Development and dissemination of traditional Chinese medicine

Chinese medicine came into being in primitive society. The theory of traditional Chinese medicine in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period has basically taken shape, with anatomy and medical branches. Four diagnostic methods were used, including Bian Shi, acupuncture, decoction, moxibustion and guidance. In the Western Han Dynasty, yin and yang and five elements were used to explain human physiology, and "medical workers", gold needles and bronze keys appeared. Zhang Zhongjing, a famous physician, appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He already knows the "eight cardinal principles" (yin and yang deficiency, cold and heat) and summarizes the "eight methods". Hua Tuo is famous for his mastery of surgery and anesthesia, and he also founded the "Five Birds Play" of fitness gymnastics. In the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao summarized the theories and experiences of his predecessors, collected more than 5,000 prescriptions and treated them according to syndrome differentiation. Because of his highest medical ethics, he was honored as the "King of Medicine". After the Tang Dynasty, China's medical theory and works were widely spread to Korea, Japan, Central Asia and West Asia. During the Song Dynasty, the government of the Song Dynasty established Hanlin Medical College, and the branches of western learning were almost complete, which unified the disorder of acupoints caused by copying in China and published the illustrated books. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the development of Chinese medicine tends to be complete, and the theory and treatment methods are basically qualitative. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, written in the late Ming Dynasty, is the most important work of traditional Chinese medicine. In the same period, Mongolian medicine and Tibetan medicine were influenced by Chinese medicine, and oriental medicine in Korea also developed greatly. After the Opium War, the influx of western medicine seriously impacted the development of Chinese medicine, but it did not shake the inherent position and role of Chinese medicine itself. In modern times, Chinese medicine is still a necessary and effective means to treat diseases, especially acupuncture and moxibustion of Chinese medicine has aroused great interest in the medical field abroad.