title: [A brief introduction to the disease-syndrome names in bamboo slips of Qin Dynasty].
abstract: There are plenty of names of disease-syndrome from the four kinds of unearthed Qin bamboo slips, namely Fangmatan, Shuihudi, Zhoujiatai, and Liye. Altogether, these names number to 85. According to statistics, nomenclature of 34 disease-syndromes are derived from the location of the lesion, 8 from symptoms, 1 from etiology, 12 from location of lesion plus symptom, 3 from location plus etiology, and 25 are for special diseases. Through comparison of these names, with those from oracle bones and Han bamboo slips, Prescriptions for Hundred Kinds of Disease, it is summarized that, as time passes, nomenclature simply named by the location of the lesion was gradually reduced, and named by etiology and special diseases gradually increased. To some extent, it reflects the historical process of knowledge of the disease gradually deepened in ancient times.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: School of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029.
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Basic Theory for Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D006666:History of Medicine; D049690:History, Ancient; D019359:Knowledge; D016740:Meridians