何應豫Hé Yīngyù:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.

TCM Knowledge:Prominent Ancient Herbalists ✵何應豫(Hé Yīngyù):a herbalist ever lived during the Qing Dynasty, he was native to Shanyin. His life and deeds are unknown in details, he is the author of the gynecological book Fu Ke Bei Kao(the References of Gynaecology), a professional book on obstetrics and gynecology.

何應豫(Hé Yīngyù).

  
Brief Introduction
漢語名(Chinese Name): 何應豫(Hé Yīngyù)Alias: 立先(Lì Xiān)
Popular name: 何應豫(Hé Yīngyù)English Name: He Yingyu, or Yingyu He(Given/Family).
Hometown: Shan Yin.Dates: Unknown,about during 18th century.
Main works: 《婦科備考》(Fu Ke Bei Kao).
Representative works: 《婦科備考》(Fu Ke Bei Kao).

Biography and legends:


 何應豫Hé Yīngyù 何應豫(Hé Yīngyù), a herbalist ever lived during the Qing Dynasty, his alias is 立先(Lì Xiān), he was born in Shanyin. The year and date of his birth and passing away, his life and deeds are unknown in detail. None of his deeds were recorded in various local chronicles, according to the publishing date of his works, he mainly lived during the 18th century.

Main books and academic thoughts:


 The book 《婦科備考》(Fu Ke Bei Kao, or the References of Gynaecology) is a professional book on obstetrics and gynecology compiled by combining the essence of the predecessor's medical theories, and combined with the author's clinical experience. The text of the book is simple and easy to understand, clearly organized, the theory is appropriate, the method and prescription is complete, the application of medicine is refined, it is suitable for practice. The book contains 4 volumes, of which volume 1 and volume 3 are medical theory, volume 2 and volume 4 contain many prescriptions for practical reference, it might be this reason the book is named "the References of Gynaecology", it was compiled and firstly printed in about the Jiaqing 25th year(the year 1820 AD), the book was reprinted the next year, Daoguang 1st year(the year 1821 AD). After it was published, it spreads widely.

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