Fang Cao Yingfu Life And Academic 'theory

1 Chapter One Introduction of Mr. CaoCao Jiada, styled as Yingpu, or Yipu, and alias as Pengnan. At his late years also had the alias as Zhuocao Laoren. He as born at Zhouzhuang, Jiangyin on Feb. 21st, 1868 and died on Dec. 7th, 1937. He was expert in literature, poems, drawing plum and Chinese Medicine.In 1895, he enrolled in Nanjing College.In 1904, the imperial examinations were abolished, so Mr.Cao stayed at home andstudied Chinese Medicine. After the revolution of 1911, Mr. Cao made his living asa doctor.In the winter of 1919, Cao Yingpu went to Shanghai and was employed as a teacher teaching treatments to typhoid in Shanghai Special School for Chinese Medicine. Soon after that, he took over the occupation as Administration Director from Zheng Chuanji and was in charge of the teaching of the school.After the August 13' Incident, Mr. Cao left Shanghai and returned to his hometown. Before long, Jiangyin was captured. When the Japanese soldiers were raging the town, a woman fled to the house of Mr. Cao. Mr. Cao went out with the aid of his cane and scathed the savage acts of the Japanese soldiers and was killed on the spot.2 Chapter Two Background of the TimesAs time goes by, the development of Chinese Medicine has entered a whole new situation at the end of Qing Dynasty and the early Minguo Period. In a word, the Chinese Medicine can not development without confronting medicines from the west. It has to answer the shock of western medicine and western culture. Mr. Cao felt regretful when he found that his peers and colleagues applied medicine with light dose and retarded the treatment of the disease. So he insisted his ideas and worked hard to arouse the attention to classical prescription, ancient prescription and Zhongjing Prescription from his peers. He endeavors to guide Chinese Medicine back to its normal track and avoid the decline because of the intervention of western medicine and western civilization. 3 Chapter Three Nanjing College and the Study Attitude of Mr. CaoThough the dean Huang Yizhou has been doing the textual research on Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases when he is studying Confucian classics, there are not more documentaries in proving that Huang Yizhou has given any instruction on medical study to Mr. Cao. However, it is believed that Huang's Idea of "Seek Truth from Facts and don't be the transferor" had greatly influenced Mr. Cao. Mr. Cao's study attitude was so influence that he never copied other's saying on either the annotation of the classics or tasting cassia twig or monkshood.4 Chapter Four Shanghai Chinese Medicine School and Mr. Cao's PersonalityDuring Cao Yingpu's stay in Shanghai, he was employed by the medicine schoolsthough he did not actually participate in the establishment of all the Chinese Medicine Schools. So the question is: Why Mr. Cao is willing to teach at all the medicine schools but not ask his students or colleagues to co-build a school? In fact it has profound relationship with Mr. Cao's personality. He is a conservative and silent one, or more specific, he pay little attention to the social relationship and the operation of social resources and would rather absorbed in the study of "literature and medicines, so that he was not in the spotlight on the stage of Shanghai, which then was a dazzling world for all.5 Chapter Five Exploration of Mr. Cao's Academic OriginThe achievement of Mr. Cao on Chinese medicine attributes to his own hard work and he has learnt Chinese medicine on his own. Mr. Cao inherited part of the ideas of Zhang Yin'an and Huang Yuanyu. However, he did not exclude the works of other medicine experts but read broadly. In his book, more than 30 medicine experts were involved and more than 20 kinds of works of the past dynasties were cited.6 Chapter Six Published Works of Mr. CaoIn 1931, Shang Han Fa Wei was published by Shanghai Changming Medical Publishing House. And Jin Kui Fa Wei was not published until 1936. In April 1956, Shanghai Qianqingtang Publishing House reprinted Collection of Cao Zhu Shanghan Jin Kui Fa Wei. After that the book was reprinted several times by Shanghai Hygiene Publishing House and Shanghai Technology Publishing House. In 1984, Zhejiang Technology Publishing House published Rare Edition of Collection of Contemporary Chinese Medicine. In the collection, Shanghan fascicule and Jinkui fascicule have respectively Mr. Cao's Shang Han Fa Wei and Jin Kui Fa Wei.His student Wang Senxuan's book Medical Cases of Mr. Cao Yingpu was printed by Chinese Medicine Research Publishing House in 1925. Unfortunately, the book was not reprinted after 1949.Anotherr book which has great relationship with Mr. Cao is the book Jing Fang Shi Yan Lu by his student Jiang Zuojing. The book uniquely combines medical theories, medical discussions and cases.The book was published in Shanghai in summer of 1937. In 1947 it was reprinted by Shanghai Qianqingtang Publishing House. In 1949, Jiang Zuojing moved to Taiwan. Ten years later, with the request from Hong Kong Medicine Publishing House, Mr. Jiang finished the third proofreading of the book and had it reprinted. Nowadays, the book is still printed and on sale.7 Chapter Seven Commentary on Shang Han Fa WeiThe exploration on Shanghan Lun by Mr. Cao has helped to accumulate his understanding and experience of Chinese Medicine. The book Cao Zhu Shang Han Fa Wei should not be regarded as an annotation of Shanghan Lun's Theories but the conclusion of Shanghan Lun's theories and clinical practices of Mr. Cao in his 40 years of elaboraton.The main characteristic of Mr. Cao's annotation is that he combines closely the theory of Zhongjing and his own clinical experience. He paid great attention to his method whether on revising the text or explanation or expansion of the ideas.8 Chapter Eight Commentary on Jin Kui Fa WeiCao Zhu Jin Kui Fa Wei is the personal work by Mr. Cao on the explanation and expansion of Jin Kui Yao Lue by Zhang Zhongjing. However, the book is not merely a commentary discussion of the theories and ideas. It is worth exploring to some extent.Further, the appendix of the book has lots of personal clinical experience showing that Mr. Cao paid great attention to experiment and test. The clinical experience provides the researcher with great help in studying Mr. Cao's life.9 Chapter Nine Abstract of the Application of Mr. Cao's Classical PrescriptionMr. Cao is an expert of classical prescriptions and he did not make his name as an expert of Cold Pathogenic Diseases. The achievement showed in his opinions upon the classical prescription is tremendous.9.1 Cassia Twig SoupsShaoyao is bitter and mild. It can unblock and nourish the stagnant area and not sour and sweat which restrains yin. The function of Cassia Twig Soup is to help the yang of spleen, unblock and nourish the stagnant area, sweat the muscles and clear the wind evil.Xiao Hanzhong Soup is to add maltose in Cassia Twig Soup. Maltose is the main component as to nourish spleen.9.2 Mahu SoupsAs for the discussion of Mahuang Soup, the most important function of the soup is to help sweating and clear the evil. There are records of relative cases and experience in Jing Fang Shi Yan Lun and Medical Cases of Mr. Cao Yingpu.9.3 Gegen SoupsMr. Cao first put forward that Gegen Soup is used to treat taiyang hanshui decline in transportation and the main herb gegen can also help to life. He refuted the opinion of Zhang Jiegu that gegen is an excellent herb for yangming.9.4 Chaihu SoupsMr. Cao insists that Xiao Chaihu Soup is a prescription in treating Taiyang Biaoyang decline and Chaihu Soup helps to sweat.9.5 Zhizichi SoupsMr. Cao stressed: first, Zhishi Soup can only deal with the rest evil after recovery; second, the soup's effect of inducing sweat and dispelling exogenous evils is not as good as mahuang or guizhi; third, Zhichi Soup is a prescription for clearing and dispelling evils but not a puke.9.6 Chengqi SoupThe record on the application of Da Chengqi Soup by Mr. Cao can be found in numerous chapters in all the books. The cases sums up to more than 20 and shows the unique experience of Mr. Cao in Applying the prescription.9.7 Xiexin SoupsMr. Cao insists that false treatment of the cold pathogenic disease will lead to mass in abdomen. Xiexin Soup is the corresponding prescription for the disease. The difference between Dahuang Huanglian Xiexin Soup and Fuzi Xiexin Soup is the existence of outlet of true yang.9.8 Baihu SoupsMr. Cao is good at applying Baihu Soups. With the co-effect of Chengqi Soup, the Baihu Soup can completely eliminate Yangming dryness and heat.9.9 Wuling PowdersMr. Cao insisted that Wenge Powder helped to clear heat and inhibit water but the effect is not strong enough. Patients should take Wuling Powder if Wenge Powder does not take effect.9.10 Sini SoupsSini Soup has the effect of rescuing from collapse by restoring Yang. As for the usage of monkshood in the prescription, Mr. Cao insisted that monkshood should be applied raw.9.11 Lizhong SoupsIn the treatment and experiments by Mr. Cao, the application frequency of Lizhong Soup is more than the application of Sini Soup; and the application frequency of Fuzi Lizhong Soup is more than the application of Lizhong Soup. Sini Soup helps to return to yang, while Fuzi Lizhong Soup has lesser effects but good at strengthening Yang; Lizhong's effect is milder just as to strengthen the spleen.10 Chapter Ten ConclusionMr. Cao has always insisted experimenting and testing as the guideline in applying the classical prescriptions for al his life. His achievement was praised by the generations later and his personality and enterprising spirit was admired by all.