… is as close to a modern laboratory handbook as anything we are likely to find in ancient literature. The sinologist Nathan Sivin says Sun Simiao's famous Danjing yaojue 丹經要訣 'Essential Formulas of Alchemical Classics' In addition to his medical work, Sun also experimented in Chinese waidan external alchemy and may have been an initiated Daoist adept. It was published at the end of the Yuan dynasty (1271−1368) and has had wide influence on the Chinese ophthalmology until today. The work Essential Subtleties on the Silver Sea ( 銀海精微, yínhǎi jīngwēi) was probably written by Sun Simiao.

He should always act as if he were thinking of his Whether he is a Chinese or a foreigner, or finally, whether he is

Is attractive or unattractive, whether he is an enemy or friend, The following is an excerpt of the text:Ī Great Physician should not pay attention to status, wealth orĪge neither should he question whether the particular person This portion of the book is still a required reading for Chinese physicians. Īpart from this, he is known for the text 'On the Absolute Sincerity of Great Physicians,' often called ' the Chinese Hippocratic Oath,' or called ' Dayi Heart', which comes from the first chapter of the first of the above-mentioned two books.

He also put forth the “Thirteen measures to keep health”, which claimed that actions like touching hair, rolling eyes, walking, and shaking heads improved health. The former listed about 5300 recipes for medicines, and the latter 2000. Sun wrote two books- Beiji qianjin yaofang ('Essential Formulas for Emergencies a Thousand Pieces/Catty of Gold') and Qian Jin Yi Fang ('Supplement to the Formulas of a Thousand Gold Worth')-that were both milestones in the history of Chinese medicine, summarizing pre- Tang dynasty medicine.

A thousand pieces book