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China's earliest monograph on traditional Chinese medicine is
The earliest monograph on traditional Chinese medicine in China is Huangdi Neijing.

Brief introduction to the monograph Huangdi Neijing;

Huangdi Neijing is a comprehensive medical work, which establishes the theories of Yin and Yang, five elements, pulse condition, Tibetan image, meridians, etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, health preservation and luck.

Discussing medicine in a holistic view presents a "holistic medical model" of nature, biology, psychology and society (according to the research of modern scholars, it is considered that the traces of Huang family in this edition are invaded by Taoist priests in Sui and Tang Dynasties).

Its basic material comes from the long-term observation of life phenomena in ancient China, a lot of clinical practice and simple anatomical knowledge. Huangdi Neijing is the earliest and most influential medical classic in China. The compilation of Huangdi Neijing marks the formation of the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine and lays a solid foundation for the development of traditional Chinese medicine in recent years. It occupies an important position in the medical history of China, and is honored as a "family of physicians" by later generations.

The classic Huangdi Neijing has a wide range of contents. In addition to medical theory, it also records the knowledge and achievements of ancient philosophy, astronomy, meteorology, phenology, biology, geography, mathematics, sociology, psychology, temperament and other disciplines, and permeates these knowledge and achievements into medical theory, thus making this book a multidisciplinary oral work with medicine as the main body, which has always been valued by doctors and experts in related disciplines.

Value impact:

Huangdi Neijing, as a classic of China traditional culture, is not only a classic of Chinese medicine, but also a profound cultural masterpiece. Taking life as the center, this paper discusses the relationship between heaven, earth and human beings from a macro perspective, and discusses and analyzes the most basic proposition of medical science-the law of life;

It also established the corresponding theoretical system and the principles and techniques of disease prevention and treatment, including rich knowledge of philosophy, politics, astronomy and other disciplines. This is an encyclopedia about life problems.