中华医史杂志 Pub Date : 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250526-00084

J Y He, C Ning, G Song

{"title":"[Molecular Archaeology for ancient Chinese epidemics: approaches and thinking].","authors":"J Y He, C Ning, G Song","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250526-00084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250526-00084","url":null,"abstract":"The traditional research on ancient epidemics are often restricted by historical records and archaeological findings, without direct empirical support. Molecular archaeology, as a newly-developing discipline, is revolutionizing the disease research for ancient time. Molecular archaeological techniques, such as ancient DNA analysis, enable to access pathogen genetic information and reveal critical aspects such as pathogen species, evolutionary patterns, transmission routes, and host interactions. This paper explored an innovative interdisciplinary approach combining the research of ancient epidemics in China with molecular archaeology. On the one hand, historical materials were collected and ancient clinical records were analyzed to provide background information and epidemiological assessments for the study of ancient epidemics. On the other hand, ancient DNA experimental techniques were applied with data interpretation, including sample collection, processing, DNA extraction, sequencing, pathogen screening, and phylogenetic analysis, to provide molecular archaeological evidence of ancient epidemics. The final conclusions were drawn on cross-validation and complementary analysis of historical data and molecular biological data. This multi-dimensional, evidence-based, interdisciplinary research method facilitates a comprehensive, in-depth, and accurate understanding of ancient epidemics. It indicates a new paradigm in ancient epidemic research in China with significant development potential, possibly driving major advancements in the field.","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"56 1","pages":"51-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147595020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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[The Peking pharmacy institute and its teaching in the period of the Republic of China]. 民国时期的北京药学院及其教学。

中华医史杂志 Pub Date : 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240523-00073

X Y Wang, Y Zhao, Y X Zou, Y L Xiong

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[The Yao Wang Temple in the local chronicles of Shanxi]. 【山西地方志尧王庙】。

中华医史杂志 Pub Date : 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20251111-00199

J He, X C Liu

{"title":"[The Yao Wang Temple in the local chronicles of Shanxi].","authors":"J He, X C Liu","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20251111-00199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20251111-00199","url":null,"abstract":"The Temple of the Yao Wang (the Kings of Medicine) in Shanxi () means a cultural relic which is significant and immovable in the field of medicine and health, as a crucial medium for the dissemination and preservation of traditional Chinese medicine culture. This paper examined 378 local gazetteers in Shanxi, catalogued in the China Gazetteer Database in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the period of the Republic of China. It was found that these temples have been extensively distributed throughout Shanxi Province in the Ming and Qing and the republican period, particularly, in Yuncheng and Linfen in the southern region and Jinzhong in the central area of Shanxi. This showed a pronounced linear distribution from the southwest to the central-northern of Shanxi. The principal deities (as the King of Medicine) in the temples were enshrined and venerated as the Yao Wang, including Bian Que, Sun Simiao and Wei Cizang. The temples were taken as the sites for public worships, medical consultations and spiritual solace. They evolved into a triad of ritual patterns - folk entertainment, medicinal commerce, and the implementation of an integrated 'temple-school' model. With the rapid development of the pharmaceutical industry, the veneration of the Medical Kings as Yao Wang, has further transformed into a distinctive form of industrial deity worship, fulfilling its unique historical function.","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"56 1","pages":"56-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147595041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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[The Tibetan manuscript No. B147: 36 collected in the North Cave of Mogao]. [藏文手稿号。[147: 36][莫高窟]。

中华医史杂志 Pub Date : 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240926-00133

Y H Liu, J Z M Dekyi, X J Li

{"title":"[The Tibetan manuscript No. B147: 36 collected in the North Cave of Mogao].","authors":"Y H Liu, J Z M Dekyi, X J Li","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240926-00133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240926-00133","url":null,"abstract":"The document No. B147: 36 (the obverse side), unearthed in Cave 147 in the North region of Mogao grotto at Dunghuang, is a fragment of a medical manuscript in Tibetan. It has the remains of 7 hand-painted wheel drawings and Tibetan script in cursive style. Tibetan was found inside the wheel hub and blade-like compartments (4-8 compartments) separated by the spokes, matching some Tibetan outside of the wheel rim. It can be seen in the remaining illustrations that a formula is in each wheel drawing and a name of a hurb in each compartment, with the name of the key hurb written inside of the wheel hub. Each formula has 7-9 ingredients. The efficacy of each formula is written above or outside the wheel hub. The medicine and efficacy in the wheel hub formulae are in line with Tibetan medicine theory, while the same formulae are not found in any of the Chinese or Tibetan medicinal manuscripts at Dun Huang, nor found in the form of wheel hub paintings. However, two of the basically similar formulae are found in the Four Medical Tantras (Rgyud Bzhi), but these wheel hub formulae do not specify the proportioning, dosage, use and contraindications. As a result, they might be taken orally as charms for disease treatment provided by mantrikas or warlocks.","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"56 1","pages":"10-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147595043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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[The Cited Literature of Acupuncture and moxibustion prescriptions in Yi Xue Gang Mu]. [《易学刚目》针灸方剂引文献]。

中华医史杂志 Pub Date : 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250514-00076

Q Y Chai, S Y Li

{"title":"[The Cited Literature of Acupuncture and moxibustion prescriptions in Yi Xue Gang Mu].","authors":"Q Y Chai, S Y Li","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250514-00076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250514-00076","url":null,"abstract":"The Compendium of Medicine (Yi Xue Gang Mu), written by Lou Ying in the Ming Dynasty, is a comprehensive medical masterpiece. It quoted a great amount of traditional classics and saved a great deal of valuable literature of acupuncture which was almost lost in history. This study systematically examined the cited literature in terms of acupuncture and moxibustion in this book, focusing on the edition found in Jianyang mainly and the edition published by Caozhuo as references. A total of more than 200,000 characters and 1,337 acupuncture treatment entries were collated, in which 1,166 explicitly cited can be traced back to 40 ancient medical texts and physicians' works, 8 physicians' writings, and one special therapy, involving 105 abbreviated names, with some remaining unverified. The content of the quotation in the Compendium of Medicine basically took two approaches, verbatim citation and adaptation with additions or deletions. The acupuncture and moxibustion section in the quotation collected a total of 528 disease treatments with extensive citation, integrating diverse medical traditions with systematic classification and a diversity of diseases or symptoms. These citations prioritised clinical efficacy, highlighting the synergistic application of acupuncture, moxibustion and herbal medicine while they showed inconsistencies in abbreviation usages and occasional textual errors to some extent. The acupuncture prescriptions in Compendium of Medicine are organised methodically, enriched with the author's clinical experience of a variety of materials. It is a valuable reference for acupuncture practice and lays a foundation for reconstructing pre-Ming acupuncture literature by drawing on a great amount of quotations and citations.","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"56 1","pages":"34-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147595076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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[Differentiation of Areca catechu L.: documents and historical relics analysis]. [槟榔鉴别：文献与文物分析]。

中华医史杂志 Pub Date : 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20241130-00165

M E Cheng, S X Lin, R L Sa, Y J Zhao, H S Peng

{"title":"[Differentiation of Areca catechu L.: documents and historical relics analysis].","authors":"M E Cheng, S X Lin, R L Sa, Y J Zhao, H S Peng","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20241130-00165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20241130-00165","url":null,"abstract":"Areca catechu L. (Binglang) has a long medicinal history. Its young fruits were consumed in the Han Dynasty and were found to have the effect of 'lowering qi and aiding digestion', laying the foundation for its medicinal application.Its medicinal part was also its fruits based on the medical books such as Ming Yi Bie Lu in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The seeds of Areca catechu L. were named as Binglang-Zi or Binglang-Ren while the fruits were referred to as Binglang. Dafu-Binglang began to appear in medicinal records in the Tang Dynasty. The husk of Dafu-Binglang, named as Dafupi, became the mainstream medicinal commodity in the Song Dynasty. The medicinal part of the Binglang gradually shifted to mature seeds. The seeds of Binglang were taken as the medicinal part in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among their seeds, the slender and pointed one shaped like a chicken's heart were considered to be of ideal quality. Dafupi were mainly derived from the husk of Dafu-Binglang. Archaeological relics of Areca catechu L. unearthed from the Liao and Southern Song Dynasties included young fruits, mature fruits, and seeds. These relics confirmed the diversity of the medicinal components of Binglang in the Song and Liao periods. This paper clarifies the origin of Binglang and Dafupi as well as the changes in their medicinal use in diverse historical periods. It provides historical evidence for the consistency of prescriptions with various historical periods.","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"56 1","pages":"3-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147594911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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[Health work in the water resource construction sites in the 1950s : from the perspective of superstructure]. [20世纪50年代水利建设工地卫生工作：从上层建筑的视角]。

中华医史杂志 Pub Date : 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20241009-00138

X Xiao

{"title":"[Health work in the water resource construction sites in the 1950s : from the perspective of superstructure].","authors":"X Xiao","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20241009-00138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20241009-00138","url":null,"abstract":"In the early period of the New China, a massive large-scale water conservancy project was constructed by the Yellow River and the Huai River management. The health problems in water conservancy sites affected the health of migrant workers and the development of the project seriously. To solve these problems, a series of effective and efficient policies and measures were taken by the Communist Party of China and the governments at all levels, involving the holistic top-level design, policy-making and implementation, strengthening centralised leadership and organisation, building-up medical networks, training local medical staff for acupuncture, and focusing on prevention and treatment with the mass base. These measures effectively improved the health work in the construction site by reducing the epidemic and frequently-occurring diseases, changing the dirty and disorderly appearance of the construction sites, improving health awareness and hygiene consciousness, and constructing orderly and clean site communities. As a result, these measures protected the workforce, improved the medical network in the socialism system, cohered the medical construction force by holding both traditional Chinese doctors and western medicine physicians together, reshaped the new workforce, reinforced the management to the grass-root society and therefore, consolidated the new power.","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"56 1","pages":"42-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147594994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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[The influence on the free market of Chinese herbal medicines around 1956 in terms of production, supply and marketing]. [1956年前后中草药在生产、供应和销售方面对自由市场的影响]。

中华医史杂志 Pub Date : 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250225-00027

J Li

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[The academic characteristics of Qian Zhe Wang Chunyuan Yi An Cun in the period of the Republic of China]. [民国时期钱哲王春元一安村的学术特征]。

中华医史杂志 Pub Date : 2025-11-28 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250428-00060

A R Luo, T Chen

{"title":"[The academic characteristics of Qian Zhe Wang Chunyuan Yi An Cun in the period of the Republic of China].","authors":"A R Luo, T Chen","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250428-00060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250428-00060","url":null,"abstract":"Qian Zhe Wang ChunYuan Yi An Cun was written by Wang Chunyuan in the period of the Republic of China, as medical case recordings, currently collected in the library of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. It contained 143 prescription formula, fully mirroring scholarly principles and clinical experiences. These medical cases in the book included internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics and gynecology, showing the author's particular expertise in diagnosing complex internal disorders. They reflected that the prescription formulas in the book were flexibly adjusted according to symptoms, demonstrating his exceptional skill in modifying formulas. They also showed that the author was particularly good at drawing on 'ingredients added to enhance the efficacy of a dose of medicine', in particular, warm substances such as ginger for this purpose. They revealed that the author paid sufficient attention to pulse diagnosis, the combination of acupuncture with medication and the use of both decoctions and pills. They also showed that the formulas integrated both cold and warm properties of herbs, underlying tonification and making the best of couplet medicines. The book preserves invaluable diagnostic and therapeutic models for the following generations and also provides significant insights and references for contemporary practitioners in prescribing and formulating medications.","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"55 6","pages":"356-360"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146126790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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[Examining syndrome differentiation and treatment of 'Gu Zhang' and 'Xue Ku' in Fu Zhong Lun, Su Wen]. [论《扶仲论》、《苏文》中“骨张”、“血库”辨证论治]。

中华医史杂志 Pub Date : 2025-11-28 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250905-00148

P J Zhu, L Feng

{"title":"[Examining syndrome differentiation and treatment of 'Gu Zhang' and 'Xue Ku' in Fu Zhong Lun, Su Wen].","authors":"P J Zhu, L Feng","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250905-00148","DOIUrl":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250905-00148","url":null,"abstract":"The syndrome differentiation and treatment of'Gu Zhang'() and 'Xueku' () in Fu Zhong Lun, Su Wen was examined with the approach of exegesis and textual criticism. The four findings were as follows. 'Guzhang'() in the section of Fu Zhong Lun in Su Wen should be a misnomer. The key pathogenesis of this disease lies in the failure of food transforming into heat and the deficiency and weakness of spleen-stomach. Therefore, Ji Shi Li has to be used for treatment to help digestion, clear heat, tonify essence and replenish Qi. Then, the definition given by later-generation to 'Gu Zhang' () as one of the four intractable diseases including wind, consumption, tympanites and diaphragmatic obstruction is inadvisable, so is its clinical treatment of using rooster droppings and sweet wine for cirrhotic ascites. Additionally, 'Xue Ku' is neither simply the scarcity of menstruation nor equivalent to diseases such as infertility, but can be categorized into the field of consumptive diseases in later generations. Finally, the medicine for'Xue Ku' is Siwuzhegu Yilüru Wan (Four Sepia Bones and One Lvru Pill). It pioneered the therapeutic method of tonifying deficiency and resolving blood stasis for treating consumptive diseases in later clinical practice. The 'Lü Ru' in the prescription seems to be either madder or platycodon grandiflorum, but not rubia cordifolia.","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"55 6","pages":"378-382"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146126686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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