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Hua Tuo (Chinese: 华佗) was a male physician and surgeon from the Eastern Han dynasty in China. Born in Bozhou, he practiced during the early third century. His professional activities are documented in historical sources such as the *Book of the Later Han* and the *Records of the Three Kingdoms*.
Hua Tuo died in 208 CE by capital punishment in the Han dynasty. He is associated with several medical texts, including *Hua Tuo mi fang*, *Hua Tuo shen fang*, *Hua Tuo shen yi mi chuan*, and *Hua Tuo shen yi mi fang*. These works are listed among his contributions to medical literature.
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Person · Open Library
- Died
- 208
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Nhzung phương thuroc bí truysen ckua thsan y Hoa-Đà
- Hua Tuo mi fang
- Hua Tuo shen fang
- Hua Tuo shen yi mi chuan
- Hua Tuo shen yi mi fang
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 140 , Bozhou , Anhui
- Died
- 208 (aged 68)
- Other name
- Yuanhua ( 元化 )
- Occupation
- Physician
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hua
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Eastern Han
- Place of birth
- Bozhou
- Place of death
- Han dynasty
- Occupation
- surgeon
- Image
- HuaTuo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hua Tuo
- date of birth
- 0200-01-01
- date of death
- 0208-01-01
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- 華佗
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- described by source
- Records of the Three Kingdoms
- name in native language
- 华佗
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Encyclopedic overview
Yuanhua Chinese元化
Hua Tuo (c. 140–208), courtesy name Yuanhua, was a Chinese physician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty. Historical texts, such as Records of the Three Kingdoms and Book of the Later Han record Hua Tuo as having been the first person in China to use anaesthesia during surgery. He used a general anaesthetic combining wine with a herbal concoction called mafeisan (麻沸散; literally "cannabis boil powder"). Besides being respected for his expertise in surgery and anaesthesia, Hua Tuo was famous for his abilities in acupuncture, moxibustion, herbal medicine and medical daoyin exercises. He developed the Wuqinxi (五禽戲; literally "Exercise of the Five Animals") from studying the movements of the tiger, deer, bear, ape and crane.
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