Core Content and Value of Xue Xue's Wen Nve Lun
ZHANG Xuedan
ZHANG Weihang
Abstract：The Qing dynasty was a crucial period for the rapid development of the Warm Disease School.Xue Xue,a renowned representative physician of the Warm Disease School during the Qing dynasty,authored Wen Nve Lun,a critical essay targeting contemporary doctors who confined the treatment of warm malaria to Cold damage methods and deviated from clinical practice.Based on the theories of the Inner Canon of Huangdi and the Treatise on Febrile Diseases,Xue argued that warm malaria does not belong to major pathogenic Cold damage but rather to minor pathogenic malaria.He differentiated warm malaria from Cold damage,febrile malaria,and latent Qi in terms of etiology,pathogenesis,disease location,and treatment principles.In terms of treatment,Xue Xue contended that warm malaria should not follow the treatment principle of Cold damage,which advocates"resolution upon sweating",nor should Baihu Jia Guizhi decoction be used as a universal prescription.Instead,he proposed a new formula,Qing Nve Yin.This essay holds significant reference value for studying Xue Xue's academic thoughts on warm diseases.
Keywords：Wen Nve LunXue XueBaihu Jia Guizhi decoctionQing Nve Yin
Publication Date：2026-02-28
Online Publishing Date：2026-03-13(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 308-310 )