Jingyue Quanshu
Jingyue Quanshu
"Jingyue’s Complete Works(Jingyue Quanshu)" is a comprehensive traditional Chinese medicine book consisting of sixty-four volumes. It was authored by Zhang Jingyue during the Ming Dynasty in the year 1624.
The book is divided into sections such as Transmitting Loyalty Records, Pulse and Spirit Chapters, Treatise on Damage by Cold, Miscellaneous Disorders, Rules for Women's Health, Pediatric Principles, Measles Discourse, Smallpox Explanation, External Medicine, Materia Medica Proper, New Formulas, Ancient Formulas, and Surgical Formulas. The book draws extensively from various sources, selecting the essence of different schools of thought, and systematically analyzes the clinical differentiation and treatment of various internal and external conditions affecting women, children, and other specialties. It comprehensively discusses the foundational theories of traditional Chinese medicine, presenting the viewpoint of dialectical thinking and highlighting the significance of the yin-yang theory and the complementary relationship between them. It also extensively elaborates on the theory and empirical experience of "when yang is not excessive, true yin is insufficient." The treatment methods predominantly focus on warming and tonifying, and the book introduces new formulas in two volumes. The book's theories and treatment methods exhibit unique perspectives and contributions.
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