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. Hua's physical, surgical, and herbal treatments were also used to cure diseases like headaches, dizziness, worms, fever, cough, etc.

Jin Dynasty (265-420)

• 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.

Tang Dynasty (618-907)

• 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).
• Waitai miyao (外台秘要/外臺秘要) (Arcane Essentials from the Imperial Library) by Wang Tao (王焘/王燾).
• 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.
• 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.

Song Dynasty (960–1279)

• 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).
• In his Bencao Tujing (Illustrated Materia Medica), the scholar-official Su Song (1020–1101) systematically categorized herbs and minerals according to their pharmaceutical uses.

Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368)

• 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).
• There was also influence from Islamic medicine from Central Asia and from the sea. This school is known as Hui medicine.

Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)

Considered the golden age of acupuncture and moxibustion, spawning many famous doctors and books)

• Zhēnjiǔ dàquan (针灸大全/鍼灸大全) (A Complete Collection of Acupuncture and Moxibustion) by Xu Feng (徐凤/徐鳳).
• 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).
• 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.
• 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) .
• Wenyi lun (温疫论/溫疫論), by Wu Youxing (吴有性) (1642).

Qing Dynasty (1644–1912)

• 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.
• 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).
• 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.

Republican China

• 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."