Selected Medical Formulas from the Pavilion of Heavenly Truth: General Rules

For those medicines known only through hearsay or oral tradition, or those for which older editions provide no explanation of their names or their nature and flavor original: "Qiwei" (氣味), referring to the "Four Qi" (temperatures) and "Five Flavors" that define a drug's effect in Chinese pharmacology., I have refrained from recklessly adding my own subjective theories or speculative guesses.

If I have occasionally happened upon a particular insight, I have included it as a supplementary note at the end of the entry. This has been done specifically to seek correction from medical experts original: "Jiuzheng fangjia" (就正方家). "Fangjia" refers to professional physicians or masters of the medical arts.. If I am fortunate enough to receive the assistance of like-minded colleagues in identifying and correcting errors and inaccuracies original: "Chuan'e" (舛訛). one by one, I shall be eternally grateful original: "Yongzhi buxiu" (永誌不朽), literally meaning "forever recorded without decaying," expressing deep gratitude. for their guidance.