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Title

Huang Di nei jing su wen : nature, knowledge, imagery in an ancient Chinese medical text, with an appendix, The doctrine of the five periods and six qi in the Huang Di nei jing su wen / Paul U. Unschuld.

Author

Unschuld, Paul U. (Paul Ulrich), 1943-

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Description

xii, 520 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

• "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. At last Paul U. Unschuld offers entry into this still-vital artifact of China's cultural and intellectual past.".
• "Unschuld 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 known today emerged.
• An extensive appendix, furthermore, offers a detailed introduction to the complicated climatological theories of Wu yun Ilu qi ("five periods and six qi"), which were added to the Su wen by Wang Bing in the Tang era."--BOOK JACKET.
• 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 disease and diagnosis, and a variety of therapies, including the new technique of acupuncture.

Subject

• Hwang Di nei jing su wen
• Medicine, Chinese Traditional
• Su wen

ISBN

0520233220 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2002027170

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries