2004/01/01 by Fan Ka Wai · 1 citation
Medicine · Nursing · #Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies #Pharmaceutics #Traditional medicine #Acupuncture #Traditional Chinese medicine #Position (finance) #Medicine #Ancient history #History #Alternative medicine #Nursing #Pathology
paper · doi:10.1142/s0192415x04001965
openalex publication_date 2004/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
Famed for his surgical expertise, Hua Tuo of the Eastern Han dynasty also excelled in a range of other medical treatments. It is rarely noted that Hua treated patients with a combination of drugs and acupuncture therapy and acquired an expert knowledge of pharmaceutics. The purpose of this article is to explore the rarely studied achievements of Hua Tuo in pharmaceutics, and further discuss the status of Hua in the history of Chinese medicine. The article points out that Hua Tuo inherited the medical achievements of past generations and strongly influenced the development of medicine during the Wei Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties.