Masatada Tamba

A physician from the Heian period. Great-grandson of Yasuyori. He studied under his father Tadaaki (990-?), a herbalist, and had an excellent knowledge of herbal medicine. At the age of 14, he became head of the Bureau of Medicinal Medicine. He was later appointed as the official secretary of the newly established Seyakuin Medical Center, a position he held for the rest of his life, contributing to administration and medical practice. In 1081 (Eiho 1), he excerpted only emergency treatments from around 23 medical books from the Jin and Tang dynasties, and wrote the first volume of "Iryakusho." The content is an abridged version of "Ishinpo."

[Yamane Nobuko]

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平安時代の医師。康頼(やすより)の曽孫(そうそん)。本草(ほんぞう)家の父忠明(ただあきら)（990―？）に教えを受け、本草の知識に優れ、14歳で典薬頭(てんやくのかみ)付になった。その後、新制の施薬院(せやくいん)司使に任命され、終生その職にあって行政と診療に貢献した。1081年（永保1）、晋(しん)・唐の医書約23種から救急療法のみを抜粋して『医略抄』1巻を著した。その内容は『医心方』を簡略にしたものである。

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