RE: Medicine is a noble profession / herbal traditions

[Guest guest]

Sat, 1 Jan 2005 14:55:24 +1000, <> wrote:

 

>… Stephen Birch's in Understanding Acupuncture, p20,21….

 

I don't have this book, but does Stephen Birch cite his sources for this

interpretation? This would be interesting is he has other sources than Paul

Unschuld's books (similar information is in both the " History of Ideas " and

the " History of Pharmaceuticals " versions of " Medicine in China " ). Unschuld

presents very compelling historical data and interpretation, but it is

always good to find corroborating evidence.

 

Another curiosity in the history of the Chinese-Japanese relationship

vis-à-vis herbal theory. Jeffery Yuen gave the interpretation once that

Japanese/Kampo herbology through the present is more related to SHL/Han

Chinese thought, and shows little influence of later, say, WenBing theory.

Jeffery attributed this to the fact that in the early 2nd millennium, the

Chinese/Mongols tried to invade and conquer Japan. Their fleet was

destroyed by bad weather (somehow the term " kamikaze " came from that

event). Still, the Japanese were somewhat peeved at this, and cultivated

little " cultural exchange " which might have influenced their herbal practices.

 

 

[Guest guest]

HI Chris,

Birch does give reference:

Unschuld PU 1985 Medicine in China: a history of ideas. University of

California Press, Berkeley, p19

 

Best wishes

 

 

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Sunday, 2 January 2005 1:56 PM

Chinese Medicine

RE: Medicine is a noble profession / herbal traditions

 

 

 

Sat, 1 Jan 2005 14:55:24 +1000, <>

wrote:

 

>… Stephen Birch's in Understanding Acupuncture, p20,21….

 

I don't have this book, but does Stephen Birch cite his sources for this

interpretation? This would be interesting is he has other sources than

Paul

Unschuld's books (similar information is in both the " History of Ideas "

and

the " History of Pharmaceuticals " versions of " Medicine in China " ).

Unschuld

presents very compelling historical data and interpretation, but it is

always good to find corroborating evidence.

 

Another curiosity in the history of the Chinese-Japanese relationship

vis-à-vis herbal theory. Jeffery Yuen gave the interpretation once that

Japanese/Kampo herbology through the present is more related to SHL/Han

Chinese thought, and shows little influence of later, say, WenBing theory.

Jeffery attributed this to the fact that in the early 2nd millennium, the

Chinese/Mongols tried to invade and conquer Japan. Their fleet was

destroyed by bad weather (somehow the term " kamikaze " came from that

event). Still, the Japanese were somewhat peeved at this, and cultivated

little " cultural exchange " which might have influenced their herbal

practices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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