Literature Investigation For Detailed Outline For Benefiting Female

Detailed Outline For Benefiting Female is the most noted work of the famous doctor Wu Zhiwang in Ming Dynasty, during the years of Wanli and Taichang. It includes all of the author's knowledge and study in his life. The book is based on the book of Gynecological Standards For Diagnosis And Treatment, and many more other ancient works. Wu Zhiwang kept on collecting remedies and prescriptions from a broad way and classified them into different categories. It involved both theories and clinical practices. There are five volumes, which include thirteen parts in the following, that is, adjustment of monthly, miscellaneous disease, pregnancy, cases of mother—to—be, cases after birth. It also includes about 1600 prescriptions, which provide us many new ways to solve clinical problems. Wu Zhiwang wrote the book on the basis of many compositions of many medical scientists. For example, Internal Classic, Treatise on Febrile Disease, Experiences on Protecting Life,The Complete Efficacious Prescriptions for Women's Disease, etc. The doctors refered to in the book include Xue Ji, Chen Ziming, Zhu Danxi, Li Dongyuan, Xu Shuwei and many unrecorded characters. Thus, it is not only regarded as one of the most comprehensive prescription books, but also has a leading effect on the present gynecology of TCM, and a very important literature value. The major character of Detailed Outline For Benefiting Female is listed as follows: First, the book's models are complete. This book was compiled on the foundation of many ancient doctors'clinical experiences, which consist of 50 noted ancient medical characters and 67 medical books. The organization of the book is very clear: Each part has many varied diagnostics, and also each diagnostics is consisting of it's own different prescriptions. Above all, each diagnostic is the same pattern: medical theories are listed first, then follow some clinical examples; prescriptions are arranged in the last. Thus the book can provide us with convenient ways to look up what we need to understand. Obviously, the book is one of the most perfect models of the ancient prescriptions. Second, the styles of the book are parti-colored. When the author described the reason of disease, pathogenesis and prescriptions, he gave out many effective examples, as well as ineffective ones. He put the examples either before or after the prescriptions, thus to make it easy for the readers to understand. Third, the content of the book is extensive. It covered 9 dynasties, from Han Dynasty to Ming Dynasty. The books it referred to is more than 60,such as Internal Classic, Treatise on Febrile Diseases, The Complete Efficacious Prescriptions for Women's Diseases, Revised and Annotated Prescriptions for Women, Chan Bao, etc. Also, some non—medical books are recorded in it, they are Shi Ji, Bing Bu Shou Ji, Yi Jian Zhi and so on. There are 252 clinical examples in the book, of which 189 are from Xue Ji's recording. The book consists of 1691ancient medical prescriptions, both for internal and external use. Fourth, the literature value of the book is very important. It concludes more than sixty kinds of the ancient books, most of which don't exist now. These books it referred to can reflect the extant books in the Ming Dynasty and give us the first—handed information about the medical research at that time. So in some extent it has enriched the banks of medical literatures. The book includes many characters in TCM, and most doctors that recorded in medical history, such as Zhu Danxi, Li Dongyuan, Xu Shuwei, Zhang Zihe, Chen Wuze and so on. And the most important thing is that the book has also recorded some doctors who were not recorded in other medical books, which provides us with great information in the research of the ancient medical doctors. The examples of disease given in this book and so many prescriptions it referred to be precious treasure for us to improve our clinical skills and abilities. Fifth, the author avoided the insularities from others. However, because the book was redacted about four hundred years ag...