Introduction
"Detailed Analysis of Epidemic Warm Diseases"
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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.
Wu Tang (吴瑭, 1758–1836), styled Jutong, systematized the warm-disease school in this 6-volume treatise, which articulated the wei-qi-ying-xue (卫气营血) four-stage pattern-identification system. The text preserves Yin Qiao San (银翘散) and Sang Ju Yin (桑菊饮), the two most commonly used formulas for early-stage wind-heat common cold in modern Chinese households and pharmacies.
Historical background
Wu Tang (吴瑭, 1758–1836), styled Jutong, wrote the Wenbing Tiaobian in 1798, completing the systematization of the warm-disease (温病) school that had been developing since the late Ming. The 6-volume treatise built on Ye Tianshi (叶天士) and Wu Youxing (吴有性), and introduced the wei-qi-ying-xue (卫气营血) four-stage pattern-identification system, which complements the Shanghan six-channel framework for febrile diseases. The work contains 198 formulas, including Yin Qiao San (银翘散), Sang Ju Yin (桑菊饮), and An Gong Niuhuang Wan (安宫牛黄丸), among the most cited prescriptions in modern TCM. It marked the maturity of the warm-disease school and remains a core reference in modern TCM education.
Formulas recorded in this text· 1
Formula · Yín Qiào Jiě dú Wán
Honeysuckle and Forsythia Detox
银翘解毒丸
The canonical "release the exterior and clear heat" formula for the early stage of "wind-heat" common cold, and one of the most consumed TCM household remedies in modern China.