Channeling the Moon: A Translation and Discussion of Qí Zhòngfǔ's "Hundred Questions on Gynecology," Part Two
A literal translation and discussion of Part Two ofa thirteenth-century Chinese textbook on gynecology: Qi Zhongfu's Hundred Questions on Gynecology from 1220 CE. Includes the Chinese original side-by-side with the English, extensive commentary on the essays and formulas, and clinical notes by Sharon Weizenbaum.
A literal translation and discussion of Part Two ofa thirteenth-century Chinese textbook on gynecology: Qi Zhongfu's Hundred Questions on Gynecology from 1220 CE. Includes the Chinese original side-by-side with the English, extensive commentary on the essays and formulas, and clinical notes by Sharon Weizenbaum.
A literal translation and discussion of Part Two ofa thirteenth-century Chinese textbook on gynecology: Qi Zhongfu's Hundred Questions on Gynecology from 1220 CE. Includes the Chinese original side-by-side with the English, extensive commentary on the essays and formulas, and clinical notes by Sharon Weizenbaum.
In the heyday of classical Chinese gynecology roughly eight centuries ago, Qí Zhòngfǔ 齊仲甫 composed a humbly named masterpiece, to address his students’, colleagues’, and patients’ “Hundred Questions on Gynecology.” Quoting and discussing all the major theories and treatments found in earlier gynecological texts, the Chinese original of this book must have been as useful to his Sòng dynasty readers as this modern English translation will be for any practitioner of Chinese gynecology today.
One of the eminent translators of Chinese medical literature, Dr. Sabine Wilms has once again crafted a meticulously researched, lovingly phrased, and abundantly annotated translation in an attractive and accessible edition that is sure to inspire our clinical colleagues and set a new bar for the clinical practice of traditional Chinese gynecology in the West. Channeling the Moon, Part Two includes:
A translation and discussion of Questions 15 to 50 on miscellaneous conditions of gynecology in 534 pages
Clinical commentaries by Sharon Weizenbaum and Genevieve LeGoff,
Extensive quotations from a wide range of medical classics,
Stunning photography by Linda Schwarz
Chinese-English reference tables for formulas and materia medica, and
A glossary and index.
“Sabine Wilms has done it again! Channeling the Moon Vol II continues the important conversation on Chinese medicine gynecology begun in Vol I. As a teacher of Chinese medicine, a clinician and a translator I am so happy to see this 2nd volume. Not only are Qi Zhongfu’s questions important for the study of gynecology, but the commentary also adds to the reader’s understanding and offers insights that are invaluable for clinical practice and for a greater perspective on the female body as understood by Chinese medicine.” (Marnae Ergil, MA, DACM, L.Ac)
Here is a link to the Table of Contents.
Here is a sample: Question Sixteen on “Women’s Propensity to Generate All Sorts of Conditions as the Result of Wind Cold.”
Here is a sample from Chapter 42 on differentiating between Yin Landslide Collapse and Yang Landslide Collapse.
Another sample that shows the original Chinese and literal translation of Qí Zhòngfǔ’s answer to Question Twenty-Three:
