Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t4.7

v1.c6.s2.t4.7

Valuable Prescriptions for Emergency had important clinical values and it has been circulated, copied and issued for thousands of years which was carved and printed for over 30 times. The book has different versions, volumes and words differ slightly and it is divided into three great systems: the official carved version revised by Medical Book Revision Bureau of the Northern Song Dynasty, the manuscript of the Tang Dynasty which wasn’t revised by courtiers of the Song Dynasty and the version of *Orthodox Taoist Scriptures* in the Ming Dynasty. The books has also other names like *Newly Carved Valuable Prescriptions of Saint Sun*, *Authentic Valuable Prescriptions*, *Valuable Prescriptions of King Medicine* (combined issue of *Supplement to Valuable Prescriptions*) etc.