The Three Great Classics of Chinese Medicine (Era of Completion Book Title)

The four classic works of traditional Chinese medicine "Huangdi Neijing", "Nanking", "Typhoid Miscellaneous Diseases", "Shennong Ben Cao Jing"),

"Huangdi Neijing" is divided into the "Lingshu", "Suwen" two parts, for the ancient medical practitioners to the Xuan Yuan Yellow Emperor's name of the work for the medical practitioners, medical theorist joint creation, is generally believed to have been written in the spring and autumn and warring states period. While elaborating on the mechanism and pathology of diseases in the form of dialogues and questions and answers among Huangdi, Qibo and Leigong, the book advocates not treating the already sick but treating the not yet sick, and at the same time, advocates health maintenance, regimen, longevity and prolongation of life.

The Difficult Classic, formerly known as the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-One Difficulties, is said to have been written by a Qin Yue man (a magpie) during the Warring States period. This book is compiled in the form of questions and answers to explain the difficulties, *** discusses 81 problems, so it is also known as the "81 difficulties", the book said to the basic theory, but also analyzed some of the disease. Among them, one to twenty-two difficult for the pulse, twenty-three to twenty-nine difficult for the meridians, thirty to forty-seven difficult for the internal organs, forty-eight to sixty-one difficult for the disease, sixty-two to sixty-eight for the acupoints, sixty-nine to eighty-one difficult for the needle method.

Early in the 3rd century A.D., Zhang Zhongjing, who had studied extensively, widely picked up a variety of parties, condensed his life's work and wrote the book "Typhoid Miscellaneous Diseases". Typhoid, as it is called in Chinese medicine, is actually a general term for all exogenous diseases, including the plague, an infectious disease. The book was written around 200 to 210 AD. At a time when paper was not yet used in large quantities and printing had not yet been invented, the book was probably written on bamboo slips.

The Shennong Ben Cao Jing (神农本草經) or Ben Cao Jing (本经) for short, is the earliest surviving pharmacological monograph in China. Shennong Ben Cao Jing was written in the Eastern Han Dynasty, not from the hand of one person, but the Qin and Han Dynasties, many medical doctors to summarize, collect, organize the results of the experience of pharmacology monograph, is the first systematic summary of Chinese herbal medicine. It was the first systematic summary of Chinese herbal medicine. Most of the pharmacological theories and compounding rules stipulated therein, as well as the principle of "seven emotions and harmony", have played a great role in the practice of medicine for thousands of years, and have been regarded as the classic works of traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, for a long period of history, it is a textbook for doctors and pharmacists to learn Chinese medicine, and also one of the essential tools for medical workers.