First of all, it is readable. The content should be concise and clear. The language should be easy to understand and easy to understand. This can improve reading efficiency, strengthen understanding and enhance the fun of learning.
Secondly, the theoretical system should be complete. Traditional Chinese medicine is a system, and it is most taboo to take it out of context. Therefore, a good introductory book must give a comprehensive introduction to the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, including not only theories, but also prescriptions and operating methods. Only in this way can we help beginners to establish a complete outline of traditional Chinese medicine at the fastest speed, not only to teach people to fish, but also to teach people to fish. And if you master a relatively complete theoretical system, it will lay a solid foundation for further study and promotion in the future.
Zhang Xichun's Learning from the West with Medical Enthusiasm. Zhang Xichun, who lived in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, was called "the last master of Chinese medicine". Of course, this title is controversial, but Zhang Xichun's achievements in TCM are also recognized by the world. In particular, his book "Learning from the West with Medical Enthusiasm" has a very strong guiding role for future generations to learn Chinese medicine, and is a masterpiece for beginners to get started quickly.
Ni acupuncture lecture notes. Learning and understanding human meridians and viscera is very important for learning Chinese medicine, so acupuncture is essential. There are many books about acupuncture in past dynasties, but Ni's Acupuncture Lecture Notes is the most grounded and successful one.
Although there are different views on Ni at present, there is no dispute about Ni's acupuncture level. This book is not only a good book for learning acupuncture, but also an important window for understanding Ni's academic thoughts. Now there are many videos of Ni acupuncture on the Internet, which is also very important for the study of acupuncture. Modern person Ni, language barrier-free, easy to understand and master.
Huang Yuanyu is the source of the four sacred hearts. Huang Yuanyu was a famous doctor in Qing Dynasty, a physician of Qianlong and the founder of Jiuzhentang. He made a very detailed and systematic annotation on Huangdi's Internal Classic, Yijing, Difficult Classic, Treatise on Febrile Diseases and synopsis of Golden Chamber, and compiled his medical theory into the book Four Sages of Heart Source and his pharmaceutical theory into Yaojie in Changsha and Yuyi Yaojie. The most important point of this book is that it can help beginners to establish a correct and complete theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine.
More importantly, as a physician, Huang Yuanyu has a very high level of education, brilliant literary talent, easy to understand, natural and fluent, and extremely readable. It will be better to read The Source of Four Sages' Hearts with Huang Yuanyu's Suspended Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Suspended Solution in Golden Chamber.
Xu Ling's "Medical Understanding". Xu Ling was also a famous doctor in Qing Dynasty, and he was an all-rounder. His works are excellent, but his medical achievements are the highest, and his spirit of medical criticism is most valued by future generations. Yiguang was written by Zhao, a famous doctor in the late Ming Dynasty, which had a great influence at that time.
However, Xu Ling thought that there were many wrong statements in this book, which had a very bad influence on later generations, so he criticized it sentence by sentence and then compiled a book together, namely "Yi Guan Bian". This book is very readable, especially it comprehensively combs a lot of TCM knowledge and explains it in a descriptive way, which is very important for beginners and can help establish a correct concept of TCM.