What are the four classic works of traditional medicine?

Huangdi Neijing, Shennong Materia Medica Classic, Difficult Classic and Treatise on Febrile Diseases are called the four classic works of China traditional medicine.

1, Huangdi Neijing

Huangdi Neijing is the earliest existing medical work in China, which laid the foundation of TCM theory. This book marks the basic formation of the theoretical system of acupuncture. Acupuncture is a combination of acupuncture and cauterization.

2. Shennong Herbal Classic

Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica is the earliest existing pharmacological work in China. It contains 365 kinds of drugs, which are divided into three categories: the top grade is non-toxic and will not hurt people if taken for a long time; Some China products are toxic; Inferior products are toxic and can be taken for a long time. After this book was written, there were many confusions and mistakes. Tao Hongjing collated and compiled Notes on Materia Medica.

3, "Difficult Classics"

Difficult Classics is a work of traditional Chinese medicine, formerly known as eighty-one difficult classics of Huangdi. It is generally believed that the book was written from the late Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Difficult Classics explains the essence of Neijing in the form of questions and answers, and discusses 865,438+0 profound medical problems, so it is called "81 Difficult". The main contents include pulse diagnosis, viscera, meridians, acupoints, acupuncture and so on.

4. Treatise on Febrile Diseases

Treatise on Febrile Diseases, written by Zhang Zhongjing in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was originally lost. After completing Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Synopsis of the Golden Chamber, the successors of this book established the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, and clearly put forward a set of diagnosis and treatment principles including theory, method and prescription, which closely combined the basic theory with clinical practice and laid the foundation for the development of clinical medicine in later generations.