The following are the most beautiful Chinese medicine poems
1. Those who are good at speaking to Heaven must be able to experience it in people; those who are good at speaking to people must be rooted in Heaven. - Sun Simiao of the Tang Dynasty, "A Thousand Gold Prescriptions and Great Physician Practice"
Translation: A person who has a thorough understanding of the way of heaven will definitely use the way of heaven he understands in the way of humanity to verify his understanding.
2. Those who are good at maintaining health will not violate the taboos of the sun and the moon, and will not lose the harmony of the years. - Sun Simiao of the Tang Dynasty, "A Thousand Gold Essential Prescriptions for Nourishment of Nature"
Translation: People who like to eat raw food have not violated the taboos of the sun and the moon, nor have they lost the harmony of their age.
3. Madam is gifted with the five constant virtues, which grow due to wind. Although wind can bring about all things, it can also harm all things, just like water can float or capsize a boat. －Zhangji of the Han Dynasty, "Jin Gui Yao Luo Zang Fu and Meridians Sequential Diseases and Pulses Syndrome"
Translation: People's five normal states are due to the growth of customs. Although customs can make all things grow, they can also destroy all things, just like water. It can carry a boat or capsize it.
4. Human beings are small universes. If they gain Yang, they will live, and if they lose Yang, they will die. - Zhang Jiebin of the Ming Dynasty, "The Treatise on the Great Treasure with Wings on the Sutra"
Translation: Man is a small world. If he gains Yang Qi, he will grow vigorously. If he loses Yang Qi, his life will end.
5. The principle of heaven and earth, there must be opening and closing; the mechanism of using medicine, there must be tonifying and purging. - Cheng Guopeng of the Qing Dynasty, "Medicine Enlightenment Theory on Tonic Methods"
Translation: The truth between heaven and earth must be balanced if it is opened; the secret of using medicine must be disclosed if it is nourishing.
6. Medical doctors can measure the direction of Qi, the emotions of people, and the principles of body and matter. －Wu Tang, Qing Dynasty, "Difficulty in Diagnosing Children with Febrile Diseases"
Translation: A doctor who heals others follows the seasons of heaven, measures the deviation of breath, observes people's normal feelings, and considers the root of all things