Sòng LínGāo:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵宋林臯 (Sòng LínGāo):a well-known herbalist for gynecology or the department of women during the Ming Dynasty, specialized in the treatment of gynecology or women's disease, pregnancy, births, menstruation, and morbid leukorrhea, and has outstanding curative effects. The author of a masterpiece, Song Shi Nv Ke Mi Shu (the Synopsis of Song's Gynaecology).
宋林臯 (Sòng LínGāo).
Brief Introduction
漢語名 (Chinese Name):
宋林臯 (Sòng LínGāo)
Alias:
养吾 (Yǎng Wú)
Popular name:
宋林臯 (Sòng LínGāo)
English Name:
Song LinGao, or LinGao Song (Given/Family).
Hometown:
Ming Zhou
Dates:
about 1573~1620 AD.
Main works:
《宋氏女科撮要》(Song Shi Nv Ke Cuo Yao,or the Synopsis of Song's Gynecology).
Representative works:
《宋氏女科撮要》(Song Shi Nv Ke Cuo Yao,or the Synopsis of Song's Gynecology).
Biography and legends:
宋林臯 (Sòng LínGāo), his alias is Yǎng Wú, he was born in Mingzhou, and he was active during the Wanli period (1573 ~ 1620 AD), his exact years of birth and passing away is unknown in detail. Song Lingao compiled the book Song Shi Nv Ke Cuo Yao (the Synopsis of Song's Gynaecology), a masterpiece of gynecology or women's disease in ancient China. The generation herbalists of Song's family since Song Lingao has a history of more than 20 generations and is well-known for the gynecology or the department of women. During the Jianyan period of the South Song Dynasty (from May of the year 1127 to 1130 AD), the Song family moved to Siming (today's Ningbo city). The ancestor of the Song's family medical skills was 宋广平 (Song Guangping), alias Gongjing, He was proficient in medicine and began to specialize in diagnosis and treatment of gynecological diseases. Song Lingao is the heir of Song's family over the 20th generation. According to records, he is "specialized in the treatment of gynecology or women's disease, pregnancy, births, menstruation, and morbid leukorrhea, and has outstanding curative effects. He is well-known at near or far, and famous in the east of Zhejiang." Herbalist Song Lingao read the books of gynecology from previous generations and believed that since the previous books Chan Bao and Quan Shu, the gynecological methods have been invented, but there are still many mistakes and omissions. Therefore, he worked hard, combined his long-term medical practice experience and profound inherited knowledge from previous herbalists of Song's family, to eliminate the contempt of previous generations and similar works, retain the merits, clarify the essential interpretations, and gather the masterpieces of gynecological subjects in the past, collected 226 kinds of prescriptions, compiled the gynecological works Song Shi Nv Ke Cuo Yao (the Synopsis of Song's Gynaecology). This book was completed in the Wanli 40th year (1612 AD).
Main books and academic thoughts:
Herbalist Song Lingao compiled the Song Shi Nv Ke Cuo Yao (the Synopsis of Song's Gynaecology), which is a masterpiece of gynecology or women's disease in ancient China. The book is also known as Song Shi Nv Ke Mi Shu, or Si Ming Song Shi Nv Ke Mi Shu. Song Lingao inherited experience in diagnosis and treatment of gynecological diseases from previous generations of Song's family, engaged in diagnosis and treatment of gynecological diseases for a long time, has accumulated rich experience in diagnosis and treatment. Given the difference in treatment of women’s miscellaneous diseases and men’s diseases, so he collected the essential discussions of the previous books, and then cited his clinical experiences, compiled a book, finished the compilation of the book, and prompted its dissemination. The later herbalist 王署香 (Wang Shuxiang) praised it and stated: "This compilation eliminated the old discussions, keeping the essential and concise discussions, simple words and exact meanings, so later herbalists can know it well, and no need to read elsewhere."
The book Song Shi Nv Ke Mi Shu (the Synopsis of Song's Gynaecology) gave a discussion on syndrome differentiation and prescriptions about gynecological diseases, including menstrual diseases, morbid leukorrhea, pre-, and post-natal diseases, gynecological miscellaneous diseases and breast diseases, with a total of four discussion essays, 13 departments, and 226 medical prescriptions. The pathogenesis discussion part of the book elaborates on the pathogenesis of diseases such as menstruation, morbid leukorrhea, pregnancy, and births, advocates that "Tian Gui" is the menstruation. It advocates that infertility is related to irregular menstruation, the method of seeking a child or fertility and pregnancy should seek to regulate menstruation first, and to pay attention to regulating menstruation for fertility in the therapy.
References:
1.Sòng LínGāo:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵宋林臯 (Sòng LínGāo):a well-known herbalist for gynecology or the department of women during the Ming Dynasty, specialized in the treatment of gynecology or women's disease, pregnancy, births, menstruation, and morbid leukorrhea, and has outstanding curative effects. The author of a masterpiece, Song Shi Nv Ke Mi Shu (the Synopsis of Song's Gynaecology).
宋林臯 (Sòng LínGāo), his alias is Yǎng Wú, he was born in Mingzhou, and he was active during the Wanli period (1573 ~ 1620 AD), his exact years of birth and passing away is unknown in detail. Song Lingao compiled the book Song Shi Nv Ke Cuo Yao (the Synopsis of Song's Gynaecology), a masterpiece of gynecology or women's disease in ancient China. The generation herbalists of Song's family since Song Lingao has a history of more than 20 generations and is well-known for the gynecology or the department of women. During the Jianyan period of the South Song Dynasty (from May of the year 1127 to 1130 AD), the Song family moved to Siming (today's Ningbo city). The ancestor of the Song's family medical skills was 宋广平 (Song Guangping), alias Gongjing, He was proficient in medicine and began to specialize in diagnosis and treatment of gynecological diseases. Song Lingao is the heir of Song's family over the 20th generation. According to records, he is "specialized in the treatment of gynecology or women's disease, pregnancy, births, menstruation, and morbid leukorrhea, and has outstanding curative effects. He is well-known at near or far, and famous in the east of Zhejiang." Herbalist Song Lingao read the books of gynecology from previous generations and believed that since the previous books Chan Bao and Quan Shu, the gynecological methods have been invented, but there are still many mistakes and omissions. Therefore, he worked hard, combined his long-term medical practice experience and profound inherited knowledge from previous herbalists of Song's family, to eliminate the contempt of previous generations and similar works, retain the merits, clarify the essential interpretations, and gather the masterpieces of gynecological subjects in the past, collected 226 kinds of prescriptions, compiled the gynecological works Song Shi Nv Ke Cuo Yao (the Synopsis of Song's Gynaecology). This book was completed in the Wanli 40th year (1612 AD).
