Confluences of Medicine in Medieval Japan: Buddhist Healing, Chinese Knowledge, Islamic Formulas, and Wounds of War

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Confluences of Medicine is the first book-length exploration in English of issues of medicine and society in premodern Japan. This multifaceted study weaves a rich tapestry of Buddhist healing practices, Chinese medical knowledge, Asian pharmaceuticals, and Islamic formulas as it elucidates their appropriation and integration into medieval Japanese medicine. It expands the parameters of the study of medicine in East Asia, which to date has focused...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:082483500X

ISBN13:9780824835002

Release Date:September 2011

Publisher:University of Hawaii Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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