First, the stage of ignorance;

Enlightenment is the focus of this stage. There are four classics that need to be studied in ancient times: medical three-character classics, lakeside pulse science, and medicinal properties of Tang Touqu. The content of modern Chinese medicine education is constantly enriched and the structure is constantly improved, which is divided into five core courses: basic theory of Chinese medicine, diagnostics of Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, prescription science and internal medicine of Chinese medicine. As a student at school, we need to study systematically, needless to say.

For self-learners, both contents and methods need to be adjusted appropriately. Because there are several common problems in systematically studying the above courses without the guidance of teachers:

The content of 1 is boring and difficult to read. Classroom explanation can be very rich, adding a lot of interesting things; Moreover, the teacher is alive and can be adjusted at any time according to the students' situation. This is completely different from facing a dead textbook all day;

There is no point. A basic theory of TCM is by no means that every chapter is equally important. As the theory of hiding images, the position of the five internal organs is by no means equally important in any state. It is the physiological function of the spleen, and its clinical guiding significance is absolutely different. All these differences and weights need the guidance of teachers;

3 easy to misunderstand. The theory of traditional Chinese medicine advocates "understanding" and "comprehension" very much. And all understanding and comprehension need a platform for understanding, that is, a basic understanding of concepts and relationships. Self-learners, due to the lack of guidance from their predecessors, tend to go astray from the starting point, leading to extreme understanding of the whole Chinese medicine.

In order to avoid the above problems to the greatest extent, it is suggested that self-taught Chinese medicine should adopt the following learning methods in the enlightenment stage:

1 Read more biographies of TCM predecessors and their articles on learning methods. The road they take seems clumsy, but in fact it is often the best shortcut for the introduction of Chinese medicine. It will be helpful to learn from previous learning methods. Here, I strongly recommend a book: The Road to Famous Old Chinese Medicine, the first series. After reading this book for three times, not only can the learning method be suddenly enlightened, but also you can learn a lot of valuable learning experience and clinical experience of these old gentlemen in the process.

Make good use of rich network resources. Nowadays, the information age has largely opened the door to schools. Anyone, in any corner, can easily get the opportunity to learn from famous teachers in various Chinese medicine colleges and watch videos of their lectures, and all of them are free. Although this kind of learning is more emotional than not hearing face-to-face lectures in the classroom environment, it is better than studying hard.

The choice of teaching materials should take into account the two principles of authority and interest. Learning is naturally inseparable from teaching materials and reference books. In terms of teaching materials, formal full-time teaching materials are still advocated. Every book has been strictly checked by dozens of experts, and the authority is the best. As for the edition, I prefer the seven-edition textbook. Except acupuncture, the overall level of the seventh edition textbook is very high. If you want to be detailed, the fifth edition of the textbook is also a good choice. Interesting reference books are an essential seasoning for self-study. It can make learning more interesting and less boring. I feel that several popular health books, such as Manual of Human Body, Seeking Medical Treatment is Better than Seeking Self, and Novel Chinese Medicine, are quite different from the formal academic school in the whole theoretical framework, but they are still competent as condiments. In addition, the book Thinking about TCM pays more attention to the interpretation of TCM theory and has many original opinions. Friends who have spare capacity can choose to read.

Finally, what needs to be emphasized is step by step. A Chinese medicine student has studied these courses for three years (and other courses, of course); It will take at least one year for the disciples of ancient Chinese medicine to learn more concise four books and five classics. Therefore, everyone must arrange their own time and progress in the early stage of self-study. Too tight or too loose will set the stage for giving up halfway in the future.

Two or four classic learning stages

After the early enlightenment and a preliminary understanding of TCM, we can further study the four classic works of TCM. Namely Neijing, Typhoid Febrile Diseases, Synopsis of the Golden Chamber and Treatise on Febrile Diseases.

Some students think that classics are old-fashioned, but in fact they are just talking about the holistic view of TCM and syndrome differentiation and treatment. We have studied the basic diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine. What is the need to learn these platitudes?

This is a very interesting question. I want to answer like this:

There are two different systems in the development of human history: one is the natural science system; One is the humanities system. The development of natural science is always forward, just like an arrow. After every scientific and technological revolution, emerging science and technology will inevitably replace the original and become the mainstream of the discipline until newer scientific and technological theories appear. But the development of humanities is completely different. Confucius can't replace the value of Laozi, nor can Mencius replace Confucius. Zhu is also a great scholar, but he always needs to draw nutrition from Confucius and Mencius. Of course, future generations can and must develop, but no one can deny the value of classics. Therefore, in the field of natural science, the latest theory will always be sought after, but in the humanities, if you want to master the most cutting-edge theory, it means that you need to revisit the path taken by the ancients in the shortest time, and then develop and innovate in practice.

Unfortunately, medicine is more about "human science", and doctors study people, not things. This determines the nature of medicine itself and is closer to the humanities. The value of classics is self-evident.

Some people think that since the classics are the best, future generations will never surpass them and reach the realm of the ancients. What is the need to take some detours in learning modern Chinese medicine textbooks?

This is another problem: if we want to communicate with the ancients and learn from them, we need at least one condition, that is, to know what the ancients are saying. As modern people, they live in an Americanized environment every day, and their lifestyles and ways of thinking are seriously westernized. This state makes us have a distance from the views of the ancients. Although they write the same words and speak the same language, they cannot understand each other. The value of Chinese medicine textbooks lies in trying to express the thoughts of the ancients in a language that modern people can understand. In other words, modern Chinese medicine textbooks have built such a language bridge for us. It makes it easier for us to have a * * * sound with the thoughts of the ancients.

So what problems should we pay attention to in classic learning?

As we all know, it is relatively easy to teach basic courses, but it is quite difficult to teach classic courses. The difficulty lies in the need to enter the classroom first to understand the so-called "original intention" that the ancients wanted to express, and then express it to students.

Then it is naturally more difficult for self-taught students to understand the classics.

For classic learning, I would like to make the following suggestions:

1 Know your own direction;

To do anything, you first need to know your own direction and where the road ahead leads. The same is true of learning classics. We assume that the purpose of learning is to increase the understanding of TCM theory, so as to achieve better clinical efficacy.

So in this case, the focus of learning is how to apply the ideas in the classics to the treatment of clinical diseases. In this case, the spirit of word-for-word research may not be the best; Many purely theoretical works may not be applicable. On the contrary, some books and articles that apply classic content and follow medical records are much better. Just give two examples, the clinical essentials of Huangdi (the topic is not necessarily exact) and the experimental records of classical prescriptions. In this way, combined with classic learning, we can know the purpose and significance of learning more clearly, and we will be more motivated to learn.

If we study it from the perspective of philosophy, history and even literature, I won't say much here. .

2 Learn from the shallow to the deep.

Self-learners, those who have difficulties in learning classical Chinese, might as well start with vernacular Chinese. Although there will be times when the translation quality is poor, which will affect the understanding, it is recognized by experts and the quality is better. Who can guarantee that their understanding is all in line with the "ancient meaning"? Is it really the only value judgment standard that all conform to the "ancient meaning"

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Reading ancient Chinese, you will encounter problems in understanding anyway. At this time, it is very wise to refer to the comments of several commentators. After thousands of years of inheritance, many doctors in past dynasties devoted their lives to studying classics. Their understanding of classics can often open a new sky for us, broaden our thinking and form a new understanding. It is impossible to fully understand the ancients without reading notes and only learning classics. There are thousands of classic annotations, among which dozens are very famous. It is not convenient to introduce here. I believe that we can learn a lot about note writers and their works in the process of learning classics, even in the process of learning vernacular Chinese mentioned above. Self-learners can choose reading according to their own interests.

The first two links of the introduction of traditional Chinese medicine are briefly introduced.

The following two stages, namely, clinical exploration stage, clinical and classic reference stage, are still far from the current group of Chinese medicine lovers, so I won't say them for the time being. Talk to you later.