Pulse Diagnosis in Early Chinese Medicine - The Telling Touch (Hardcover)

This is a study of the earliest extensive account of Chinese pulse diagnosis, or more accurately, the examination of mai. Dr Hsu focuses on a biography of Chunyu Yi, a doctor of the early Han, and presents the first complete translation into English of the Memoir in the Historical Records by Sima Qian (d. ca 86 BCE). This Memoir contains biographies of the physician, medical case histories and interviews, and constitutes a document of enormous importance to the history of medicine in China. The analysis covers the first ten medical cases and their rich vocabulary on touch, as used in Chinese pulse diagnosis. The patients treated were mostly nobility of the kingdom of Qi in Eastern China, who suffered from the indulgences of court life and were treated with early forms of decoction, fomentation, fumigation, acupuncture and moxibustion. To date there is no book on early China of its kind.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	University of Cambridge Oriental Publications
Release date:	May 2010
First published:	July 2010
Authors:	Elisabeth Hsu
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	422
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-51662-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-51662-5
Barcode:	9780521516624

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