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Chinese Innovations: Medicine

Chinese Innovations: Medicine. Delaney Edison and James Horlacher. Yin and Yang.

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Chinese Innovations: Medicine

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  1. Chinese Innovations: Medicine Delaney Edison and James Horlacher

  2. Yin and Yang Starting during the Han dynasty, the religious idea of harmony, or yin and yang began to be incorporated into the ideas of proper health. A balance was believed to be kept within the body and when this balance was disrupted it resulted in a variety of maladies.

  3. Ancient Pharmacies We also have evidence that specialized drug sellers started in the Han dynasty. Medicines were sold in gourds, a symbol of chaos for Daoists. Over time, pharmacies became more widespread and better sources for good medicine and medical advice.

  4. Acupuncture Acupuncture was a therapy to restore balance in the body by inserting needles into areas where chi materials could create blockages. Originally using sharp objects calledbain, needles were carved from rocks. Over time, they became ceramic and then metal.

  5. Changing China Acupuncture and the ideas of harmonies within the body coincided with many of the ideas of Taoism and Confucianism, making the new ideas of medicine much easier for the Chinese people to accept. Acupuncture was also an easily portable type of medicine for warring times. Innovations in medicine not only allowed practitioners to anesthetize their patients through manipulation of the nervous system, but also kept medicine in a more holistic view with the people.

  6. Impact on Modern Day Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine has stayed the same over the years but the needles and tools they use have become better due to technology. it has been part of Chinese tradition since it has been in existence and the Chinese still use traditional medicine today.

  7. Bibliography • Hinrichs, Tj. "Healing and Medicine: Healing and Medicine in China." Encyclopedia of Religion. Ed. Lindsay Jones. 2nd ed. Vol. 6. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 3859-3864. Gale U.S. History In Context. McCulloch Library Ladue, MO Web. 20 Sept. 2010. http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=K12-Reference&prodId=UHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CCX3424501309&mode=view&userGroupName=sain62671&jsid=d2b4b80a32a7864f96ae51342903b5ad • “The Medical Worldview of Han Dynasty China” 20 September 2010 http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~rogert/chinawv.html • "Acupuncture in China." Science and Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Gale World History In Context. McCulloch Library, Ladue MO Web. 20 Sept. 2010. http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/whic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=K12-Reference&prodId=WHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE|CV2643450001&mode=view • Sivin, Nathan. "Medicine: China." New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Ed. Maryanne Cline Horowitz. Vol. 4. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. 1397-1398. Gale World History In Context. Web. McCulloch Library Ladue, MO 20 Sept. 2010 http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/whic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=K12-Reference&prodId=WHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE|CX3424300464&mode=view

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