The overall historical lineage of the development of Chinese medicine is discussed.

The Chinese medicine began in the primitive tribal witch doctor tradition, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period of Chinese medicine has formed a basic theory, the emergence of anatomy and medical sub-specialties, has adopted the "four diagnostic" method and complicated medical means, the Western Han Dynasty, began to use the yin and yang and the five elements of the explanation of the human body physiology, the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Chinese medicine has been cognizant of the "eight outlines", during which Hua Tuo and other famous doctors came out. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chinese medicine has been cognizant of the "Eight Syllabi", and during this period, famous doctors such as Hua Tuo have emerged. After the Tang, Chinese medicine began to spread out of Goryeo Japan and other countries, and in the subsequent two Song dynasty period the court officially set up the Hanlin Medical College, medical sub-specialties close to complete, and unified Chinese acupuncture due to the transmission of copying caused by the disorders of the acupoints. Since the Jin Yuan, Chinese medicine began to decline. After the Ming and Qing dynasties, the emergence of the warming school of the school of the time, gradually replaced the prescription school of Chinese medicine. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, China was invaded by Western powers and the country was weakened. At the same time, the influx of modern medicine (Western medicine) seriously affected the development of TCM. Many people in China advocated the modernization of medicine, and Chinese medicine was greatly challenged. People began to use the Western medical system of thinking to review, Chinese medicine is close to being abolished. It was not until modern times that Chinese medicine began to revive the trend.