请在这里输入要翻译的内容Matt Branham • Thanks for the post. Yaron is right to not follow blindly but see for yourself how this text works. When studying Shang Han Lun start with the Lines. Committing to memory the constellation of symptoms described in each line is essential. With the formulation of the SHL and JGYL, the treatment of disease became based on the emergence of specific patterns related to the nature of the disease manifestation. The lines paint a picture; describe a pattern, of the patient and their present condition. When interviewing your patient the story they tell is also painting you a picture. When they get sick, how do they get sick, Stomach, throat, sinus, URI? This information gives you an idea of what level the illness affects and a constitutional pattern. After getting some facility with the lines look to the body. Abdominal diagnosis was used extensively in the Han dynasty, and was further developed later on by the Japanese. The Nei Jing, Nan Jing as well as the SHL/JGYL each offer a map of the abdomen- a practical diagram of clinical findings that require specific herbal treatments. If you study the lines you will find this map and it will greatly inform your practice. As Yaron's article mentioned the SHL/JGYL was compiled by way of several other classical texts. knowledge of these will also help you crack the code.