HE Liqing1, FU Yanling2. Weights and Measures in the Books Treatise on Febrile Disease and Synopsis of Pr escriptions of the Golden Chamber[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2011, 52(17): 1500-1502.
HE Liqing1, FU Yanling2. Weights and Measures in the Books Treatise on Febrile Disease and Synopsis of Pr escriptions of the Golden Chamber[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2011, 52(17): 1500-1502.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2011.17.022.
This article studies on the measures of medicines in the books Treatise on Febrile Disease and Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber
confirmed that the medicines are measured mainly by du-length
liang-volume
and hengweight
but with different emphases.The du-length(Chinese inch)and liang-volume(Chinese litre)are used not very often
while the heng-weight(Chinese gram)
expressed as Zhu
Liang
and Jin
is mostly used.Liang-(Chinese gram)is the most important weighing method used in Treatise on Febrile Disease and Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber.