The Complete Book of a Myriad Treasures, Volume 11

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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: cold, hot, warm, and cool) and "Five Flavors" (sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, and salty) that define a drug's medicinal 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 who have mastered the "formulas" and arts of medicine.. 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), referring to mistakes in transcription or long-standing factual errors. one by one, I shall be eternally grateful original: "Yongzhi buxiu" (永誌不朽), literally meaning "forever recorded without decaying," a phrase used to express that a person's kindness or contribution will never be forgotten. for their guidance.