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医鉴医戒Drawing Lessons from Past Medical Cases
公孙绰治偏枯
Gongsun Chuo's Claim of Reviving the Dead
至孝感医
Filial Piety Moved the Doctor
荆林毒饭
The Poisonous Rice
孕作病治
Mistaking Pregnancy for Disease
割瘿
Removing the Sarcoma
饧锡不辨
Mistaking Sugar as Tin
仲光窃书
Zhongguang's Theft of Medical Classics
欲全一命，反戕两命
Killing Two Lives Rather Than Saving One
诊宗三昧
Three Illnesses of Doctors
兵以除暴，药以攻疾
Troops for Restoring Peace and Drugs for Eliminating Disease
医须周察
The Importance of Careful Observation by the Doctor
剖腹验孕
Pregnancy Confirmed In the Most Cruel Way
名医难当
The Difficulty Being a Famous Doctor
曹医被殴
Doctor Cao Beaten for Misdiagnosis and Lack of Ethics
榜方通衢
A Formula Posted at the Crossroad
脉理不可臆断
目 録
Contents
Avoiding Subjective Assumption Based on the Pulse
宁愿脚踢
A Quack's Unlucky Hands
医官之店
The Shop of Medical Officials
智诊樟毒识真凶
Identification of the Real Criminal
高年有娠
Pregnancy of an Elderly
杂说趣谈 Miscellaneous Thoughts and Anecdotes
医和论蛊
Yi He's Theory about the Gu Disease
医竘与张仪
Doctor Qu and Minister Zhang Yi
甘水多美人
Sweet Water Nurtures Good—looking People
味之本
The Source of All Flavors
别类求因
Seeking the Truth with Critical Thinking
服药有约
Rules of Taking Medicine
治小治大，惟顺而已
Dealing with Things by Complying with the Way
霜露之病
A Minor Disease of an Important Person
阳气聚面，阴气聚背
Yang Qi Gathers on the Face，While Yin Qi on the Back
学如牛毛，成如麟角
Numerous Learn，but Few Succeed
人常失道，非道失人
Deviation from the Way
失势者之病
Sufferings from Decline of One's Status
巢元方论蛊毒
Chao Yuanfang's Theory on Gu Poison
“千金”之由
A Medical Book that Is Worth More Than a Thousand Pieces of Gold
服丸药法
How to Take Pill Medicine
太宗苦痢
Emperor Taizong Suffered from Dysentery
牛溲马勃
Make the Most of Things
屑金粉犀
Grinding Gold and Rhino Horn
欧苏医话
Ouyang and Su's Conversation on Medicine
丹砂之变
Vermillion Pills
单味易知，复用难辨
The Difficulty with Using Compound Medicines
流水止水
Running Water and Still Water
沈括驳“一木五香”
Shen Kuo Discredited Duan Chengshi's Records
沈括论用药
Shen Kuo's Theory of Material Medical
沈括论采药
Shen Kuo's Theory of Collecting Medicinal Herbs
臭腐神奇，气精变化
A Wonder Growing out of Stink
不读医书，犹爲不孝
Not Reading Medical Books Equals to Impiety
治药捷法
Tips for Processing Medicine
慧眼慧心
Good Eye，Wise Doctor
人命呼吸间
One's Life Is Between His Breath
贫富忧乐
Trouble and Agony Accompany Everyone
病是良药
Diseases As Warnings
王安石煮茶辨江水
Wang Anshi Identified the Origin of River Water
盗贼充医
A Thief Pretending to Be a Doctor
水银解铅毒
Mercury Detoxifies Lead Poison
睡诀
Tips for Sound Sleep
汉文帝侍疾尝药
An Emperor of Filial Piety
沈起弃官侍父疾
Shen Qi Abandoned His Post out of Filial Piety
黔娄尝粪辨父疾
Qianlou the Modal Son
丝瓜换韭
Gourds Replaced for Leeks
读医书四病
Four Problems with Reading Medical Books
字期清爽，药期共晓
The Importance of Making the Prescriptions Legible
羊肉最饱人
Mutton As the Most Filling Food Item
烂蒸老雄鸭，功效比参芪
Steamed Drake Is More Effective Than Ginseng
成语寻幽Origins of Chinese Idioms Relevant to Medicine
不可救药
Beyond Cure
三折肱知爲良医
Breaking Arms Three Times Can Be a Skilled Doctor
十全上工
Treating Ten Patients and Curing Them All Proved a Doctor
膏肓
An Incurable Disease
美疢不如恶石
A Painless Disease Is Worse Than a Painful Treatment
人之将死，其言也善
A Dying Person Bequeaths Well Intended Words
吐故纳新
Out With the Old and In With the New
破痈舐痔
Sucking Ulcers and Kissing Ass
七年之病，求三年之艾
Make Effort at the Last Minute
九折臂
Breaking One's Arm for Nine Times
惊弓之鸟
Birds Startled by the Sound of Bowstring
流水不腐，户枢不蝼（蠹）
Flowing Water Is Never Stagnant and Active Door—hinges Are Never Rotten
卜筮祷祠，疾病愈来
Prayers and Divination Are Ineffective for Treating Disease
扁鹊说病（讳疾忌医）
Conceal One's Ailment and Refuse to Consult the Doctor
乐极生悲
Extreme Joy Begets Sorrow
疏字数乳
Predestined Lifespan and Affecting Factors
九转金丹
Dan Medicine That Is Refined Nine Times
薏苡明珠
Taking Pearl Rice for Pearls／A False Accusation
刘伶病酒
Liu Ling's Sickness for Alcohol
望梅止渴
Quench One's Thirst by Thinking of Plums
醋浸曹公，汤煮右军
Sir.Cao Soaked in Vinegar and Sir.Wang Stewed in Soup
韩康卖药，言不二价
No Bargaining When Buying Medicine from Han Kang
一盘冰，三斗火
One Plate of Ice Vs.Three Dou of Fire
破除迷信 Medical Explanations for Supernatural Beings and Phenomena
景公梦与二日斗
Duke Jing Dreaming of Fighting Two Suns
桓公见鬼
Duke Huan Encountered a Ghost
畏影恶迹
Fear of Shadow and Aversion to Footprints
鬼由心生
Ghosts Coming From One's Heart
人死不爲鬼
The Dead Cannot Turn Into Ghosts
鲍君神
God Abalone
杜宣疑蛇（杯弓蛇影）
Mistaking the Shadow of a Crossbow for a Snake
桑中生李
A Mulberry Tree Growing in a Plum Tree
石贤士神
A Divine Stone Figure
荆 巫
A Wizard in Jing Area
狡妄神技
A Cunning Alchemist With Absurd Skills
巴楚巫盛
Prevalence of Witchcraft in Ba and Chu Areas
陈五捽巫
Chen Wu Exposed the Witch's Trick
楚俗信鬼
People in Chu Area Believed in Ghosts
药符愈风
Prevalence of Medical Charms
神志湛然，鬼惭而去
Calmness and a Clear Mind Are the Best Weapons Against Ghosts
女巫郝媪
The Old Witch Hao
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