许叔微的《普济本事方》在南宋多次刊刻,流传到湖北、湖南、浙江、江苏、福建、四川,以及金人统治区,而《伤寒百证歌》《伤寒发微论》《伤寒九十论》因刊刻稀少而主要以抄本形式流传,其流传范围十分有限.因此,《普济本事方》比伤寒著作对南宋社会的影响更大.从南宋医籍对《普济本事方》的征引来看,《普济本事方》中的伤寒内容很少被引用.所以,虽然许叔微对伤寒的认识十分深刻,但就宋代对伤寒的认识而言,许叔微的影响十分有限.
Xu Shuwei' s Pu ji ben shi fang (Moxibustion in Prescription for Universal Relief) was carved for several times and disseminated to Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Sichuan Provinces and the areas under the rule of the Jin ethnic minority group.While Shang han bai zheng ge (Poets of Syndrome of Exo-pathogenic Cold disease), Shang han fa wei lun (Discourse on Elucidation of Exo-pathogenic Cold Disease) , and Shang han jiu shi lun (90 Discourses on Exo-pathogenic Disease) were scarcely carved or spread in its copying form with very limited distribution.Hence, Pu ji ben shi fang exerts greater influence in the Southern Song Dynasty.When analysing the citations from the Puji ben sgiufang in the books of the Southern Song Dynasty, very few texts were cited from Puji ben shifang.Thus, in terms of knowledge on exo-pathogenic cold disease in the Southern Song Dynasty, Xu' s influence was quite limited even though he himself had deep insight into this art of disease.