File:Duruo (Pollia japonica), medicinal plant. Chinese, 1655 Wellcome L0034691.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (2,039 × 3,144 pixels, file size: 2.59 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Duruo (Pollia japonica), medicinal plant. Chinese, 1655
Title
Duruo (Pollia japonica), medicinal plant. Chinese, 1655
Description

Theduruoplant (Pollia japonica), woodblock print coloured by hand. Shunzhi reign period of the Qing dynasty. The root and stem ofduruocan be made into a drug, considered effective for replenishing kidney Qi and treating conditions such as back pain and injuries from knocks and falls. In Chapter 14 ofBencao gangmu(Systematic Materia Medica), Li Shizhen writes: 'Duruobelongs to Shen Nong's superior (shang) category. It cures various symptoms of footshaoyinand foottaiyang.' In this quotation, 'Shen Nong' refers toShen Nong bencao jing(Shen Nong's Pharmacopoeia), a compilation variously dated between the Eastern Han (25-220 CE) and Warring States (475-221 BCE) periods, and possibly containing still earlier material. It lists 365 drugs, divided into three classes: superior, standard and inferior (shang,zhong,xia). 'Footshaoyin' indicates the kidney channel of footshaoyinand 'foottaiyang' the bladder channel of foottaiyang.

Wellcome Images
Keywords: Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Chinese Medicine; Ming period (1368-1644); Plants, Medicinal; Shen Nong; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Medicinal Plant; Materia Medica
Credit line

This file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Refer to Wellcome blog post (archive).
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

References
  • Library reference: External Reference Cat. Zi 21/1578 Ma 1, External Reference Wang Shumin 1 and External Reference Vivienne Lo
  • Photo number: L0034691
Source/Photographer

https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/63/70/279de34f8e1682ca944e35dd0499.jpg

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current04:30, 12 October 2014Thumbnail for version as of 04:30, 12 October 20142,039 × 3,144 (2.59 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Artwork |artist = |author = |title = Duruo (Pollia japonica), medicinal plant. Chinese, 1655 |description = Theduruoplant (Pollia japonica), woodblock print coloured by hand. Shunzhi re...

You cannot overwrite this file.

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Duruo_(Pollia_japonica),_medicinal_plant._Chinese,_1655_Wellcome_L0034691.jpg&oldid=663096992"