Tài shàng zhǒu hòu yù jīng fāng 太上肘後玉經方
Most High Jade-Scripture Prescriptions Behind the Elbow
by 盧遵元 (Lú Zūn yuán); Táng
A Táng pocket-recipe collection (zhǒu hòu 肘後 = “behind the elbow”, a conventional term for a short portable recipe-book) by Lú Zūn yuán 盧遵元. Preserved as DZ 847 / CT 847.
About the work
Zhǒu hòu genre
The zhǒu hòu genre of Chinese medical literature comprises portable emergency recipe-books carried on one’s person (literally “behind the elbow” in a sleeve-pocket) for rapid reference. The most famous is Gé Hóng’s 葛洪 Zhǒu hòu bèi jí fāng 肘後備急方. The present DZ 847 is a Daoist-medical example of the genre.
Dating. Táng. Dynasty: 唐.