| The Yellow Emperror’s Classic of Internal Medicine, contains the fundamentals whereupon all branches of Chinese medicine are founded. This classic is more than a mere reflection of the medical achievements of the ancient Chinese. It also established the fundamental principles of Chinese medicine and became the ultimate source for all subsequent Sino-medical developments. Chinese physicians today are still practising the theories expounded by this book.
Also known as the Nei Ching, the book was written around third century B.C. in the form of a dialogue in which the Emperor seeks information from his minister Ch’I-Po on all questions of health and the art of healing. Any serious discussion of Chinese medicine must first start with this medical classic.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Analysis of the Huang Ti Nei
Ching Su Wên.
Examination of its age and authorship.
The philosophical foundations.
Tao.
The Theory of Tao Applied to the Nei Ching.
Yin and Yang.
The Theory of Yin and Yang Applied to the Nei Ching.
The Five Elements and the System of Numbers.
The Celestial Stems.
Anatomical and Physiological Concepts.
Diagnosis.
Diseases of the Nei Ching.
Therapeutic Concepts.
Acupuncture and Moxibustion.
Appendix I: Chapter 103 of the Ssu-k’u Ch’üan-shu.
Appendix II: Preface of the Commentator Wang Ping.
Appendix III: Preface of Kao Pao-hêng and Lin I
Translation of the Nei Ching: Chapters 1-34
Foreword provided by Henry E. Sigerist, M.D., D.Litt., LL.D.
Formerly Director of the John Hopkins Institute of the History of Medicine
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