On the Forms in which Arcane Triggering Conditions Originate Illness
Suwen xuan ji yuan bing shi (On the forms in which arcane triggering conditions originate illness in the Basic Questions), an influential book by Liu Wansu, ca. 1152. It is based on the discussion of 19 triggering conditions of disease in pian74 of the Basic Questions, a chapter that many scholars consider a late addition. Liu abridged this schema tc 11 triggering conditions, in a mere 277 characters. He went on to explain their clinical significance in terms of phase energetics, a theory that correlated cosmic disorders with disease. This is the version in Main Artery of the Orthodox Medical Tradition. (Collection of Library of China Academy of TCM.)