Shang Han Lun , or
Shang Han Za Bin Lun, English translation 'On Cold Damage' or 'Treatise on Cold Injury', is a medical treatise by
Zhang ZhongjingZhang Zhongjing , formal name Zhang Ji , was an Eastern Han physician and one of the most eminent Chinese physicians during the later years of the Eastern Han...
that was published sometime before 220 A.D. It is the oldest complete clinical textbook in the world, and one of the four most important canonical medical classics that students must study in
traditional Chinese medicalTraditional Chinese Medicine, also known as TCM , includes a range of traditional medical practices originating in China. Although well accepted in the mainstream of medical care throughout East Asia, it is considered an alternative medical system in much of the western world.TCM practices include...
education.
The Shang Han Lun has 397 sections with 112 herbal prescriptions, organised into the Six Divisions :
Tai Yang (greater yang): a milder stage with external symptoms of chills, fevers, stiffness, and headache.
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Shang Han Lun , or
Shang Han Za Bin Lun, English translation 'On Cold Damage' or 'Treatise on Cold Injury', is a medical treatise by
Zhang ZhongjingZhang Zhongjing , formal name Zhang Ji , was an Eastern Han physician and one of the most eminent Chinese physicians during the later years of the Eastern Han...
that was published sometime before 220 A.D. It is the oldest complete clinical textbook in the world, and one of the four most important canonical medical classics that students must study in
traditional Chinese medicalTraditional Chinese Medicine, also known as TCM , includes a range of traditional medical practices originating in China. Although well accepted in the mainstream of medical care throughout East Asia, it is considered an alternative medical system in much of the western world.TCM practices include...
education.
The Shang Han Lun has 397 sections with 112 herbal prescriptions, organised into the Six Divisions :
Tai Yang (greater yang): a milder stage with external symptoms of chills, fevers, stiffness, and headache. Therapy: sweating.
Yang ming (yang brightness): a more severe internal excess yang condition with fever without chills, distended abdomen, and constipation. Therapy: cooling and eliminating.
Shao yang (lesser yang): half outside, half inside half excess and half deficiency with chest discomfort, alternating chills, and fever. Therapy: harmonizing.
Tai yin (greater yin): chills, distended abdomen with occasional pain. Therapy: warming with supplementing.
Shao yin (lesser yin): weak pulse, anxiety, drowsiness, diarrhea, chills, cold extremities. Therapy: warming with supplementing.
Jue yin (absolute yin): thirst, difficult urination, physical collapse. Therapy: warming with supplementing.
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