The Silk Road (丝绸之路) and sources of Chinese medicine expansion: Part 4 – Miscellaneous texts

Abstract

Medical works and histories provide a general understanding of foreign influence on Chinese medicine, but a variety of miscellaneous texts give a deeper understanding of the details of this interaction. Trade manuals, notes on foreign interactions, archeological discoveries, and religious works all fill in important details on the incorporation of foreign medicines and ideas into Chinese medicine.

Keywords

• chinese medicine
• miscellaneous text
• silk road
• trade manual