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The Global Circulation of Chinese Materia Medica, 1700–1949Introduction

The Global Circulation of Chinese Materia Medica, 1700–1949: Introduction [This study offers a microhistorical treatment of the transformation of Chinese materia medica in a global context. It focuses on the eighteenth through the first half of the twentieth centuries, and traces the circulation of specimens and knowledge of the caterpillar fungus, a natural curiosity initially used in Tibetan medicine, in Chinese society and from China to the rest of the world. The intellectual tensions and integration concerning the caterpillar fungus hold a mirror to the global roots of modern Chinese materia medica.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Global Circulation of Chinese Materia Medica, 1700–1949Introduction

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Springer Nature Switzerland
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
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978-3-031-24722-4
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1 –23
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-24723-1_1
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Abstract

[This study offers a microhistorical treatment of the transformation of Chinese materia medica in a global context. It focuses on the eighteenth through the first half of the twentieth centuries, and traces the circulation of specimens and knowledge of the caterpillar fungus, a natural curiosity initially used in Tibetan medicine, in Chinese society and from China to the rest of the world. The intellectual tensions and integration concerning the caterpillar fungus hold a mirror to the global roots of modern Chinese materia medica.]

Published: Feb 8, 2023

Keywords: Caterpillar Fungus; Materia Medica; Chinese Medicine; Scientific Medicine; Transnational History; Modern Times

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