Changsha mawangdui Chinese medicine culture

Zhang Wei Zhang Ruixian China academy of traditional Chinese medicine of traditional Chinese medicine

China's traditional Chinese medicine to

        Writing is located in the eastern suburb of changsha the liuyang river mawangdui township, 4 kilometers qing jiaqing "changsha county annals" said here is "the tomb of king chu ma Yin and his family," so the name of mawangdui. From 1972 to 1974, successively in the excavated three writing, is a major archaeological discovery of the 20th century, caused wide attention both at home and abroad. Three writing, number two is the owner of the tomb of han changsha prime minister at the beginning of his Hou Licang, tomb no. 1 were pale, the tomb no. 3 is the son of the pale. Mawangdui tomb no. 1 unearthed in a well preserved woman corpse, according to research is the pale wife chasing, aged about 50 or so, when more than 2100 years, was unearthed soft tissue elastic, can joint activities, visible blood vessels, for the world archaeological history unprecedented does not rot wet resin, then such body discovered named mawangdui resin. In addition, three were unearthed over 3000 pieces of precious relics, writing for the study of the early han political, economic, technological and cultural provides very detailed information. At present, the museum is located in the provincial capital of hunan province, changsha in hunan province is the only one at home and abroad shows mawangdui excavated cultural relics museum.

        Although exhibits on display here is only a small part of the writing unearthed cultural relics, but it is enough to make our experience in the early western han dynasty the magic culture, with its science and technology developed, the craft is exquisite. Writing shown in display of cultural relics with pharmaceutical related major there are a few pieces of like this:

        Road map: the tomb unearthed ancient color BoHua guidance in no. 3 is the combination of breathing and body movement is a medical health sports. This picture of a road map is China's earliest existing qigong theory and practice operation. Figure depicted on the respiratory movement, body movement and instrument operation of 44 kinds of grinding operation, indicate the name and function. According to textual research, Mr Ma Jixing this 44 seeker image can be divided into four categories: the first category is sick of figure, the guidance of knowable such guidance procedure is used in the treatment of related diseases; The second problem is guided by the animal image figure, for imitation animal movement set; Guided by the third class for equipment movement figure, figure the characters to instrument for guiding AIDS; And those classified as other classes, obtaining a title meaning.

        Chinese herbal medicine and painted pottery smoked furnace, unearthed from tomb no. 3 more than 10 kinds of Chinese herbal medicine, is early Chinese herbal medicine physical existence. Respectively: MaoXiang, perrin, magnolia flower, galangal, cinnamon, pepper, chaff, Du Heng, ginger, cinnabar, etc. In addition to the cinnabar, other drugs, more fragrant spleen moisture, ventilation, antiseptic sterilization effect. These drugs are stored in sweet bursa, were unearthed from the pillow and smoked furnace, used to prevent disease, mental adjustment. Such as painted pottery unearthed in the tomb no. 3 smoked furnace, Lao is 13.3 cm, 11.2 cm diameter, cover used in hole, furnace galangal, MaoXiang, chaff Ben and lily magnolia, etc., smoked when burning can be pure and fresh air, remove noxious gas, prevent colds and other diseases.

        "Foot eleven pulse acupuncture arm" : 3, silk unearthed in the tomb of the foot eleven pulse acupuncture arm with four other books, the Yin and Yang. Pulse effect of moxibustion origin, the pulse act, "the death of arteries and veins of Yin and Yang", "fifty-two diseases party" with copy on a long silks. Foot eleven pulse acupuncture arm and did not show "11 pulse acupuncture the Yin and Yang" comprehensive article tells the story of the human body. The vein of the courses, the main disease and moxibustion, is China's earliest paper literature of theory of meridians. They and the huangdi neijing sentences, content have a lot in common. Two books on the meridians are only article about eleven meridians, less than a "pivot" jue Yin meridians. Described in the direction of the meridian courses and main disease BingHou, not only than the "pivot" briefly, some courses direction even the opposite. According to research the book might be "spirit pivot · meridians" ZuBen.

        "Fifty-two diseases party" : 3 tomb unearthed silk for lost already a long time in the prescriptions book. The silk no title, according to the original directory, a total of 52 to disease as the center of the subheadings, scholars should be entitled "fifty-two diseases party". According to research, fifty-two diseases party is now found in the most ancient prescriptions of our country. 52 kinds of diseases, each kind of disease is less one party and second party, has more than 20 more, now the coexistence between the total number of 283, the book should be about 300 square. Book is involved in the disease, including disease found in 52 titles, a total of 103, involved in medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, surgery, etc. Collected 247 kinds of drugs, of which nearly half is not recorded in cold-induced febride. It truly reflects the development of preclinical medicine and clinical study of the western han dynasty.

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