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Chinese Medical Theories -- Their Origins

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Description: Chinese Medical Theories -- Their Origins Where do the medical theories come from? • The scholars wrote their theories in classical Chinese literature since ancient times. • Some (More) Chinese Medical Theories -- Their Origins Where do the medical theories come from? • The scholars wrote their theories in classical Chinese literature since ancient times. • Some scholars were herbalists, but most were philosophers, historians and poets. • Besides talking about healing, the classical theories also discuss the scholars' philosophical views about the cosmos, nature, life and health. Some examples of early classical work: • "Historical Records", Si Ma Qian. "史記" 司馬遷 It talks about the earliest herbalist, Shen Nong 神農 , circa 3500 B.C., tasting various herbs and assessing their medicinal values. • "Book of Interior" or "Nei Jing", author unknown. "內經" This is the first comprehensive medical book appearing around 300 B.C. It mentions the Yellow Emperor 黃帝 , circa 3000 B.C., discussing the theory of The Five Elements and The Six Essences 五運六氣 with one of his Ministers, thus establishing the Yellow Emperor as the legendary founder of Chinese medicine. This early book already pointed out the important concept of disease prevention in addition to cure. • "Book on Medical Perplexities", Bian Que. "難經"扁鵲 The author is known as the first acupuncturist circa 360 B.C. He also formalized the Chinese method of diagnosis consisting of four steps: observe, listen, question, and pulse read 「望聞問切」 • The most famous herbalist, Hua Tuo 華佗, circa 160 A.D., did not leave any writings behind. However, his works were well documented in various classical texts, especially, "Annals of the Three States" 三國志. Hua Tuo is known to employ herbal anesthetics in minor surgeries, and to have invented the Five Styles of Chinese Boxing 「五禽戲」 • "Shang Han Lun", Zhang Zhong Jing "傷寒論"張仲景 This is the first specialized book about infectious diseases, symptoms, and disease therapy (circa 200 A.D.) • "Book on Pulse", Wang Shu He "脈經"王叔和 Chinese pulse diagnosis has been employed since ancient times. Wang was the first author to describe pulse methods circa 250 A.D., which were later introduced to neighboring countries such as Japan and Korea. What are the strong points about Chinese medical theories? • Over 4000 years of history • Written by scholars of literary renown • High literary, historical, and philosophical values besides medical • In addition to healing and health, topics include philosophy, history, cosmology, nature and life. • Emphasis on prevention as much as cure. What are the weak points about Chinese medical theories? • Not written for ordinary people most of whom were illiterate • Intended as a document or intellectual discourse for the Imperial Court, and the small audience of literary elite. • Difficult to understand due to high abstraction • Difficult to apply to so many real cases, which always require the healer to first understand the actual conditions of the disease and the agony of the patient. • The rest of the weak points are man-made, as follows: • Inaccurate interpretations by many readers • Insufficient questioning and reality check by most readers • Most readers commingle the abstract classical theories with the empirical knowledge of herbs • Many readers like to quote classical terms without really trying to understand what they mean. • Some readers pretend that they understand the theories and try to apply them blindly to real cases. In fact, there is nothing wrong to admit that the theories are too abstract to understand, let alone applying them. www.herbsandtea.com Click the Askjohn button to pose a question. Herbal capsules or concentrates can be tailor-made for your conditions. (Less)

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