The Four Great Classics of Chinese Medicine

The four great classics of Chinese medicine are: Huangdi Neijing (The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine), Nanking (The Classic of Difficulties), Typhoid Miscellany, and Shennong Materia Medica (The Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica).

The term "Four Great Classics" originates from the term "Four Sages". The Qing Dynasty famous medical doctor Huang Yuan Yu wrote a book "four saints", the so-called "four saints", refers to the Huang Di, Qibo, Qin Yue Ren, Zhang Zhongjing four medical practitioners.

Huang's for the four saints of the book ---- "Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine", "Shennong Ben Cao Jing", "Typhoid Fever", "Jin Gui Yao Liao" explanation, the actual allegory of the "four classics" meaning, this may be the first time that the "four saints of the classic", the "four saints of the classic". This may be the earliest reference.

The significance of the four classics of Chinese medicine:

1. The term "four classics" was formally and explicitly put forward by the Ministry of Health in 1955 in the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the first class of the western class of the teaching program was clearly put forward: the study of traditional Chinese medicine must systematically study the "four classics".

2. The four classics of Chinese medicine refer to the works of the four classics that have an important role and milestone significance in the history of the development of Chinese medicine, which have a great guiding role and research value for ancient and even modern Chinese medicine.

Currently the domestic higher education textbooks of Chinese medicine will be "Huang Di Nei Jing", "Typhoid Fever", "The Golden Chamber", "Warm Diseases" as the four classics of Chinese medicine at the same time, some scholars believe that, in addition to the above four masterpieces, "Huang Di Nei Jing", "Nanking", "Typhoid Miscellaneous Diseases", as well as the "Shen Nong Materia Medica" is the four masterpieces of the Humanities Library without conflict.

Study of the four classics of Chinese medicine, is one of the effective ways to improve the clinical ability of each Chinese medicine people, serious discussion of the medical skills of the ancients, for the development of modern medicine is extremely important to promote the role of the study of classical writings, the four classic works of Chinese medicine can be a more comprehensive understanding of the significance of learning the writings of the ancients is that, in the ancient writings of the guidance, so that the Chinese medicine presents the The significance of studying the writings of the ancients is that, under the guidance of the ancient writings, Chinese medicine has presented its glorious development today.