The Heart Transmission of Medicine by Liu Yi-ren is a Qing dynasty primer on the study and practice of Chinese Medicine. Much of this book was originally in verse as mnemonic device. It was meant to be memorized, not just read! Even today, this book is required reading by Chinese medical students in a number of provinces in China.
Table of Contents:
Translator’s Foreword
Forward
Chapter One: Heart-imparting Rhymes on Pulse Examination
Chapter Two: General Essentials of Pulse Examination
Chapter Three: The Six Methods of Pulse Examination
Chapter Four: Poem on the Study of the Three Positions as a Whole
Chapter Five: The Necessity of Rational Inquiry
Chapter Six: Channel-conducting Medicinals
Chapter Seven: Prose & Verse Transmitting the Heart of Using Medicinals
Chapter Eight: Rhymes on the Ruling Medicinals (Used) in Treating Disease
Chapter Nine: Song on Additions & Subtractions to Si Jun Zi Tang
Chapter Ten: Song on Additions & Subtractions to Si Wu Tang
Chapter Eleven: Song on Additions & Subtractions to Er Chen Tang
Chapter Twelve: Song on Additions & Subtractions to Xiao Chai Hu Tang
Chapter Thirteen: Song on Additions & Subtractions to Ping Wei San
Chapter Fourteen: Prose & Verse on Disease Causes (Discussions of 74 Diseases)
Formula Index
General Index
