Introduction of Shang Han Za Bing Lun:the Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Miscellaneous Diseases.
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✵Shang Han Za Bing Lun, or the Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Miscellaneous Diseases, or the Treatise on Cold-induced and Miscellaneous Diseases, was written by the herbalist Zhang Zhongjing at the beginning of the 3rd century. It was edited and named by the herbalist Wang Shuhe, and deals with the diagnosis and treatment of cold-induced diseases and other miscellaneous diseases. The book was rearranged by Wang Shuhe in the Jin dynasty and later divided into two parts by Jiao Zheng Yi Shu Ju (the Bureau for Rectifying and Publishing Medical Books) in the Song Dynasty: Shang Han Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases) and Jin Kui Yao Lue Fang Lun (the Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber).
- Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Miscellaneous Diseases)
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Brief Introduction Chinese Name: 《傷寒雜病論》(Shang Han Za Bing Lun) English Name: Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Miscellaneous Diseases, or the Treatise on Cold-induced and Miscellaneous Diseases. Author(or Authors): ☯張仲景 (Zhāng Zhòngjǐng) Edition age: Late of East Han Dynasty Introduction of Shang Han Za Bing Lun.
Shang Han Za Bing Lun, or the Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Miscellaneous Diseases, or the Treatise on Cold-induced and Miscellaneous Diseases, was written by the herbalist Zhang Zhongjing at the beginning of the 3rd century. It was edited and named by the herbalist Wang Shuhe, and deals with the diagnosis and treatment of cold-induced diseases and other miscellaneous diseases. The book was rearranged by Wang Shuhe in the Jin dynasty and later divided into two parts by Jiao Zheng Yi Shu Ju (the Bureau for Rectifying and Publishing Medical Books) in the Song Dynasty: Shang Han Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases) and Jin Kui Yao Lue Fang Lun (the Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber).
The book Shang Han Lun (The Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases) is a new edition of herbalist Zhang Zhongjing's Shang Han Za Bing Lun (The Treatise on Cold-induced and Miscellaneous Diseases). It was rearranged by herbalist Wang Shuhe into 10 volumes, in which acute febrile diseases induced by cold are analyzed and differentiated by the theory of the six channels. It is one of the most influential works in the history of traditional Chinese medicine.
The book Jin Kui Yao Lue Fang Lun (The Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber), or simply Jin Kui Yao Lue (The Synopsis of the Golden Chamber), was part of the work Shang Han Za Bing Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced and Miscellaneous Diseases). Herbalist Wang Shuhe named it and rearranged it into three volumes. It deals mainly with miscellaneous diseases of internal medicine, some surgical and women's diseases in 25 chapters, and it records 262 prescriptions. During the Song dynasty, the survived ancient works Jin Kui Yu Han Yao Lue Fang was discovered again, two official herbalists of the Medical Literature Correction Office, Lín Yì and Gāo Bǎohéng identified it as a surviving residual part of the works of herbalist Zhang Zhongjing that had been edited by herbalist Wang Shuhe into three volumes.
The well-known classical book Shang Han Za Bing Lun (The Treatise on Cold-induced and Miscellaneous Diseases) has several surviving versions. It is a masterpiece by the herbalist Zhang Zhongjing.
References:
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- 1.Introduction of Shang Han Za Bing Lun:the Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Miscellaneous Diseases.
- 2.Shang Han Za Bing Lun: The Treatise on Cold-induced and Miscellaneous Diseases, by Zhang Zhongjing.
- 3.Shang Han Lun: The Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases, by Wang Shuhe.
- 4.Jin Kui Yao Lue Fang Lun: The Synopsis of Prescriptions of The Golden Chamber, by Zhang Zhongjing.
- 5.Zhu Jie Shang Han Lun: Commentary on The Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases, by Cheng Wuji.
- 6.Zhong Jing Quan Shu: The Complete Works of Zhongjing, by Zhao Kaimei.
