电台医学问题士谔先生台鉴：谨启者，鄙人素业雕刻，身颇薄衰，终日坐而工作，自去年八月间起，坐则常患腰酸，且小便常如黄色，如立时及行动时，毫无酸痛之患，不知是否肾亏，抑系久坐之害，耳闻先生每日在无线电台，演说医学常识，经验极富，故特走笔请教，可否望先生赐我一方，或应如何医治，望乞示指教，得能疾病脱体，皆出于先生之所赐，后当结草图报，敬此奉恳，顺颂筹安。徐××贵恙乃是久坐工作，腰部欠于活动之故，与肾亏毫无关涉，奉上小方，请服七帖当有效，大豆卷三钱，独活钱半，清水二杯，煎成一杯，去渣服，一日一服，共服七日。
士谔先生台鉴：鄙人时听先生于电台贡献人民对于国医常识，非常感谢而钦佩，鄙人自患气喘病，已二十馀载，每逢节气发病，少觉吃力，并发时微有寒热、头痛、薄痰等状，未识用何法可治，照先生眼界能否可除根，恳请赐一良法，不胜惑谢之至，即请春安。
顾××尊体所患者，喘与痰两病耳，有治疗法，有良方，虽未必能除根，多少总可减少些痛苦，至寒热头痛，此乃时令暴感，须就近请国医诊治，不能预定方药也。治喘治痰之方，在《国医新话…民众医学常识》内，可检抄照服，自有效也。《国医新话》在四马路校经山房出版。陆士谔答伍非予君问绝孕方问：原方云经前经后各服五帖，经前云者，是否预计天癸应至之期，倒溯五日，每日分服一帖；经后云者，是否于天癸净尽时起算，每日服一帖？
答：经前是预计经水将行之前，如上旬、中旬、下旬，可逆算也；经后即经净第一日算起。问：该药眼法是否每帖两煎，抑只服第一煎？
答：一煎二煎随便。
问：哺乳期间如仍行天癸时可否照服？
答：可以照服。
问：常人于哺乳期间-虽不行天癸，亦能受孕者，本方对于此种受孕亦能制止否?如欲于所述情状之下服用本方，以免受孕，所谓经前、经后云者，又应如何计算之？
答：每月各服十帖，服过三月自效。
此方方义甚巧，而乃呶呶不休，岂于国医学是门外汉，吾知内家一见即知，必不问也。
绝孕方之解释余撰《国医新话》，由上海四马路校经山房出版后，未及四月，而初版六千部竟已售罄，巴人下里，属和遍国，非始料所及也。《新话》中刊有绝孕与戒烟两方，而四方贤豪，对于绝孕一方一独多疑问，来函讨论者，日必数起，答不胜答，复不胜复，殊为困苦，而此方又为台湾《东西医药报》所转载，天津中西汇通医社孙张李三君，又见怀疑，函求解释，余因以来函与答语刊诸报端，并以报孙张李三君者，即以报《国医新话》读者诸君，以后即承下问，亦不答复，[恳望]恕之。孙张李三君原函如下：士谔先生道长大鉴：久仰大名，知南中医界物望成推先生，以河山间阻，恨未得一聆教言为憾。兹阅台湾《东西医药报》79期内载先生介绍宋人停孕效方，及解救方，并称其组织之精，设想之巧，当无不效云，窃以此方药仅六味，平平无奇，何以有如此神效，且两方药味相同者四，停孕方用黄柏、知母，解救方易以黄芪、肉桂，而功用即有天渊之不同。鄙人等学识浅陋，未能深窥其奥用，特函讯先生，敬祈将两方用意所在，详为解释，或直接函示，或披诸报端，非特鄙人等得释疑团而开茅塞，抑亦医界同人所乐闻也，耑此敬候台绥。
答言：此方并无深意，不过占一个巧字，试思六昧药中，除去知母、黄柏，其馀的四味是什么药，知道了芎、归、地、芍，就该研究芎归地芍是个什么汤，知道了四物汤，就该研究四物汤是有如何的效用，能医治什么病。知道了四物汤能够调经，专治妇人经水病，就该研究经水从何而来，研究到这一点，就可以知道四物汤专治受孕了，受孕与不受孕，其责任全在血室，现在以知母、黄柏追随四物而得进血室，方可舒其效能，则绝血室之生机，生机既绝，如何再会受孕。黄芪、肉桂之与知母、黄柏，药性恰在反对地位，肉桂温暖血室，黄芪鼓动生气，自然绝处逢生了。尊论言平平无奇，何以有如此神效，余则谓正以平平，所以要久服，正以无奇，所以称巧方，若专用破血霸药，粗而无理，流弊百出，不配称精巧矣。陆士谔敬复。
医药顾问大全近来坊间出品(者)，类无一顾之价值，岂古今人不相及耶，良以仓卒编撰，选择未暇精审，多坐是弊耳，乃世界书局新出版《医药顾问大全》一书，由余审定，颇切实用。可谓出版界之佼佼者，特介绍其总论两则如下：煎药须知：煎药法极为重要，煎药得法，病势易瘥，不得其法，善既未见，祸反现焉。此煎药法不可不讲也。大抵外感病之药，类多香透，不宜多煎，多煎则香气过性，往往失其功效。内伤之药，类多补正。煎宜时久，少煎则药力不出，功效不见。煎外感病之药，宜用急火。煎内伤之药，宜用缓火。
旋复花、枇杷叶等药，俱宜包煎。不包每令致呛，以毛入肺内也。丸、散、末时亦宜包煎，则汤清而不浑腻，易于上口。
砂仁、蔻仁必须后入，多煎则失其效用。
糯稻根必须去泥，不去泥难以上口。
服药须知：服法极为重要，服药得法，能收事半功倍之效。大抵病在上者宜饭后服药，药居饭上，不致走下，使药力四散，则上焦之病自瘥。病在下者，宜饭前服药，服药后即食饭，使药居饭下，则药力下达，功效自见。
吐血病药宜凉服。
补益药宜膏滋服。
久病宜服丸散。
凡此皆服药之效法也。切宜注意。
戒烟自烟禁严行而后，瘾君子无不慄慄危惧，然市上戒烟药，万妥万当，有百利而无一弊者极少，余前在《钻报》披露之方，颇著效验，遵服见效，来函称谢者，有三五十封之多，后因索抄此方者，日必数起，爰将方子刊入上海四马路校经山房出版之《国医新话》中，凡遇索方者，令购《新话》自阅，稍省麻烦。然此方虽好，犹嫌其手续太多，客居者每感不大便利，特将此方重行研究成一新戒烟方，灵验而又省便，当于明日在本刊披露。
戒烟新方此方极灵极验，万妥万当，有百利而无一弊。
上好红茶叶二两食盐二两清水三大碗，文火煎成一碗药汁，滤去渣，贮有盖碗中，俟冷尽加入烟膏一两，搅令匀。
每瘾时，用开水冲服药汁一匙。旁另置凉开水一碗，服毕，即加凉开水一匙于药汁中。盖舀去一匙药汁即加入一匙凉开水，药汁水分不减，而药性日薄，约一个月可戒绝，天气炎热时药汁日日隔汤炖过。
此方方义，烟乃火之馀，火日炎上，炎上作苦；盐是水所结，水曰润下，润下作咸，用盐以克制烟毒。鸦片能走上十二经。无经不入，无络不行；茶叶亦能走十二经，无络不行，无经不入，盐所不能到不通达之处，用茶叶以引之，则无微不至矣。烟膏为药之灵魂。用为反佐，取同类相招，同气相和也，所以用烟膏不用烟灰者，以灰系浊品，肠胃中稍有渣滓存留，即酿流弊，膏则纯系清品，化气而行，绝无流弊，逐渐减少，不知不觉，使陈瘾积垢，自能除尽，有潜移默化之德，开改过自新之路，私心自许，戒烟方无有再稳再妥于此者，瘾君子乎，盍兴乎来。
江西发现惊人之热疫汀西南昌近来发现惊人之热疫，遭此劫者，多属三龄左右之孩童，先后死者已逾三十人，医者束手无策。江西省会公安局保安第一队施济民君，不忍坐视，邮函求治，余佩其热忱。并尊重施君之意，特将来函、去方刊布于左。
施××来函士谔大国手先生台鉴：敬启者，鄙人素阅上海《新闻夜报》所附刊之《国医周刊》，内容丰富，阐扬医药之奥妙，精研疾病之根由。功在国民，惠及群黎，无待赞言矣。查近月采南昌附近各街市及乡村，发生一种不治之症，医药罔放，医家均认为绝症，兹将大约病状列下：1，病者均系三岁以内孩童。
2.大略症候，先发微度温热，心烦口渴，泄泻便赤，脉数稍洪，再发壮热，惊搐，手足乱舞，抓口撕胸，日夜咆哮不安，喜饮茶汤，面貌如平常人，舌色边赤中苔黄。屎泻青黄色，如蛋花泡，小便清白稍长，身首角弓反张，喉间稍有痰鸣，头部热盛，四肢温，腹中有响声而带饱胀，问或呕吐，病儿多用手向口中抓挖。最后之症状，则益加厉害，喉作干呕，大便黄而且浓。小便频数，身体及声音，不如前之壮烈，一息奄奄，因而天殇，统计至现在止，将有三十名上下患此病而死者。但在病中者，亦为数不少，以鄙人观察各医家所开方药，始则以清疏解表不效，继则以抑肝扶脾、清心镇惊之药方治理，然均愈治愈危，亦有以慢惊方、《福幼编》上方药治理者皆无效，毫无灵验。若依病状而认，以上开治法似属正当，何以一无应验，鄙人并非医家，不明医理，故不敢论证谈方，但以公安责任心所驱使，不得不加注意，素仰台端医学精深，如秦、华之再世，对于此种小儿病，定能妙手回春，不畏冒渎，函请俯赐指示，并希说明何症何病，应用何种方药，分步诊治。才为有效，如蒙裁示，不胜感盼，并请登于《国医周刊》以公于世。再者，鄙人对于医学，颇具兴趣，凡每周的《国医周刊》，均经我汇集成册，但以无师指导之苦，究有若何办法可想，或购买何种容易入门之医书，自行诵读，统祈指示为祷，谨此敬候钧安。
施××陆士谔复函此热疫症也，阖户沿村，千人同病，千病同状，如役使然，古名曰疫，以病发由于蕴热，名之曰热疫，综其见证，初病不过是阳明经腑两病，身热烦渴，脉洪，确是阳明经症，泄泻便赤，确是阳明腑症，经腑两病，治当从经着手，经病解，腑病不攻自愈。失治则病势内陷，变成阳明、厥阴双传症，就难治矣。以胃口膜原，邻近三焦，故传入厥阴极易易，壮热口渴，头部热，肢温，腹胀，舌苔黄，粪色青黄，无一不是阳明见证。惊搐，手足乱舞，抓口撕胸，喜饮，舌边赤，角弓反张，小便清长。呕吐，日夜不安，无一不是厥阴见证，法当与气血两清之法。至传入三阴，则病者阴阳两竭，纵有神丹，亦难挽救，以热减音低为阳竭之征，干呕为阴竭之征，小便频数，阳不摄阴也，一息奄奄。气阴两尽矣，非但不能救，亦不及救。鄙见如此，是否有当，尚希海内同道指教。
第一方鲜竹叶四钱，生石膏八钱，甘中黄八分，生知母三钱，天花粉四钱，鲜竹茹四钱第二方生大黄三钱，生川连五钱以上二味泡，入药不要煎。黄芩三钱，知母四钱，天花粉六钱连翘三钱，鲜生地一两磨冲犀角尖五分，磨冲羚羊角尖五分，鲜竹叶四钱，鲜竹茹四钱，甘中黄八分以上两方，服后效果如何，希示知为感。至问国医初学入门指导之书，则上海世界出局出版之《医学南针》最为合用，参考之书，世界书局最新出版有《医药顾问大全》，校经山房有《国医新话》皆可看得。
陆士谔《医林》开场白《钻报》新辟《医林》，抱有最大之希望三：1、希望国人对于本国医学之认识。
2、希望世界对于吾国医学之认识。
3、希望做医生者对于国医真面目之认识。
中国医学，有五千年之历史，五千年之经验，炎帝、轩皇、伊尹，发明药性、汤液、按摩、导引、针灸、砭石诸术于前，扁鹊、仓公、仲景、元化、叔和、弘景、王焘、思邈，继志述事于后，金、元四大家，明、清各名家，继往开来，因时制宜，民少夭折，族繁人众。
为世界冠，此皆医学之功，国人不可不认识。
世界各邦，医术日新月异，然其弊在全仗器械之精利，反蔽耳目之聪明，对于人体最要紧之手足十二经，脏腑十二官，营卫气血之分，井营输合之穴，反不认识，明见万里，不能目睹其睫，忙忙碌碌，不过是抱了小孩寻小孩，现在东邻日本，巳知研究’汉医，希望世界医林，急起直追，认识吾国医也。…近来作医生者，见异思迁，喜学时髦。不妨人云亦云，难免张冠李戴，此其祸，大者害及整个的学术，小者关及个人之名誉，皆缘未曾认识国医真面目耳，希望做医至者，放开慧眼，扫除障碍。认清吾国医之真面目。
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论中西医或有问于余目：海通以来，欧美与我接触日繁，新病之发生。月异而岁不同，而吾国医术，犹是五千年相传之旧法，以陈旧之医术，疗新生之奇病。是犹仗弓刀骑射，抵抗飞机大炮也，乌能有功？
余曰：人体之组织，古今相同也，古人有五官四肢，今人亦只五官四肢，未尝闻今人之五官四肢有增于古之人，为六官，为七官，为五肢六肢；古人有五脏六腑，今人亦只五脏六腑，未尝闻今人之五脏六腑，有增于古之人，为六脏七脏，七腑八腑，人体之组织，既古今相同，则病来虽新，而吾中医只消认清六经三焦，辨明营卫气血，审实风寒暑湿燥火之属于那一邪，表里虚实脏腑之属于那一类，诊视确当，自然绝无错误，弓刀骑射，飞机大炮，都是身外之物，与身内之组织绝不相类，举以此况，可谓拟不于伦。
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书名：士谔医话 章节：正文(4/22) 类别：医论
电台医学问题
陆士谔先生台鉴：谨启者，鄙人素业雕刻，身颇薄衰，终日坐而工作，自去年八月间起，坐则常患腰酸，且小便常如黄色，如立时及行动时，毫无酸痛之患，不知是否肾亏，抑系久坐之害，耳闻先生每日在无线电台，演说医学常识，经验极富，故特走笔请教，可否望先生赐我一方，或应如何医治，望乞示指教，得能疾病脱体，皆出于先生之所赐，后当结草图报，敬此奉恳，顺颂筹安。徐××
贵恙乃是久坐工作，腰部欠于活动之故，与肾亏（肾脏精气亏损）毫无关涉，奉上小方，请服七帖当有效，大豆卷三钱，独活钱半，清水二杯，煎成一杯，去渣服，一日一服，共服七日。
士谔先生台鉴：鄙人时听先生于电台贡献人民对于国医常识，非常感谢而钦佩，鄙人自患气喘病，已二十馀载，每逢节气发病，少觉吃力，并发时微有寒热、头痛、薄痰等状，未识用何法可治，照先生眼界能否可除根，恳请赐一良法，不胜惑谢之至，即请春安。顾××
尊体所患者，喘（喘息）与痰（痰饮）两病耳，有治疗法，有良方，虽未必能除根，多少总可减少些痛苦，至寒热（恶寒发热）、头痛，此乃时令暴感（感受时令邪气），须就近请国医诊治，不能预定方药也。治喘治痰之方，在《国医新话…民众医学常识》内，可检抄照服，自有效也。《国医新话》在四马路校经山房出版。
陆士谔答伍非予君问绝孕方问：原方云经前经后各服五帖，经前云者，是否预计天癸（指月经）应至之期，倒溯五日，每日分服一帖；经后云者，是否于天癸净尽时起算，每日服一帖？
答：经前是预计经水将行之前，如上旬、中旬、下旬，可逆算也；经后即经净第一日算起。问：该药眼法是否每帖两煎，抑只服第一煎？
答：一煎二煎随便。
问：哺乳期间如仍行天癸时可否照服？
答：可以照服。
问：常人于哺乳期间-虽不行天癸，亦能受孕者，本方对于此种受孕亦能制止否?如欲于所述情状之下服用本方，以免受孕，所谓经前、经后云者，又应如何计算之？
答：每月各服十帖，服过三月自效。
此方方义甚巧，而乃呶呶不休，岂于国医学是门外汉，吾知内家一见即知，必不问也。
绝孕方之解释
余撰《国医新话》，由上海四马路校经山房出版后，未及四月，而初版六千部竟已售罄，巴人下里，属和遍国，非始料所及也。《新话》中刊有绝孕（避孕）与戒烟两方，而四方贤豪，对于绝孕一方一独多疑问，来函讨论者，日必数起，答不胜答，复不胜复，殊为困苦，而此方又为台湾《东西医药报》所转载，天津中西汇通医社孙张李三君，又见怀疑，函求解释，余因以来函与答语刊诸报端，并以报孙张李三君者，即以报《国医新话》读者诸君，以后即承下问，亦不答复，[恳望]恕之。孙张李三君原函如下：
士谔先生道长大鉴：久仰大名，知南中医界物望成推先生，以河山间阻，恨未得一聆教言为憾。兹阅台湾《东西医药报》79期内载先生介绍宋人停孕效方，及解救方，并称其组织之精，设想之巧，当无不效云，窃以此方药仅六味，平平无奇，何以有如此神效，且两方药味相同者四，停孕方用黄柏、知母，解救方易以黄芪、肉桂，而功用即有天渊之不同。鄙人等学识浅陋，未能深窥其奥用，特函讯先生，敬祈将两方用意所在，详为解释，或直接函示，或披诸报端，非特鄙人等得释疑团而开茅塞，抑亦医界同人所乐闻也，耑此敬候台绥。
答言：此方并无深意，不过占一个巧字，试思六昧药中，除去知母、黄柏，其馀的四味是什么药，知道了芎、归、地、芍，就该研究芎归地芍是个什么汤，知道了四物汤（补血调经基础方），就该研究四物汤是有如何的效用，能医治什么病。知道了四物汤能够调经，专治妇人经水病，就该研究经水从何而来，研究到这一点，就可以知道四物汤专治受孕了，受孕与不受孕，其责任全在血室（子宫），现在以知母、黄柏追随四物而得进血室，方可舒其效能，则绝血室之生机，生机既绝，如何再会受孕。黄芪、肉桂之与知母、黄柏，药性恰在反对地位，肉桂温暖血室，黄芪鼓动生气，自然绝处逢生了。尊论言平平无奇，何以有如此神效，余则谓正以平平，所以要久服，正以无奇，所以称巧方，若专用破血霸药，粗而无理，流弊百出，不配称精巧矣。陆士谔敬复。
医药顾问大全
近来坊间出品(者)，类无一顾之价值，岂古今人不相及耶，良以仓卒编撰，选择未暇精审，多坐是弊耳，乃世界书局新出版《医药顾问大全》一书，由余审定，颇切实用。可谓出版界之佼佼者，特介绍其总论两则如下：
煎药须知：煎药法极为重要，煎药得法，病势易瘥（痊愈），不得其法，善既未见，祸反现焉。此煎药法不可不讲也。大抵外感病（感受外界邪气引起的疾病）之药，类多香透，不宜多煎，多煎则香气过性，往往失其功效。内伤之药，类多补正（补益正气）。煎宜时久，少煎则药力不出，功效不见。煎外感病之药，宜用急火。煎内伤之药，宜用缓火。
旋复花、枇杷叶等药，俱宜包煎。不包每令致呛，以毛入肺内也。丸、散、末时亦宜包煎，则汤清而不浑腻，易于上口。
砂仁、蔻仁必须后入，多煎则失其效用。
糯稻根必须去泥，不去泥难以上口。
服药须知：服法极为重要，服药得法，能收事半功倍之效。大抵病在上者宜饭后服药，药居饭上，不致走下，使药力四散，则上焦之病自瘥。病在下者，宜饭前服药，服药后即食饭，使药居饭下，则药力下达，功效自见。
吐血病药宜凉服。
补益药宜膏滋服。
久病宜服丸散。
凡此皆服药之效法也。切宜注意。
戒烟
自烟禁严行而后，瘾君子无不慄慄危惧，然市上戒烟药，万妥万当，有百利而无一弊者极少，余前在《钻报》披露之方，颇著效验，遵服见效，来函称谢者，有三五十封之多，后因索抄此方者，日必数起，爰将方子刊入上海四马路校经山房出版之《国医新话》中，凡遇索方者，令购《新话》自阅，稍省麻烦。然此方虽好，犹嫌其手续太多，客居者每感不大便利，特将此方重行研究成一新戒烟方，灵验而又省便，当于明日在本刊披露。
戒烟新方
此方极灵极验，万妥万当，有百利而无一弊。
上好红茶叶二两食盐二两清水三大碗，文火煎成一碗药汁，滤去渣，贮有盖碗中，俟冷尽加入烟膏一两，搅令匀。
每瘾时，用开水冲服药汁一匙。旁另置凉开水一碗，服毕，即加凉开水一匙于药汁中。盖舀去一匙药汁即加入一匙凉开水，药汁水分不减，而药性日薄，约一个月可戒绝，天气炎热时药汁日日隔汤炖过。
此方方义，烟乃火之馀，火日炎上，炎上作苦；盐是水所结，水曰润下，润下作咸，用盐以克制烟毒。鸦片能走上十二经。无经不入，无络不行；茶叶亦能走十二经，无络不行，无经不入，盐所不能到不通达之处，用茶叶以引之，则无微不至矣。烟膏为药之灵魂。用为反佐，取同类相招，同气相和也，所以用烟膏不用烟灰者，以灰系浊品，肠胃中稍有渣滓存留，即酿流弊，膏则纯系清品，化气而行，绝无流弊，逐渐减少，不知不觉，使陈瘾积垢，自能除尽，有潜移默化之德，开改过自新之路，私心自许，戒烟方无有再稳再妥于此者，瘾君子乎，盍兴乎来。
江西发现惊人之热疫
汀西南昌近来发现惊人之热疫（急性温热疫病），遭此劫者，多属三龄左右之孩童，先后死者已逾三十人，医者束手无策。江西省会公安局保安第一队施济民君，不忍坐视，邮函求治，余佩其热忱。并尊重施君之意，特将来函、去方刊布于左。
施××来函
士谔大国手先生台鉴：敬启者，鄙人素阅上海《新闻夜报》所附刊之《国医周刊》，内容丰富，阐扬医药之奥妙，精研疾病之根由。功在国民，惠及群黎，无待赞言矣。查近月采南昌附近各街市及乡村，发生一种不治之症，医药罔放，医家均认为绝症，兹将大约病状列下：1，病者均系三岁以内孩童。
2.大略症候，先发微度温热，心烦口渴，泄泻便赤，脉数稍洪，再发壮热，惊搐，手足乱舞，抓口撕胸，日夜咆哮不安，喜饮茶汤，面貌如平常人，舌色边赤中苔黄。屎泻青黄色，如蛋花泡，小便清白稍长，身首角弓反张，喉间稍有痰鸣，头部热盛，四肢温，腹中有响声而带饱胀，问或呕吐，病儿多用手向口中抓挖。最后之症状，则益加厉害，喉作干呕，大便黄而且浓。小便频数，身体及声音，不如前之壮烈，一息奄奄，因而天殇，统计至现在止，将有三十名上下患此病而死者。但在病中者，亦为数不少，以鄙人观察各医家所开方药，始则以清疏解表（清热疏风解除表邪）不效，继则以抑肝扶脾、清心镇惊之药方治理，然均愈治愈危，亦有以慢惊方、《福幼编》上方药治理者皆无效，毫无灵验。若依病状而认，以上开治法似属正当，何以一无应验，鄙人并非医家，不明医理，故不敢论证谈方，但以公安责任心所驱使，不得不加注意，素仰台端医学精深，如秦、华之再世，对于此种小儿病，定能妙手回春，不畏冒渎，函请俯赐指示，并希说明何症何病，应用何种方药，分步诊治。才为有效，如蒙裁示，不胜感盼，并请登于《国医周刊》以公于世。再者，鄙人对于医学，颇具兴趣，凡每周的《国医周刊》，均经我汇集成册，但以无师指导之苦，究有若何办法可想，或购买何种容易入门之医书，自行诵读，统祈指示为祷，谨此敬候钧安。
此热疫症也，阖户沿村，千人同病，千病同状，如役使然，古名曰疫，以病发由于蕴热，名之曰热疫，综其见证，初病不过是阳明经腑两病，身热烦渴，脉洪，确是阳明经症，泄泻便赤，确是阳明腑症，经腑两病，治当从经着手，经病解，腑病不攻自愈。失治则病势内陷，变成阳明、厥阴双传症，就难治矣。以胃口膜原，邻近三焦，故传入厥阴极易易，壮热口渴，头部热，肢温，腹胀，舌苔黄，粪色青黄，无一不是阳明见证。惊搐，手足乱舞，抓口撕胸，喜饮，舌边赤，角弓反张，小便清长。呕吐，日夜不安，无一不是厥阴见证，法当与气血两清之法。至传入三阴，则病者阴阳两竭，纵有神丹，亦难挽救，以热减音低为阳竭之征，干呕为阴竭之征，小便频数，阳不摄阴也，一息奄奄。气阴两尽矣，非但不能救，亦不及救。鄙见如此，是否有当，尚希海内同道指教。
第一方鲜竹叶四钱，生石膏八钱，甘中黄八分，生知母三钱，天花粉四钱，鲜竹茹四钱第二方生大黄三钱，生川连五钱以上二味泡，入药不要煎。黄芩三钱，知母四钱，天花粉六钱连翘三钱，鲜生地一两磨冲犀角尖五分，磨冲羚羊角尖五分，鲜竹叶四钱，鲜竹茹四钱，甘中黄八分以上两方，服后效果如何，希示知为感。至问国医初学入门指导之书，则上海世界出局出版之《医学南针》最为合用，参考之书，世界书局最新出版有《医药顾问大全》，校经山房有《国医新话》皆可看得。
《医林》开场白
《钻报》新辟《医林》，抱有最大之希望三：1、希望国人对于本国医学之认识。2、希望世界对于吾国医学之认识。3、希望做医生者对于国医真面目之认识。
中国医学，有五千年之历史，五千年之经验，炎帝、轩皇、伊尹，发明药性、汤液、按摩、导引、针灸、砭石诸术于前，扁鹊、仓公、仲景、元化、叔和、弘景、王焘、思邈，继志述事于后，金、元四大家，明、清各名家，继往开来，因时制宜，民少夭折，族繁人众。为世界冠，此皆医学之功，国人不可不认识。
世界各邦，医术日新月异，然其弊在全仗器械之精利，反蔽耳目之聪明，对于人体最要紧之手足十二经，脏腑十二官，营卫气血之分，井营输合之穴，反不认识，明见万里，不能目睹其睫，忙忙碌碌，不过是抱了小孩寻小孩，现在东邻日本，巳知研究’汉医，希望世界医林，急起直追，认识吾国医也。…近来作医生者，见异思迁，喜学时髦。不妨人云亦云，难免张冠李戴，此其祸，大者害及整个的学术，小者关及个人之名誉，皆缘未曾认识国医真面目耳，希望做医至者，放开慧眼，扫除障碍。认清吾国医之真面目。
开场白是过，请看下面正文。
论中西医
或有问于余目：海通以来，欧美与我接触日繁，新病之发生。月异而岁不同，而吾国医术，犹是五千年相传之旧法，以陈旧之医术，疗新生之奇病。是犹仗弓刀骑射，抵抗飞机大炮也，乌能有功？
余曰：人体之组织，古今相同也，古人有五官四肢，今人亦只五官四肢，未尝闻今人之五官四肢有增于古之人，为六官，为七官，为五肢六肢；古人有五脏六腑，今人亦只五脏六腑，未尝闻今人之五脏六腑，有增于古之人，为六脏七脏，七腑八腑，人体之组织，既古今相同，则病来虽新，而吾中医只消认清六经三焦，辨明营卫气血，审实风寒暑湿燥火之属于那一邪，表里虚实脏腑之属于那一类，诊视确当，自然绝无错误，弓刀骑射，飞机大炮，都是身外之物，与身内之组织绝不相类，举以此况，可谓拟不于伦。
Medical Questions from the Radio Station
To Mr. Lu Shie, esteemed teacher: I respectfully write to inform you that I have been engaged in engraving work for a long time, and my constitution is somewhat weak and frail. Sitting at work all day, since last August, I have often suffered from lower back soreness when sitting, and my urine is often yellowish. However, when standing or walking, I feel no pain or soreness at all. I do not know if this is due to Kidney Deficiency (deficiency of Kidney essence) or harm caused by prolonged sitting. I have heard that you lecture on basic medical knowledge every day on the radio station, possessing rich experience. Therefore, I specially take the pen to ask for your advice. Could you please bestow a prescription upon me, or advise how it should be treated? I hope you will show me the way. If I can recover from this illness, it will all be thanks to your grace. Later, I will repay you with my life. I respectfully make this request and wish you peace in your endeavors. Xu XX
Your ailment is caused by prolonged sitting at work and lack of movement in the waist area; it has nothing to do with Kidney Deficiency (Kidney Essence Deficiency). I present a small prescription below; please take seven doses, and it should be effective. Soybean Sprout (Da Dou Juan) 3 qian, Angelica Pubescens Root (Duhuo) 1.5 qian, two cups of clear water, decocted until one cup remains, remove the dregs and take orally, once a day, for a total of seven days.
To Mr. Shie, esteemed teacher: I often listen to you contribute public knowledge of National Medicine on the radio, and I am very grateful and admire you. I have suffered from Asthma (Wheezing) for over twenty years. Every time the solar terms change, the disease occurs, feeling slightly strenuous. When it flares up, there are slight symptoms of Chills and Fever (aversion to cold and fever), headache, and thin phlegm. I do not know what method can treat it. According to your vision, can it be cured completely? I earnestly request a good method, and I am extremely grateful and confused. Please accept my spring greetings. Gu XX
The ailments affecting your body are merely Wheezing (Asthma/Wheezing) and Phlegm (Phlegm-Retention). There are treatment methods and good prescriptions. Although it may not necessarily cure the root cause, it can certainly reduce some suffering. As for the Chills and Fever (Averson to Cold and Fever) and Headache, these are due to Acute Seasonal Invasion (Invasion by seasonal pathogens). You must consult a local practitioner of National Medicine for diagnosis and treatment; a fixed prescription cannot be predetermined. The prescriptions for treating Wheezing and Phlegm are contained in "New Talk on National Medicine... Public Medical Common Sense," which you can check, copy, and take according to instructions; it will naturally be effective. "New Talk on National Medicine" is published by Xiaojing Shanfang on Sima Road.
Lu Shie's Reply to Mr. Wu Feiyu regarding the Question on the Contraceptive Prescription: The original prescription states to take five doses before and after menstruation. By "before menstruation," does it mean counting backwards five days from the expected date of Tian Gui (Menstruation)? Should one take one dose daily? By "after menstruation," does it mean starting from the day the Tian Gui is completely clean, taking one dose daily?
Answer: "Before menstruation" refers to anticipating the period before the menstrual blood is about to flow; whether in the first, second, or third ten-day period, one can calculate backwards. "After menstruation" starts counting from the first day after menstruation ends. Question: For this prescription, should each dose be decocted twice, or only the first decoction be taken?
Answer: It is up to you whether to use the first or second decoction.
Question: Can it be taken as usual during the breastfeeding period if menstruation still occurs?
Answer: Yes, it can be taken as usual.
Question: In normal people, even if menstruation does not occur during the breastfeeding period, pregnancy can still happen. Can this prescription prevent such pregnancy? If one wishes to take this prescription under the described circumstances to avoid pregnancy, how should the terms "before menstruation" and "after menstruation" be calculated?
Answer: Take ten doses each month. After taking them for three months, it will naturally be effective.
The rationale of this prescription is very clever, yet you keep asking incessantly. Are you an outsider to National Medicine? Those who are experts would understand at a glance and would certainly not ask.
Explanation of the Contraceptive Prescription
After I wrote "New Talk on National Medicine," which was published by Xiaojing Shanfang on Sima Road, Shanghai, less than four months passed, and the initial print run of six thousand copies was sold out. Popular songs being sung by many, the response across the country was beyond my expectations. "New Talk" published two prescriptions: one for Contraception (Birth Control) and one for Smoking Cessation. Among the scholars, there were particularly many questions regarding the Contraceptive Prescription. Letters for discussion came several times a day. I could not answer enough nor reply enough, which was quite distressing. This prescription was also reprinted in Taiwan's "East-West Medical Journal." Mr. Sun, Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Li from the Tianjin Chinese-Western Integrated Medical Society also expressed doubt and wrote for an explanation. Therefore, I published the letters and answers in the newspaper, and what I told Mr. Sun, Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Li, I tell the readers of "New Talk on National Medicine." From now on, even if you ask, I will not reply. [I earnestly hope] you will forgive me. The original letter from Mr. Sun, Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Li is as follows:
To Mr. Lu Shie, great Daoist master: I have long admired your name and know that you are highly regarded in the Southern Chinese medical circle. Due to geographical barriers, I regret not having had the opportunity to hear your teachings. I recently read in issue 79 of Taiwan's "East-West Medical Journal" your introduction of an effective Song Dynasty prescription for stopping pregnancy and its rescue prescription. You praised its exquisite organization and ingenious design, stating it must be effective. I secretly think this prescription contains only six ingredients, which seem ordinary and unremarkable. How can it have such miraculous effects? Moreover, four ingredients are the same in both prescriptions. The contraceptive prescription uses Phellodendron Bark (Huangbai) and Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhimu), while the rescue prescription replaces them with Astragalus Root (Huangqi) and Cinnamon Twig (Rougui), resulting in vastly different functions. Our knowledge is shallow, and we cannot deeply penetrate its profound usage. We specially write to inquire, respectfully requesting you to explain the intent behind the two prescriptions in detail, either directly by letter or published in the newspaper. Not only will we resolve our doubts and open our minds, but it will also be gladly heard by colleagues in the medical field. Sincerely awaiting your peace.
Sun X, Zhang XX, Li XX bow together.
Reply: This prescription has no deep meaning; it merely relies on a "clever" aspect. Consider the six ingredients; if you remove Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhimu) and Phellodendron Bark (Huangbai), what are the remaining four ingredients? Once you know Chuanxiong, Angelica Sinensis, Rehmannia, and Peony, you should study what decoction Chuanxiong, Angelica, Rehmannia, and Peony constitute. Once you know Siwu Decoction (Four Substances Decoction), you should study what effects Siwu Decoction has and what diseases it treats. Knowing that Siwu Decoction regulates menstruation and specifically treats menstrual disorders in women, you should then study where menstrual blood comes from. Researching this point reveals that Siwu Decoction specifically aids conception. Whether conception occurs or not depends entirely on the Blood Chamber (Uterus). Now, with Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhimu) and Phellodendron Bark (Huangbai) following Siwu Decoction to enter the Blood Chamber, they can exert their efficacy, thereby destroying the vitality of the Blood Chamber. Once vitality is destroyed, how can conception occur again? Astragalus Root (Huangqi) and Cinnamon Twig (Rougui) are opposite in nature to Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhimu) and Phellodendron Bark (Huangbai). Cinnamon Twig warms the Blood Chamber, and Astragalus Root stimulates vital energy, naturally bringing life from death. Your argument says it is ordinary and unremarkable, yet asks why it has such miraculous effects. I say precisely because it is ordinary, it requires long-term use; precisely because it is unremarkable, it is called a clever prescription. If one exclusively uses harsh blood-breaking drugs, it is crude and unreasonable, leading to numerous drawbacks, and does not deserve to be called exquisite. Lu Shie respectfully replies.
Medical Consultant Encyclopedia
Recently, publications produced by various shops generally have no value worth looking at. Is it that ancient and modern people are not comparable? It is likely due to hasty compilation and lack of careful selection, causing this drawback. However, the newly published "Medical Consultant Encyclopedia" by World Book Bureau, reviewed by me, is quite practical. It can be considered a leader in the publishing world. I specially introduce two general discussions as follows:
Instructions for Decocting Medicine: The method of decocting medicine is extremely important. If decocted correctly, the disease condition is easily cured; if not, neither benefit is seen, but harm appears instead. This method cannot be ignored. Generally, medicines for Exogenous Diseases (diseases caused by external pathogens) are mostly aromatic and penetrating, and should not be decocted for too long. Over-decoction causes the aroma to dissipate and the nature to change, often losing its efficacy. Medicines for Endogenous Injuries (internal damage) are mostly tonifying. They should be decocted for a long time; under-decoction means the medicinal power does not emerge, and efficacy is not seen. Decocting medicines for Exogenous Diseases should use high heat. Decocting medicines for Endogenous Injuries should use low heat.
Inula Flower (Xuanfuhua) and Loquat Leaf (Pipaye) should be wrapped during decoction. If not wrapped, they often cause choking because the hairs enter the lungs. Pills, powders, and pastes should also be wrapped during decoction, so the soup is clear and not turbid, making it easier to swallow.
Amomum Fruit (Sharen) and Cardamom Seed (Kouren) must be added later; over-decoction loses their efficacy.
Oryza Sativa Var. Glutinosa Root (Nuodaogen) must be cleaned of mud; otherwise, it is difficult to swallow.
Instructions for Taking Medicine: The method of administration is extremely important. Taking medicine correctly can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Generally, for diseases in the upper part, medicine should be taken after meals. The medicine stays above the food, preventing it from going down and dispersing its power, so diseases of the Upper Jiao (Upper Burner) heal themselves. For diseases in the lower part, medicine should be taken before meals. Eating immediately after taking medicine keeps the medicine below the food, directing its power downward, so efficacy is seen.
For conditions of False Heat and True Cold, hot medicine should be taken cool. For False Cold and True Heat, cool medicine should be taken hot.
Medicine for Hematemesis (Vomiting Blood) should be taken cool.
Tonifying medicines should be taken as paste/syrup.
Chronic diseases should be treated with pills and powders.
All these are effective methods for taking medicine. Please pay attention.
Smoking Cessation
Since the strict enforcement of smoking bans, addicts have been trembling in fear. However, smoking cessation medicines on the market that are perfectly safe, beneficial without any drawbacks, are rare. The prescription I previously disclosed in "Zuan Bao" showed considerable effect. Many wrote to thank me after seeing results. Later, requests to copy this prescription came several times a day. Thus, I published the prescription in "New Talk on National Medicine" published by Xiaojing Shanfang on Sima Road, Shanghai. Whenever someone asked for the prescription, I instructed them to buy "New Talk" to read themselves, saving some trouble. However, although this prescription is good, it is still cumbersome, which is inconvenient for those living away from home. I specially re-studied this prescription to create a new Smoking Cessation Prescription, which is effective and convenient, and will be disclosed in this publication tomorrow.
New Smoking Cessation Prescription
This prescription is extremely effective, perfectly safe, beneficial without any drawbacks.
High-quality black tea leaves 2 liang, salt 2 liang, clear water 3 large bowls. Decoct over low heat until one bowl of medicinal juice remains. Filter out the dregs, store in a covered bowl. Wait until completely cool, then add 1 liang of opium paste, stirring well.
Whenever an craving occurs, flush one spoonful of medicinal juice with boiling water. Place another bowl of cold boiled water nearby. After taking, add one spoonful of cold boiled water to the medicinal juice. That is, for every spoonful of medicinal juice removed, add one spoonful of cold boiled water. The water content of the juice remains unchanged, but the medicinal strength thins daily. It can be quit in about one month. During hot weather, the medicinal juice should be stewed over water daily.
The rationale of this prescription: Tobacco is the remainder of fire; fire flares upward, and upward flare tastes bitter. Salt is formed from water; water moistens downward, and downward moisture tastes salty. Using salt to control tobacco toxicity. Opium can travel through the Twelve Meridians. No meridian is not entered, no collateral is not traversed. Tea leaves can also travel through the Twelve Meridians. No meridian is not entered, no collateral is not traversed. Where salt cannot reach or penetrate, tea leaves guide it, leaving no place untouched. Opium paste is the soul of the medicine. Used as a counter-agent, taking similarity to attract and same qi to harmonize. The reason for using opium paste instead of ash is that ash is a turbid product; any residue left in the intestines and stomach breeds drawbacks. Paste is purely a clear product, transforming into qi and moving, with absolutely no drawbacks. Gradually reducing, unknowingly, allowing old addiction and accumulated filth to be completely removed, possessing the virtue of subtle influence, opening the path to reform and self-renewal. I privately believe there is no smoking cessation prescription more stable and safe than this. Addicts, why not rise and come?
Discovery of Shocking Hot Epidemic in Jiangxi
Nanchang in Jiangxi recently discovered a shocking Hot Epidemic (Acute Warm Pathogen Epidemic). Those affected are mostly children around three years old, and over thirty have died successively. Doctors are at a loss. Mr. Shi Jimin of the First Security Team of the Provincial Capital Public Security Bureau in Jiangxi could not bear to sit idly by and mailed a letter seeking treatment. I admire his enthusiasm. Respecting Mr. Shi's wishes, I specially publish the incoming letter and outgoing prescription below.
Letter from Shi XX
To Mr. Lu Shie, great master: Respectfully writing to inform you that I have always read the "National Medicine Weekly" attached to Shanghai's "News Night Report." Its content is rich, elucidating the mysteries of medicine and pharmacology, and carefully studying the roots of diseases. It benefits the citizens and helps the masses, needing no praise. Checking recent months in Nanchang and surrounding streets, markets, and villages, a type of incurable disease has occurred. Medicine fails, and doctors consider it a terminal illness. I list the approximate symptoms below: 1. Patients are all children under three years old.
2. Rough symptoms: Initially, mild fever, mental restlessness, thirst, diarrhea with red urine, rapid and slightly surging pulse. Then, high fever, convulsions, wild waving of hands and feet, scratching mouth and tearing chest, roaring day and night in unrest, preferring to drink tea soup, appearance like normal people, tongue edges red with yellow coating in the center. Stool is greenish-yellow, like egg flower foam, urine is clear-white and slightly long, body and head arch backward like a bow (opisthotonos), slight phlegm rattle in the throat, intense heat in the head, warm limbs, rumbling sound in the abdomen with bloating, occasional vomiting, sick children often scratch towards their mouths with hands. The final symptoms become increasingly severe: dry heaving in the throat, stool yellow and thick. Frequent urination, body and voice weaker than before, breathing faint, thus dying young. Statistics show up to thirty deaths from this disease so far. But those currently ill are also numerous. Observing prescriptions from various doctors, initially clearing and releasing the exterior failed. Then, suppressing Liver, supporting Spleen, clearing Heart, and calming fright prescriptions were used, but all became worse with treatment. Some used prescriptions for Slow Convulsion or "Fu You Bian" upper prescriptions, all ineffective. Based on symptoms, the above treatments seem appropriate, yet none worked. I am not a doctor and do not understand medical principles, so I dare not discuss theories or prescriptions. Driven by public security responsibility, I must pay attention. I have always admired your profound medical skills, like a reincarnation of Qin Yueren and Hua Tuo. For this kind of pediatric disease, you can surely bring back health with skilled hands. Not daring to offend, I write to request your guidance and hope you explain what syndrome and disease this is, what prescriptions to apply, and step-by-step treatment. Only then will it be effective. If granted instruction, I will be extremely grateful and hope it is published in "National Medicine Weekly" for the public. Furthermore, I have great interest in medicine. I compile every week's "National Medicine Weekly" into volumes, but suffer from lack of teacher guidance. What methods can be thought of, or what easy-to-enter medical books should I buy to read myself? I pray for your instruction. Respectfully awaiting your peace.
Shi XX Lu Shie's Reply Letter
This is a Hot Epidemic Syndrome. Entire households and villages, thousands with the same disease, thousands with the same symptoms, like conscripted labor. Ancient name is Yi (Epidemic). Since the disease arises from accumulated heat, it is named Hot Epidemic. Summarizing the manifestations, the initial illness is merely a combination of Yangming Meridian and Fu Organ diseases. Body heat, mental restlessness, thirst, surging pulse are indeed Yangming Meridian symptoms. Diarrhea and red urine are indeed Yangming Fu Organ symptoms. For both Meridian and Fu Organ diseases, treatment should start from the Meridian. Once the Meridian disease resolves, the Fu Organ disease heals without attack. Failure to treat properly leads to internal sinking of the disease, becoming a dual transmission of Yangming and Jueyin, which becomes difficult to treat. Because the stomach opening and Mo Yuan (Membrane Source) are adjacent to the San Jiao (Triple Burner), transmission to Jueyin is very easy. High fever, thirst, head heat, warm limbs, abdominal distension, yellow tongue coating, greenish-yellow stool, none are not Yangming manifestations. Convulsions, wild waving of hands and feet, scratching mouth and tearing chest, preference for drinking, red tongue edges, opisthotonos, clear and long urine, vomiting, day and night unrest, none are not Jueyin manifestations. The method should be simultaneous clearing of Qi and Blood. Upon transmission to the Three Yin, the patient suffers exhaustion of both Yin and Yang. Even with divine medicine, rescue is difficult. Decreased heat and low voice are signs of Yang exhaustion; dry heaving is a sign of Yin exhaustion. Frequent urination indicates Yang failing to control Yin. Faint breathing indicates Qi and Yin are exhausted. Not only can it not be saved, it is too late to save. Such is my opinion. Whether appropriate, I still hope for guidance from fellow practitioners within the seas.
First Prescription: Fresh Bamboo Leaf 4 qian, Raw Gypsum 8 qian, Gan Zhong Huang (Yellow Earth from inside cow dung) 0.8 fen, Raw Anemarrhena Rhizome 3 qian, Trichosanthes Root 4 qian, Fresh Bamboo Sap 4 qian.
Second Prescription: Raw Rhubarb 3 qian, Raw Coptis Chinensis Rhizome 5 qian. Soak the above two ingredients; do not decoct. Scutellaria Root 3 qian, Anemarrhena Rhizome 4 qian, Trichosanthes Root 6 qian, Forsythia Fruit 3 qian, Fresh Rehmannia Root 1 liang (ground and mixed), Rhinoceros Horn Tip 0.5 fen (ground and mixed), Antelope Horn Tip 0.5 fen (ground and mixed), Fresh Bamboo Leaf 4 qian, Fresh Bamboo Sap 4 qian, Gan Zhong Huang 0.8 fen.
Regarding the effects after taking the above two prescriptions, please inform me. Regarding books for beginners in National Medicine, "Medical South Needle" published by World Book Bureau in Shanghai is most suitable. Reference books include the latest "Medical Consultant Encyclopedia" from World Book Bureau, and "New Talk on National Medicine" from Xiaojing Shanfang, both readable.
Lu Shie
Opening Remarks for "Medical Forest"
"Zuan Bao" newly opens "Medical Forest," harboring three greatest hopes: 1. Hope for compatriots' understanding of National Medicine. 2. Hope for the world's understanding of our National Medicine. 3. Hope for doctors' understanding of the true face of National Medicine.
Chinese Medicine has five thousand years of history and five thousand years of experience. Yan Emperor, Yellow Emperor, and Yi Yin invented drug properties, decoctions, massage, Daoyin (guiding and pulling), acupuncture, and bian stone techniques in front. Bian Que, Cang Gong, Zhang Zhongjing, Hua Tuo, Wang Shuhe, Tao Hongjing, Wang Tao, and Sun Simiao continued the tradition behind. The Four Great Masters of Jin and Yuan, and famous masters of Ming and Qing, inherited the past and opened the future, adapting to times. Few people die young, clans multiply, population grows. Ranking first in the world, this is all the merit of medicine. Compatriots must recognize this.
Medical arts in various countries of the world change with each passing day. However, their drawback lies in relying entirely on precise instruments, blinding the wisdom of eyes and ears. Regarding the most crucial Twelve Meridians of hands and feet, Twelve Zang-Fu organs, distinction of Ying and Wei Qi and Blood, Jing-River-Shu-He acupoints, they fail to recognize them. Seeing clearly for ten thousand miles, they cannot see their own eyelashes. Busy and hurried, it is merely like holding a child to look for a child. Now, neighboring Japan already knows to study Han Medicine. I hope the world's medical forest rises quickly to catch up and recognize our National Medicine. ... Recently, doctors have changed their minds upon seeing something new, liking to learn fashionable trends. Unafraid to echo others, inevitably mixing things up. The disaster here, big ones harm the entire academic field, small ones affect personal reputation. All stem from not recognizing the true face of National Medicine. I hope doctors open their wise eyes, clear obstacles, and recognize the true face of our National Medicine.
The opening remarks are over, please see the main text below.
On Chinese and Western Medicine
Someone asked me: Since opening ports, contact with Europe and America has increased daily. New diseases occur, changing monthly and yearly. Yet our national medical art remains the old methods passed down for five thousand years. Using outdated medical art to treat newly born strange diseases is like relying on bows, swords, and cavalry to resist airplanes and artillery. How can it succeed?
I said: Human tissue organization is the same in ancient and modern times. Ancients had five senses and four limbs; moderns also only have five senses and four limbs. I have never heard that modern humans have increased to six senses, seven senses, five limbs, or six limbs. Ancients had Five Zang and Six Fu organs; moderns also only have Five Zang and Six Fu. I have never heard that modern humans have increased to six Zang, seven Zang, seven Fu, or eight Fu. Since human tissue organization is the same in ancient and modern times, although diseases come anew, our Chinese medicine only needs to clearly recognize the Six Meridians and San Jiao, distinguish Ying and Wei Qi and Blood, examine whether Wind, Cold, Summerheat, Dampness, Dryness, or Fire belongs to which pathogen, and determine whether Exterior, Interior, Deficiency, or Excess belongs to which category. If diagnosis and viewing are accurate, naturally there will be absolutely no errors. Bows, swords, cavalry, airplanes, and artillery are all external objects, completely unlike internal tissue organization. Using this analogy, it can be said to be inappropriate comparison.