Consisting of five sections, this is a unique and comprehensive book concerning external therapy and Chinese drugs. It covers not only almost all the clinical departments of TCM such as medicine, surgery, gynaecology, paediatrics, dermatology, orthopaedics, etc., but also almost all the main external therapeutic methods with Chinese drugs, such as the Yan Xun Fa method of drug-smoking, Xun Xi Fa method of steaming and drip-washing with drug decoction, and so on. It also introduces the external treatment of 167 diseases with Chinese drugs, and involves more than 600 prescriptions.

In other words, this book includes all clinical departments, all common or frequently-encountered diseases, all major prescriptions for external use, and all major external therapeutic methods with Chinese drugs.