談允賢Tán Yǔnxián:introduction about her biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵談允賢(Tán Yǔnxián): lady physician who ever lived during the Ming Dynasty, a lady physician specializing in gynecological diseases. Her book Nv Yi Za Yan, or the Miscellaneous Records of a Lady Herbalist recorded topics not only gynecological disease, but also covered the internal, external, and pediatric diseases.
談允賢(Tán Yǔnxián).
Brief Introduction
漢語名(Chinese Name):
談允賢(Tán Yǔnxián)
Alias:
医婆(Yī Pó)
Popular name:
談允賢(Tán Yǔnxián)
English Name:
Tan Yunxian, or Yunxian Tan(Given/Family)
Hometown:
Wuxi,Nan Zhili.
Dates:
1461~1556.
Main works:
《女醫雜言》(Nv Yi Za Yan, or the Miscellaneous Records of a Lady Herbalist.).
Representative works:
《女醫雜言》(Nv Yi Za Yan, or the Miscellaneous Records of a Lady Herbalist.).
Biography and legends:
Tán Yǔnxián, lady physician who ever lived during the Ming Dynasty, she was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu. Her grandfather was a famous physician, her grandma was also very proficient in medicine. Tan Yunxian has been well-educated since she was a child, learning medicine knowledge under the guidance of his grandparents. Soon after her marriage, she got a disease of Qi and blood disorders. Not only she did not give up studying medicine, but instead took her disease as a study object, prescribed prescriptions and dispenses her own medicine, and finally cured the disease.
Soon, her grandmother was bedridden and taught her all the secret recipes and preparation tools before she passed away. In feudal society, some boudoir daughters and wealthy family members had gynecological diseases. Due to restraint of ethics and education, they were ashamed to ask a male physician for treatment and often delayed their disease condition. Tan Yunxian is well-known for his superb treatment skills, and female patients visited her one after another.
Later, Tan Yunxian became a local lady physician specializing in gynecological diseases. At the age of 50, Tan Yunxian wrote a summary of the medical skills taught by her grandmother and many years of her experience into a book, Nv Yi Za Yan (the Miscellaneous Records of a Lady Herbalist.), it was passed on to later generations.
Main books and academic thoughts:
The works Nv Yi Za Yan (the Miscellaneous Records of a Lady Herbalist.) was written by Tan Yunxian, it was compiled and finished in the Zhengde 5th year of the Ming Dynasty (the year 1510 AD). It keeps 31 records of Tan's practice in the way of remembrance. All the patients in the records are women, but they are not limited to gynecological diseases, and actually include internal, external, gynecological, and pediatric diseases. Tan Yunxian described 31 medical records with delicate and vivid styles unique to women, which not only reflected Tan’s superb medical practical level but also described the life scenes of women in the Ming Dynasty, so it is also a historical picture depicting the Women's life during the Ming Dynasty.
References:
1.談允賢Tán Yǔnxián:introduction about her biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵談允賢(Tán Yǔnxián): lady physician who ever lived during the Ming Dynasty, a lady physician specializing in gynecological diseases. Her book Nv Yi Za Yan, or the Miscellaneous Records of a Lady Herbalist recorded topics not only gynecological disease, but also covered the internal, external, and pediatric diseases.
Tán Yǔnxián, lady physician who ever lived during the Ming Dynasty, she was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu. Her grandfather was a famous physician, her grandma was also very proficient in medicine. Tan Yunxian has been well-educated since she was a child, learning medicine knowledge under the guidance of his grandparents. Soon after her marriage, she got a disease of Qi and blood disorders. Not only she did not give up studying medicine, but instead took her disease as a study object, prescribed prescriptions and dispenses her own medicine, and finally cured the disease.
Soon, her grandmother was bedridden and taught her all the secret recipes and preparation tools before she passed away. In feudal society, some boudoir daughters and wealthy family members had gynecological diseases. Due to restraint of ethics and education, they were ashamed to ask a male physician for treatment and often delayed their disease condition. Tan Yunxian is well-known for his superb treatment skills, and female patients visited her one after another.
The works Nv Yi Za Yan (the Miscellaneous Records of a Lady Herbalist.) was written by Tan Yunxian, it was compiled and finished in the Zhengde 5th year of the Ming Dynasty (the year 1510 AD). It keeps 31 records of Tan's practice in the way of remembrance. All the patients in the records are women, but they are not limited to gynecological diseases, and actually include internal, external, gynecological, and pediatric diseases. Tan Yunxian described 31 medical records with delicate and vivid styles unique to women, which not only reflected Tan’s superb medical practical level but also described the life scenes of women in the Ming Dynasty, so it is also a historical picture depicting the Women's life during the Ming Dynasty.
