[Changes of powder prescriptions in Qian jin yao fang (Essential Prescriptions Worth A Thousand Gold) made by Song people].
As the contents in the two circulated versions of Qian jin yao fang (Essential Prescriptions Worth A Thousand Gold) ,i. e Bei ji qian jin yao fang (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies) and Xin diao sun zhen ren qian jin fang (Newly Printed Sun's Prescriptions Worth A Thousand Gold) are different greatly, especially on the literature of prescriptions. Song people made a lot of changes on the contents of powder prescriptions, including the related chapters and its contents, computation unit of materia medica, weights, and processing methods etc. without any remarks, nor notes in its preface. The contents in the Song version were more enriched than the newly carved version with the reasonable arrangement of its texts. As a clinical encyclopedia of traditional Chinese medicine, the Song version is more convenient for reading and using. However, it is a great taboo for the scholars to tamper an ancient work at will from bibliographic viewpoints.
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Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
D049691:History, Medieval; D008419:Materia Medica / Q000266:history*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*; D011208:Powders / Q000266:history
D008419:Materia Medica; D011208:Powders