脉病不相应 非药可为也——谈蔡元定的医学贡献

Even Medicine Cannot Work if the Pulse of a Patient Is Not In Line With His Symptoms——On CAI Yuan-ding′s Contribution to Medicine

南宋建阳人蔡元定是个通儒,研究领域广、著作多,其理学、经学、堪舆、音乐与医学领域成就皆有可观者。其究医理、著脉经、断生死,所谓"脉病不相应,非药可为也",实为医界名言。

CAI Yuan - cling, born in Jianyang （ a city in Fujian province today） , is a know-all who did research into a host of fields, ranging from Confucianism, Confucian classics to music and medicine. He is known for “Even Medicine Cannot Work If the Pulse of a Patient is not in Line With his Symptoms” owing to his outstanding expertise in medicine.