Research on Chinese Medical Classics Compiled in Taoist Canon
10.16466/j.issn1005-5509.2025.01.007
- VernacularTitle:《道藏》医学典籍刍议
- Author:
Yunhai PAN
1
;
Yuxin LIN
1
;
Shan LIU
1
Author Information
1. 浙江中医药大学基础医学院 杭州 310053
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
medical literature;
Taoist Canon;
traditional Chinese medicine;
bibliography;
Taoist medicine;
Chinese medical classics;
medical taoist classics;
philology
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2025;49(1):40-45
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
[Objective]To determine the medical classics of Taoist Canon for laying a foundation for further research through arrangement and summary of the traditional Chinese medicine literature of Zhengtong Taoist Canon written in the Ming Dynasty.[Methods]Firstly,the literature review method was used to summarize and sort out the medical classics described by the predecessors.Then,combined with the interdisciplinary methods of traditional Chinese medicine,bibliography and Taoist medicine,the medical classics Zhengtong Taoist Canon were put forward,sorted and analyzed.[Results]A total of 152 medical classics of Zhengtong Taoist Canon were sorted out,and they were divided into four categories,including 20"basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine",8"Herbalism",14"Medical formula"and 110"Medical Taoist Classics".And the"Medical Taoist Classics"included 24"taking medicine books",52"inner danology books",10"coition medicine books"and 24"comprehensive books".[Conclusion]Taoist Canon contains many medical classics related to traditional Chinese medicine.These medical classics provide literature basis and theoretical support for scholars to deeply study the Taoist medical thoughts from the perspective of philology.
