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Héjì Júfāng 『和剤局方』 aka Wasei Shokuhou in Japanese (aka or Mixtures Pharmacopoeia), is the name of a prescription booklet for pharmaceuticals (Traditional Chinese Medicine) published in Northern Song dynasty China with the involvement of state institutions during their Taiguan era (1107-1110). It may also refer to the later enlarged version of the ``Taiping Huìmín Héjì Júfāng 『太平恵民和剤局方』 published in 1151. Important!: This is NOT a Japanese Pharmacopoeia, rather a China one bearing the name Mixtures that could be confused with abbreviation for Japan (和).
Original Mixtures
[edit]The Mixtures Pharmacopoeia is a collection of pharmaceutical prescriptions containing 297 of them in five volumes, first compiled during the Taiguan era of the Northern Song Dynasty, and was also the national pharmacopoeia of the time. After that, it was repeatedly expanded and renamed in the 21st year of Shaoxing (1151), and the Taiping Huimin Mixtures Pharmacopoeia was published with 10 volumes and 788 prescriptions. 『太平恵民和剤局方』 For lack of any robust indigenous medical treatment, this book was ordered engraved (sanctioned as official) by the Edo shogunate warlords in 1732 in Japan, engraved by Chikaaki Imaoji and others.
Editions
[edit]It is said that during the Taiguan period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1107-1110), the government ordered Pei Songyuan (裴宋元), Chen Shiwen (陳師文), and others to compile the first edition of the Mixtures Drug Pharmacopoeia as a formulation standard for the government-run pharmacy in Kaifeng, the capital. The first edition consisted of 5 volumes and 297 prescriptions. There is also a theory that the first edition was published during the Chongning era (1102 - 1106). After that, the prescriptions were expanded and the content gradually became richer with each revision.
Tai Hospital in Kaifeng, the capital, had two pharmacy functions: a combination drug store where prescriptions were prepared, and a medicine store where drugs were sold. The Combo Drug Store was renamed Mixtures Pharmacopoeia in 1103, before publication. During the Shaoxing period, the Medicine Store was renamed the Taiping Huimin Bureau. During this Shaoxing era, they were combined into one and Mixtures drug pharmacopoeia was also renamed and published as Taiping Huimin Mixtures Pharmacopoeia. aka Taihei Emin Waza Pharmacopoeia in Japanese. It has 10 volumes and 3 volumes of medicinal instructions, and contains 788 prescriptions, including the disease to be treated for each prescription, and drug adjustment including the adjustment method and amount of raw herbal medicines. The codifications are explained in detail and the aim is to unify prescriptions.
Japan
[edit]Japan Pharmaceutical Association have physical copies of the books in Tokyo.
References
[edit]Please copy references from translated Japanese page, thanks!
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