The book divides the diseases into six types, namely, the sun, Yangming, Shaoyang, Taiyin, Jueyin and Shaoyin, the so-called "six meridians"; According to the strength of human body's disease resistance, the severity of illness and other factors, the various syndromes in the evolution of exogenous diseases are summarized as symptom characteristics, lesion site, visceral injury, cold and heat trend, rise and fall of pathogenic factors, etc., as the basis for syndrome differentiation and treatment.
This book summarizes the medical achievements and practical experience of predecessors, integrates the medical achievements before the Han Dynasty, and systematically expounds the syndrome differentiation and treatment of various exogenous diseases in combination with the author's own clinical experience. It has epoch-making significance in the history of the development of traditional Chinese medicine and is regarded as a classic by later doctors.
In addition, Treatise on Febrile Diseases also contains many valuable health-keeping ideas, which are mainly manifested as follows: the holistic view of correspondence between man and nature is the basic starting point and guiding ideology of Zhang Zhongjing's health-keeping; Pay attention to body fluid disease prevention and disease resistance; Pay attention to preventing and treating diseases through diet; Always pay attention to protecting stomach qi; Attach importance to enhancing immunity.
Treatise on Febrile Diseases, Huangdi Neijing, Difficult Classic and Shennong Herbal Classic are also called the four classics of ancient Chinese medicine in China, and they are required books for health care workers and Chinese medicine scholars. The principles and methods of syndrome differentiation and treatment used in the book establish the norms of TCM diagnosis and treatment of diseases; A large number of prescriptions recorded are rigorous and effective, and are called "the ancestor of Wanfang" by later generations; It also contains many valuable health-preserving ideas, which laid the foundation for the development of TCM health-preserving science in later generations.
In order to present this medical classic more comprehensively and perfectly, Illustration of Treatise on Febrile Diseases has made a series of editorial innovations on the original work: First, based on Zhao's engraving in the Ming Dynasty, combined with various versions circulating at present, the vernacular Chinese has been accurately translated; Secondly, make more than 200 pictures to visualize abstract concepts and organize complex problems; According to the main prescription, Treatise on Febrile Diseases has more than 30 commonly used drugs. Strive to maintain the classic characteristics of Treatise on Febrile Diseases, and give full play to its practical health care value and give it beautiful visual effects; Make it not only a necessary reference book for medical workers, but also a healthy family book for modern people.