The eighteenth picture of Mantang in the “Four Medical Classics”: Physiological characteristics of people and types of people

Figure 18 Physiological characteristics and types of people

(1) This picture is based on Chapter 5 “Physiological Characteristics of People”, Chapter 6 “Physiological Characteristics and Differences between People” and Chapter 7 “Signs of Human Death” of the “Four Medical Dictionaries and Discussions”.

(2) The depiction of Chapter 5 of the “Four Medical Classics, Discussing the Physiological Characteristics of People” in this picture is greatly simplified compared with the content of the original book, such as the symptoms and treatment rules of the three major factors of Long, Chiba, and Bacon in patients with diseases, all of which are omitted.