ISBN: 9780520233225

Weitere detailsTitel: Huang Di Nei Jing Su WenZustand: NeuSubtitle: Nature, Knowledge, Imagery in an Ancient Chinese Medical Text: With an appendix: The Doctrine of the Five Periods and S… Mehr…

Weitere detailsTitel: Huang Di Nei Jing Su WenZustand: NeuSubtitle: Nature, Knowledge, Imagery in an Ancient Chinese Medical Text: With an appendix: The Doctrine of the Five Periods and Six Qi in the Huang Di Nei Jing Su WenAutor: Paul U. UnschuldProduktart: Gebundene AusgabeISBN-10: 0520233220EAN: 9780520233225ISBN: 9780520233225Verlag: University of California PressGenre: MedicineErscheinungsdatum: 08.04.2003Description: "The Huang Di nei jing su wen", known familiarly as the "Su wen", is a seminal text of ancient Chinese medicine, yet until now there has been no comprehensive, detailed analysis of its development and contents. At last Paul U. Unschuld offers entry into this still - vital artifact of China's cultural and intellectual past. Unschuld traces the history of the "Su wen" to its origins in the final centuries B.C.E., when numerous authors wrote short medical essays to explain the foundations of human health and illness on the basis of the newly developed vessel theory. He examines the meaning of the title and the way the work has been received throughout Chinese medical history, both before and after the eleventh century when the text as it is known today emerged. Unschuld's survey of the contents includes illuminating discussions of the yin-yang and five-agents doctrines, the perception of the human body and its organs, qi and blood, pathogenic agents, concepts of disease and diagnosis, and a variety of therapies, including the new technique of acupuncture.An extensive appendix, furthermore, offers a detailed introduction to the complicated climatological theories of Wu yun liu qi ('five periods and six qi'), which were added to the "Su wen" by Wang Bing in the Tang era. In an epilogue, Unschuld writes about the break with tradition and innovative style of thought represented by the "Su wen". For the first time, health care took the form of 'medicine', in that it focused on environmental conditions, climatic agents, and behavior as causal in the emergence of disease and on the importance of natural laws in explaining illness. Unschuld points out that much of what we surmise about the human organism is simply a projection, reflecting dominant values and social goals, and he constructs a hypothesis to explain the formation and acceptance of basic notions of health and disease in a given society. Reading the "Su wen", he says, not only offers a better understanding of the roots of Chinese medicine as an integrated aspect of Chinese civilization; it also provides a much needed starting point for discussions of the differences and parallels between European and Chinese ways of dealing with illness and the risk of early death.Sprache: EnglischHerstellungsland und -region: USHöhe: 229mmLänge: 152mmBreite: 43mmGewicht: 998gTitle Format: Gebundene Ausgabe: 08/04/2003 Information fehlt?Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns, wenn Details fehlen und wir werden diese solange möglich zu unserer Beschreibung hinzufügen., Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Buchtitel: Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen, Subtitle: Nature, Knowledge, Imagery in an Ancient Chinese Medical Text: Wi, Produktart: Gebundene Ausgabe, ISBN-10: 0520233220, EAN: 9780520233225, Genre: Medicine, Erscheinungsdatum: 08.04.2003, Sprache: Englisch, Herstellungsland und -region: US, Höhe: 229mm, Länge: 152mm, Breite: 43mm, Gewicht: 998g, University of California Press<

ISBN: 9780520233225

The Huang Di nei jing su wen, known familiarly as the Su wen, is a seminal text of ancient Chinese medicine, yet until now there has been no comprehensive, detailed analysis of its develo… Mehr…

The Huang Di nei jing su wen, known familiarly as the Su wen, is a seminal text of ancient Chinese medicine, yet until now there has been no comprehensive, detailed analysis of its development and contents. At last Paul U. Unschuld offers entry into this still-vital artifact of China’s cultural and intellectual past. Unschuld traces the history of the Su wen to its origins in the final centuries B.C.E., when numerous authors wrote short medical essays to explain the foundations of human health and illness on the basis of the newly developed vessel theory. He examines the meaning of the title and the way the work has been received throughout Chinese medical history, both before and after the eleventh century when the text as it is known today emerged. Unschuld’s survey of the contents includes illuminating discussions of the yin-yang and five-agents doctrines, the perception of the human body and its organs, qi and blood, pathogenic agents, concepts of disease and diagnosis, and a variety of therapies, including the new technique of acupuncture. An extensive appendix, furthermore, offers a detailed introduction to the complicated climatological theories of Wu yun liu qi (five periods and six qi), which were added to the Su wen by Wang Bing in the Tang era. In an epilogue, Unschuld writes about the break with tradition and innovative style of thought represented by the Su wen. For the first time, health care took the form of medicine, in that it focused on environmental conditions, climatic agents, and behavior as causal in the emergence of disease and on the importance of natural laws in explaining illness. Unschuld points out that much of what we surmise about the human organism is simply a projection, reflecting dominant values and social goals, and he constructs a hypothesis to explain the formation and acceptance of basic notions of health and disease in a given society. Reading the Su wen, he says, not only offers a better understanding of the roots of Chinese medicine as an integrated aspect of Chinese civilization; it also provides a much needed starting point for discussions of the differences and parallels between European and Chinese ways of dealing with illness and the risk of early death. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Medicine>Medicine>Hist Of Med, University of California Press Core >2 >T<

2003, ISBN: 9780520233225

University of California Press, Hardcover, 526 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-03-28T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 24 line illustrations, 22 tables, 1.18 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1021… Mehr…

University of California Press, Hardcover, 526 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-03-28T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 24 line illustrations, 22 tables, 1.18 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1021803, Special Features, Books, Alternative Medicine, Health, Family & Lifestyle, Subjects, Popular Medicine, Health Issues, Diseases & Disorders, Internal Medicine, Medical & Healthcare Practitioners, China, Asia, History, Science, Nature & Maths, Medicine & Nursing, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Academic Sociology, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Archaeology, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Books Global Store, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_3601, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_0, Special Features Stores, Arborist Merchandising Root, University of California Press, 2003<

2003, ISBN: 0520233220

[EAN: 9780520233225], Neubuch, [PU: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR], ARCHAEOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY MEDICAL ALTERNATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE HISTORY SOCIAL SCIENCE GENERAL, Über den AutorPaul U.… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780520233225], Neubuch, [PU: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR], ARCHAEOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY MEDICAL ALTERNATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE HISTORY SOCIAL SCIENCE GENERAL, Über den AutorPaul U. Unschuld is Professor and Director of the Institute for the History of Medicine at Munich University. His books previously published by California include Medicine in China: A History of Pharmaceutics (1986), N., Books<