About the author
Wu Kun was a physician in premodern China. Very little is known about his life: his nationality, dates of birth and death, and courtesy name are not clearly recorded, and publicly available sources are limited. What can be established from his surviving works is that he devoted himself to the study and writing of medicine, with a particular strength in formulary literature. Three of his works are held in this collection, all under the title Yifang Kao (Studies of Medical Formulas), which indicates that this book is his representative achievement and the main basis for understanding his scholarship. Yifang Kao focuses on examining and evaluating medical formulas, discussing their composition, the meaning of the prescriptions, and their clinical application, reflecting an approach that values the classics and stresses practical use. Works of this kind are significant in traditional medical literature as a bridge between earlier and later scholarship, making formulas easier for later students to study and offering useful material for research on Chinese medical formulas.
Written (6)
Rating 4.5★ Examination of Medical Prescriptions 吴昆 / 张宽 / 齐贺彬 / 李秋贵 · 2025 Yi Fang Kao (An Examination of Medical Formulas) was written by Wu Kun of the Ming dynasty. This edition is collated and published on the basis of the… Rating 4.3★ Examination of Medical Formulas 吴昆 Qunyan Publishing House · 2024 Yi Fang Kao (Investigations of Medical Formulas) was written by Wu Kun of the Ming dynasty. In six volumes, the work is divided into 72 categories by … Rating 4.4★ An Examination of Medical Formulas 吴昆 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2022 Yi Fang Kao (A Study of Medical Formulas) was written by Wu Kun of the Ming dynasty. The book comprises six volumes, divided into 72 categories by dis… The Complete Medical Works of Wu Kun 吴昆 / 郭君双 / Hu Guochen China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2015 The Complete Medical Works of Wu Kun is one volume in the large series "Complete Works of Famous Ming and Qing Physicians" published by China Press of… Traditional Chinese Medicine Classics Series: Examination of Medical Formulas (with Pulsology) 吴昆 People's Medical Publishing House · 1990 Yi Fang Kao (Examination of Medical Formulas) in six volumes was compiled by the Ming dynasty physician Wu Kun (style name Shanfu, sobriquet Hegao, a … Great Compendium of Chinese Medicine, Vol. 49: Liu Juanzi's Ghost-Bestowed Prescriptions; Investigations of Medical Formulas Gong Qingxuan / 吴昆 / 曹炳章 Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers · 1990 This book is the forty-ninth volume of the large Chinese medicine series "Great Compendium of Chinese Medicine," originally compiled by the modern phy…Publishers
Shanghai Scientific & Technical PublishersChina Press of Traditional Chinese MedicinePeople's Medical Publishing HouseQunyan Publishing House