Essentials from the Golden Cabinet

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.Contents: PrefaceAbout the TranslatorDiseases of the Zang-Fu Organs, Meridians and Collaterals — Sequences, Pulses and PatternsTetany, Dampness and Heat Stroke — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentBai He, Hu Huo and Yin-Yang Toxin — Patterns and TreatmentMalaria — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentWind Stroke and Joint Diseases — Pulses, Patterns, and TreatmentBlood Impediment and Deficiency Exhaustion — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentLung Decline, Lung Abscess, and Coughing with Panting — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentRunning Piglet Qi — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentChest-Bi Impediment, Chest Pain and Shortness of Breath — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentAbdominal Fullness, Cold-Induced Abdominal Pain and Retained Food in the Stomach — Sequences, Pulses and PatternsWind-Cold in the Five-Zang Organs and Chronic Stagnation — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentPhlegm-Fluid Retention and Coughing — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment Wasting & Thirsting, Difficult Urination and Strangury — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentWater Qi Retention — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentJaundice — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentFright, Palpitations, Bleeding, Chest Fullness and Stagnant Blood — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentRetching, Vomiting, Hiccups and Diarrhea — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentSkin Abscesses, Intestinal Abscesses, and Wet Spreading Sores — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentDorsal Muscle Spasticity of the Foot, Swelling in Fingers/Arms, Cramping, Groin Hernia and Roundworms — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentPregnancy-Related Problems — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentPostpartum Diseases — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentWomen's Miscellaneous Diseases — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentMiscellaneous Formulas — Pulses, Patterns and TreatmentPoultry, Fowl, Fish and Insects — Contraindications and TreatmentFruits, Vegetables and Grains — Contraindications and TreatmentIndex
Readership: Researchers and medical practitioners interested in Traditional Chinese Medicine.TCM;Medicinals;Theory and Practice;Diagnosis;Treatment;TCM Formula;Disease00