Yifang Leijù - Volume 8 (Revised Edition)

Author: Sheng Zengxiu et al. Revised
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Publishing Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Yifang Leju is an extensive medical book compiled by Kim Lìmeng and others of Joseon. It gathers over 150 medical texts from before the Ming Dynasty in China and organizes them into a comprehensive collection. The content is extremely rich and broad, making it a masterpiece of medical formulas. The original Joseon edition had 365 volumes. The Japanese acquired fragments of this book from Joseon and had scholars reference other books to supplement the missing parts, resulting in the current edition, which has 266 volumes (with volumes 155, 156, 209, and 220 missing from the original printing). The entire book is divided into 92 categories, collecting nearly 60,000 formulas. At the beginning of each category, it compiles medical theories from various books, followed by the collection of treatment methods and prescriptions from different sources (including acupuncture, guided exercises, dietary therapy, etc.). The content is rich and covers internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, orthopedics, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and knowledge of health preservation. It also includes relevant medical content from Taoist scriptures, Buddhist texts, biographies, and miscellaneous discussions. The book preserves many lost medical texts from before the Ming Dynasty in China, making it of high documentary and academic value.