First, self-study Chinese medicine preferred university textbooks. For people with zero foundation, if you just want to know about TCM or learn some TCM techniques from books, you can read some simple and easy-to-understand TCM books, such as "A Quick Introduction to TCM" and "Seeking medical help is better than seeking yourself" to teach you how to find acupoints quickly. However, after reading many such books, everyone's knowledge of Chinese medicine is still scattered and not systematic enough. I believe that most Chinese medicine lovers teach themselves Chinese medicine, with the aim of systematically guiding themselves and their families in health care. Dr. Zhang solemnly recommended starting with the textbooks of the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. You must look at it in order. The first book I read was the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine, then the second was diagnostics of traditional Chinese medicine, the third was traditional Chinese medicine, the fourth was prescription science, the fifth was internal medicine of traditional Chinese medicine, and the sixth was acupuncture. Everyone's textbooks are written in modern Chinese for our reading and understanding. After learning these six books, we have a systematic and complete understanding of the whole set of basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine. At this time, it will be very simple to go back to the bookstore and read a lot of Chinese medicine health books. At this time, if you still have spare capacity, you can continue to study Chinese medicine gynecology, Chinese medicine pediatrics, Chinese medicine surgery and other university textbooks.
Second, return to classic learning. After studying that pile of Chinese medicine textbooks in college, everyone can initially carry out health care for themselves and their families, but those who are interested in learning Chinese medicine have to return to classic learning if they want to further understand Chinese medicine and improve their level. Treatise on febrile diseases is the first choice, followed by synopsis of golden chamber, Huangdi Neijing and Treatise on Febrile Diseases. It will be very difficult to read it directly. At that time, I read it together with the lecture books published by famous Chinese medicine practitioners, such as Professor Wang Hongtu's lecture notes on Neijing, Professor Hao Wanshan's lecture notes on typhoid fever and Professor Liu Duzhou's lecture notes on typhoid fever. Although it is still difficult to study with various auxiliary teaching materials, take Treatise on Febrile Diseases as an example. There are almost no shortcuts to learning and memorizing so many obscure classical Chinese. All the shorthand methods suitable for college textbooks are no longer applicable, so we can only recite one article at a time, read more and remember more. In the meantime, I suggest you also read The Road of Famous and Old Chinese Doctors, among which the diligent learning spirit of famous and old Chinese doctors can inspire you to get through this difficult stage.
Third, establish your own Chinese medicine system. After the first and second stages of study, you can dabble in a wide range, and you will find that there are many "factions" of Chinese medicine, each with its own emphasis, such as nourishing yin, nourishing soil, regulating spleen and stomach, and tonifying yang. You can choose the appropriate guiding ideology for treatment according to your own clinical practice. In my clinical application in recent years, mainly guided by the theory of supporting yang, I recommend you to learn the true story of medical science and the Tong Yuan of medical science, the originator of Vulcan school. If you learn these two books thoroughly, you can get the essence of Yang School. Modern people like to turn on the air conditioner because of the great work pressure, staying up late, and the loss of yang is serious. Therefore, clinically, I found that most patients have yang deficiency constitution, and most of the drugs prescribed are mainly to tonify yang. Therefore, I suggest that everyone should learn to support Yang's thoughts.
Fourth, be diligent in clinic, summarize more and communicate more. After studying hard in the above stages, everyone has really laid a good theoretical foundation of Chinese medicine, and it is definitely no problem to do health care for themselves and their family and friends (everyone should pay attention to the fact that people without the qualification certificate of medical practitioners can't prescribe, so Chinese medicine enthusiasts who are interested in engaging in the medical industry and going out to the society can follow the teacher's exam to obtain the qualification certificate. Only with the qualification certificate can you have the legal prescription right), but at this time, if you want to continue to improve your level and treat serious illness, you must find opportunities to learn from teachers. After all, you need to see more patients, practice more, summarize more and communicate more, so that the treatment level can be improved quickly.
The above books are recommended by dr. zhang for self-study of traditional Chinese medicine. What do friends think? Welcome everyone to communicate together.