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Scholars in the history of medicine in China distinguish its doctrines and practice from those of present-day TCM. J. A. Jewell and S. M. Hillier state that the term "Traditional Chinese Medicine" became an established term due to the work of Dr. Kan-Wen Ma, a Western-trained medical doctor who was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and ...
Snake oil is the most widely known Chinese medicine in the west, due to extensive marketing in the west in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and wild claims of its efficacy to treat many maladies. [31] [32] Snake oil is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain by rubbing it on joints as a liniment. [31]
Modern Chinese medicinal zǐhéchē 紫河车 "dried human placenta" Li Shizhen's (1597) Bencao gangmu, the classic materia medica of traditional Chinese medicine , included 35 human drugs, including organs, bodily fluids, and excreta. Crude drugs derived from the human body were commonplace in the early history of medicine.
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-215173-1. Porter, Roy, ed. The Cambridge History of Medicine (2006); 416pp; excerpt and text search. Porter, Roy, ed. The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine (2001) excerpt and text search excerpt and text search
The Tale of Chinese Medicine; Tasly; Texas Health and Science University; Three Corpses; Three Legs Cooling Water; Three Treasures (traditional Chinese medicine) Sowa Rigpa (Traditional Tibetan medicine) Tiger bone wine; Tiger penis; Tiger penis soup; Tingyu Fang; Tong Ren Tang; Tongue diagnosis; Ch'ang Ming; Traditional Chinese medicines ...
The Tale of Chinese Medicine (Chinese: 本草中国; pinyin: Béncǎo Zhōngguó is a Chinese documentary television series on the culture and history of traditional Chinese medicine directed by Gan Chao (干超) and Zheng Bo (郑波). [1] It first aired on May 20, 2016, on Jiangsu Television. [2]
Traditional Chinese medicine has more than 4,000 years of history as a system of medicine that is based on a philosophical concept of balance ( yin and yang, Qi, Blood, Jing, Bodily fluids, the Five Elements, the emotions, and the spirit) approach to health that is rooted in Taoist philosophy and Chinese culture. As such, the concept of it as ...
Timeline of Chinese history. This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its dynasties.To read about the background to these events, see History of China.