Li Kao (English spelling)

Japanese: 李杲 - りこう（英語表記）Li Kao

[Born] Junki 7 (1180).
[Died] 25th February 1251. A physician from the Yuan Dynasty of China, one of the four great masters of the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. He studied medicine under Zhang Yuan. His pen name was Mingzhi, and he was called Dongyuan. One of his disciples was Luo Tianyi. He lived in Liang and Dongping for a time, but returned home in 1224. He believed that the key to treating illnesses was to nourish the spleen and stomach, and was therefore known as the To-To school or the Wen-To school. He was also known as Zhu Zhenheng and was known as Li-Zhu medicine. He wrote many books, including The Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach.

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Japanese:

[生]淳煕7(1180).真定
[没]淳祐11(1251).2.25. 真定
中国元代の医師で，金元四大家の一人。張元素について医学を学んだ。字は明之，東垣と号した。門人に羅天益がある。一時，梁，東平などにいたが，嘉定 17 (1224) 年帰郷した。脾，胃を補うのを治病の根本としたので補土派，温補派などと呼ばれた。また，朱震亨と併称して李朱医学といわれる。『脾胃論』ほか多くの著作がある。

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