Treatise on Cold Damage ⁽³⁾

Yinchenhao Tang comes from Zhang Zhongjing's Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) of the Han Dynasty. The formula is composed of: Yinchenhao (Artemisiae Scopariae Herba) 6 liang (one Han-Dynasty liang converts to 15 g today), Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus) 14 pieces, Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma,…

Zhang Zhongjing encountered an enormous number of critical and emergency cases in his life, as can be seen from the preface to his Shanghan Lun. In it he wrote: "My clan has long been large, over two hundred. Since the Jian'an era, in fewer than…

The Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) is one of the TCM classics; its full name is Shanghan Zabing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases), comprising the Shanghan Lun and the Jinkui Yaolue (Essentials of the Golden Cabinet). Zhang Zhongjing's Shanghan Lun raised…