What are the four schools of traditional Chinese medicine?

The "Four Masters in Jin and Yuan Dynasties" divided the Chinese medicine system into four schools, namely, Liu Wansu, Zhang Congzheng, Li Gao and Zhu Zhenheng.

Liu Wansu (A.D. 11-12), whose word was faithful and he was born in Hejian, was called Liu Hejian in the world. From the end of the Northern Song Dynasty to Jin Zhangzong, he became angry and studied medicine because of his mother's illness. From the pathogenesis of 19 articles in the Internal Classic, he explained that most of the diseases were cremated, so he was called the representative of the fiery school. He liked to use cold medicine, which had a great influence on the school of febrile diseases in later generations. He has written a lot in his life, such as Six Books of Hejian.

Zhang Congzheng (A.D. 1156-1228), whose name was Zi He, was Dai Ren. People from Suizhou Kaocheng. Liu Hejian was a private scholar, but he treated diseases mainly by attacking evil spirits. He had unique views on the three methods of sweating, vomiting and purgation, and became a representative figure of the school of purgation. His masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, such as "Confucianism and Family Affairs", were promoted to be the first of the four masters because of his good treatment of acute syndrome.

Li Gao (A.D. 118-1251) was born in Zhending, Hebei Province. He studied under the author of Medical Origin and Zhang Yuansu, the founder of Yishui School. Paying attention to the regulation of viscera function, and taking the spleen and stomach as the center, he became the founder of spleen-soil school. There are "Spleen and Stomach Theory" handed down from ancient times.

Zhu Zhenheng (A.D. 1281-1358) was born Yan Xiu. A native of Yiwu, Yunzhou, has a stream named Danxi in front of him. Therefore, the world respects him as Mr. Danxi. The academic point of view is that "Yang is often surplus and Yin is often insufficient", and he makes good use of the method of nourishing yin, which is regarded as the founder of Ziyin School by later generations. His masterpieces handed down from ancient times include Ge Zhi Yu Lun and Dan Xi Xin Fa.

Traditional Chinese medicine originated from sages

According to the traditional view, Chinese medical knowledge was handed down by ancient sages such as Fuxi, Shennong and Huangdi. Huai Nan Zi and Tong Jian Wai Ji put forward that only when a sage comes out can "the doctor prosper" and "the doctor stand up"; Bing Wang, a medical scientist in the Tang Dynasty, thought that Chinese medicine was the "Three Sages (Fuxi, Shennong and Huangdi) Road".

Therefore, early medical classics such as Huangdi Neijing, Shennong Materia Medica Classic and Huangdi Eighty-one Difficult Classic will be named as ancient saints. There are also many such legends, such as Fuxi painting hexagrams, which led to the theory of yin and yang; Shennong tasted a hundred herbs before he got the knowledge of pharmacology of traditional Chinese medicine; The question and answer between Huangdi and Tianshi Qi Bo began with Huangdi Neijing.