中华医史杂志Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240319-00034
M Zhu, C Li, Y J Song, H Guo
{"title":"[Exploring the characteristics of the prescriptions in the <i>Zi Zai Hu Tian</i>].","authors":"M Zhu, C Li, Y J Song, H Guo","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240319-00034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240319-00034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Zi Zai Hu Tian</i>, the medical book with content consisting of prescriptions, was copied by Sun Jishuo in the period of Kangxi Emperor in the Qing Dynasty. It is extremely precious as the only remaining book, now held in the library of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It had five volumes with more than 1,200 prescriptions. These prescriptions were organised according to symptoms and divided into internal medicine, gynecology and pediatrics, regimen, external medicine and detoxicant for weird diseases and animal diseases. Multiple prescriptions might be provided for one disease with diverse dosages. The prescriptions in Volume III focused on regimen, involving a total of 309 prescriptions. These prescriptions covered a variety of medicine, using products of flesh and blood with homology of medicine and food. They centred on \"tonifying the kidney and filling up the essence\", regulating the spleen and stomach and combining the tonic food and prolonging the life with flexible and diverse dosages. The medicine from these prescriptions were taken as pills with wine. Their processing was complicated, normally combined with the concepts of \"Wu Xing\" (the five elements about time and sequence). All prescriptions were believed deeply influenced by Taoist culture. They have important literature value and can provide reference for modern Chinese medicine research and clinical health care.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"55 3","pages":"173-176"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144638304","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}
中华医史杂志Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20241117-00156
M M Duan
{"title":"[The cultural interpretation of Ju Jing: a myth in ancient China versus an allusion in traditional Chinese medicine].","authors":"M M Duan","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20241117-00156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20241117-00156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>'Ju Jing', an allusion in traditional Chinese medicine, came from <i>The Biography of Su Dan (Su Dan Zhuan)</i> in <i>The Legends of Immortal (Lie Xian Zhuan)</i> and <i>The Biographies of the Deities and Immortals (Shen Xian Zhuan)</i>. The hero of 'Ju Jing' Su Dan, in these myths, was imagined as a representative figure who satisfied the needs of ordinary people for medical demands, a moral model who was of loyal and filial piety proposed by ruling classes and an image with deities authorised by omnisciences. In this sense, the hero of 'Ju Jing' was embraced widely and was praised highly by generations because of the cultural adhesion of 'Ju Jing'. As a result, 'Ju Jing' was taken as a synonym of traditional Chinese medicine because this allusion took place in the context of traditional Chinese medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"55 3","pages":"147-151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144638315","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}
中华医史杂志Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240509-00063
S Z Hu
{"title":"[Examining the origin of the Menghe Ma' family and its lineage-Ma Peizhi].","authors":"S Z Hu","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240509-00063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240509-00063","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ma Peizhi (1820-1903) was one of the medical representatives in the Menghe School of Chinese Medicine. He was born into a medical family, and used the surname Ma () when practicing medicine. In fact, his ancestral family name was Jiang () and he was also known as Jiang Wenzhi (). Based on <i>the Genealogy of the Menghe Jiang' Family</i> (fragment now), <i>Genealogy of the Jiangyin Jiang' Family</i> and other relevant materials, in particular, the previous research by other scholars, it was found that the reason for the surname change of Menghe Jiang' family -- the surname Ma drew attention of patients but not the surname Jiang. It was also found that the first generation with the surname Ma was Jiang Ermao and the six generations were the Ma Peizhi.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"55 3","pages":"142-146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144638303","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}
中华医史杂志Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240929-00134
L Wen, P N Chen, L H Wang, L L Xu, J Ding, Y C Huang, X Y Song
{"title":"[The healthcare in Persian poetry from the 10<sup>th</sup> to the 15<sup>th</sup> centuries].","authors":"L Wen, P N Chen, L H Wang, L L Xu, J Ding, Y C Huang, X Y Song","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240929-00134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240929-00134","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Persian poetry is believed as one of the important carriers of Persian literature and important historical material for Persian culture study. The golden age of Persian poetry was the period from the 10th to 15th centuries in which a large number of poets with great reputations emerged. The healthcare concepts in their poems reflected the methods taken by the Persian society to maintain health and prevent diseases in this period. This study explores the healthcare concepts in Persian medical poetry and interprets its unique insights in terms of diet, sexual intercourse, and emotions.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"55 3","pages":"152-157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144638317","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}
中华医史杂志Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240604-00080
X Y Xunyan, Y Deng
{"title":"[Examining <i>Shang Han Zheng Jie</i> using the method of philology].","authors":"X Y Xunyan, Y Deng","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240604-00080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240604-00080","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Shang Han Zheng Jie</i> is a four-volume medical book, an annotation for <i>Shang Han Lun</i> by Dai Yaochi in the Qing Dynasty. It was first published in the tenth year of the Tongzhi Period in the Qing Dynasty (1871). It was found that the existing version is only the engraved one in the tenth year of the Tongzhi Period (1871). The book consisting of three full volumes with each volume separately located in the library of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the library of Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine, and the library of the Medical College of Shanghai Jiao Tong University respectively. The one with the author's stamp, collected by the Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is believed to be the most valuable version. Beyond that, the other two fragment books have been collected by the Medical Branch of Wuhan University Library and the library of Tianjin Medical College respectively. Its author Dai Yaochi annotated <i>Shang Han Lun</i> by revising, deleting, splitting and merging the content to minimise negligence and playing new tricks. He believed that \"typhoid fever is a process of identifying the six meridians. If the six meridians failed to be clarified, the clinical symptoms would not be treated reasonably\" after editing the complicated and messy provisions of the original texts. Therefore, he recompiled the style of <i>Shang Han Lun</i> in his book <i>Shang Han Zheng Jie,</i> reorganised his book with the Six Meridians, and reinterpreted <i>Shang Han Lun</i> based on his own understanding and other annotations of previous authors.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"55 3","pages":"177-182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144638302","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}
中华医史杂志Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250326-00043
X Q Fan
{"title":"[The Establishment of the Kwangtung Branch of the National Medical Association of China].","authors":"X Q Fan","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250326-00043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250326-00043","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In February 1916, the National Medical Association of China (N.M.A.) and the China Medical Missionary Association (C.M.M.A.) prepared for a joint medical conference in Guangzhou in early 1917 for the further development of western medicine in the country. At the end of November 1916, the Kwangtung branch of the National Medical Association of China was established for facilitating cooperation with the South China Branch of the China Medical Missionary Association and preparing for the Conference. It is believed to be the first local branch of the National Medical Association of China nationally and internationally. It is also considered to be the largest and well-developed local branch in the early stage of the National Medical Association of China in terms of participants and strength. Its establishment and activities promoted the organisational construction and development of the National Medical Association of China.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"55 3","pages":"131-137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144638316","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}
中华医史杂志Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20230719-00005
Z J Lu, L Y Chen, Y R Li, Y W Bai
{"title":"[The prevention and treatment of epidemic diseases in <i>Weisheng Bao</i>].","authors":"Z J Lu, L Y Chen, Y R Li, Y W Bai","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20230719-00005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20230719-00005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Weisheng Bao</i>(The Health News)<i>,</i> as a journal of traditional Chinese medicine in the period of the Republic of China, was first published in Shanghai in December 1927. One of its most popular and distinctive topics was \"to prevent and treat the epidemic diseases with traditional Chinese Medicine \". <i>Weisheng Bao</i> examined and discussed the diseases, such as salix, cholera, dysentery, scarlet fever, malaria, tuberculosis and plague by collecting the experiences of well-known physicians, integrating medical theories of China and the west and considering local characteristics during epidemic periods. It took diverse measures to satisfy the needs of the public, such as theory discussion, drug advertisement, medical knowledge, policy news and describing medical cases. The content of <i>Weisheng Bao</i> focused on etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prescription and case studies, with special issues sometimes. The section of disease prevention involved urban construction, disinfection and sterilization, food and water sources and air cleaning. It was found that <i>Weisheng Bao</i> innovated based on traditional Chinese medicine, integrated Chinese medicine with western medicine, paid attention to environment and faced the public. This can provide references for the prevention and treatment of epidemic diseases today.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"55 3","pages":"158-166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144638318","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}
中华医史杂志Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240808-00103
S Y Liu, Z G Wang, X Lu
{"title":"[Reexamining the authorship of <i>Wen Yi Ming Bian</i>].","authors":"S Y Liu, Z G Wang, X Lu","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240808-00103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20240808-00103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authorship of the book <i>Wen Yi Ming Bian</i> and <i>Guang Wen Yi Lun,</i> a historical controversy, have the same content but different names. It was widely believed that Dai Tianzhang was the author of the two books rather than Zheng Dianyi. This study examined the two authors' biography, diverse versions of authors notes and other relevant materials that remained, and the compatibility between the content and the book names. It was found that Zheng Dianyi was a physician with excellent medical skills and ability to compile the book, whereas Dai Tianzhang was a local celebrity and gentleman who had some medical skills with some medical experience. The author for various versions of <i>Wen Yi Ming Bian</i> was recorded as \"She Yi (the place where Zheng Dianyi lived) Zheng Dianyi\". The author for the versions related to Dai Tianzhang were normally shown as \"Revised by Dai Linjiao (the penname of Dai Tianzhang)\". In this sense, the author of <i>Wen Yi Ming Bian</i> can be argued to be Zheng Dianyi. Additionally, the name of <i>Wen Yi Ming Bian</i> is different from <i>Guang Wen Yi Lun</i> in meanings. <i>Bian</i> () in <i>Wen Yi Ming Bian</i> means to distinguish the right from the wrong, therefore, indicates to distinguish, for example, typhoid fever from warm epidemic, making <i>Guang</i> () in <i>Guang Wen Yi Lun</i> far away from it. Thus, the author of <i>Wen Yi Ming Bian</i> should be Zheng Dianyi. <i>Guang Wen Yi Lun</i> should be the different name when <i>Wen Yi Ming Bian</i> was hand copied. It can be concluded that Dai's grandsons statement \"the two books were written by Dai Tianzhang\" is subjective speculation, without sufficient evidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"55 3","pages":"167-172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144638314","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}
中华医史杂志Pub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250115-00012
J S Zheng, J Y Wang, J Y Dou, W Wei, H M Zhang, X Yan, M M Zhen
{"title":"[My way of doing medical history research-Interview with Professor Zheng Jinsheng].","authors":"J S Zheng, J Y Wang, J Y Dou, W Wei, H M Zhang, X Yan, M M Zhen","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250115-00012","DOIUrl":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20250115-00012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Professor Zheng Jinsheng was the former director of the China Institute for the History of Medicine and Medical Literature, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. He is a renowned contemporary scholar of medical history and literature, and has made outstanding contributions to the field of herbal medicine research. This interview focuses on the perspectives of personal background, academic origins, academic mentors, important projects and achievements as well as academic exchanges and collaboration. By content and framework analysis, four themes were found as follows: clear direction and pursuing excellence in the field, mastering methods and learning in depth, keeping pace with the times and being creative, and sincere cooperation and team work. This work is expected to provide reference for academic research in medical history and literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"55 3","pages":"183-191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144638305","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}
中华医史杂志Pub Date : 2025-03-28DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20241014-00141-1
H Y Guo, Y Zhen
{"title":"[Chronicle of events in the medical history division of the Chinese Medical Association (1996-2023)].","authors":"H Y Guo, Y Zhen","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20241014-00141-1","DOIUrl":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20241014-00141-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"The Chinese Medical History Association\" was renamed as \"The Medical History Division of the Chinese Medical Association\" (hereafter \"The Medical History Division\") in 1996. The Medical History Division began to exert its influence on academic communities in the period of 1996-2023. It mainly focused on organising academic activities in its field. For instance, it held a total of 46 academic conferences or symposiums at diverse levels from 1996 to 2023. It particularly followed academic annual conferences and had part of the proceedings published or left them on some academic websites, such as CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure). Additionally, The Medical History Division built some research teams, activated the aged experts potential, supported and trained the young, provided opportunities for their academic thinking development, standadised the organisation management, and improved the management structure. It also held regular Committee meetings and created new posts for the young to drive its own development.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"55 2","pages":"73-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144152042","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}