Chinese medicine and healing : an illustrated history / edited by TJ Hinrichs and Linda L. Barnes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hinrichs, TJ.

Barnes, Linda L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Chinese.

Medicine, Chinese Traditional--history.

Drugs, Chinese Herbal--history.

Faith Healing--history.

Medical Subjects:

Medicine, Chinese Traditional--history.

Drugs, Chinese Herbal--history.

Faith Healing--history.

Physical Description:

x, 464 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.

Contents:

1 The Pre-Han Period / Constance A. Cook Cook, Constance A. 5

Oracle Bones of the Late Shang Dynasty (ca. Thirteenth-Eleventh Centuries B.C.E.) / Ken Takashima Takashima, Ken 8

The Dreams of the Lord of Jin / Constance A. Cook Cook, Constance A. 18

The Hexagram Gu / Xing Wen Wen, Xing 20

2 The Han Period / Vivienne Lo Lo, Vivienne 31

The Treatment of Women / Lisa Raphals Raphals, Lisa 42

A Late Han Adept / TJ Hinrichs Hinrichs, TJ 53

3 The Period of Division and the Tang Period / Fan Ka-wai Ka-wai, Fan 65

Shamans / Lin Fu-shih Fu-shih, Lin 67

Prerequisites for Treating Childlessness / Jessy J. C. Choo Choo, Jessy J. C. 70

Nurturing the Fetus / Sabine Wilms Wilms, Sabine 71

Childbirth / Jen-der Lee Lee, Jen-der 73

Ingestion of the Five Sprouts / Gil Raz Raz, Gil 82

The Celestial Brigand and Illness / Donald Harper Harper, Donald 84

Sun Simiao / Victor Xiong Xiong, Victor 87

4 The Song and Jin Periods / TJ Hinrichs Hinrichs, TJ 97

Plague God Cults / Paul R. Katz Katz, Paul R. 119

Legendary Daoist Women / Catherine Despeux Despeux, Catherine 121

Song Printed Medical Works and Mediveal Japanese Medicine / Andrew Edmund Goble Goble, Andrew Edmund 123

5 The Yuan and Ming Periods / Angela Ki Che Leung Leung, Angela Ki Che 129

Arabic Medicine in China / Paul D. Buell Buell, Paul D. 132

Tuê Tinh-Vietnamese Monk-Physician at the Ming Court / C. Michele Thompson Thompson, C. Michele 134

A Choson Korea Medical Synthesis: Ho Chun's Precious Mirror of Eastern Medicine / Soyoung Suh Suh, Soyoung 137

Medical Schools and the Temples of the Three Progenitors / Reiko Shinno Shinno, Reiko 140

Children's Medicine / Hsiung Ping-chen Ping-chen, Hsiung 145

Li Shizhen / Kenneth J. Hammond Hammond, Kenneth J. 151

Variolation / Chang Chia-Feng Chia-Feng, Chang 157

6 The Qing Period / Yi-Li Wu Wu, Yi-Li 161

Fertility Control and Demographics / Francesca Bray Bray, Francesca 162

Female Alchemy / Elena Valussi Valussi, Elena 167

The Nineteenth-Century Bubonic Plague Epidemic / Carol Benedict Benedict, Carol 171

The Emperor's Physician / Chang Che-chia Che-chia, Chang 175

The Jianghu Performance of Medical and Martial Arts in Late Imperial Vernacular Fiction / Paize Keulemans Keulemans, Paize 183

Eighteenth-Century European Views of Gongfu (Kungfu) / Linda L. Barnes Barnes, Linda L. 191

The "Warm Diseases" Current of Learning / Marta E. Hanson Hanson, Marta E. 204

7 The Republic of China / Bridie J. Andrews Andrews, Bridie J. 209

Dissection in China / Larissa Heinrich Heinrich, Larissa 220

Neurasthenia (shenjing shuairuo) in China / Hugh Shapiro Shapiro, Hugh 227

Advertising Hygienic Modernity / Ruth Rogaski Rogaski, Ruth 232

8 The People's Republic of China / Volker Scheid Scheid, Volker 239

Propaganda and Health / Stefan R. Landsberger Landsberger, Stefan R. 243

Folk Nutritional Therapy in Modern China / Eugene N. Anderson Anderson, Eugene N. 259

Inventing Qigong / David Ownby Ownby, David 264

Chinese Medicine as Popular Knowledge in Urban China / Judith Farquhar Farquhar, Judith 272

Seal Penis, Viagra, and Sexual Potency in Post-Mao China / Everett Zhang Zhang, Everett 275

Religious Healing in the People's Republic of China / Thomas DuBois DuBois, Thomas 277

SARS, Bird Flu, and Media Transparency in China / Hepeng Jia Jia, Hepeng 280

9 A World of Chinese Medicine and Healing: Part One / Linda L. Barnes Barnes, Linda L. 284

Acupuncture in Argentina / Betina Freidin Freidin, Betina 294

Acupuncture in Germany / Gunnar Stollberg Stollberg, Gunnar 313

Textuality and Truth in U.S. Chinese Medicine Education / Sonya Pritzker Pritzker, Sonya 318

Acupuncture in Iraq / Lazgeen Ahmad (Interview by Douglas Newton) Ahmad, Lazgeen, (Interview by Douglas Newton) 322

Get on Track with Subhealth: Changing Trajectories of "Preventive Medicine" / Mei Zhan Zhan, Mei 325

Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trials and Chinese Medicine / Ted J. Kaptchuk Kaptchuk, Ted J. 329

10 A World of Chinese Medicine and Healing: Part Two / Linda L. Barnes Barnes, Linda L. 334

Chinese Medicine in Africa / Elisabeth Hsu Hsu, Elisabeth 335

"Trialing" Chinese Medicine in Colonial Australia / Rey Tiquia Tiquia, Rey 343

TCM and Chinese Immigrants with Tuberculosis in New York City's Chinatown: A Case Study / Ming Ho Ho, Ming 347

Is Vietnamese Medicine Chinese Medicine? / Laurence Monnais Monnais, Laurence 350

Visualizing Qi / Nancy N. Chen Chen, Nancy N. 356

Taiji in America / Elijah Siegler Siegler, Elijah 359.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-433) and index.

ISBN:

9780674047372

0674047370

OCLC:

789661411