72 ways of saving lives : folk remedies in old China / Ronald Suleski ; foreword by Shigehisa Kuriyama.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suleski, Ronald Stanley, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Chinese.

Herbs--Therapeutic use--China.

Herbs.

Acupuncture--China.

Acupuncture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Other Title:

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2024]

Summary:

How did lay people in old China save their lives when dealing with acute or chronic health issues? Conventional medicine was costly and might not have been an option for many. Instead, people in villages and towns relied on remedies drawn from a woodblock-printed illustrated booklet called the Seventy-Two Therapies, first published in 1847. The goal of this book is to foster an appreciation of China’s long tradition of folk remedies. Each folk remedy is illustrated by a page from the circa 1860s woodblock edition of the Seventy-Two Therapies which the author used for translation. He also added a historical and interpretive analysis to expand on each therapy and to place it in the context of contemporary thinking, aiming at academics and readers interested in the everyday lives of common people in pre-1950 China, and in the folk medicine wisdom inherited from the past. Professor Suleski’s translation and commentary calls our attention to a work that now compels us to expand our horizons. Shigehisa Kuriyama/bbr(Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University)/pbrbr“This book captures the fascinating depth and ingenuity in Chinese folk medicine that should still resonate with many readers today.-- From publisher's website.

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on October 31, 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9789882379282

9882379281

OCLC:

1451508826

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.