俞橋Yú Qiáo:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.

TCM Knowledge:Prominent Ancient Herbalists ✵俞橋(Yú Qiáo):a herbalist of the Ming Dynasty, good at diagnosis and treatment of women's diseases, ever compiled a book Guang Si Yao Yu, a professional works focuses on the method of sound child-rearing(good birth and good care), and also on gynecological syndromes.

俞橋(Yú Qiáo).

  
Brief Introduction
漢語名(Chinese Name): 俞橋(Yú Qiáo)Alias: 子木(Zǐ Mù)
Popular name: 俞橋(Yú Qiáo)English Name: Yu Qiao, or Qiao Yu(Given/Family)
Hometown: Hai NingDates: Unknown, about 15~16th century.
Main works: 《廣嗣要語》(Guang Si Yao Yu),《醫學大原》(Yi Xue Da Yuan).
Representative works: 《廣嗣要語》(Guang Si Yao Yu).

Biography and legends:


 俞橋Yú Qiáo 俞橋(Yú Qiáo), a herbalist of the Ming Dynasty, his alias is 子木(Zǐ Mù), self-title 溯洄道人(Suhui Taoist). He was a native of Haining. When he was young, he was engaged in the study as a candidate for the imperial examinations, devoted himself to the Li Xue(a Confucian school of idealist philosophy of the Song and Ming Dynasties), also learned Chinese herbal medical science, he was good at diagnosis and treatment of women's diseases. During the Jiajing years(year 1522~1566 AD) he was called by imperial orders as a famous herbalist and was assigned as an imperial physician. He is very familiar with ancient herbal works and prescriptions, also visited famous herbalists at that epoch, collects recipes and prescriptions from ancient till that time. He ever obtained unpublished manuscripts from previous famous herbalists Liu Wansu, Zhang Jiegu, and Li Dongyuan. He studied them carefully and used them to treat diseases, obtained good efficacy. Although he lives in the capital, he is ashamed of serving the influential officials but treats those patients of poverty with all his efforts. He ever compiled a book 《醫學大原》(Yi Xue Da Yuan, or the Big Principles of Medical Science), this book did not survive till today. He also compiled a book 《廣嗣要語》(Guang Si Yao Yu), stated that the Qi of the sky and land can be transferred, and the human body can be nourished and regulated to make the body strong and continue the offspring.

Main books and academic thoughts:


 The book 《廣嗣要語》(Guang Si Yao Yu), 1 volume, was compiled by 俞橋(Yú Qiáo). The earliest publication date, according to literature records, was approximately between the years 1522 and 1566 AD. The book focuses on the method of sound child-rearing(good birth and good care), emphasizing the health regulation and maintenance methods, to continue the heir. Including health maintenance and strengthening of the body, regulating the essence and blood, explaining the excess and deficiency of the essence and blood, the syndrome differentiation before taking medicine, the deficiency and excess of yin and yang, sexual life, the secret prescriptions, and related profound influence on childbirth. It directly points to the true source, the theory of taking medicine for man and woman, and involves regulating the primordial essence, the methods of regulating essence, restoring fetuses, and childbirth, attached with more experiences and prescriptions, discussing of children's health conditions, are all practical for applications. It is a work focusing on the method of sound child-rearing(good birth and good care), emphasizing the art of nurturing to continue the heirs, objectively recognizes the differences in the natural endowment of different individuals, and differences of hobbies. However, Yu Qiao believes that as long as a person always adheres to the principles of health regulating and maintenance, the world will prevail: "There is no man who cannot be a father or a woman who cannot be a mother."

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  • 1.俞橋Yú Qiáo:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.

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