Gallnut and its identification as a herb in traditional Chinese medicine
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
Gallnut (Mo Shi Zi), as one of the herbs popularly used in traditional Chinese medicine, came into China from Persia in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Gallnut was translated into different names from Persian into Chinese. This study attempted to identify its names, sources and nature by starting with Mo Shi Zi () and comparing with its relevant names Mo Shi Zi(),Ba Lv Zi () and Wu Bei Zi (). It was found that'', meaning black, in Mo Shi Zi () did not make sense because it neither matched t
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An historical study of Hua Tuo Temples in Henan province
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
Hua Tuo was a medical figure renowned for his legendary magic medical skills in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He has been honored in history by temples or shrines built in memory of him. Based on the local records and historical books in Henan Province, Hua Tuo temples and shrines in this area were examined. A total of twelve temples or shrines were built in nine counties or cities in Henan province. They were mainly distributed in the counties of Shangqiu, Zhoukou and Xinyang along the Huai
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Yin Chan Quan Shu, the Obstetrics and Gynecology Monograph by Wang Kentang
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
Yin Chan Quan Shu (Obstetrics and gynecology monograph) is a monograph on obstetrics and gynecology compiled by Wang Kentang in the Ming Dynasty. It had four volumes and was published in the thirtieth year of Wanli (1602) in the Ming Dynasty after it was edited by Zhang Shoukong and others. It was found that Yin Chan Quan Shu has four versions remaining. They were the version printed by Shu Lin Qiao Shan Tang in the Ming Dynasty, held in the National Library of China and the Cabinet Library o
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Snakes as a source of drugs from the Han to the Song Dynasties
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
This paper examined the history of snakes as a source of drugs from the Han to the Song Dynasties. Snake products, for medicinal purposes, were not widely used in the Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties out of worship and fear of snakes. The source of snake products taken for medical purposes might be partly because local people ate snakes in the South area. Palace snakes and pit viper products were taken as drugs in the Tang Dynasty for the treatment of leprosy and ulcers of the female external genit
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The definition of "Hu-Chang" in Chinese external medicine
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
The Hu-Chang theory is widely used in Chinese external medicine diagnosis and treatment, and it has been documented in many archives and recordings. However, its provenance and connotation were still confusing and unclear. It was believed that The Covert Prescription for External Medicine (Mi Chuan Wai Ke Fang) by Zhao Yizhen in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty was the earliest work with the use of provenance from the existing records of Hu-Chang. In terms of its connotation, it was belie
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The skin diagnosis methods constructed by Liao Ping
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
Liao Ping, a famous scholar for Confucian classics in modern times has made great contributions to the field of Confucian classics. In particular, he interpreted Chinese medicine with the thinking of Confucian Classics. He delved into Inner Canon of Huangdi (Huang Di Nei Jing) and focused on recovering the methods of ancient diagnosis in this publication. He believed that the diagnostic measurement in Inner Canon of Huangdi were taken "to diagnose through cubit skin" and he then cre
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The official appointment of medical graduates in the Imperial Medical College (Guo Zi Jian Yi Ke) in the Northern Song Dynasty
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
The Imperial Medical College (Guo Zi Jian Yi Ke) in the Northern Song Dynasty was established for training Confucian physicians. The medical graduates from this college were granted superior official recognition but still received equal opportunities for their career advancement as other graduates for arts. This was partly because medical graduates were not well respected at that time and partly because the then government attempted to encourage more people to learn medicine. On the other han
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Miao Zunyi - his life, writings and students
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
This study analyzes regional development in one of the poorest provinces in China, Guizhou Province, between 2000 and 2012 using a multiscale and multi-mechanism framework. In general, regional inequality has been declining since 2000. In addition, economic development in Guizhou Province presented spatial agglomeration and club convergence, which shows how the development pattern of core-periphery has been developed between 2006 and 2012. Multilevel regression analysis revealed that industri
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The diet regimen in Hun Su Yi Sheng Lu in the Song Dynasty
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
Hun Su Yi Sheng Lu as a representative work focused on health preservation in the Song Dynasty, a period of highly-developed health preservation culture. It was written by Liu Ci, following the theory of "food is the basis of life" and recorded a great number of principles and methods of diet health preservation. It demonstrated the relationship between diet and the five organs of the human body, diet and disease prevention, diet and time adjusting and diet and risk factors. It prov
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Causes and symptoms of the bullwhip effect: a qualitative study in the health care sector
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Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)
The bullwhip effect is a destructive phenomenon that overwhelms supply chains and disrupts their smooth working. It is mainly due to the distortion of information within the supply chain and is characterized by the amplification of the order when we go back upstream in the supply chain. The objective of this paper was to explore the presence of the bullwhip effect in the pharmaceutical supply chain in Morocco through the research of its causes and symptoms. After a meticulous review of relevant
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