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A Catalog of Benevolent Items

Li Shizhen's Compendium of Classical Chinese Knowledge

By: Shizhen Li

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A Catalog of Benevolent Items

Li Shizhen's Compendium of Classical Chinese Knowledge

By: Shizhen Li

The Ben cao gang mu was the world's most comprehensive encyclopedia of natural history and medicine when it was published in China in 1593. In fifty-two chapters, the physician Li Shizhen evaluated the wisdom of two millennia about plants, animals, minerals, and artificial substances used in medicine and collected it with countless verbatim quotations and his own supplementary comments. A Catalog of Benevolent Items provides the first single-volume introduction to this vast record of the classical Chinese world. Edited and translated by Paul U. Unschuld, a leading expert on historical Chinese medical texts, this anthology offers little-known details of China's historical knowledge of nature; traditional Chinese medicine and its theoretical foundations; social and cultural facets of ancient Chinese civilization not documented elsewhere; and the information management of a sixteenth-century Chinese scholar. Thoughtfully curated and organized by theme, A Catalog of Benevolent Items provides an accessible gateway to this foundational work"--

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0520404238

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VI

Vegetables, Fruits

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VI

Vegetables, Fruits

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Volume VI in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 26 through 33, devoted to vegetables and fruits. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul U. Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.

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0520395182

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Chinese Medicinal Herbs

A Modern Edition of a Classic Sixteenth-century Manual

By: Shizhen Li,Porter Smith,George Arthur Stuart

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Chinese Medicinal Herbs

A Modern Edition of a Classic Sixteenth-century Manual

By: Shizhen Li,Porter Smith,George Arthur Stuart

Two Western doctors assembled this updated edition of a massive sixteenth-century document, annotating their translation with their own observations. A treasury of tried-and-true wisdom from centuries of practical experience, it has served as a basis for modern-day organic medicine and has enormous value for practitioners of alternative healing methods.

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Courier Corporation

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VII

Woods

By: Shizhen Li

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VII

Woods

By: Shizhen Li

Volume VII in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 34 through 37, devoted to woods. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul U. Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.

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0520395190

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume I, Part A

Introduction, History, Pharmacology, Diseases and Suitable Pharmaceutical Drugs I

By: Shizhen Li

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume I, Part A

Introduction, History, Pharmacology, Diseases and Suitable Pharmaceutical Drugs I

By: Shizhen Li

Volume I is divided into two parts. Part A of volume 1 in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a translation of chapters 1 and 2 and portions of chapter 3. Chapters 1 and 2 are devoted to introducing the history of materia medica. Chapter 3 is devoted to pharmaceutical drugs for diseases. Chapter 3 is continued, along with chapter 4, in part B of volume I. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul U. Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume I, Part B

Diseases and Suitable Pharmaceutical Drugs II

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume I, Part B

Diseases and Suitable Pharmaceutical Drugs II

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Volume I is divided into two parts. Part B of volume I in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a translation of portions of chapter 3 and the complete chapter 4, devoted to pharmaceutical drugs for diseases. This volume is a continuation of volume I, part A. The first portion of chapter 3 is found in part A. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul U. Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VIII

Clothes, Utensils, Worms, Insects, Amphibians, Animals with Scales, Animals with Shells

By: Li Shizhen

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VIII

Clothes, Utensils, Worms, Insects, Amphibians, Animals with Scales, Animals with Shells

By: Li Shizhen

Volume VIII in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 38 through 46, devoted to clothes, utensils, worms, insects, amphibians, animals with scales, and animals with shells. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume IV

Marshland Herbs, Poisonous Herbs

By: Li Shizhen

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume IV

Marshland Herbs, Poisonous Herbs

By: Li Shizhen

Volume IV in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 15 through 17, devoted to marshland herbs and poisonous herbs. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul U. Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume IX

Fowls, Domestic and Wild Animals, Human Substances

By: Li Shizhen

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume IX

Fowls, Domestic and Wild Animals, Human Substances

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Volume IX in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 47 through 52, devoted to fowls, domestic and wild animals, and human substances. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume II

Waters, Fires, Soils, Metals, Jades, Stones, Minerals, Salts

By: Li Shizhen

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume II

Waters, Fires, Soils, Metals, Jades, Stones, Minerals, Salts

By: Li Shizhen

Volume II in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 5 through 11, devoted to waters, fires, soils, metals, jades, stones, minerals, and salts. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume V

Creeping Herbs, Water Herbs, Herbs Growing on Stones, Mosses, Cereals

By: Li Shizhen

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume V

Creeping Herbs, Water Herbs, Herbs Growing on Stones, Mosses, Cereals

By: Li Shizhen

Volume V in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 18 through 25, devoted to creeping herbs, water herbs, herbs growing on stones, mosses, and cereals. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul U. Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VII

Woods

By: Shizhen Li

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VII

Woods

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume III

Mountain Herbs, Fragrant Herbs

By: Li Shizhen

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume III

Mountain Herbs, Fragrant Herbs

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Volume III in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 12 through 14, devoted to mountain herbs and fragrant herbs. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul U. Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past.

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0520385012

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Chinese Medicinal Herbs

A Modern Edition of a Classic Sixteenth-century Manual

By: Shizhen Li,Porter Smith,George Arthur Stuart

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A Modern Edition of a Classic Sixteenth-century Manual

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VI

Vegetables, Fruits

By: Shizhen Li

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VI

Vegetables, Fruits

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume IV

Marshland Herbs, Poisonous Herbs

By: Li Shizhen

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume IV

Marshland Herbs, Poisonous Herbs

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume I, Part A

Introduction, History, Pharmacology, Diseases and Suitable Pharmaceutical Drugs I

By: Shizhen Li

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume I, Part A

Introduction, History, Pharmacology, Diseases and Suitable Pharmaceutical Drugs I

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The Ben Cao Gang Mu

Chinese Edition

By: Shizhen Li

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The Ben Cao Gang Mu

Chinese Edition

By: Shizhen Li

This is the original Chinese edition of the Ben cao gang mu. Compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518–1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, the Ben cao gang mu is considered the largest encyclopedia of natural history in a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. Its description of almost 1,900 pharmaceutically used natural and man-made substances marks the apex of the development of premodern Chinese pharmaceutical knowledge.

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume I, Part B

Diseases and Suitable Pharmaceutical Drugs II

By: Shizhen Li

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Diseases and Suitable Pharmaceutical Drugs II

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Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume VIII

Clothes, Utensils, Worms, Insects, Amphibians, Animals with Scales, Animals with Shells

By: Li Shizhen

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Clothes, Utensils, Worms, Insects, Amphibians, Animals with Scales, Animals with Shells

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Pulse Diagnosis

By: Shizhen Li

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Pulse Diagnosis

By: Shizhen Li

Paradigm Publications brings the medicine and healing of the Oriental tradition to English-speaking readers. Our work is based on the premise that the West will successfully absorb Oriental traditional healing arts only by honoring the respect for language, tradition, and nature on which they were founded. Seeking to accurately transmit an Asian expertise that is rooted in bedside skills and highly trained sensory observations, our books for clinical professionals are produced by cooperative teams of Asian and Western clinical experts, scholars, and linguists. By adhering to voluntary, multi-author, multi-publisher standards, these works become part of a valuable library that is not limited by the interests of any one author or publisher. Based on similar principles, our books for discriminating readers offer the simple utility people need to apply these arts to their lives.The only English language ed. of the 16th-c. classic available.

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0912111062

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9780912111063

Clinical Application of Commonly Used Acupuncture Points

By: Li Shizhen,David F. Mayor

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Clinical Application of Commonly Used Acupuncture Points

By: Li Shizhen,David F. Mayor

This well-respected reference represents a synthesis of the clinical experience gained in the treatment of a wide variety of disorders throughout four generations of one of China's leading practitioners of traditional acupuncture. It presents a unique blend of pattern identification-based point combinations, practical insights, scholarly commentaries, and representative case histories. Applications are derived from a selection of 86 commonly used points, presented in a clear, easy-to-follow layout. Clinical Application of Commonly Used Acupuncture Points is a valuable clinical resource for acupuncturists. 86 of the points most commonly used in acupuncture clinics are emphasized, allowing professionals to focus on the essential points. Over 240 detailed case histories illustrate key concepts. Pattern identification-based treatment is presented as a holistic approach for better results. Clinical experience is offered in combination with classical theory, enabling readers to see how theory can translate into practical results. A wide range of point combinations are covered, increasing the possible range of treatment strategies. Classical commentaries are analyzed in the context of their relevance to today's applications. Illustrations help readers understand the channel pathways and point locations.

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1901149064

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