"Taiping Huimin Hejiju Prescription", the name of the prescription book. A "Heji Bureau Prescription". Ten volumes. Compiled by the Imperial Medical Bureau of the Song Dynasty. First published after 1078. This book is a prescription version of a patent medicine from the pharmacy affiliated to the Great Medical Bureau of the Song Dynasty. It was supplemented, revised and published many times in the Song Dynasty, and the title and volume of the book were also adjusted many times. It was first called "Emperor Medical Bureau Prescription".
During the Chongning period of Emperor Huizong (1102-1106), the pharmacy formulated prescription specifications, which were called "Heji Bureau Prescriptions". During the Daguan period (1107-1110), medical officers Chen Cheng, Pei Zongyuan and Chen Shiwen made corrections. It is divided into five volumes, 21 doors, and 279 square meters. In the eighteenth year of Shaoxing (1148) after the southern crossing, the pharmacy was changed to "Taiping Huimin Bureau", and "Heji Bureau Prescription" was also changed to "Taiping Huimin Heji Bureau Prescription". Later, Baoqing and Chunyou successively added it to ten volumes. Become the current version.
The finished medicine prescriptions are divided into 14 categories, including 788 prescriptions, for wind, typhoid, all qi, phlegm and water, various deficiencies, chronic cold, accumulated heat, diarrhea, eye diseases, throat and mouth diseases, miscellaneous diseases, sores, wounds, women's diseases and children's diseases. They all include effective traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions commonly used among the people, describing their indications, compatibility and specific preparation methods. There are many famous prescriptions, such as Zhibao Dan, Niuhuang Qingxin Pills, Suhexiang Pills, Purple Snow Pill, Siwu Decoction, Xiaoyao Powder, etc. It is a widely circulated and influential clinical prescription book. Some publications include three volumes each of "A General Treatise on the Properties of Materia Medica" written by Chen Shiwen and others (a work in the nature of a summary of Materia Medica) and "A Guide to the General Theory of Medication" written by Xu Hong (a work in the nature of a general introduction to medicines) at the end of the book.
There are many Ming and Qing engraved editions, including the 1925 Shanfang lithographic edition of the Shanghai Collation. There is a typesetting version after 1949.
