Cheng menxue

Cheng menxue

Cheng menxue (1902-1972), named Zhenhui, was named Jiuru and Hugong. He is from Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province. He is a famous academic thinker, clinician and educator of traditional Chinese medicine. He devoted all his life to the clinical and teaching work of traditional Chinese medicine. He is specialized in internal medicine of traditional Chinese medicine. He has profound theoretical attainments in the theory of typhoid fever and febrile diseases. He is well versed in ancient and modern medicine. He is good at treating febrile diseases and complicated diseases with multiple methods of compound prescription. His medication is simple, light and flexible.

Life of the characters

In her early years, Cheng menxue studied medicine from the famous doctor Wang Lianshi. He studied traditional Chinese medicine in private Shanghai Special School of traditional Chinese medicine (renamed private Shanghai College of traditional Chinese medicine in 1932) and studied under the famous doctor Ding Ganren. Before liberation, he fought against the KMT government's perverse practice of discriminating against and destroying TCM. From 1956 to 1966, he served as the first president of Shanghai College of traditional Chinese medicine, director of the internal medicine department of traditional Chinese medicine of Shanghai 11th People's Hospital, consultant of Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau, chairman of Shanghai Society of traditional Chinese medicine, chief editor of Cihai subject of traditional Chinese medicine, leader of Chinese medicine group of the leading group for schistosomiasis prevention and control of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of health, member of the first CPPCC municipal committee, and representative of the second municipal people's Congress Deputies to the second and third National People's congresses. Medical and health experts. In the 1960s, he initiated and organized more than 10 reports on academic schools of modern Chinese medicine to promote academic contention in Shanghai and the whole country. In November 1985, he was recalled by the leading group of Shanghai Municipal CPC Committee for schistosomiasis control once. Specialized in internal medicine of traditional Chinese medicine, devoted to the study of typhoid, febrile disease theory, and the two through changes, comprehensive application. He is a famous academic thinker, clinician and educator of traditional Chinese medicine. It has an important position and influence in the history of modern and modern Chinese medicine to carry forward, inherit and develop traditional Chinese medicine and cultivate talents. His works include Jin Kui Pian Jie, song Jue of treatise on febrile diseases, Ye's medical records of proofreading and annotation, Cheng menxue's medical records, and Cheng menxue's collection of poems, calligraphy and paintings. On November 18, 2002, Shanghai University of traditional Chinese medicine held a meeting to commemorate the 100th birthday of Cheng menxue and Huang Wendong.

Study as a doctor

The first teacher was Wang Lianshi, who was practicing medicine in Shanghai at that time. Wang Lianshi's treatise on febrile diseases was accepted by Shu Chiyuan's new treatise on febrile diseases. He was good at using classical prescriptions, and his medication was spicy and dry. Wang Lianshi was famous in Shanghai. At that time, many famous doctors such as Yun Tieqiao and Ding Ganren had been taught by him. Cheng menxue first entered the medical profession. With his wisdom and insight, he was favored and passed on by his teachers. He especially had a deep experience in the treatment of typhoid fever, thus forming his rapid, fierce and bold style of medication in the early stage of medical practice.

At that time, Wang Lianshi was an old and rare person. She was busy with medical affairs and couldn't teach them carefully. So she introduced Cheng menxue to her colleague Ding Ganren. Ding Ganren is one of the four famous doctors in Menghe. He believes in the theory of febrile diseases by Ye Tianshi and Xue Shengbai. He is good at plain and light medication.

In 1916, with the support of Xie Liheng and Xia Yingtang, Ding Ganren founded Shanghai Special School of traditional Chinese medicine and Guangyi Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine. Cheng menxue enrolled and became the first student of the school. Ding Ganren advocated the combination of reading and clinical, and required students to integrate the ancient and modern, which had a profound impact on Cheng menxue.

In 1921, Cheng menxue graduated with excellent grades.

In 1926, he was appointed as a teacher. After Gan Ren's death, Cheng menxue became the dean of the school and the medical director of Hunan Guangyi Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine. During this period of time, Cheng menxue was teaching and studying, and her studies were getting better. At the same time, according to the characteristics that most of the patients came from the working people, he advocated the rapid and vigorous use of drugs, and used Zhongjing prescription in large doses. For example, Baihu Decoction was used for Yangming excess heat, plaster was used for four Liang (120 g); yuenu decoction was used for wind fire edema, Mahuang was used for one hundred and twenty-six yuan (48 g); Sini Decoction and Baitong Decoction were used for Shaoyin deficiency cold, etc. the total amount of aconite was about 500 g, and many critical and emergency cases were cured.

Since 1935, Cheng menxue has been away from the educational administration, focusing on clinical practice and setting up his own clinic. By this time, he had become a famous traditional Chinese medicine in Shanghai, so most of the people who were attracted to him came from rich and noble families. According to the physical characteristics of these patients, Cheng menxue sent prescriptions from Ding Ganren's insipid method, which was light and ingenious, and paid attention to compatibility and processing. Such as Mahuang 3-5 points (0.9-1.5g) with honey, Ramulus Cinnamomi 1-3 points (0.3-0.9g), fried paeoniae alba in boiling water, Atractylodes macrocephala soaked in rice hogwash, cooked ground fried, mashed with Amomum or clam powder, thus forming his unique style of clinical medication.

In 1954, Cheng menxue was appointed director of the Department of traditional Chinese medicine of Shanghai 11th People's hospital.

In 1956, Shanghai College of traditional Chinese medicine was founded, and Cheng menxue was the first president of the college. He has successively served as chairman of Shanghai Society of traditional Chinese medicine, member of East China nine member group on schistosomiasis control, consultant of Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau, etc., and was elected as deputy to the second and third National People's Congress.

Main works

Cheng menxue became more diligent and rigorous in his studies. In addition to his clinical experience, he repeatedly read treatise on febrile diseases, synopsis of the golden chamber and other classic works, especially devoted himself to and commented on various versions of Ye Tianshi's medical cases, and learned from ancient and modern works to collect famous prescriptions for clinical application.

Cheng menxue often read, annotate and comment while reading, or recite the rhymes, or compile the handouts to teach. During this period, he wrote more than 2 million words, such as the explanation of the golden chamber, the song Jue of treatise on febrile diseases, the proofreading and annotation of Ye's medical records without printed edition, the commentary of Ye's medical records, the zangxinfang, the song Jue of nuke, and the song Jue of Xixi Library's yehualu.

1. Cheng menxue. On the research methods of traditional Chinese medicine and the role of meridian theory. Shanghai Journal of traditional Chinese medicine, 1959, (4): 5.

2. Cheng menxue. We will continue to work hard for the further study of traditional Chinese medicine. Shanghai Journal of traditional Chinese medicine, 1959, (10): 4.

3. Cheng menxue, Zhang Jingren. Song formula of treatise on febrile diseases. Shanghai Journal of traditional Chinese medicine, 1962, (1): 3738, (2): 37, cover 3, (3): 35, 36, (4): 3032, (5): 3738, (6): 34-36, (7): 3133, (8): 38-40. (9) : 37-40, (10): 3233, (11): 3638, (12): 37-3; 1963, (1): 38-3, (2): 39-40, (3): 3637.

4. Cheng menxue. The experience of studying treatise on febrile diseases. Shanghai Journal of traditional Chinese medicine, 1962, (7): 14; (9): 1014.

5. Cheng menxue. Some experience of studying synopsis of the golden chamber. Shanghai Journal of traditional Chinese medicine, 1962, (12): 18.

6. Cheng menxue. Ye's medical record without engraving, Shanghai: Shanghai Science and Technology Press, 1963.

7. Shanghai College of traditional Chinese medicine. Cheng menxue's medical record. Shanghai: Shanghai Science and Technology Press, 1982.

8. Cheng menxue. Song Jue of Xixi bookstore, Shanghai Journal of traditional Chinese medicine, 1983, (3): 29.

9. Cheng menxue. Jin Kui pianjie. Beijing: People's Health Publishing House, 1986.

10. When Xi, Mo Xueqin finishing. Cheng menxue commented on the selected works of Ye an Cun Zhen. Shanghai Journal of traditional Chinese medicine, 1987, (10): 31; (11): 3334; 1988, (1): 4648; (3): 3234; (5): 3738; (7): 2931; (9): 2627; (11): 4041.

Social evaluation

During his tenure as president of Shanghai University of traditional Chinese medicine, he made great contributions to modern education of traditional Chinese medicine. He advocated that "learning traditional Chinese medicine should first be inherited, without hard work on inheritance, it is impossible to carry forward.". Therefore, students are required to read more classic medical works, copy prescriptions and write pulse cases with their teachers, integrate theory with practice, and apply what they have learned. In teaching, he advocated that the ancient should be used for the present, a hundred schools of thought should contend, and the curriculum of traditional Chinese medicine should be emphasized.

From 1961 to 1962, he personally presided over and held "modern Chinese medicine academic conference" for more than 10 times, invited Shanghai famous doctors of traditional Chinese medicine to impart academic experience of various schools, which played a great role in promoting the academic debate in the field of traditional Chinese medicine.

Rigorous scholarship

Theory of typhoid and febrile diseases

Cheng menxue was rigorous in his studies and had profound academic attainments in the theory of typhoid and febrile diseases. He emphasized on the academic research of traditional Chinese medicine. Even for classic works, it must be tested clinically, and never follow blindly and die under the sentence.

He thinks that treatise on Febrile Diseases and synopsis of Golden Chamber written by Zhang Zhongjing in Han Dynasty are the foundational works of discussing syndrome differentiation and treatment, but there are also some contents inconsistent with clinical practice, which should be treated separately from the text of summarizing the regularity of syndrome differentiation and treatment. He pointed out that there are three types of characters in Treatise on febrile diseases

The first is to summarize the rules of clinical treatment, such as the general principles of six meridians disease and the provisions of main prescriptions and syndromes, which have universal guiding significance and must be mastered;

The second is the textual exposition of individual experience, such as 29 and 30 articles in the original book about the simultaneous occurrence of Yang Dan, Si Ni, foot contracture and delirium, which should be treated differently from the first type of writing and verified by clinical practice;

The third is the four character verse style of writing, such as "micro number of pulse, careful not to moxibustion, because fire is evil, it is Fanni", which is different from the plain narrative style of the whole book. It may be added by later generations, and can not be mistaken for Zhongjing's original text.

Cheng menxue stressed that in order to study Zhongjing's works, we should first read the Bai language, read carefully and repeatedly, run through the relevant articles, and classify the proofs

Chinese PinYin : Cheng Men Xue