Classics are handed down from generation to generation, just like a wonderful combination of drugs.
If you learn Chinese medicine from classic prescriptions, not just from theory, you can master it quickly and experience the feeling of being a Chinese medicine practitioner. As long as you are interested, the next progress will be quick.
In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, there is a long-standing phenomenon that theory is out of touch with practice. Many adaptations of classical theories are exaggerated, and some are even ambiguous. For example, it is hard to say whether "tonifying spleen is better than tonifying kidney" or "tonifying kidney is better than tonifying spleen". In fact, theoretical problems can only be understood in combination with actual conditions.
What medicine does is to help the living, not benevolence, not benevolence. This is a basic point. Without this basic point, it is useless for others to say it well and recite it well. Knowledge is not important, but ideas and methods!
There was a medical sage in the history of traditional Chinese medicine, Zhang Zhongjing of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Because of him, the classics have been passed down to this day. Because he cares about the illness of his loved ones, he experienced the pain of losing his loved ones. "I feel the loss of the past and the irreparable harm."
At that time, doctors could only treat common ailments, but they were helpless in the face of sudden plague. This situation made Zhang Zhongjing extremely sad and angry, so he decided to study medicine in his spare time, and Zhang Zhongjing himself was a successful Chinese medicine enthusiast.
It is not difficult to learn Chinese medicine well, but the key is to master the correct ways and methods. Personally, I began to learn Chinese medicine from classical prescriptions and drug certificates, and with the clinical observation in outpatient department, the systematic explanation of classical prescriptions by teachers and the discussion in the same class, I found that I made rapid progress. Then treat relatives and friends, the curative effect is often unexpected, and the confidence and enthusiasm for learning are constantly strengthened.
Therefore, it is suggested that beginners of traditional Chinese medicine should first read the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine extensively and master some basic concepts, and then read ten prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine intensively to master the three objective elements of disease, people and prescription. Then observe the patients around you and treat your own diseases, first treat your parents' diseases, and then treat your relatives and friends' diseases if possible. ...
So constantly sum up, analyze and improve. ...
Remember, always with a heart of helping others and gratitude, it won't be long before you find the beauty of Chinese medicine!