Publication of the first English language translation of this Chinese medical text bearing the name of the most famous Chinese doctor of antiquity, Hua Tuo, gives Western practitioners access to what is, perhaps, the premierproto-Daoist medical classic. In particular, this book is a great source of information on pulse diagnosis and is the locu classicus of the theory of warm supplementation, containing numerous fascinating herbal and alchemical formulas for both internal and external usage.
Table of Contents:
Editor’s Preface
Preface to the Recollated Hua Shi Zhong Zang JingPreface by Deng Chu-zhong
Book One
1 On Humanity in Compliance with the Laws of Heaven & Earth
2 On the Essentials of Yin & Yang and the Balance of the Spirit
3 On Generation & Development
4 On Yang Inversion
5 On Yin Inversion
6 On Block & Repellance of Yin & Yang
7 On Cold & Heat
8 On the Essentials of Vacuity & Repletion
9 On Disquietude Both Above & Below
10 On the Essentials of the Pulse.
11 On the Five Colors & Pulses
12 On the Pulse as Prognosticative of External & Internal Disease Patterns
13 On the Essentials of Determining Life & Death
14 On the Disastrous & Aberrant Changes of Disease
15 On the Six Water Treatment Methods
16 On the Five fire Treatment Methods
17 On the Five Kinds of Windstroke
18 On Accumulations & Gatherings
19 On Taxation Injuries.
20 On Cadaverous Transmission
21 On the Methods for Examining Vacuity & Repletion, Cold & Heat, Life & Death, Favorable & Unfavorable Conditions Related to the Five Viscera
22 On the Methods of Examining the Pulse & Signs of Vacuity & Repletion, Etc. in Relationship to the Liver
23 On the Methods, Etc. ...the Gallbladder
24 On the Methods, Etc.... the Heart
25 On the Methods, Etc.... the Small Intestine
26 On the Methods, Etc.... the Spleen
27 On the Methods, Etc.... the Stomach
28 On the Methods, Etc.... the Lungs
29 On the Methods, Etc. ... the Large Intestine
Book Two
30 On the Methods, Etc.... the Kidneys
31 On the Methods, Etc.... the Urinary Bladder
32 On the Methods, Etc.... the Triple Burner
33 On Bi
34 On Qi Bi
35 On Blood Bi
36 On Flesh Bi
37 On Sinew Bi
38 On Bone Bi
39 On the Treatment Methods for Wind Stroke & One-sided Withering
40 On the Signs & Manifestations of the Five Types of Clove Sores
41 On Yong & Ju, Sores & Swellings
42 On the Different Signs & Manifestations of Weak Foot
43 On the Pulses & Manifestations which Prognosticate Life & Death in Water Swelling
44 On Various Kinds of Strangury & Inhibited Urination
45 On the Plusses & Minuses of Taking Medicinals
46 On Identifying the Three Kinds of Glomus
47 On Mortal Signs Due to Inappropriate Treatment of Various Diseases
48 On Examining the Mortal Signs in Miscellaneous Diseases
49 Methods for Determining Life & Death by Examining Sounds, Colors & Formal Manifestations
Book Three: Sixty-eight Formulas for Various Diseases
General Index
Formula Index
