Description
This book marks the first English publication of the classic Shang Han Lun.
Two basic therapies exist in the modern world to treat disease: Chinese medicine and modern Western medicine. The former practices whole body treatment while the latter focuses on localized diagnosis and treatment.
The Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Febrile Disease), written by Chang Chung-Ching in the early part of the third century, comprises a significant part of Chinese medical theory and practice. Unlike The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, an earlier classic devoted to theory only, the Shang Han Lun illuminates the practical application of Chinese herbal formulas.
Today, over 80 percent of the formulas used in Chinese Medicine come from the Shang Han Lun. No medical book of the Western world can make a similar claim: continuous, successful medical application for two thousand years.
