‘The healer of all illnesses’: the origins and development of Rûm’s gift to the Tang court: theriac
In the second year of the Qianfeng era (667 ad), an envoy of the Rûm (Fu Lin) King arrived with a gift of theriac (diyejia) for the Tang Empire. From then on, the theriac was recorded in Chinese materia medica books, and even a Muslim medical formulary, namely Huihui Yaofang. In fact, since the anci...
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Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2019
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Studies in Chinese Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 14-37 |
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Chinese materia medica books
B medicine’s transmission B Cultural Communication B Theriac (diyejia) |
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