In recent decades various versions of Chinese medicine have begun to be widely practiced in Western countries. Filling the gap in the existing literature by analyzing Chinese medical texts from the early Middle Ages, this text provides a unique and fascinating interpretation of Chinese medical history.
In recent decades various versions of Chinese medicine have begun to be widely practiced in Western countries. Filling the gap in the existing literature by analyzing Chinese medical texts from the early Middle Ages, this text provides a unique and fascinating interpretation of Chinese medical history.
Vivienne Lo researches and lectures on the early and medieval history of Asian medicine at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London. Christopher Cullen is Director of the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge. Needham Research Institute, UK Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, UK
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1. The Dunhuang Collections and International Collaboration 2. Introduction Part 1: The Manuscripts 3. Manuscripts as Sources in the History of Chinese Medicine 4. A General Survey of Medical Works contained in the Dunhuang Medical Manuscripts 5. Comments on the Problem of 'Transcription' 6. Han Bamboo and Wooden Medical Records discovered in Military Sites from the North Western Frontier Regions Part 2: Divination, Iatromancy and Related Arts 7. Mantic Texts in their Cultural Context 8. Dunhuang Iatromantic Manuscripts: P.2856 V°and P.2675 R° 9. Love Charms among the Dunhuang Manuscripts 10. From Prognosis to Diagnosis of Illness in Tang China Part 3: Self-Cultivation and the Popular Medical Traditions 11. Introductory Essay 12. Quick and Easy Chinese Medicine: The Dunhuang Moxibustion Charts 13. Art of the Bedchamber 14. Daoism and the Dunhuang Regimen Texts Part 4: Pharmacology 15. The Dunhuang Manuscripts and Pharmacology in Mediaeval China 16. The Three juan Edition of Bencao Jizhu and Excavated Sources 17. Canonical Methods for Brews and Decoctions: A Lost Text Recorded in the Hanshu Bibliography 18. Wind Malady as Madness in Mediaeval China 19. A Treatment for Cardiovascular Dysfunction in a Dunhuang Medical Manuscript Appendix 1: Materia Medica Abstracts of 73 manuscripts containing medical information held in the British Library and the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg and Ryukoku University Library
1. The Dunhuang Collections and International Collaboration 2. Introduction Part 1: The Manuscripts 3. Manuscripts as Sources in the History of Chinese Medicine 4. A General Survey of Medical Works contained in the Dunhuang Medical Manuscripts 5. Comments on the Problem of 'Transcription' 6. Han Bamboo and Wooden Medical Records discovered in Military Sites from the North Western Frontier Regions Part 2: Divination, Iatromancy and Related Arts 7. Mantic Texts in their Cultural Context 8. Dunhuang Iatromantic Manuscripts: P.2856 V°and P.2675 R° 9. Love Charms among the Dunhuang Manuscripts 10. From Prognosis to Diagnosis of Illness in Tang China Part 3: Self-Cultivation and the Popular Medical Traditions 11. Introductory Essay 12. Quick and Easy Chinese Medicine: The Dunhuang Moxibustion Charts 13. Art of the Bedchamber 14. Daoism and the Dunhuang Regimen Texts Part 4: Pharmacology 15. The Dunhuang Manuscripts and Pharmacology in Mediaeval China 16. The Three juan Edition of Bencao Jizhu and Excavated Sources 17. Canonical Methods for Brews and Decoctions: A Lost Text Recorded in the Hanshu Bibliography 18. Wind Malady as Madness in Mediaeval China 19. A Treatment for Cardiovascular Dysfunction in a Dunhuang Medical Manuscript Appendix 1: Materia Medica Abstracts of 73 manuscripts containing medical information held in the British Library and the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg and Ryukoku University Library
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