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Essentials from the Golden Cabinet

by Zhang Zhongjing

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A translated classic of Chinese medicine

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A translated classic of Chinese medicine

This volume presents a full English translation of Zhang Zhongjing’s *Jin Gui Yao Lue*, organized across 25 chapters. After an introductory chapter, the text addresses diagnosis and treatment across internal and external medicine, gynecology, and obstetrics; later sections cover emergency treatments and food contraindications. Its historical clinical framework brings together discussions of symptoms, diagnostic distinctions, and prescriptions, making the book a structured source for examining traditional Chinese medical writing. The supplied description identifies it as a reference for education, research, and clinical practice.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers studying the history or texts of traditional Chinese medicine
  • Students and researchers seeking an English translation of a classical medical work
  • Readers interested in historical approaches to diagnosis, treatment, and prescriptions

Themes

Traditional Chinese medicineDifferential diagnosisClinical prescriptions and treatmentGynecology and obstetricsFood contraindications

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Book overview

This is a full-text English translation of Jin Gui Yao Lue, a classic book of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the oldest clinical book dedicated to internal, external, gynecological and obstetrical diseases. It is also the first medical book on differential diagnosis of diseases and symptoms, along with treatment and prescriptions.

This book was originally written by Zhang Zhongjing (Zhang Ji) (150-219 CE), an eminent Chinese physician in the Eastern Han dynasty. The book consists of 25 chapters. The first chapter serves as an introduction. Chapters 2-22 discuss the diagnosis and treatment of sixty diseases, involving internal medicine, external medicine, and gynecology & obstetrics. Chapter 23 discusses emergency treatments. Chapters 24 and 25 discuss food contraindications (fowls, beasts, fruits, vegetables and grains) and treatment. The text can serve as a reference for education, research and clinical practice.

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