HISTORY 70F Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Heat Illness, Moxibustion, Shang Dynasty

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The body in chinese medicine: theme: new medical doctrines/new themes is influenced and informed by the sociopolitical context. Allowed them to arrive at certain conclusions. Body as bureaucracy: han dynasty (206 bc-220 ad, expanded role of the state in everyday life. Heart is often talked about functioning like a king; apex of bodily hierarchy. Lungs were talked about as messengers; promulgated rules and regulations. Liver was the military general; devised strategy for how the body would. Zang-in chinese-not only refers to organs; term itself referred to storage facilities or treasuries; places where you store grain or money. Fu-in chinese-originally meant a seat of government; government office: linked by jing (meridians) In chinese physiology, the zang and fu were linked by jing. Jing in political usage referred to transportation networks. Internal order of human body mimicked beaureaucy. Everything you needed to know about how the body operated; you could look at the world around you.

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