Academic Exploration of Nu’ke Baixiao Quanshu / 浙江中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

[Objective] Probe the source of Nv’ke Baixiao Quanshu or Obstetrics and Gynecology Pandect compiled by Gong Juzhong in Ming Dynasty, explorate the content and academic idea. [Methods]Through investigating and surveying the different editions, col ating and organizing the contents, probe and analyse the writing motivation, content and main idea of the work. [Results] The most contents of Nu ’ke Baixiao Quanshu are inherited from an-other work named Jiaozhu Furen Liangfang with 8 contents:Regulating the menstrual period, praying for children, antenatal training, previous preparation for delivery, parturition, lying-in, difficult labouring. The rest of the contents is extracted from some other works. This work records disease symptoms and medicine, surgery, gynecology and gravidity in various internal organs. Referring ancient classics on disease causes and researching prescriptions and treatments, the author emphasized naturalizing liver, kidney and spleen in warm. Mr. Gong applied drugs corresponding to syndromes. In the Qiusi and Taihou parts, he discussed rationales of infertility, natural endowment and pre-natal and post-natal care and introduced methodology of pulse feeling to diagnose pregnancy, Yuanfang Chao’s twelve col ateral channels in nourishing and training fetus, medicine conditioning for pregnant women, daily regi-men, medicine prohibition, preparation of ante partum. [Conclusion] Nu ’ke Baixiao Quanshu is created by extracting. Mr gong learned widely from oth-er’s strong points and compiled with distinct academic view, significantly guiding development of clinical medicine in department of gynecology of tradi-tional Chinese medical science and formation of system of reproduction care. Yet, some theories like methodologies of gender-oriented reproduction and gender-shifting reproduction should be discarded.