title: [Influences of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism on Chinese Medical Formulas in Jin-Tang Dynasties].
abstract: In the Jin-Tang Dynasties, when Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism contended, conflicted and well blent, forming a state of mingled thoughts of the three sects. It exerted profound influences on Chinese Medical Formulas and promoted the academic fashion of compiling books about medical formulas characterized by collecting various formulas especially the simple and proved recipes. This plays a role in the formation of the formulas used in the Jin-Tang Dynasties, featuring simplicity, convenience, cheapness, and effectiveness, different from those of other periods.
authors.affiliation: Institute for the History of Chinese Medicine and Medical Literature, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, 100700, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-xiang
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D002016:Buddhism / Q000266:history*; D002681:China; D032903:Confucianism / Q000266:history*; D005569:Formularies as Topic / Q000266:history*; D049691:History, Medieval; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history*; D012068:Religion and Medicine