Classical Medicinal Literature

Classical Medicinal Literature

    I am going to introduce you guys a classical medicinal literature in this blog. If you're a beginner of traditional Chinese medicine, the content of the books may be too hard to understand but it's good for you to simply know it because all the Chinese medicine we know today come from this classical literature. Isn't it amazing?

    The most famous traditional medical book in China is <Huang Di Nei Jing>.

It has two parts--<Suwen> and <Lingshu>. <Huang Di Nei Jing> is the earliest literature in Chinese medical history. It built Yin-yang and Five elements theory on the basis of Taoist theory.

The basic material of this book is from long term observation of the phenomenon of life and lots of clinical practice. <Huang Di Nei Jing> laid a foundation for human physiology, pathology， diagnosis and treatment. It's calles the ancestor of the traditional Chinese medicine.