CHAPTER VII 

 THE KIDNEYS AND BLADDER 



CHINESE THEORIES REGARDING THE KIDNEYS 



About 300 years 

 ago, the sketch re- 

 produced here was 

 revised and pub- 

 lished in the En- 

 cyclopedia of 

 Herbal Science by 

 the Chinese Im- 

 perial College in 

 Peking, China. It 

 shows every point 

 a t which the 

 nerves are affect- 

 ed by the kidneys 

 and their sub-or- 

 gan, the bladder. 

 Numerous ills are 

 caused by the im- 

 proper function- 

 ing of these or- 

 gans. In order to 

 reach the seat of 

 these diseases, 

 one must have 

 both a knowledge 



of herbal compounds and of the ancient Chinese theories of anatomy 



with regard to these organs. 



Although the original of the accompanying sketch was made by 



eminent herbalists in China, thousands of years ago, the herbalists of 



