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Sabine Wilms' translation of the first half of Sun Simiao's writings on pediatrics, found in volume 5 of the Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang 備急千金要方. See below in the Store page for the E-Book version. Reduced price from $75 and $85 for paperback and hardcover versions.

Paperback ISBN-13: 9780991342907

Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780991342976

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Sabine Wilms' translation of the first half of Sun Simiao's writings on pediatrics, found in volume 5 of the Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang 備急千金要方. See below in the Store page for the E-Book version. Reduced price from $75 and $85 for paperback and hardcover versions.

Paperback ISBN-13: 9780991342907

Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780991342976

Venerating the Root, part II
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Sabine Wilms' translation of the first half of Sun Simiao's writings on pediatrics, found in volume 5 of the Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang 備急千金要方. See below in the Store page for the E-Book version. Reduced price from $75 and $85 for paperback and hardcover versions.

Paperback ISBN-13: 9780991342907

Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780991342976

This book is a literal translation of the first half of Volume 5 from the Beiji Qianjin Yaofang 備急千金要方 on pediatrics, composed by Sun Simiao 孫思邈 in the seventh century. It includes the following features:

  • 40 pages of introductory matter and 323 pages of main text.

  • A critical edition of the Chinese text with the literal English translation on opposing pages.

  • Four main sections on "Preface," "Emergence of the Newborn from the Abdomen," "Fright Seizures," and "Intrusive Upset." Here is a link to the Table of Contents.

  • Extensive translator's notes that explain individual terms, medical concepts, alternative readings of passages, translation issues, etc.

  • Clinical commentary by Dr. Brenda Hood.

  • Interspersed throughout the translation and commenting on each major formula in the text, a full translation of the section on pediatrics from the Qianjinfang Yanyi 千金方衍義, a commentary on the Qianjinfang composed in 1698 by the famous physician Zhang Lu 張璐.

  • Forewords by Peter Firebrace and Genevieve LeGoff, and a poem by Peter Firebrace that summarizes the content.

  • A preface by Sabine Wilms, excerpted on this page on "Nurturing the Small."

  • A general index and indexes for single herbs and formulas, indications, acupuncture and moxibustion, and proper names.

  • For more information and a summary of the Preface, see the page on "Nurturing the Small" on this website.

  • See THIS REVIEW BY STEPHEN COWAN and THIS REVIEW BY JULIAN SCOTT.

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