Textual Research On External Treatment Of Wu Shi-ji

Wu Shiji is a traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) doctor who lived in later period of Qing Dynasty, he treated patients mostly apply external therapy, and he invented many types of plasters, those are popular in roughscuff, because it has remarkable effect and is convenient to use. Wu is called "Great Master of external treatment " by afterworld, he wrote a book called, this is a academic work about external therapy.This dissertation mainly discuss the external treatment of Wu from several aspect.First of all. from the historic perspective. Wu achieved so massive success in external treatment, that is because he not only comprehend the TCM classics, but also sum up the plenty of experience of predecessors, we can say. due to absorb much doctor's strongpoint, and make use of them, so he had some breakthrough in external treatment, and applied external treatment follow his inclinations, he pushed external treatment to a very high status by his efforts.Wu Shiji choosed external treatment is connect to the age that he lived in, because of the war of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, peoples lived in poverty and disease, they were thirsty for a kind of method to cure diseases effectively and conveniently, Wu Shiji saw those demands of peoples, and external treatment was adapt to those demands of peoples exactly, so, Wu Shiji's external treatment was a thing produced by age.Because temporal prejudice, people doubted the external treatment at first time, after finding it work well, it been accepted broadly, and afterword, doctors copy him in many places. Wu Shiji deeply realized the misconception of others about external treatment, so he wanted to write a book to explore the root of external treatment, hope find some theories to back up the external treatment, he integrate theory of internal treatment, tried to make external treatment to correspond with internal treatment and acupuncture in theory, and compared them each other. By this, he maked people recognize the TCM more roundly and impersonally, and understood the external treatment ulteriorly.When Wu Shiji applied external treatment, he also put up some innovations, for example, he put forward that apply external should follow the "triple energizer subsection", it is a instructional ideology. Appling external treatment under this ideology, can turn complex into simple on external treatment, and it could urge doctor to create new operation external treatment methods in clinic. This ideology is based on triple energizer theory of internal treatment, the theory of "triple energizer subsection" is a result that Wu was good at thinking and brave for innovation.Wu Shiji'plasters is also characteristic, the composition of his plaster was from the principle of internal treatment, when he applied plasters, he often combined with other means, and according to the symptom, he would add other herb drug into his plaster, to make up the deficiency of plaster, it not only convenient but also flexible, reflect that a great doctor's wisdom in clinic.Author deem that TCM external treatment is very valuable, nowadays, especially need TCM treatment that is simple, convenient, cheap and effective. As a kind of way that can be used in healthcare as well as in treatment, external therapy should be spread in clinic, we should seriously to treat the door that Wu Shiji opened for us.