Yifang Leiju - Volume 7 (Revised Edition)

Author: Sheng Zengxiu et al. Re-edited
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Publishing Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Yifang Laju is a vast medical book compiled by Kim Lìmeng and others in Korea, first published in 1465. It preserves many medical documents lost before the Ming Dynasty in China, holding significant literary and academic value. Our publishing house released a revised edition in the 1980s, which was well-received by the community of traditional Chinese medicine scholars. To meet reader demand, this time the Zhejiang Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine organized a team to re-edit the original revised edition. The deleted content from the original edition has been restored to maintain the original form of the ancient book; corrections have been made to the original collation and punctuation errors; traditional characters, variant characters, and obviously miswritten characters due to similar shapes have been directly revised. To facilitate reader learning and reference, the authors wrote an article titled A Study of Yifang Laju. To aid in searching, indexes for prescriptions, syndromes, and book titles have been compiled. The original Korean edition of this book consists of 365 volumes. Japanese scholars obtained (partial copies) of this book from Korea and, based on these copies, had others reference other books to supplement the missing parts, resulting in the current edition of 266 volumes (with volumes 155, 156, 209, and 220 missing during the re-carving process). The entire book is divided into 92 categories, collecting nearly 60,000 prescriptions, with each category first summarizing medical theories from various books, followed by the compilation of treatment methods and prescriptions (including acupuncture, guided exercises, dietary therapy, etc.) from different sources according to syndromes. The content is extensive, the literature is rich, covering internal medicine, external medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, orthopedics, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and knowledge of health preservation, as well as medical-related content from Taoist scriptures, Buddhist texts, biographies, and miscellaneous discussions. It extensively gathers medical theories and widely collects prescriptions, truly a comprehensive collection of medical experience before the Ming Dynasty. This edition is published in 12 volumes, with the 12th volume being the index.