Currents of Tradition in Chinese Medicine 1626 to 2006 Book:eBook Chapter 7: Respiratory Diseases

Chapter 7: Respiratory Diseases

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Currents of Tradition in Chinese Medicine 1626 to 2006 Book:eBook Chapter 7: Respiratory DiseasesIn 1626, a young man named Fei Shangyou moved his family to Menghe, a small town in the Yangzi delta of China. According to family legend, he abandoned his career as a scholar and began working as a physician. In doing so, he founded a medical lineage that continues to the present day. This book describes the development, flourishing, and decline of this lineage and its many branches, as well as that of the other medical lineages and families with