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Four medical masterpieces from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty

1. Huangdi Neijing

Huangdi Neijing was written in the Warring States Period and compiled in the Western Han Dynasty. It is the earliest medical classic in China and one of the four classic works of traditional medicine. This book is divided into two parts: Lingshu and Su Wen. Based on Huang Lao Dao's theory, this book lays a foundation for understanding human physiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment. Known as the ancestor of medicine.

2. Shennong Herbal Classic

Shennong Herbal Classic, also known as Herbal Classic or Benjing, is one of the four classic works of traditional Chinese medicine and the first complete pharmaceutical work in China.

3. Hua tuo

Hua Tuo was a famous doctor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Hua Tuo, Dong Feng and Zhang Zhongjing are also called "Jian 'an Three Magical Doctors". He is good at surgery and is known as the "imperial doctor". Later generations praised doctors with outstanding medical skills as "Hua Tuo reincarnation" and "Yuan reincarnation". Leprosy powder was invented earlier than the west 1600 years ago. In medical sports, Hua Tuo created an exercise method called "Five Birds Play", one called Tiger Play, one called Deer Play, three called Bear Play, four called Ape Play and five called Bird Play.

4. Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases

Zhang Zhongjing was born in Nieyang County, Nanyang, Eastern Han Dynasty. The famous doctor at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was honored as a "medical sage" by later generations. Treatise on Febrile Diseases, the representative work, is an important classic of Chinese medicine in later generations. The established principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment of six meridians is the basic principle of TCM clinic and the soul of TCM.