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Mao Shunqing

05-2921TCM Diagnostic and Therapeutic MethodsTraditional MedicineXincai, HenanBatch 5 (2018)

Lineage & School of Heritage

He systematically collated and studied his family's secret formulas, particularly the treatment of angiitis with traditional Chinese medicine, and cured countless patients.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnicity, born in October 1939 in Xincai County, Henan Province. Born into a family of renowned physicians, he received his family's instruction from an early age, studied medicine with his parents, and read widely in Chinese medical texts. He joined the army in 1959; after demobilization and returning to his hometown, he built the Mao Family Jishitang into a well-known TCM establishment integrating medical care, pharmaceutical production, and research. Over more than fifty years of clinical research he has published more than thirty papers and treatises and applied for several invention patents. At the same time he is devoted to taking on apprentices and transmitting the art.

Honors & Recognition

National representative bearer of TCM Diagnostic and Therapeutic Methods (Mao Family Jishitang Therapy for Tuogu Ju, gangrene with bone exposure), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. All eight of his apprentices have established their own practices; centered on the Mao Family Jishitang in Xincai County, they are distributed mainly across 109 counties and cities in Henan Province as well as in Hubei, Anhui, and other places.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Mao Shunqing · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
TCM Diagnostic and Therapeutic Methods
Item code
Ⅸ-2
Category
Traditional Medicine
Region
Xincai, Henan
Born
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Batch
Batch 5 (2018)

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