead to the heavens. She heals the sick, saves lives, dishes out face-slapping to the despicable, and revives ancient Daoist 5.4kReads9.2Score696Shelves
23. 23 面 They Tried to Make My Interview Difficult? I Know the Ancient Medical Canon by Heart! 面试为难我？我古医典倒背如流！ Uncle Er Lei二雷大叔Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [The full-cast audio version is now available. Come give it a listen!] Also known as The Right Path of Medicine. A great doctor serves the times and saves the world. Only by being selfless and free of ego can the practice of medicine follow the right path! A country boy raised in the mountains of the great northwest has studied and trained hard since childhood, determined to become a renowned doctor known throughout the land. But the world beyond the mountains isn’t as simple as he imagined. Fac 23.5kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
24. 24 别 Don't Panic, I Can Give You Acupuncture! 别慌，我会扎针！ Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Ancient Romance523k WordsCompleted A modern acupuncturist and massage therapist dies unexpectedly during a medical dispute. When she opens her eyes again, she has become the young aunt of the Gu family’s West Courtyard in ancient times. Her family is poor, and the East and West Courtyards have been at odds for years. Faced with contempt from the East Courtyard and the hardship of daily life, she takes up her silver needles and quietly turns things around with her exquisite acupuncture skills. Starting with a tiny acupuncture clin 3.1kReads9.0Score498Shelves

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    Traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture related, very good to watch.

25. 25 经 Tales of Classical Chinese Medicine 经方那些事儿 Clear River in the Night照夜清川Urban332k WordsOngoing [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 2kReads—Score488Shelves

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    I think this book is very suitable; it's purely based on Traditional Chinese Medicine and has no systematic approach.

26. 26 我 I'm Just a Village Doctor, Is It Really So Strange That I Know the Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles? 我一个村医会鬼门十三针很合理吧 Bincheng Lao San滨城老三Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After his grandfather died, Chen Mo returned from the city hospital to his village and became its new barefoot doctor. Who says a barefoot doctor can’t amount to anything? Surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers, with no nine-to-five grind or mortgage, he can turn his hometown into a paradise. Northeastern customs, everyday stories, and local life: it’s all here. Urban daily life, one heroine, no System, just little stories to enjoy over tea. This book is also known as The Years I Served as 15.7kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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    This book is really interesting.

27. 27 经 A Record of Chasing Dreams with Classical Prescriptions 经方逐梦录 It's Zhiyong是知庸啊Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted This is a traditional Chinese medicine novel that anyone who can read can easily understand. Drawing on the author's observations and reflections from years of medical practice, as well as extensive clinical experience, the book builds a rich world of stories. It skillfully blends Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist thought with related theories of fate and feng shui. Although the plot is fictional, the medical cases, medical theories, feng shui, and knowledge of destiny featured in the story are al 627Reads9.2Score183Shelves

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    This book is perfect for your taste.

28. 28 学 Learning Chinese Medicine Is Really Simple 学中医真的很简单 Lotus Seed Heart莲子心250k WordsCompleted The author is a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. I started out working in a hospital, then ran a traditional Chinese medicine clinic for many years, gaining a great deal of insight. I also realized that I had taken far too many detours while learning traditional Chinese medicine. That's why I now want to share my experience and little tips with everyone in simple, easy-to-understand ways, and use my own story to show that learning traditional Chinese medicine really is quite simple. 44Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    Those who read TCM books are people interested in TCM. The first point of the books I recommend is that they are instantly recognizable as authentic; secondly, they are all very interesting and can ignite the interest of even the least interested person to keep reading. Trust me, you'll see, and no one will utter a sound once they start reading.

29. 29 从 Learning from Scratch: Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture 从零学习：中医针灸 Invisible Blue Sea隐形蓝海Urban675k WordsOngoing After Wang Bing fails his high school entrance exam, he apprentices himself to learn acupuncture. At the same time, he enrolls in a vocational school to study the fundamentals of Chinese medicine. Moving between his apprenticeship and school, he learns from scratch, bit by bit; while on campus, he also forms deep friendships with many people. The story of Wang Bing’s life begins to unfold. He will return after mastering his craft and become a great master of his generation; he will benefit his c 174Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    A vocational school student's path to medical school can include learning about traditional Chinese medicine.

30. 30 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s and Became the Village Barefoot Doctor 穿越六零，我成了村里的赤脚医生 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + farming + military doctor + golden finger + everyday family life + building a career + no romance + adorable pets] Tian Cai has transmigrated. It started when she rescued a girl injured in a chain-reaction car accident. The fuel tank exploded soon after, and she lost consciousness. When she came to, she found herself in the 1960s. Forced by poverty, Tian Cai put her limited medical skills to use as a barefoot doctor. To avoid getting caught up in a medical malpractice case, she 4.9kReads9.2Score601Shelves

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    The female lead has a cheat ability, but it's not exaggerated; she herself is also constantly working hard to learn and improve.

31. 31 祝 Zhuyou Arts: Not Even Graduated, and Already a National Doctor? 祝由术：还没毕业就成国医了？ Little Ajian小阿剑Urban156k WordsCompleted Long ago, Shennong tasted every herb to cure illness. Qibo devised prescriptions to treat disease, creating the art of Qihuang! The Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan established this method, using characters of invocation as generals, characters for food as soldiers, and every other character as the vanguard. Applied to every illness, it worked instantly, without fail! Driving out evil and curing disease was effortless. This art treats the origins of all illnesses. Thus it is called: The Zhuyou Art! 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is amazing!

32. 32 拒 No More Rat Race: Life Comes Full Circle After I Return to the Village as a Chinese Medicine Doctor 拒绝内卷，中医回村后人生圆满了 A Pot of Clear Tea一壶清茗Modern Romance383k WordsCompleted [Both Leads Are Faithful + Sweet Romance + Strong Female Lead + Childhood Sweethearts + Slow-Building Love] [Career and Romance Are Equally Important, Not a Pure Romance] When Xie Yinchen was in her final year of high school, her father became seriously ill. She searched everywhere for doctors and medicine, but in the end, he had to undergo surgery, and his health took a steep decline. From then on, Xie Yinchen was determined to study traditional Chinese medicine. Over ten years, Xie Yinchen pro 415Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    A heartwarming and sweet rural-themed slice-of-life story featuring a childhood sweetheart entrepreneur and a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who returns to his hometown to work together to build their community. (Includes some helpful TCM remedies.)

33. 33 我 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 Hundred Percent Cola百是可乐Urban1.4M WordsCompleted 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? 132.6kReads9.2Score24.8kShelves

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    These are all excellent TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) articles that I've followed. Some of the authors are actually doctors themselves—that's amazing!

34. 34 首 The Nation's Leading Physician 首席国医 Second Master Jiangmen江门二爷Urban1.3M WordsCompleted An outstanding young doctor from the 21st century is transported by chance to the late 1970s. When he wakes up, he finds he has a wife. What on earth happened? Having lived a second life, Jiang Fei must figure out what to do amid complicated family relationships, rejection from his brothers, and the cold shoulder from his mother-in-law. Faced with a turbulent social climate, compromises over competing interests, and life-or-death struggles, what choices will Jiang Fei make? No matter how success 3.5kReads9.0Score501Shelves

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    All of these are excellent works about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with scores of 9 or higher. You can also learn about TCM while reading the novels [thumbs up], which is truly a win-win situation [admiration]. I am iboon, please follow me, I only recommend high-scoring works.

35. 35 都 The Old Chinese Doctor of the City 都市老中医 Apricot Grove Physician杏林郎中Urban396k WordsCompleted This is the story of a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, a hard-core novel about traditional Chinese medicine. (Note: All the medical cases are real.) 2.6kReads9.1Score683Shelves

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    [Shy] First book: The male protagonist, Wang Chen, was born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and worked as a doctor at a TCM hospital. He resigned in anger because he couldn't complete his instrument reporting tasks and wandered to a small town, where he and his two cats opened a small clinic. [Note] [Shy] Second book: The male protagonist, Jiang Yun Chu, worked as a doctor at a TCM hospital. Due to various reasons, he resigned in anger and opened a clinic, beginning his work as a doctor and seeing patients. [Note]

36. 36 误 Mistakenly Transported to Ancient Times as an Immortal Doctor: Lord Shaoqing, Please Investigate the Case 误穿古代当医仙：少卿大人请查案 An Author Who Writes Something Different写些不一样的作者Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted “Save the grown-up!” the midwife shouted. “Save my foot! We’re saving both mother and child!” She rolled up her sleeves and pulled out silver needles. Passing by the doorway, Pei Che, a deputy minister of the Court of Judicial Review, thought to himself, “Interesting.” This story is entirely fictional. The medicines and treatments described are for literary purposes only and should not be used as a reference... 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No system, no magic formula, just pure medicine, a clash between conservative and modern medicine.

37. 37 生 Born in This Place 生在此间 Mu Yi1934木易1934Urban987k WordsCompleted Rural northwest China. This is Ganzhou, my hometown. Because of his job, the protagonist Yang Shulin quits in a fit of anger and returns home. He inherits his family’s small clinic and dozens of mu of farmland, and begins an entirely different life. 10Reads6.7Score—Shelves
38. 38 十 Ten Socializing Techniques 十神社交术 Philosopher Cat哲学猫Urban130k WordsCompleted This is an unconventional guide to the art of social interaction, inspired by the author’s insights into “Daoist Eight Characters fortune-telling” and “Western pickup artistry.” It is completely different from the books on relationships you see in everyday life: not only is it easy to understand, it is also highly practical. Let’s look at the true nature of human beings in social interactions from a different perspective… 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The inner energy in the second book will help you better understand the essence of Traditional Chinese Medicine!

39. 39 三 The Principles of Ternary Consciousness and Memory Mapping 三元意识与记忆映射原理 Philosopher Cat哲学猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse102k WordsCompleted This book deciphers the secrets of human longevity through philosophical reasoning. Tomato's number one original philosophical masterpiece, The Threefold Consciousness and Memory Mapping Principle, explores ideology, human nature, the secrets of human longevity, the truth behind ancient history, the origin of the moon, the mystery of the Great Flood, reasoning about past-life memories, an analysis of homosexuality, depression, multidimensional worlds, the differences in how men and women are att 1.5kReads9.2Score460Shelves
40. 40 中 Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Path to the Pinnacle 中医：巅峰之途 Young Master Qianyu Feng千羽风少Urban237k WordsCompleted To become a great physician, one must be versed in the Huangdi Neijing: Suwen, the Huangdi Zhenjing, the Mingtang Liuzhu, the Twelve Meridians, and the Three Regions and Nine Indicators. One must also know the classical prescriptions of Zhang Zhongjing, Wang Shuhe, Fan Dongyang, and others, and be able to interpret yin-yang destiny, the Book of Changes, the Six Ren method, the physiognomy of various schools, and the five signs revealed by heated tortoise shells. Only then can one become a great 6.8kReads8.8Score713Shelves
41. 41 华 The Last Traditional Chinese Doctor in China 华夏最后一个中医 Yiwu Yu亿屋鱼Urban515k WordsCompleted 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 43.4kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
42. 42 一 A Doctor by Your Side 一路有医 Long Finger长指Urban1.0M WordsOngoing After living in a daze for six years, Zhang San's fate is changed by an accident, and he sets out on the path of medicine. He studies and treats all kinds of illnesses and disorders associated with the Taiyang, Yangming, Shaoyang, Taiyin, Shaoyin, and Jueyin channels. In the end, he becomes a renowned physician and leads his family to a happy life. 313Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    It's really good, written like an expert.

43. 43 青 The Green Satchel Medical Text: A Divine Doctor in the City 青囊医书之都市医仙 Dust in the Mortal World俗世微尘Urban1.1M WordsCompleted In a materialistic society, people resort to any means to fight over their own interests. The book's rich knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine is its greatest draw. What you see may not be the truth. People live behind masks, and only when those masks come off do you see how appalling things are beneath the glamorous surface. The person you trust most can hurt you the deepest. And those you look down on, or feel are beneath your company, may be the very people who help you the most. Human n 24.2kReads9.1Score3kShelves

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    They're all pretty.

44. 44 祖 A Traditional Chinese Medicine Heir Enters a University of Chinese Medicine 祖传中医上中医药大学 Li, the Great Moist One木子李大湿Urban1.3M WordsOngoing (This book contains no supernatural phenomena or unrealistic plotlines. It is purely a medical story, with detailed medical content. The case studies and prescriptions in the book should only be used by non-professionals under professional guidance.) Times have changed. Do practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine need licenses now? Xiao Li is about to take the college entrance exam anyway, so let him go to university and get one. So, at his elders’ insistence, Li Jiebing gets into Shanhe Pr —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are all texts on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), detailing how skilled TCM practitioners gradually ascend to the pinnacle, starting as a junior practitioner and progressing to become a master of TCM.

45. 45 玄 The Metaphysics Expert Is Back at Her Street Stall 玄学大佬她又去摆地摊了 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Original titles: The Fortune-Telling Street Vendor Is Actually a Mystical Arts Ancestor?! and The Mystical Arts Big Shot Is Back at Her Street Stall [Fortune-telling + ghost-catching + feng shui + powerful protagonist + no romance, thriving solo + gossip + episodic stories] The junior sister of the Zhengyang Sect, sealed away for a thousand years, wakes up reborn in the body of a girl whose parents don't care for her. The girl wants to go to school, so she'll have to earn her own tuition. So We 43kReads9.4Score5.9kShelves

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    The actual score is too beautiful.

46. 46 大 The Great Physician 大国医 Fireflies in the Mist雾影幽萤Urban716k WordsCompleted [A specialized work on traditional Chinese medicine, suitable for discussions of its fundamentals] With Western medicine in a dominant position, is there still a place for traditional Chinese medicine? Is someone secretly orchestrating its decline and fall? When a culture thousands of years old is dismissed and condemned as wrong, is the “science” of the past four centuries really correct? When the two fields collide, which parts of the knowledge passed down by word of mouth are right, and which 407Reads8.7Score104Shelves

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    Pure Traditional Chinese Medicine, packed with practical information.

47. 47 疯 Are You Kidding? You Call This an Intern Doctor? 疯了吧，你管这叫实习医生？ Eight-Colored Confucian Crane八彩儒鹤Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Lin Feng, an intern who ranked last in the hospital's assessment, awakened a super medical skills System. From stopping bleeding with his bare hands to acupuncture, and every aspect of traditional Chinese medicine's inspection, listening, questioning, and pulse-taking, he mastered it all. He could even perform Western surgical procedures with ease. Saving lives made him stronger! Years later, at the country's grandest medical research conference, hosted by Lin Feng, one attendee said, “I'm a lea 407Reads7.8Score111Shelves
48. 48 中 A Traditional Chinese Medicine Dad’s City Life: Doting on His Wife and Raising His Child 中医奶爸宠妻带娃的都市日常 Heavenly Physician's Secret Realm天医秘境Urban400k WordsCompleted ☯ Traditional Chinese Medicine + Dad Life + Martial Arts + Teaching + Livestreaming + One Heroine + Daily Life + Farming ☯ After Feng Sheng transmigrates to a country devoted to Traditional Chinese Medicine, he has superb medical skills and experiences a series of amazing encounters. But because his rank is too low, he still has no patients. Then one day, by a stroke of luck, he begins teaching everyone about Traditional Chinese Medicine for free... “The purpose of diagnosis is to use inspection 25Reads8.2Score—Shelves
49. 49 我 I'm a Traditional Medicine Streamer, Master of the I Ching, Physiognomy, Feng Shui, and Martial Arts 我中医主播精通周易面相风水国术 Heavenly Physician's Secret Realm天医秘境Urban271k WordsCompleted The renowned Zhouyi expert and feng shui master Li Changsheng transmigrates to a parallel world. He becomes a pitiful orphan who has relied on his grandfather for as long as he can remember. In this world, traditional Chinese medicine and herbal remedies vanished more than five hundred years ago. But his grandfather has a dream: to revive traditional Chinese medicine. Li Changsheng has read the book The Heavenly Healer’s Secret Realm tens of thousands of times since childhood. His grandfather ho 4.5kReads8.9Score708Shelves
50. 50 亏 From Losing Money to Becoming a Giant in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Starting with a Clinic 亏成中医巨头从医馆开始 Yiwu Yu亿屋鱼Urban298k WordsOngoing Chen Xin unexpectedly obtains the Medical Virtue and Wealth Conversion System. As long as he runs his clinic at a loss, he can earn a fortune and gain Medical Virtue Points that he can exchange for medical skills. From then on, a remarkable clinic appears in China. “Ordinary doctors at Jishitang earn a million a year!?” “That’s not all. I hear every doctor there gets sixty days of paid leave a year.” “And their benefits are incredible. They even give out dating allowances when a doctor starts se 268Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    This one is alright. It doesn't cover internal energy or things like qi and blood. It focuses more on the circulation of the five elements and the cycle of the four seasons.

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