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Book/Printed Material Taiping hui min he ji ju fang : shi juan 太平惠民和剂局方 : 十卷

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Title

  • Taiping hui min he ji ju fang : shi juan

Other Title

  • 太平惠民和剂局方 : 十卷

Translated Title

  • Prescriptions of the Bureau of the Management and Administration of Pharmacy, in Ten Juan

Summary

  • Tai ping hui min he ji ju fang (Prescriptions of the Bureau of the Management and Administration of Pharmacy) is the earliest book of patent medicine in China and in the world. The work records prescriptions of patent medicines compiled by the official pharmacy of the Imperial Medical Bureau during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). It contains 788 prescriptions in 14 categories, and provides, under each prescription, details on the expected cure and components of the medicine. The work serves as a manual, making it easier for physicians and patients to choose, acquire, and compound the medicines. Of the early Chinese works on prescriptions, besides Zhang Zhongjing's Shang han za bing lun (Treatise on cold pathogenic and miscellaneous diseases), this work has been the most useful and the most influential among physicians. Many of its prescriptions are regarded by modern traditional Chinese medicine as having the same curative effects. Among the extant editions, this one, printed at the workshop of Rixintang in Jianyang, is an early copy with complete content.

Names

  • Chen, Shiwen Author

Created / Published

  • Fujian : Rixintang of Gao Family, 1366.

Headings

  • -  China
  • -  1107 to 1252
  • -  Drugs
  • -  Materia medica
  • -  Medicine, Chinese
  • -  Prescriptions

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 6 volumes ; 23.6 x 15.4 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of China.
  • -  Content in Chinese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
  • -  Title revised per Asian Division.--cc28 2023-01-06

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Chinese Books, Manuscripts, Maps, and Prints

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666438

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Chen, Shiwen Author. Taiping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang: Shi Juan. Fujian: Rixintang of Gao Family, 1366. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666438/.

APA citation style:

Chen, S. A. (1366) Taiping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang: Shi Juan. Fujian: Rixintang of Gao Family. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666438/.

MLA citation style:

Chen, Shiwen Author. Taiping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang: Shi Juan. Fujian: Rixintang of Gao Family, 1366. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666438/>.