Yiguan

Dr. Andrea Mercedes Riegel

doi:10.5771/9783987402104

Summary

The book makes the 17th century Chinese text “Yiguan” by Zhao Xianke available in an English translation. The author of the original text explains how to follow the path beyond old stereotype concepts and therapeutic methods towards an alternative view of health and disease. Like his contemporary fellows, he assumes a shapeless basic energy in the so-called “gate of life” which is responsible for the vitality of the organism, and which also bears man´s energy of Preheaven. Zhao´s main achievement is the insight that the fusion of the energy of Preheaven and the energetic center of Postheaven (spleen/stomach) may be the key for a sustainable therapy.

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Publication year: 2025
Publication date: 07.05.2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-98740-209-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-98740-210-4
Publisher: Ergon, Baden-Baden
Series: Bibliotheca Academica - Reihe Orientalistik
Volume: 38
Language: English
Pages: 226
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 14
1. Essay on the Twelve Officials of the Neijing No access
2. Essay on Yin and Yang No access
3. Essay on the Five Agents No access
1. 1. Attached: Discussion on the Deviation of Mouth and Eyes No access
  2. Attached: Coma No access
2. Essay on Cold Damage No access
3. 1. Attached: Yang Toxin and Yin Toxin No access
4. Essay on the Depression Syndrome No access
1. Essay on Blood Syndromes No access
1. The Formula of The Pills with Eight Ingredients No access
2. Essay on Zhang Zhongjingʼs “Pills with Eight Ingredients” - The Use of Alismatis Rhizoma No access
3. Essay on Water and Fire No access
4. Essay on The Pills with Six Ingredients No access
5. Essay on The Pills with Eight Ingredients No access
6. Essay on Nourishing Yin to Restrain Fire No access
7. Essay on The Minister Fire as Dragon Thunder No access
8. Essay on Heat Effusion due to Yin Depletion No access
9. Essay on Phlegm No access
10. Essay on Cough No access
11. Essay on Blood Ejection No access
12. Essay on Dyspnea No access
13. Essay on Pain in Larynx and Pharynx No access
14. Essay on the Eyes No access
1. Essay on the Teeth No access
2. Essay on Mouth Sores No access
3. Essay on the Ears No access
4. Essay on Ear Sores No access
5. Essay on Exhaustion-Thirst No access
6. Essay on Fullness in the Center caused by Qi Depletion No access
7. Essay on Dysphagia-Occlusion No access
8. Essay on Diarrhea and Constipation No access
9. Essay on Urinary Obstruction and Incontinence No access
10. Essay on Nocturnal Emission and Spermatorrhea No access
1. The Decoction to Replenish the Middle and Augment the Qi No access
2. Essay on Diet Related Damages No access
3. Essay on Sunstroke and Summer Heat Damage No access
4. Essay on Dampness No access
5. Essay on Malaria No access
6. Essay on Dysentery No access
References No access Pages 225 - 226

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