{"product_id":"seventy-two-ways-of-saving-lives-ronald-suleski-9789882373211","title":"Seventy-Two Ways of Saving Lives: Folk Remedies in Old China","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did lay people in old China save their lives when dealing with acute or chronic health issues? Conventional medicine was costly and might not have been an option for many. Instead, people in villages and towns relied on remedies drawn from a woodblock-printed illustrated booklet called the Seventy-Two Therapies, first published in 1847. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe goal of this book is to foster an appreciation of China's long tradition of folk remedies. Each folk remedy is illustrated by a page from the circa 1860s woodblock edition of the Seventy-Two Therapies which the author used for translation. He also added a historical and interpretive analysis to expand on each therapy and to place it in the context of contemporary thinking, aiming at academics and readers interested in the everyday lives of common people in pre-1950 China, and in the folk medicine wisdom inherited from the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald Suleski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9882373216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789882373211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chinese University of Hong Kong Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Ronald Suleski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46401781760255,"sku":"9789882373211","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2424fd21-fc19-4b3f-97b7-0618aea20670.jpg?v=1733888685","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seventy-two-ways-of-saving-lives-ronald-suleski-9789882373211","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}