[Min Daoyang and his medical works].

Abstract

Min Daoyang, known as Shou Quan Shan Ren, was a traditional Chinese medicine physician in the Xin'an School, from Shexian in the Anhui area during the period of Jiajing and Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. He had many medical books published, such as Yi Zhi Ru Yi Fang Mai, Quan Ying Yao Lan, Yi Xue Ji Yao,Shang Han Zuan Lu, Yi Xue Hui Zuan, Nv Ke Bian Lan, Yao Fang Ge Kuo and Yi Xue Ren Shu Bian Lan. However, currently only three of these books remain. They are Yi Zhi Ru Yi Fang Mai, Quan Ying Yao Lan and Yi Xue Ji Yao. The current version of Yi Zhi Ru Yi Fang Mai was printed in the 4th year of the Gengwu in the Ming Dynasty (1570), and the remains of this version are held in the Wujiang Library. Quan Ying Yao Lan, published in the 6th year of Renshen (1572) in the period of Longqing of the Ming Dynasty, as a complete Jinling version, is now held in the "National Central Library" of Taiwain province. Yi Xue Ji Yao, as a transcript version in the Edo period in Japan, is now held in the Cabinet Library of the National Archives of Japan.