It took 30 years or more for the famous expert of Chinese medicine literature, Professor Xu Jingsheng, to compile the Chinese version of this book in which there are 300 allusions related to medicine, all told from four aspects, namely explanation in daily language, original text, concise annotation and remarks by the author. The whole book is arranged in the order of time of the source text. The allusions are categorized into genres like anecdotes in medicine history, good and great doctors, keep fit and build up, anecdotes of famous doctors, maxim and famous quotation, medical forbiddens, dialectical treatment, unique and rare case, disease of mood, different voices and interesting discussion, herbs assembly, worldly allegory, source of idiom, legend and folktale, superstition dismissal, and so on. These stories cover all subjects and field from different times, old and new. Some of the tales have been published in installments for nine years in magazines like Henan Chinese Medicine and Dahe Health, thus the popularity.
Anecodtes of Famous Doctors;
Emotional Diseases;
Finely Selected Notes on Herbal Medicine;
Legends and Stories
Table of Contents
名医轶事Anecdotes of Famous Doctors 扁鹊见秦武王 Bian Que Met with King Wu of Qin 扁鹊随俗爲变 Bian Que Adjusting His Practice According to Local Needs 扁鹊诊赵简子疾 Bian Que Examining Zhao Jianzi 仓公望诊 Diagnosis by Inspection 蒜齑治咽塞 Mashed Garlic for Obstruction in the Throat 华佗爲顿子献诊病 Hua Tuo Warned Dun Zixian 四十眉落 Eyebrows Shed at Forty Years Old 谧母泣教 The Mother Who Guided Her Son in Tears 书淫 An Addict to Books 不以酒肉爲礼 Wine and Meat do not Show the Courtesy 不封不树 No Tombs，No Trees 医道至重 Medicine as the Supreme Doctrine 段医简封 Doctor Duan's Sealed Treatment 诊脉惊帝 Doctor Guo Yu Impressed the Emperor 谧序三都 Huangfu Mi's Preface to the Rhapsody of the Three Capitals 武后谢医 Empress Wu Appreciated the Doctor's Work 目 録 Contents 刘张轶事 An Anecdote about Two Doctors 东垣收徒 Dongyuan Selecting a Disciple 朱谦葛雄 The Modest Zhu and the Heroic Ge 东垣附柬 A Letter from Doctor Li Dongyuan 桐叶催生 Fortune Paulownia Leaves Facilitating Delivery 薛雪妙术 Xue Xue's Magical Cure 叶薛结怨 A Feud between Two Doctors 唐大黄 Doctor Tang Rhubarb 望色知溺 Inspecting One's Complexion for Diagnosis 情志之疾Emotional Diseases 文挚治齐王疾 Wenzhi Cured King Min of Qi 华佗留书骂郡守 Hua Tuo Cursed the Official 忽肥忽瘦 Gaining and Losing Weight 看杀卫玠 Wei Jie Exhausted by Spectators 蚁动牛斗 Mistaking Noisy Ants for a Bull Fight 支道林感知音而死 Zhi Daolin Died after a Dear Friend's Death 王徽之哀弟而死 Wang Died of Grief 靖公巧施转药 Jinggong's Effective Prescription 病怒不食 Wrath and No Appetite 击木愈惊 Striking Wood to Overcome Shock 因忧结块 Sadness Formed into a Lump 丹溪掌击相思女 Doctor Zhu Cured the Lovesick Girl 得雨病愈 Recovery after the Rain 葛可久击案催産 Striking the Table to Help with Delivery 喻嘉言嬉戏愈奇疾 Strange Disease，Unusual Treatment 袖银治疾 Curing a Disease with Hidden Silver 巧愈疑疾 Curing the Disease of Suspicion 怒激少女发痘毒 Pox Eruption Due to Irritation 恐吓愈狂举 Ecstasy Cured by Intimidation 佯爲邮语止笑症 A Lie that Cured Gelotolepsy 本草拾萃Finely Selected Notes on Herbal Medicine 远志小草 Milkwort Root or Thinleaf Milkwort Herb 米醋疗伤 The Medical Effects of Rice Vinegar 蛇衔草 The Magical Snake Grass（Cinquefoil） 苦参重腰 Sophora Damaging the Kidney 河豚 He Tun（Fugu Fish） 鷄舌香 Jishe Xiang（Clove） 天竺黄 Tianzhuhuang（Tabasheer） 枳实与枳壳 Immature Citron or Bitter Orange 野葛大毒 Kudzu，the Deadly Poison（Poison—ivy） 零陵香 Lingling Xiang 李防御治痰嗽 Li Fangyu Treated Cough with Phlegm 车前止暴下 Plantain Stopped Diarrhea 芋梗解蜂毒 Taro Stem for Relieving Wasp Sting 黄精轻体 Huang Jing（Solomonseal）Lightens Human Body 生姜愈喉痈 Fresh Ginger Dissolved Throat Abscess 覆盆子叶除眼疾 Raspberry Leaves Cured Eye Diseases 白及补肺 Lung—replenishing Baiji（Bletilla） 藜芦愈惊风 Lilu（Veratrum）Cured Epilepsy 甘草解百毒 Licorice as a Detoxin 菊之本末 罔不有功 All Parts of Chrysanthemum are Valuable 御赐金杵 A Golden Pestle Bestowed by the Emperor 莱菔子消面毒 Radish Seeds Cleansing Facial Toxin 破故纸壮筋骨 Magical Formula Strengthening Tendons and Bones 赤小豆治痈疮 Rice Beans' Medicinal Value 刘寄奴草 Diverse Wormwood Herb 何首乌 Fleeceflower Root 威灵仙治痹 Chinense Clematis Root Cured Physical Impediment 蒸饼止淋 Steamed Pancake Cured Gonorrhea 鹑消鼓胀 Consuming Quail Meat to Relieve Distention 萤火武威丸 Powerful Firefly Pill 石龙刍 Shilong Chu（Stone—side Feeding Grass） 橄榄治鱼鲠 Olive Used to Treat Choke on Fishbone 胡王使者 The Nomadic King Hu's Messenger 传说故事Legends and Stories 扁鹊三兄弟 Bian Que and His Two Brothers 扁鹊换心 Heart Transplant Operated by Bian Que 橘井 The Orange Tree and the Well 彭祖长寿 Peng Zu's Secret for Longevity 杏林 The Apricot Orchard 松脂愈癞 Pine Resin，the Cure for Leprosy 悬壶 The Hanging Pot 偓佺食松子 Wo Quan Ate Pine Nuts 梵僧吹鼻治息肉 A Monk from Afar Removed Polyps 滴芝难得 The Unattainable Honey Drip 马溺消腹瘕 Using Horse Urine to Treat the Moving Tumor in the Belly 应声虫 Yesman—a Bug in the Belly 口吞金蚕 Swallowing the Golden Silkworm 金蚕害人 The Harmful Golden Silkworm 永公梦方 Prescription Obtained in Dream 参考书目 Works Cited
