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C yn th ia K a re n
Ge Hong
S to p fo rd
O cto b e r 2 0 0 9
BACKGROUND
GeHong was a Jin dynasty alchemist, physician, and
political philosopher who lived in the period 283-343 CE
or thereabouts. He grew up on the south banks of the
Yangtze river, the son of an official family.
He experienced poverty from an
early age. While still a youth his
father died. Young Ge Hong cut wood on
the hills and bartered it for paper and
writing brushes, as he was an avid student.
AVOIDING SENSATIONALISM
While it appears to us today that many of Ge
Fro m th is w o rk , h e is o fte n sa id to b e th e fa th e r o f
m o d e rn C h in e se b io ch e m istry a n d e n d o crin o lo g y.
PRESCRIPTIONS AND TREATMENTS
Perhaps Ge Hong’s most famous
prescription was an extract of
the Artimisia plant (qing hao) to
treat the symptoms of malaria.
He wrote:
“Qinghao: one bunch, take two
A d e sce n d a n t, D r. A d e lin e X ia o -
Yin g G e , is d e scrib e d b y
co lle a g u e s a t th e N IH C e n te r fo r
R e h a b ilita tive M e d icin e a s a
“ gifted healer .” She stillrefers to
th e B a o Pu Z iw h ile b re a kin g
g ro u n d in n e w w a ys su ch a s u se
o f e le ctro a cu p u n ctu re to tre a t
References
Holmes Welch. Taoism: the Parting of the Way. Beacon Press
Mercury: Element of the Ancients. Dartmouth Toxic Metals
Research Program
Read at
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/metals/stories/mercury.html
Thomas Cleary, trans. Vitality, Energy, Spirit; The Secret of the
References
Chinese Medicine History: Ko Hung (Ge Hong)2003 Hunyuan Taiji
Academy, Inc. read at
http://www.taijichinesemedicine.com/gehong.htm
Matthew Miller. A Brief History of Chinese Therapeutic Massage
read at acupuncture.com
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi, 1995: 25(3) 139-144 Pubmed Abstract
read at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11613561
Michel Strickmann. Chinese Magical Medicine. p 141, 2002
References
Fangfu Ruan, MolleenMatsumura. Sex in China: Studies in
Sexology of Chinese Culture Springer Press, 1991. Read on
books.google.com:
http://books.google.com/books?id=eJfXg7zRSe0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_
f=false
Ge Hong and Alchemy. Read at:
www.56peoples.com/bencandy.php?fid-363-id-26997-page-1.htm
Suerie Moon. Institutions for New Product Development for
Global Health:
From Malaria to Mental Health and Beyond. Presented at the
workshop:
Institutions for Closing the Knowledge-Action Gap in
Global Health
June 11-13, 2008 at Harvard Kennedy School of Government,
Cambridge, MA
Hobart and William and Smith Colleges Lecture Notes, read