Catalog · By source text
Classical medical texts cited as the origin of formulas in this catalog.
25 source texts
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Source text · Han · shang-han-lun
《伤寒论》
A foundational clinical text of Chinese medicine, written by Zhang Zhongjing at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty. Originated the six-channel (六经) pattern-identification system still in clinical use.
Han · 200 · Medical theory
Source text · Han · jin-gui-yao-lue
《金匮要略》
Companion volume to the Shanghan Lun, also written by Zhang Zhongjing at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty. Focuses on internal miscellaneous diseases (杂病) rather than exterior cold damage.
Han · 200 · Medical theory
Source text · Tang · xian-shou-li-shang-xu-duan-mi-fang
《仙授理伤续断秘方》
A Tang-dynasty orthopedics and traumatology treatise attributed to Lin Daoren (Huichang reign, ca. 841–846), the earliest specialist work on bone-setting and wound treatment in the Chinese medical tradition.
Tang · 846 · Formula collection
Source text · Song · tai-ping-hui-min-he-ji-ju-fang
《太平惠民和剂局方》
A government-sponsored formulary compiled by the Imperial Bureau of Pharmacy of the Northern Song dynasty, finalized in 1078 and revised in 1107. Often cited as the first state-promoted standard formulary in Chinese medicine.
Song · 1078 · Formula collection
Source text · Song · xiao-er-yao-zheng-zhi-jue
《小儿药证直诀》
A 12th-century pediatric formula collection by the Northern Song physician Qian Yi, compiled after his death by his student Yan Jizhong. The earliest systematic pediatric formulary in the Chinese medical tradition, and the original source of Liuwei Dihuang Wan.
Song · 1119 · Formula collection
Source text · Song · wei-shi-jia-cang-fang
《魏氏家藏方》
A 10-volume Southern Song formula collection by Wang Qiuyuan (ca. 1138–post 1217), completed around 1217. A private compilation of family-transmitted and folk prescriptions, organized by clinical category, and the canonical source of the "warm-kidney, reduce-urination" formula Suō Quán Wán.
Song · 1217 · Formula collection
Source text · Song · ji-sheng-fang
《济生方》
A 13th-century Southern Song formula collection by Yan Yonghe, 10 volumes. Best known as the source of Gui Pi Wan (归脾汤), the canonical "heart-spleen tonifying" formula.
Song · 1253 · Formula collection
Source text · Jin–Yuan · xuan-ming-lun-fang
《宣明论方》
A 15-volume Jin-Yuan formula collection by Liu Wansu (ca. 1120–1200), completed around 1172. The founding text of the "cool-cold" (寒凉派) school and a landmark in the history of Chinese-medicine theory of "fire-heat" patterns.
Jin–Yuan · 1172 · Formula collection
Source text · Jin–Yuan · yi-xue-qi-yuan
《医学启源》
A 3-volume Jin-Yuan medical treatise by Zhang Yuansu (ca. 1131–post 1234), completed around 1186. The founding text of the "Yishui" (易水) lineage and the foundational reference for "organ-system pattern identification" and "drug channel-entry theory" in Chinese clinical pharmacology.
Jin–Yuan · 1186 · Medical theory
Source text · Jin–Yuan · nei-wai-shang-bian-huo-lun
《内外伤辨惑论》
A 3-volume Jin-Yuan medical treatise by Li Dongyuan (1180–1251), completed around 1247. The founding text of the "tonify-earth" (补土派) school and a landmark in the systematic distinction between "external" and "internal" disease causation.
Jin–Yuan · 1247 · Medical theory
Source text · Jin–Yuan · pi-wei-lun
《脾胃论》
A foundational 13th-century medical-theoretical text by Li Dongyuan, the source of the "earth-tonifying school" (补土派) of Chinese medicine. Best known as the source of Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang (补中益气汤).
Jin–Yuan · 1249 · Medical theory
Source text · Jin–Yuan · dan-xi-xin-fa
《丹溪心法》
A 5-volume medical compendium attributed to Zhu Zhenheng (Zhu Danxi, 1281–1358) and compiled by his disciples, completed around 1347. The core text of the "nurture-yin" (滋阴) school and the southern anchor of the "four masters of the Jin-Yuan".
Jin–Yuan · 1347 · Formula collection
Source text · Ming · nei-ke-zhai-yao
《内科摘要》
A 2-volume Ming-dynasty medical-case collection by Xue Ji (1487–1559), completed around 1529. The earliest specialist "internal-medicine case record" in the Chinese medical tradition, documenting the clinical practice of the warming-tonification school.
Ming · 1529 · Medical theory
Source text · Ming · yi-xue-tong-zhi
《医学统旨》
A Ming-dynasty comprehensive medical handbook by Ye Wenling (Zhengde-Jiajing reign era, early 16th century), completed around 1534. A clinical formula collection that preserves the canonical "liver-qi stagnation" formula Chái Hú Shū Gān Sǎn.
Ming · 1534 · Formula collection
Source text · Ming · ti-ren-hui-bian
《体仁汇编》
A Ming-dynasty comprehensive medical handbook by Peng Yongguang (Jiajing reign era, mid-16th century), completed around 1548. A clinical formula collection that preserves the canonical "heart-kidney dual nourishment" formula Bǎi Zǐ Yǎng Xīn Wán.
Ming · 1548 · Formula collection
Source text · Ming · yi-xue-ru-men
《医学入门》
A 9-volume Ming-dynasty comprehensive medical handbook by Li Chan (Jiajing-Wanli reign, mid-16th century), completed around 1575. The most-cited Ming-era "introductory" medical text, organized around mnemonic verse and clinical formulas.
Ming · 1575 · Formula collection
Source text · Ming · wan-bing-hui-chun
《万病回春》
An 8-volume Ming-dynasty comprehensive medical encyclopedia by Gong Tingxian (1522–1619), completed around 1587. One of the most influential late-Ming clinical handbooks, with 1000+ formulas covering internal, external, gynecological, pediatric, and sensory-organ specialties.
Ming · 1587 · Formula collection
Source text · Ming · zheng-zhi-zhun-sheng
《证治准绳》
A 120-volume Ming-dynasty comprehensive medical encyclopedia by Wang Kentang (1549–1613), completed around 1602. The largest Ming clinical reference, organized into six specialties (internal, gynecology, pediatrics, external, trauma, sensory organs).
Ming · 1602 · Formula collection
Source text · Ming · shou-shi-bao-yuan
《寿世保元》
A 10-volume Ming-dynasty comprehensive medical encyclopedia by Gong Tingxian (1522–1619), completed around 1615. One of the most-cited late-Ming clinical syntheses, covering formulas, case records, and clinical specialties from internal medicine to gynecology.
Ming · 1615 · Formula collection
Source text · Ming · jing-yue-quan-shu
《景岳全书》
A 64-volume comprehensive medical encyclopedia compiled by Zhang Jingyue (1563–1640), completed around 1624. The core text of the Ming-dynasty "warming and tonification" school and the principal vehicle of the "yang is not in excess, true-yin is often insufficient" thesis.
Ming · 1624 · Medical theory
Source text · Qing · yi-zong-jin-jian
《医宗金鉴》
A 90-volume imperial medical compendium edited by Wu Qian et al. under the Qing dynasty, completed in 1742. Functions as a state-approved encyclopedia of orthodox Chinese medical knowledge of its time.
Qing · 1742 · Medical theory
Source text · Qing · yi-ji
《医级》
A Qing-dynasty comprehensive medical encyclopedia by Dong Xiyuan (Yongzheng-Qianlong reign era, ca. 1723–1795), completed around 1743. A clinical text organized by disease category and treatment method.
Qing · 1743 · Formula collection
Source text · Qing · lan-tai-gui-fan
《兰台轨范》
An 8-volume Qing-dynasty formula collection by Xu Dachun (1693–1771), completed around 1764. A key representative of the "return to the source" school that rejected fashionable later formulas in favor of rigorously annotated classical recipes.
Qing · 1764 · Formula collection
Source text · Qing · wen-bing-tiao-bian
《温病条辨》
A 6-volume text by Wu Tang (Wu Jutong) published in 1798, marking the maturity of the warm-disease (温病) school of Chinese medicine. The source of Yin Qiao San (银翘散), the most prescribed "wind-heat" formula.
Qing · 1798 · Medical theory
Source text · Modern · pharmacopoeia-2020
《中华人民共和国药典》
The official national drug standard of the People's Republic of China, first published in 1953 and revised approximately every five years. The 2020 edition (current) is the statutory basis for 中成药 quality, identification, assay, and "functional indication" (功能主治) of every officially listed formula.
Modern · 1953 · Modern textbook