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RULES OF CHINESE MEDICINE.
Two Leading Principles Govern Body and There Six
Distinct to be

The Chinese origin Emperor
Shen-nung who said have regned about B. c. He first
the medicinal qualities of herbs and their app
cation the of disease and him acrbed the
earliest writings the subject The principal of his medical
works entitled Shennung Pen king The
regard to the origin of this work both authorship and time
exceedingly doubtful the probability being that its pecep
traditional until after period they became Incorporated
the writings modern author 1t hardly be doubted
however that system OF medical practice established in China
before
Concerning the theories disease held by the Chinese and the
rationale of their modes of the information hand
indefinite peplexng According Ceyer their theory of
Yang translated heat and moisture which life and
all things Health depends the maintenance of
of elementary principles disturb
proper relations them producing all thephenon
Others interpret Yin and Yang be prnci
pies powers female active producing
the physical chemical and vital phenomena which within
and around us pncp equazed repose
principle the ascendant there
infammatory the female principle predom
mates the disease is OF a typhoid character
addition the ratonalc theories OF disease and its treat
supersiou and religious notions concerning them prevail
widely Magical rites and charms occupy large place IN bo
remedial medicine and temples devoted to the
ship dvintie and much requented In
these temples images eminent physicians OF history
tradition been dehed and whom worship paid
In particular there celebrated doctors OF special san often
referred to- exactly Tt
of these dvnie have lists of numbered
patient draws by lot the prescription suited to his disease
In the examination of patient the Chinese doctor determines
the diagnosis prognos indications chiefly from
condition Of the pulse the OF the tongue and the
aspect medical the human body divided
regions () superior from the head to the
opieaum the middle from the epgastrium to the
bilious CD region from the umbicus and nclud
ing the pev regions distinct pulse
may different positions along the adial artery at
apart These pulses mark the cond
ton organs different according they
the right left Thus the superior pulse on the right
of the heart the left OF the lungs The
condition OF the stomach and Spleen
OF the liver The lower right pulse
kidney and large intene the lower lett
small intestine. The delicate variations IN
quality these pulses which the Chinese doctor
touch of the foreigner
bodies of the dead having been al
pracced the knowledge of necessarily crude
idea the internal of the body and their oca
forced them by the accidents and peace
imagination supplied the place OF demonstra
of double circulation is held by OF which
Spirits vehicle of radical principle Yin
cheat prnciple) and the blood which the
Yang the female principle distributed throughout
body This circulation begins in the lungs at o'clock IN the
round hours For the accomoda
they principal canalss
from above downward below upward There also
eight of which ransverse and h
obliquey =,
The nlatea the Chinese extensive and used with
prodealtv sick and the we'll The classical authority
of dispensaorv called Pen-ts 40
of Slcien Herbas Compiled by one Ii
in part OF the sixteenth century The last
print OF this work and appears quaro volumes
the first three containing rude wood cuts OF the minerals
plants and animals in the body OF the work Drugs are
kingdoms and divisions as follows: a. In