Here is the first translation into English of the complete Yin-Hai Jing-Wei, a classic fifteenth-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 premodern China. Superbly rendered from the classical Chinese and extensively annotated by Paul U. Unschuld and Jürgen Kovacs, the text provides detailed descriptions of the etiology, symptomatology, and therapy of every eye disease known to fifteenth-century Chinese practitioners. The translators' introduction also provides the first in-depth analysis of the development of this specialty within Chinese medicine. As a source for comparative studies of Chinese and Western medicine and numerous other issues in the history of medicine and Chinese thought, the Yin-Hai Jing-Wei has no equal in the Western world.
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"A major contribution to ophthalmology. . . . The scholarship is of the highest standard. The translation is a model of philological precision."--Donald Harper, University of Arizona
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No organ is comparable to the eye in its importance as a link between man and his environment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
liver conduit, five qian, kidney conduit, yang elixir, lung conduit, one qian, rectifying ingredients, three qian, lower lid outward, two qian, windlass unwinds, fang fing, fang frog, pulverize fine, three liang, yin elixir, four qian, membrane intrudes, seven qian, local application use, ging fen, tong seeds, discard the knots, half liang, powder mixed with wine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yin-hai Ping-wei, Sun Si-miao, Chao Yuan-fang, Wang Tao, Song Jin-Yuan, Bao Guang, Wang An-shi, General Discourse, Qin Shi Huang-di, Rufus of Ephesos, Tian Ren-zhai, Bian Que, Dao de Ping, Liu Cha, Liu Hao, Yinhai Ping-wei, Zhang Cong-zheng, Zuo Qiu-ming New!
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liver conduit, five qian, kidney conduit, yang elixir, lung conduit, one qian, rectifying ingredients, three qian, lower lid outward, two qian, windlass unwinds, fang fing, fang frog, pulverize fine, three liang, yin elixir, four qian, membrane intrudes, seven qian, local application use, ging fen, tong seeds, discard the knots, half liang, powder mixed with wine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yin-hai Ping-wei, Sun Si-miao, Chao Yuan-fang, Wang Tao, Song Jin-Yuan, Bao Guang, Wang An-shi, General Discourse, Qin Shi Huang-di, Rufus of Ephesos, Tian Ren-zhai, Bian Que, Dao de Ping, Liu Cha, Liu Hao, Yinhai Ping-wei, Zhang Cong-zheng, Zuo Qiu-ming New!
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- The Chinese Materia Medica by Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine on 4 pages
- Chinese Herbs by John D. Keys in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Pharmacology and Applications of Chinese Materia Medica by Paul Pui-Hay in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Approaches to Traditional Chinese Medical Literature by Paul U. Unschuld in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society by Arthur P. Wolf on page 115
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