医方考
医
医方考
📅 明👤 Wu Kun
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Original (Classical Chinese)
考方之因，明方之意。
Pinyin
Kǎo fāng zhī yīn, míng fāng zhī yì.
English Translation
The point of explaining a formula is to make clear the intention behind its construction. Examine its medicinals, judge its dosages and discern its indications, and the ancients' methods stand revealed.
📝 Commentary
Wu Kun's Ming work, the first monograph devoted to formula analysis. It explains that dissecting a formula's ingredients, doses and indications reveals the ancients' intentions.