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Here is the first translation into English of the complete Yin-hai jing-wei, a classic 15th century text on Chinese ophthalmology. As one of the few original manuscripts on traditional Chinese medicine translated into a Western language, this work offers an unprecedented view of the practice of medicine, and specifically eye care, in pre-modern...

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Nearly two decades ago Prof. Unschuld produced Medicine in China, A History of Ideas, giving us not only the first thorough intellectual history of Chinese medicine based on primary sources but also the conceptual foundation by which we understand Chinese medicine. His insight, the "medicine systematic correspondences," remains the most...

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In this superbly illustrated text Unschuld continues his exploration of Chinese traditional medicine through an examination of the art, craft, and commercial artifacts of its history in China. Beginning with an historical overview, Unschuld examines the literature of medicine and pharmacy, taking the Mawangdui text as the starting point. In successive...

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This text is a collection of important theoretical statements concerning the application of pharmaceutics in different periods of Chinese history. The sources selected are the works that introduced, extended, or developed primary theories, patterns, and methods in Chinese medicine.

Drug therapies have been at least as central to Chinese medicine...

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