China Drug Store with On-site Healthcare Service in Qing Dynasty：from Perspective of City, Architecture and Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) drug store is prevalent during the 17th-19th century in China. TCM on-site healthcare service medical mode “ZuoTang” emerged in response. The Joint development of them closely related to the traditional Chinese culture, TCM health preserving theory, the medical system and medical policies of that time. This paper takes HuQingYuTang as the most representable example to explain the corresponding site selection, architectural style and building form of the TCM ZuoTang healthcare service mode.

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978-1-944214-31-9