Beginning and Development of Medical Manipulation in Ancient China.
10.3937/kampomed.53.71
- VernacularTitle:古代中国における手技療法の発祥と発展
- Author:
Tetsuji WAKUDA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
ancient China;
medical manipulation;
anma-therapy;
beginning and development
- From:Kampo Medicine
2002;53(1-2):71-75
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
The basis of the present writer's study is the ancient literature of manipulation and anma-therapy, which was edited before and after the time that “Huang-ti nei-ching” was formed in the Han Period.
The conclusions are drawn from the results as follows:
In China, it may be said that the origin of anma-therapy may be traced back to the Yin Chou Period, because it was described in “Chia-ku-wên” and “Chou-li.” It may be said, too, that its origins may back to the Chunchiu chan-kuo Period, because there are the descriptions of a name, resembling anma-therapy, and its effects in “Pien-chüeh Chuán.”
And it is corroborated in “Wu-shih-erh Ping Fang” that anma-therapy was actually performed before the Chin Han Period. Furthermore, because the technique of the term “ma” with plastering is described in “Yãng-shêng Fang, ” “Shên-nung pên-tsao-ching, ” and so on, it proves that anma-therapy was in existence, though the expression of the term “ma” is different from that of the term “an” in “Huang-ti nei-ching.”
For these reasons, it appears that anma-therapy had already been used, together with other treatments, in the Chou Period.
But the fact that the technique of “an” differs from the process of the development of “ma” needs to be studied further.
