Venerating the Root, part I

This book is a literal translation of the first half of Volume 5 from the Beiji Qianjin Yaofang 備急千金要方 on pediatrics, composed by Sun Simiao 孫思邈 in the seventh century. It includes the following features:

• 40 pages of introductory matter and 323 pages of main text.

• A critical edition of the Chinese text with the literal English translation on opposing pages.

• Four main sections on "Preface," "Emergence of the Newborn from the Abdomen," "Fright Seizures," and "Intrusive Upset." Here is a link to the Table of Contents.

• Extensive translator's notes that explain individual terms, medical concepts, alternative readings of passages, translation issues, etc.

• Clinical commentary by Dr. Brenda Hood.

• Interspersed throughout the translation and commenting on each major formula in the text, a full translation of the section on pediatrics from the Qianjinfang Yanyi 千金方衍義, a commentary on the Qianjinfang composed in 1698 by the famous physician Zhang Lu 張璐.

• Forewords by Peter Firebrace and Genevieve LeGoff, and a poem by Peter Firebrace that summarizes the content.

• A preface by Sabine Wilms, excerpted on this page on "Nurturing the Small."

• A general index and indexes for single herbs and formulas, indications, acupuncture and moxibustion, and proper names.

• For more information and a summary of the Preface, see the page on "Nurturing the Small" on this website.

• See THIS REVIEW BY STEPHEN COWAN and THIS REVIEW BY JULIAN SCOTT.