Imperial Physician: Unveiling the Archives of Imperial Physicians Throughout History

Author: Zhao Yang
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
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They are not ordinary doctors;
They do not face ordinary patients every day, but emperors, empresses, empress dowagers, princes, and princesses, who are a hundred times more noble than them.
Some serve as officials in the court, while others practice medicine in the, all chosen by the imperial family for their outstanding medical skills.
Some achieved endless glory and wealth overnight, while others paid with their lives due to the emperor's whim.
Read the bizarre stories of imperial physicians, experience the profound essence of health preservation, and savor the vast and profound culture of traditional Chinese medicine.
Shen Quan, the divine physician, died at the hands of an imperial physician;
An imperial physician's medicine pouch blocked Jing Ke's dagger aimed at Qin Wang;
The Eastern Han Dynasty established a special system for tasting medicine;
A beautiful princess triggered the greatest tragedy in the history of imperial physicians;
Empress Wu Zetian's secret to preserving her longevity;
Husi, the "Dae Jang-geum" of the Yuan Dynasty in China;
Four channels for imperial medicine in the Qing Dynasty;
Qing imperial physicians underwent ten years of training for certification;
Foreign imperial physicians charmed Emperor Kangxi;
The 37 days of the Empress Dowager Tongzhi's reign;
Diagnosing the Empress Dowager Cixi required understanding her subtle expressions;
Old Cixi faced a series of illnesses.
Imperial physicians are not ordinary doctors;
They do not diagnose ordinary patients, but emperors, empresses, empress dowagers, princes, and princesses, who are a hundred times more noble than them.
Perhaps this is the uniqueness of their profession.
Flipping through the long history of China, it is not difficult to find records of imperial medicine in each dynasty.
The protagonists of these events are these imperial physicians who treated the emperors.
Regardless of the historical footprints of each imperial physician, whether they left a good or bad name, this group made indelible contributions to history.
This book attempts to search through historical records to uncover their traces, compile their stories, and present their experiences to the present day.
It also aims to highlight selected insights in health preservation, wellness, and beauty, allowing these long-forgotten imperial secrets to be applied to the modern world and serve as a reference for today's people.