Article ID: CBB000933534

External Alchemy and the Science of the TCM Formula in the Song Dynasty (2008)

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Han, Jishao (Author)


Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Volume: 27
Pages: 337--352


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Chinese.
Language: Chinese

Abstract During Han Dynasty, the Taoism developed technologies of external(or laboratory) alchemy. Dan (elixir) in its early stage was only used by Taoist to become immortal. In the Tang Dynasty, some Taoists and a few physicians used Dan as medicine, much of which was recorded in the Dao zan (the Taoist Canon). In the Song Dynasty, more and more medical works introduced Dan. From then on, Dan became an important traditional Chinese medicine.

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Authors & Contributors
Han, Jishao
Ho, Peng Yoke
Tj Hinrichs
Robson, James
Zhu, Jing
Swetz, Frank J.
Journals
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Asian Medicine: Tradition and Modernity
Science in Context
Lishi yuyan yanjiuso jikan (Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica)
Publishers
University of Pennsylvania
Stanford University Press
Routledge
A.K. Peters
Cambridge University Press
Harvard University
Concepts
East Asia, civilization and culture
Alchemy
Medicine, Chinese traditional
Taoism
Pharmacy
Medicine
Time Periods
Han dynasty (China, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.)
Song Dynasty (China, 960-1279)
Medieval
Ancient
Tang dynasty (China, 618-907)
Jin Dynasty (China, 265-420)
Places
China
Tibet
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