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Why is the ancient medical practice called Huang Qi's Art?

Huang refers to Xuanyuan Huangdi, and Qi is his courtier Zeebe. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor often sat with officials such as Zeebe and Lei Gong to discuss medical problems.

Many of them are recorded in the medical book Huangdi Neijing. Later generations, out of respect for Huangdi and Qi Baishi, called Huang Qi's medical skills TCM, and thought Huangdi Neijing was the origin of TCM theory and the most authoritative classic of TCM. To this day, anyone engaged in the work of traditional Chinese medicine still says that it is necessary to quote the words in Huangdi Neijing.

The characters in Huangdi Neijing belong to the ancient prose of Qin and Han Dynasties, which is equivalent to the genre of Fu in style. Therefore, it had a great influence on the traditional Chinese culture in the history of China, and it was a part of the traditional culture of China. Because of this, such a classic medical book is difficult to read in words, so doctors in past dynasties have different detailed annotations. For beginners, you can first choose textbooks such as Selected Reading of Neijing and gradually improve them.