In 20 12, a large number of cultural relics from the Western Han Dynasty were unearthed from the Han Tomb of Laoguanshan in the northern suburb of Chengdu, which attracted the attention of the archaeological community, especially more than 920 bamboo slips from Tomb No.3, which opened the eyes of Chinese medicine experts. These bamboo slips are the largest medical slips discovered after the medical slips and silks unearthed in Mawangdui Han Tomb. These bamboo slips were not written by one person or at the same time.

By reading the full text and comparing fonts and writing methods, the medical books in the original archaeological report are divided into nine categories: my past diagnosis, diagnosis and treatment theory, sixty prescriptions of diseases, disease I, disease II, twelve pulses (with wrong pulse), other pulses, the number of pricks, and the spirit of checking the five-color pulse.

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It turns out that Laoguanshan is a highland, and the underlying strata are rocks rather than pebbles, which protects the tombs to some extent. In addition, the owner of this tomb is not a local. He used a different construction method from Sichuan, which protected the tomb to some extent.

This phenomenon is particularly prominent in the No.1 tomb of Laoguanshan, where a large amount of plaster and clay are used to fill the gaps in the coffin. When the coffin is buried, water seeps into the coffin, which can basically ensure that it can be soaked in water for thousands of years, which is conducive to the preservation of organic cultural relics. Under such conditions, 920 bamboo slips can be seen again.

The discovery of these medical bamboo slips is of great significance, which not only makes Chengdu an important place for the discovery of bamboo slips in Han Dynasty in China, but also provides new historical materials for the study of medical classics in Han Dynasty.