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黃帝素問宣明論方 (Prescriptions for diseases in Su wen and other diseases), 1186

黃帝素問宣明論方 (Prescriptions for diseases in Su wen and other diseases), Liu Wansu (劉完素), 1186

This text discusses the symptoms of the various diseases mentioned in Su wen (Questions and answers about living matter), supplemented with prescriptions. Su wen is one of the two books which make up Huang-ti Nei ching (The Canon of Internal Medicine).