Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen

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The Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen, known familiarly as the Su Wen, is a seminal text of ancient Chinese medicine, yet until now there has been no comprehensive, detailed analysis of its development and contents. - By Paul Unschuld (2003) 520 pages

The author traces the history of the Su Wen to its origins in the final centuries B.C.E., when numerous authors wrote short medical essays to explain the foundations of human health and illness on the basis of the newly developed vessel theory. He examines the meaning of the title and the way the work has been received throughout Chinese medical history, both before and after the eleventh century when the text as it is know today emerged. Unschuld’s survey of the contents includes illuminating discussions of the yin-yang and five agents doctrines, the perception of the human body and its organs, qi and blood, pathogenic agents, concepts of diseases and diagnosis, and avariety of therapies, including the new technique of acupuncture. An extensive appendix, furthermore, offers a detailed introduction to the complicated climatological theories of Wu Yun Liu Qi (‘five periods and six qi’), which were added to the Su Wen by Wang Bing in the Tang era.

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15/01/2004

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