Characteristics of medical cases in a Taoist medical literature Bian Que Xin Shu
The medical cases in Bian Que Xin Shu,a Taoist medical literature in Song dynasty,are important materials for the study of traditional Chinese medicine.However,the achievements of the academic study on the medical case in this book are rare at present.This paper combined with the methods of literature and statistics,and emphatically analyzed the 66 medical cases treated by DOU Cai,which showed three distinctive characteristics:Complicated condition,most of them were severe;moxibustion therapy is used first,the concise collocation of acupoints;Dan medicine has good curative effect.Finally,it also discussed three failed medical cases of DOU Cai collected in Bian Que Xin Shu,which give us inspiration.
Taoist medical literatureBian Que Xin ShuDOU CaiMedical casesCharacteristics