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100 1  Liu, Yan|c(Cultural historian),|eauthor. 
245 10 Healing with poisons :|bpotent medicines in medieval China
       /|cYan Liu. 
264  1 Seattle :|bUniversity of Washington Press,|c[2021] 
300    1 online resource 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
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504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents
       -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology of Dynasties -- 
       Introduction -- Part I. Malleable Medicines -- Chapter 1. 
       Te Paradox of Du -- Chapter 2. Transforming Poisons -- 
       Part II. Knowledge, Authority, and Practice -- Chapter 3. 
       Fighting Poison with Poison -- Chapter 4. Medicines in 
       Circulation -- Chapter 5. Medicines in Practice -- Part 
       III. Enhancing the Body -- Chapter 6. Alluring Stimulant -
       - Chapter 7. Dying to Live -- Conclusion -- Glossary of 
       Chinese Characters -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A 
       -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- G 
505 8  I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -
       - U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Back Cover 
520    "Open access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295749013 At first 
       glance, medicine and poison might seem to be opposites. 
       But in China's formative era of pharmacy (200-800 CE), 
       poisons were strategically employed as healing agents to 
       cure everything from abdominal pain to epidemic disease. 
       Healing with Poisons explores the ways physicians, 
       religious figures, court officials, and laypersons used 
       toxic substances to both relieve acute illnesses and 
       enhance life. It illustrates how the Chinese concept of du
       -a word carrying a core meaning of "potency"-led 
       practitioners to devise a variety of methods to transform 
       dangerous poisons into effective medicines. Recounting 
       scandals and controversies involving poisons from the Era 
       of Division to the Tang, historian Yan Liu considers how 
       the concept of du was central to how the people of 
       medieval China perceived both their bodies and the body 
       politic. He also examines the wide range of toxic minerals,
       plants, and animal products used in classical Chinese 
       pharmacy, including everything from the herb aconite to 
       the popular recreational drug Five-Stone Powder. By 
       recovering alternative modes of understanding wellness and
       the body's interaction with foreign substances, this study
       cautions against arbitrary classifications and exemplifies
       the importance of paying attention to the technical, 
       political, and cultural conditions in which substances 
       become truly meaningful. Healing with Poisons is freely 
       available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward
       an Open Monograph Ecosystem) and the generous support of 
       the University of Buffalo"--|cProvided by publisher. 
588    Description based on print version record and CIP data 
       provided by publisher. 
650  0 Medicine, Chinese. 
650  0 Traditional medicine. 
650  7 HISTORY / Asia / China.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Traditional medicine.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01153974 
650  7 Medicine, Chinese.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01015214 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aLiu, Yan (Cultural historian)|tHealing 
       with poisons|dSeattle : University of Washington Press, 
       [2021]|z9780295749006|w(DLC)  2020052168 
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