Qian Jinfang is a comprehensive medical encyclopedia, which is a summary of Chinese medical classics before the Tang Dynasty, while Compendium of Materia Medica is more inclined to focus on Chinese herbal medicine and botany.
Qian Jin, also known as Hefang, is one of the classic works of traditional Chinese medicine in ancient China. It is known as the earliest clinical encyclopedia in China, with a total of 30 volumes. It is a comprehensive clinical medical work. Written by Sun Simiao in the Tang Dynasty, written in the third year of Yonghui (652). This book is a collection of experience in diagnosis and treatment before the Tang Dynasty, which has a great influence on later physicians.
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Compendium of Materia Medica (abbreviated as Compendium of Materia Medica) first lists the general contents, examples and drawings. The first volume is the preface, which mainly introduces the basic theories of materia medica and traditional Chinese medicine in past dynasties. Firstly, this paper lists and briefly comments on 4 1 kinds of herbal works, such as Shennong Herbal Classic, Bielu of Famous Doctors, Leigong Bake Theory and Tang Herbal Medicine, which basically reflects the general situation of herbal development before the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, 277 kinds of medical books, 440 kinds of classical and historical books were cited, and 7 17 of them were listed. By quoting predecessors' monographs, such as Shennong's classic famous examples, Tao You's famous doctor's prescription rule, six qi and old things, seven prescriptions and ten doses, five flavors are taboo, five flavors are superior, specimens are yin and yang, ups and downs, and viscera deficiency.
There are also various allusions, drugs that make the other side jealous, antagonistic drugs, dietary taboos, pregnancy taboos, dietary taboos, Li Dongyuan's general practice of using syndrome, Zhang Zi's sweating and vomiting method, and Chen Zangqi's general practice of using syndrome, which make the theory of traditional Chinese medicine systematically sorted out.