Am J Chin Med. 1979 Spring; 7(1): 39-51.

Medical parasitology in China: an historical perspective.

Chan L, Croll NA.

Traditional Chinese anthelmintics prove to be interesting because social, political, cultural, psychological and philosophical factors could affect them. A review of the ideas on the origin of parasitic infection and the historical development of medical parasitology in China is attempted to aid in the elucidation of the rationale of traditional Chinese anthelminthic treatment.