In the course of studying under a master and reading the medical texts of my country, I have also come across this problem plagued by my online friends.

I went to the countryside in 1969 to treat patients, and my first prescription was treated entirely under the guidance of my mentor using pharmaceutical formulas.

To the beginning of December 1973, in Changning County Xinhua Bookstore purchased "Chinese medicine terminology" book. Book page 506 a section IV: "ancient and modern weights and measures comparison table" more comprehensive ancient and modern weights and measures of the standard evolution process. The State Council on June 25, 1959 issued the "State Council on the unification of China's measurement system reform order" clearly stipulates that: "the market system was originally set at sixteen taels for a catty.... ... a change of ten taels for a catty, Chinese medicine prescription drugs, in order to prevent calculation errors, you can continue to use the original unit of measurement, not reform.

I have transcribed a number of cases for my master, and in the prescription of medicines, I found that the original "qian" (10th decimal place) of 1 qian was changed to 5 grams in the metric system. I also listened to the master for me to tell the story of Yunnan famous doctor Wu Peiheng medicine: said Mr. Wu Wu good use of Lizhong Tang treatment of gastric disorders, in which the dose of epiphyllum is larger, the reason is that at the same time to add a flavor of fine Xin! There is an opening and closing of the stomach qi effect!

More than fifty years have passed since the incident of learning the way of medicine! Netflix brought this up and had to flip through the book blurbs. For reference only!

1 catty = 16 taels = 248 grams = 250 milliliters of liquid.

　　1 tael = 24 baht = 15.625 grams

　　1 ku = 0.5 g

　　1 pinch = 2 grams

　　1 square inch dagger = 2.74 grams of gold and stone = about 2 grams of powdered herbs = about 1 gram of grass and grass.

　　Half square inch dagger = one blade of kyu = one penny dagger = 1.5 grams

　　One dagger = 1.5-1.8 grams

　　One baht = 0.65 grams

　　One baht = the weight of 100 pieces of millet.

　　One point = 3.9-4.2 grams

　　1 dendro = 10 buckets = 20,000 ml.

　　1 bucket = 10 liters = 2000 ml

　　1 liter = 10 combinations = 200 ml

　　1 Hop = 2 flutes = 20 ml.

　　Sycamore size = soybean size

　　One liter of Sichuan pepper = 50 grams

　　Drabanemerosa hebecarpa one liter = 60 grams

　　Cornus officinalis 1 liter = 50 grams

　　One liter of Schisandra = 50 grams

　　One liter of Semen Xie = 130 grams

　　Gadfly 1 liter = 16 grams

　　1 large one = 20-30 g.

　　1 of the seeds = 15 grams

　　1 small = 3 grams of strong aconite

　　1 strong aconite large = 5-6 grams

　　10 large almonds = 4 grams

　　Gardenia 10 pieces Average 15 grams

　　Average size of piper betel 1 = 46 grams

　　1 Citrus aurantium approx. 14.4 g

　　1 large plaster egg, about 40 grams

　　1 shaku, about 30 grams

　　One bamboo leaf, about 12 grams

Conversion time to remember two points: the weight of the time is equivalent to how many grams of the present, but also remember that this formula is divided into several times to eat, so that the conversion is accurate, and then according to the local drug dosage habits, in line with the local drug habits, but also in line with the dosage of the scriptures

This question posed by the subject has revealed a complete lack of understanding of ancient Chinese medical and prescription arguments.

If a party has three doses of two rings, one penny equals 3 grams and two pennies equals 5 grams.

For three rings, three coins equals 9 grams and four coins equals 15 grams.

Rings; two daily doses are two rings, and three times are three rings.

The specifics can't be expressed in a few words, remember one key, the lighter the medication the better the healer.

I'm not quite sure why someone must take the dosage of medicine used in the Typhoid Fever Treatise and convert it to modern units. You know, Typhoid was written 1800 years ago, and the dosage of medicine at that time, is it really appropriate for today?

It should be better understood by converting the proportions. Instead of necessarily pursuing Zhang Zhongjing on how much quantity he used.

To know the vastness of China, the south and the north of the difference is very big, the amount of medicine also has a big difference, to money as an example of this unit, the north, then, usually 5 grams of money, the south, then, usually 3 grams of money, the north of the amount of medicine more than large, the south of the majority of small. It is related to the local climate, physical fitness, including dietary habits and other aspects are related.

Therefore, if you read the ancient medical books, you should learn to integrate and adapt, not dead reading. Still need to combine with clinical synthesis.

Chinese medicine is valued for its clarity.

Many doctors in the clinical evidence found in the many schools of Chinese medicine can not be put in the four seas and all accurate, and then turn back to study the evidence corresponds to not say what reason typhoid theory, after all, typhoid theory formula rigorous, sometimes as effective as rafters, of course, not effective when it is not allowed to certify or not seize the main evidence.

This is the next best thing, is not able to understand the medical science of the helpless, but by some of the push as the best policy, and boasts of the prescription school, but it is just a boat to seek the sword. More people are not effective attributed to the ancient and modern weights and measures are not the same, in fact, one or two money converted into 15 grams, or 3 grams 1 gram really does not matter, the ancient method of medicine, decoction time is long, today many times a few grams of medicine can be effective, the key is to understand the reasoning, understand the reasoning of the medical science, understanding the reasoning of the medicine.

If you don't understand Peng Zi Yi, it is difficult to understand reason, and you will spend your life groping in the dark.

It must be converted to the dosage now prescribed by the Pharmacopoeia, one tael of Typhoid being equal to 3 grams at present.