{"id":615,"date":"2017-08-09T23:48:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T23:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/blog\/2017\/08\/09\/the-maishu-and-the-yinshu\/"},"modified":"2020-02-14T12:24:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T18:24:34","slug":"the-maishu-and-the-yinshu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/blog\/2017\/08\/09\/the-maishu-and-the-yinshu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Maishu and the Yinshu"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n[More 100 Days of Arts and Sciences, featuring \u201cManuscripts as sources in the history of Chinese Medicine,\u201d by Unschuld and Zheng, in Medieval Chinese Medicine<\/em>.]\n

Two medical manuscripts dating from the Han Dynasty were found in Zhangjiashan grave number 247, in Jiangling, Hubei province, i, n 1983. These are the Maishu<\/em> (\u8108\u66f8, Book of the Mai [vessels\/channels]) and the Yinshu<\/em><\/a> (\u5f15\u66f8, Pulling Book).<\/p>\n

The Maishu<\/em> was composed no later than the middle of the 2nd century BCE (there was a surge in medical development at the end of the 3rd century BCE). The Maishu<\/em> consists of 6 texts, which were named by Donald Harper as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Ailment List<\/li>\n
  2. Eleven Vessels<\/li>\n
  3. Five Signs of Death<\/li>\n
  4. Care of the Body<\/li>\n
  5. Six Constituents<\/li>\n
  6. Vessels and Vapour<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The content is a mix of pre-medical healing techniques and the foundations for medical practice. The same connection between human physiology and natural structures is present here, especially in the Six Constituents.<\/p>\n

    The Yinshu <\/em>contains a three-part text regarding macrobiotic techniques intended to pull qi <\/em>(vapor) in and through the body. This is accomplished via gymnastic exercises, seasonal regimens, daily hygiene, and sexual practices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    The Maishu and the Yinshu<\/a> was originally published on The Eastern Gate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    [More 100 Days of Arts and Sciences, featuring \u201cManuscripts as sources in the history of Chinese Medicine,\u201d by Unschuld and Zheng, in Medieval Chinese Medicine.] Two medical manuscripts dating from the Han Dynasty were found in Zhangjiashan grave number 247, in Jiangling, Hubei province, i, n 1983. These are the Maishu (\u8108\u66f8, Book of the Mai … Continue reading “The Maishu and the Yinshu”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[79,228],"tags":[131,135,134,133,132,125,24,116,112],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4eTPU-9V","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":852,"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions\/852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}