Gě xiān wēng zhǒu hòu bèi jí fāng 葛仙翁肘後備急方
Immortal-Elder Gě’s Elbow-Kept Emergency Prescriptions
by 葛洪 (Gě Hóng, 283–343)
Gě Hóng’s practical medical handbook — a “ready-to-hand” (zhǒu hòu 肘後, literally “behind the elbow”) collection of emergency prescriptions. One of the foundational texts of Chinese clinical medicine, noted for its empirical observations on diseases including an early description of what may be smallpox. Revised and supplemented by Táo Hóngjǐng in the Liáng. Preserved as DZ 1306 / CT 1306 (正一部).
Dating. Core Eastern-Jìn; revised in NánCháo. Dynasty: 東晉-南朝.
Translations and research
- Unschuld, Paul U. Medicine in China: A History of Pharmaceutics. University of California Press, 1986.
Links
- Kanseki Repository KR5g0115
- Author: 葛洪.
- ctext.org: 肘後備急方