User:Madalibi/Chronology of Chinese medical history

Han Dynasty (206 BC–AD 220) to Three Kingdoms Period (220 - 280 AD)

Zhenjiu zhenzhong jing (针灸枕中经/鍼灸枕中經) (Classic of Moxibustion and Acupuncture Preserved in a Pillow) by Huà Tuó (华佗/華佗, approx. 140-208 AD), who anesthetized patients during surgery with a formula of wine and powdered cannabis.^{[citation needed]} Hua's physical, surgical, and herbal treatments were also used to cure diseases like headaches, dizziness, worms, fever, cough, etc.^{[citation needed]}

Zhēnjiǔ jiǎyǐ jīng (针灸甲乙经/鍼灸甲乙經) (Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion) by Huángfǔ Mì (皇甫谧/皇甫謐), ca. 265 AD.^{[citation needed]}

Beiji qianjin yaofang (备急千金要方/備急千金要方) (Emergency Formulas Worth a Thousand in Gold) and Qianjin yifang (千金翼方) (Supplement to the Formulas Worth a Thousand in Gold) by Sūn Sīmiǎo (孙思邈/孫思邈).^{[citation needed]}
Waitai miyao (外台秘要/外臺秘要) (Arcane Essentials from the Imperial Library) by Wang Tao (王焘/王燾).^{[citation needed]}
Wáng Bìng (王冰) claimed to have located a copy of the originals of the Neijing Suwen, which he expanded and edited substantially. This work was revisited by an imperial commission in the 11th century. ^{[citation needed]}
In 657, Emperor Gaozong (r. 649–683) commissioned the scholarly compilation of a materia medica that documented 833 medicinal substances taken from stones, minerals, metals, plants, herbs, animals, vegetables, fruits, and cereal crops.^[1]

Tóngrén shūxué zhēnjiǔ tújīng (铜人腧穴针灸图经/銅人腧穴鍼灸圖經) (Illustrated Manual for the Practice of Acupuncture and Moxibustion with the Help of a Bronze Figure bearing Acupuncture Points) by Wáng Wéiyī (王惟一).^{[citation needed]}
In his Bencao Tujing (Illustrated Materia Medica), the scholar-official Su Song (1020–1101) systematically categorized herbs and minerals according to their pharmaceutical uses.^[2]

Shísì jīng fāhuī (十四经发挥/十四經發揮) (Exposition of the Fourteen Channels) by Huá Shòu (滑寿/滑壽).^{[citation needed]}
There was also influence from Islamic medicine from Central Asia and from the sea. This school is known as Hui medicine.^{[citation needed]}

Considered the golden age of acupuncture and moxibustion, spawning many famous doctors and books)^{[citation needed]}

Zhēnjiǔ dàquan (针灸大全/鍼灸大全) (A Complete Collection of Acupuncture and Moxibustion) by Xu Feng (徐凤/徐鳳).^{[citation needed]}
Zhēnjiǔ jùyīng fāhuī (针灸聚英发挥/鍼灸聚英發揮) (An Exemplary Collection of Acupuncture and Moxibustion and their Essentials) by Gāo Wǔ (高武).^{[citation needed]}
Zhēnjiǔ dàchéng (针灸大成/鍼灸大成) (Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion) by Yáng Jìzhōu (杨继洲/楊繼洲), completed in 1601.^{[citation needed]}
Běncǎo gāngmù (本草纲目/本草綱目) (Outlined Materia Medica) by Lǐ Shízhēn (李时珍/李時珍), the most complete and comprehensive pre-modern herbal book (completed in 1578) ^{[citation needed]}.^{[citation needed]}
Wenyi lun (温疫论/溫疫論), by Wu Youxing (吴有性) (1642).^{[citation needed]}

Yizong jinjian (医宗金鉴/醫宗金鑒) (Golden Mirror of the Medical Tradition) compiled by Wu Qian (吴谦/吴謙) under imperial commission.^{[citation needed]}
Zhenjiu fengyuan (针灸逢源/鍼灸逢源) (The Source of Acupuncture and Moxibustion) by Li Xuechuan (李学川/李學川).^{[citation needed]}
Wenre lun (温热论/溫熱論), by Ye Tianshi (叶天士/業天士).
Wenbing tiaobian (温病条辨/溫病條辨) (Systematized Differentiation of Febrile Disorders) compiled by Wu Jutong (吴鞠通) in 1798.^{[citation needed]}

1928: with the help of the League of Nations, on November 1 the Republican government creates a Ministry of Health devoted to building a country-wide health infrastructure, mostly using the resources of "Western medicine."^[3]

^ Charles Benn, China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty. Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-19-517665-0), pp. 235.
^ Wu Jing-nuan. (2005). An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica, p. 5.
^ Taylor 2005, pp. 7–8.