Golden Chamber Essentials The Golden Chamber Essentials (Jin Kui Yao Lue) is a section of the Shang Han Za Bing Lun written by the renowned Eastern Han physician Zhang Zhongjing. It is also the earliest existing text in China that discusses the diagnosis and treatment of miscellaneous diseases. The Golden Chamber Essentials contains foundational theories … Read more
Jin Gui Yao Lue Article Eight Original Text Question: What does it mean to have “not yet arrived but has arrived”[1], “has arrived but not arrived”, “has arrived but does not leave”, and “has arrived but is excessive”? The Master said: After the winter solstice, at midnight of the first Jiazi[2], the Shaoyang[3] begins to … Read more
Section on Organs and Meridians II: The question is asked: When a disease is urgent, what does it mean to rescue the interior and the exterior? The master said: In cases of illness, if the treatment leads to continuous diarrhea with clear stools and body pain, one should urgently rescue the interior. If the body … Read more