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Celestial Secrets: A Dunhuang Manuscript of Medicinal Decoctions for the Zangfu Organs

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By Sabine Wilms
ISBN: 9781732157170
Published: January 13th, 2021 (Happy Goat Productions)
Number of pages: 416

This book is the first English translation of a rare medieval Chinese manuscript with the full title FĒ”xĆ­ngjuĆ© zĆ ngfĒ” yĆ²ngyĆ o fĒŽyĆ o (“Secret Tips for Helpful Action: The Key to Using Medicinals on the ZĆ ngfĒ” Organs”).

In addition to an elegant yet literal annotated translation of the complete text by Dr. Sabine Wilms, this book includes a lengthy scholarly introduction, analyzing the history of the text and its relationship to an ancient mythological TāngyĆØjÄ«ng (“Classic of Decoctions”), with which it is sometimes wrongly identified.

 

This book includes the following features:

  • 416 pages.

  • Lovingly produced highest-quality printing and binding in a small unionized print shop. See this blog post for the background story on publishing in a pandemic.

  • A lengthy academic historical introduction that takes you through 4000 years of Chinese medical history. See this page for free access to a lecture on the Daoist roots.

  • A literal annotated translation of the original text that includes six sections on

    • Differentiating Patterns of ZĆ ng Organ Disease

    • Five Formulas to Address Drainage of the Five ZĆ ng Organs

    • Five Formulas for Supplementing the Five ZĆ ng Organs

    • The Five Flavors and Twenty-Five Medicinals

    • External Contractions of Celestial Movements

    • Emergency Treatments for Opening the Orifices.

  • An expertly produced critical edition of the original Chinese text.

  • An extensive appendix with reference tables on:

    • Formulas by PÄ«nyÄ«n

    • Formulas by English

    • Medicinals by PÄ«nyÄ«n

    • Medicinals by Common Name

    • Weights and Measures

    • Works Cited, and an

    • Index.

  • A foreword and clinical commentary on the ā€œExternal Contractions of Celestial Movementsā€ by Sharon Weizenbaum.

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