Extra Treatises Based
on Investigation & Inquiry
By Zhu Dan-xi, trans. by Yang Shou-zhong & Duan Wu-jin. 140 pg.,
6" x 8 3/4" paperback. Extra Treatises Based on Investigation
& Inquiry is a collection of medical essays by the great Jin/Yuan dynasty
master, Zhu Zhen-heng, one of the four great masters of internal medicine
of his time. In these essays, Zhu discusses his theories on ministerial
fire & the importance of enriching yin. In addition, he discusses at
length the roles that diet, sex, & lifestyle all play in disease causation
& prevention. |