During the Han Dynasty, the famous physician Hua Tuo invented the method of "Ma Bo San" (麻沸散), which was used in the techniques of disembowelment and bone-scraping.
Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty recorded the treatment of dislocations and the use of splints to treat bone fractures in the formula for rescuing soldiers after the elbow.
Gong Qingxuan of the Southern Qi Dynasty compiled the Liu Juanzi Ghost Legacy Formula, which used external elimination, internal support, drainage of pus, muscle growth, and elimination of keloid in treating wound infections and septic bone and joint diseases, and proposed the prevention and prognosis of bone tumors.
Lin Daoren's "Secret Recipe for Renewal of Fractures and Dislocations" is China's first monograph on bone injuries, summarizing a set of treatment methods for fractures and dislocations.
Pujifang, compiled by Zhu Zhaoshao and others in the Ming Dynasty, contains 1,256 bone injury remedies and medicines, which is a compendium of remedies and medicines used in the treatment of bone injuries before the 15th century.
For more comprehensive information, please refer to the book Orthopedics and Traumatology of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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