Chinese imperial medicine

Author: Chen Keji
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Publishing Date: 2003-04-01
Features: ★Multiple color illustrations of imperial medical classics, medical instruments, etc. are included at the beginning of the book. At the end of the book, there are modern research on imperial medical formulas, an overview of historical imperial beauty-preserving recipes, a timeline of the reigns and lifespans of emperors, a lifespan table of elderly empresses in Chinese history, a list of existing imperial physicians in Chinese history, and a catalog of published imperial formulas from the Yuan Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. This book is a specialized work introducing the medical treatment and health preservation of high rulers from 2070 BC to the late Qing Dynasty, covering an overview of medical affairs, medical cases and discussions, effective formulas, and imperial health preservation.