HRT 496 - Chinese Doctors

Shen Nong

Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (The Divine Husbandman’s Classic of Materia Medica)
—listed 356 herbs, 1x day of year

Hua Tuo

Developed use of anesthesia

Zhang Zhong Jing

Shang Han Lun (On Cold Damage)
—introduced the six stages of disease progression
Jin Gui Yao Lue (Prescriptions from the Golden Chamber)
—known for a number of formulas

Sun Si Miao

Qian Jin Yao Fang (Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold Ducats)
—famous medical doctor, child prodigy. Helped develop nutritional medicine

Li Dong-Yuan

Pi Wei Lun (Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach)
—introduced one of the most widely used formulas “Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang”

Tan Yunxian

Nu Yi Zan Tan (Miscellaneous Records of a Female Doctor)
—China’s most famous female physician

Li Shi Zhen

Ben Cao Gang Mu (Great Compendium of Herbs)

Ye Tianshi / Wu Ju-Tong

Wen Bing (Warm Disease) Texts

Wan Qing-Ren

Yi Lin Gai Cuo
—addresses importance of anatomy and blood stasis