Ming Medical Texts

31 books

Dongxi's Abridged Orthodox Guide to Medicine cover
Rating 3.8
Dongxi's Abridged Orthodox Guide to Medicine 饶鹏 / 郑洪 / 狄碧云 / 张星 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2026 The Newly Published Dongxi Abridged Orthodox Medical Tradition (Xinkan Dongxi Jielüe Yilin Zhengzong) is a work by the Ming dynasty physician Rao Peng…
Elaborations on Pediatrics cover
Rating 4.4
Elaborations on Pediatrics 万全 / 何永 · 2025 The book is in four volumes. It first gives a general account of pediatric disease theory, diagnostic methods, and diseases of the newborn, then discu…
Original Materia Medica cover
Rating 4.3
Original Materia Medica 李中立 / Zheng Jinsheng / 中国 / 中国 · 2025 This series is selected from the "Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Must-Read Series," which has been a bestseller for over a decade, with cumulat…
Precious Book of Ophthalmology cover
Rating 4.5
Precious Book of Ophthalmology 傅仁宇 / 傅维藩 / 郭君双 / 赵艳 · 2025 Shenshi Yaohan (Examining the Precious Book on Ophthalmology), also known as Fu's Shenshi Yaohan on Ophthalmology or The Complete Book of Ophthalmolog…
Phlegm-Fire Dotted Snow cover
Rating 4.3
Phlegm-Fire Dotted Snow 龚居中 / 邹来勇 / 艾瑛 / 肖瑶 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2026 Compiled by Gong Juzhong, a physician of the Xu River school in the Ming dynasty, Tan Huo Dian Xue discusses the diagnosis and treatment of phlegm-fir…
Newly Published Compendium of Medicine cover
Rating 3.5
Newly Published Compendium of Medicine 傅滋 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2018 This book was compiled by Fu Zi, a physician of the Ming dynasty, and consists of twelve juan. Juan 1 begins with medical discourse, focusing on medic…
The Correct Meaning of Pulse Principles cover
Rating 3.7
The Correct Meaning of Pulse Principles 邹志夔 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2018 Mai Li Zhengyi (Correct Meaning of Pulse Theory) in six volumes was written by Zou Zhikui of the Ming dynasty. Prefatory to the volumes are ten essays…
Illustrated Annotations on the Pulse Verses: Distinguishing the True cover
Rating 3.8
Illustrated Annotations on the Pulse Verses: Distinguishing the True 张世贤 / 杨萌 / 尹东奇 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2018 Also known as Illustrated Annotations on the Pulse Lore and Illustrated Annotations on Wang Shuhe's Pulse Lore, this work was completed in the 14th ye…
A Quick Method for Recognizing Diseases cover
Rating 3.4
A Quick Method for Recognizing Diseases 缪存济 / 杨萌 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2018 A comprehensive medical work in ten volumes, written by Miao Cunji of the Ming dynasty. The author discusses miscellaneous internal diseases as well a…
Selected Essentials of Infant Care cover
Rating 4.0
Selected Essentials of Infant Care Xue Kai China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2017 The Essentials of Infant Care (Bao Ying Cuo Yao), in 20 volumes, was co-authored by Xue Kai and his son Xue Ji of the Ming dynasty. The first 10 volum…
Fragmentary Golden Prescriptions for Benefiting the World cover
Rating 3.4
Fragmentary Golden Prescriptions for Benefiting the World 王文谟 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2018 Jishi Suijin Fang (Precious Golden Formulas for Saving the World), also known as Xin Qie Wang Shi Jiachuan Jishi Suijin Fang (Newly Engraved Wang Fami…
Six Books on Shortcuts to Medical Guidance cover
Rating 4.5
Six Books on Shortcuts to Medical Guidance 徐春甫 / Zhang Zhibin / Zheng Jinsheng Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers · 2025 Compiled in 1586 by Xu Chunfu, a renowned physician of the Ming dynasty. The base text for this collation and annotation is the complete 1597 reprint …
Jinzhai Medical Essentials cover
Rating 4.2
Jinzhai Medical Essentials 何宇光 / 陳諫 / 張志斌 · 2025 This work was compiled by Chen Jian of the Ming dynasty. Chen Jian, whose courtesy name was Jinzhai, lived for generations in Hangzhou and was a desce…
Handan Posthumous Manuscript cover
Rating 4.0
Handan Posthumous Manuscript 赵献可 / 余凯 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2023 Handan Legacy Manuscript is a monograph on obstetrics and gynecology written by Zhao Xianke in his later years during the Ming dynasty, setting out th…
Careful Examination of the Precious Volume cover
Rating 4.0
Careful Examination of the Precious Volume 傅仁宇 China Publishing Group Digital Media Co., Ltd. · 2023 Shenshi Yaohan (A Thorough Examination of Ophthalmology), also known as the Complete Compendium of Ophthalmology, was completed in 1644 by Fu Renyu of…
Essentials of Preserving Life (II) cover
Rating 3.3
Essentials of Preserving Life (II) 洪基 Nanhai Publication Company · 2023 Shesheng Zongyao (Essentials of Regimen), compiled by Hong Ji in 1638 (the eleventh year of Chongzhen) during the Ming dynasty. It comprises nine juan…
Essentials of Preserving Life (I) cover
Rating 3.3
Essentials of Preserving Life (I) 洪基 Nanhai Publication Company · 2023 Shesheng Zongyao (Essentials of Regimen), compiled by Hong Ji in 1638 (the eleventh year of Chongzhen) during the Ming dynasty. It comprises nine juan…
Secretly Transmitted Secret Prescriptions for Bone-Setting and Incised Wounds from the Liu Bowen Family Collection cover
Rating 2.0
Secretly Transmitted Secret Prescriptions for Bone-Setting and Incised Wounds from the Liu Bowen Family Collection Anonymous Tibet People's Publishing House · 2024 Tirenzi said: "Why is this book called a secret and forbidden text?" It is because there was no unique secret outside, so it was named a forbidden boo…
Gathered Essentials of Acupuncture and Moxibustion cover
Rating 4.1
Gathered Essentials of Acupuncture and Moxibustion 高武 Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Published by People's Medical Publishing House on June 1, 2006, A Collection of Acupuncture and Moxibustion is compiled by Gao Wu of the Ming Dynasty.
Yang Jingzhai's Complete Book of Acupuncture and Moxibustion cover
Rating 3.5
Yang Jingzhai's Complete Book of Acupuncture and Moxibustion 陈言 Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Yang Jingzhai's Complete Book of Acupuncture and Moxibustion is a work published in 1591 by Yang Jingzhai.