Essentials From The Golden Cabinet: Translation And Annotation Of Jin Gui Yao Lue

• Preface
• About the Translator
• Diseases of the Zang-Fu Organs, Meridians and Collaterals — Sequences, Pulses and Patterns
• Tetany, Dampness and Heat Stroke — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Bai He, Hu Huo and Yin-Yang Toxin — Patterns and Treatment
• Malaria — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Wind Stroke and Joint Diseases — Pulses, Patterns, and Treatment
• Blood Impediment and Deficiency Exhaustion — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Lung Decline, Lung Abscess, and Coughing with Panting — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Running Piglet Qi — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Chest-Bi Impediment, Chest Pain and Shortness of Breath — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Abdominal Fullness, Cold-Induced Abdominal Pain and Retained Food in the Stomach — Sequences, Pulses and Patterns
• Wind-Cold in the Five-Zang Organs and Chronic Stagnation — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Phlegm-Fluid Retention and Coughing — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Wasting & Thirsting, Difficult Urination and Strangury — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Water Qi Retention — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Jaundice — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Fright, Palpitations, Bleeding, Chest Fullness and Stagnant Blood — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Retching, Vomiting, Hiccups and Diarrhea — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Skin Abscesses, Intestinal Abscesses, and Wet Spreading Sores — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Dorsal Muscle Spasticity of the Foot, Swelling in Fingers/Arms, Cramping, Groin Hernia and Roundworms — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Pregnancy-Related Problems — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Postpartum Diseases — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Women's Miscellaneous Diseases — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Miscellaneous Formulas — Pulses, Patterns and Treatment
• Poultry, Fowl, Fish and Insects — Contraindications and Treatment
• Fruits, Vegetables and Grains — Contraindications and Treatment
• Index

This is a full-text English translation of Jin Gui Yao Lue, a classic book of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the oldest clinical book dedicated to internal, external, gynecological and obstetrical diseases. It is also the first medical book on differential diagnosis of diseases and symptoms, along with treatment and prescriptions.

This book was originally written by Zhang Zhongjing (Zhang Ji) (150–219 CE), an eminent Chinese physician in the Eastern Han dynasty. The book consists of 25 chapters. The first chapter serves as an introduction. Chapters 2–22 discuss the diagnosis and treatment of sixty diseases, involving internal medicine, external medicine, and gynecology & obstetrics. Chapter 23 discusses emergency treatments. Chapters 24 and 25 discuss food contraindications (fowls, beasts, fruits, vegetables and grains) and treatment. The text can serve as a reference for education, research and clinical practice.