Brief introduction of Zhang Zhongjing

Introduction:

Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was called a medical sage. According to legend, it is filial piety and Changsha magistrate, so it is called Zhang Changsha. Zhang Zhongjing extensively collected medical prescriptions and wrote the masterpiece Treatise on Febrile Diseases handed down from ancient times. The established principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment is the basic principle of TCM clinic and the soul of TCM. In the aspect of prescription science, Treatise on Febrile Diseases has also made great contributions, creating many dosage forms and recording a large number of effective prescriptions. The therapeutic principle of differentiation of six meridians established by him has been highly praised by doctors in past dynasties. This is the first medical monograph in China to establish the law of syndrome differentiation and treatment from theory to practice. It is one of the most influential works in the history of Chinese medicine, and it is a necessary classic work for later scholars to study Chinese medicine, which has been widely valued by medical students and clinicians.

Date of birth: about 150 (Geng yin year) ~ 154.

Date of death: about 2 15 ~ 2 19.

Main achievements: He was praised as a medical sage by later generations and compiled Treatise on Febrile Diseases.

Character evaluation:

He is one of the most outstanding doctors in the history of our country. He has made important contributions to and promoted the development of Chinese medicine. His masterpiece Treatise on Febrile Diseases, which has been handed down from ancient times, established the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment, which is the basic principle of TCM clinic, the soul of TCM, and also an essential classic for later scholars to learn TCM.

The Three-Character Classic of Medicine is rational between heaven and earth, which is beyond number, so there is a learned doctor who worships it from far and near, so he can live with all his heart. However, Zhongjing was a medical sage and had not seen him at that time. It can be seen from the Preface to Treatise on Febrile Diseases that it is still true that saints grow old for the sake of a vegetarian king, and that providence is eternal, not temporary. After Zhongjing, celebrities came forth in large numbers, and all kinds of people could not yearn for that time, behind closed doors, thinking that they were preaching; This logical number can be said but not said.