Xu K, Xu G X
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, China.
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2018 Nov 28;48(6):364-367. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0255-7053.2018.06.008.
() cited in () and () cited in () are actually the same book with different titles, which is actually called () with 5 volumes or the 5-volume () approximately compiled during the years of Zhenyuan to Yuanhe reigns of the Tang Dynasty (785-820) written by Mei Chongxian, a Tang taoist. Mei Chongxian and Mei Biao, the author of (), might probably be the same person. According to the citations of and should be a comprehensive medical book including theories, methods, prescriptions and medications, recorded classical prescriptions of predecessors extensively, with some innovations and high clinical and documentary significance.