Hu Tao Kao

Author: Shang Qidong
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Hua Tuo was a famous physician in Chinese history. His deeds first appeared in Chen Shou's Wei Zhi. It is said that Hua Tuo wrote works such as Pulse Classic and Moxibustion and Acupuncture Classic, and his disciple Wu Jin compiled Hua Tuo's Prescriptions in Ten Volumes. However, medical works and treatment methods attributed to Hua Tuo in medical books after the Tang Dynasty are mostly forgeries. The renowned physician Shang Qidong, originally from Anhui, spent decades immersed in medical texts, meticulously researching historical records, and verifying Hua Tuo's teachings. He compiled Observing Forms and Detecting Colors with the Three-Pulse Classic in One Volume, The Moxibustion and Acupuncture Classic in One Volume, and Hua Tuo's Prescriptions in Ten Volumes, attaching all the verified texts to this book. Thus, Hua Tuo's teachings have been nearly restored to their original completeness.