Huangdi Neijing is very rich in content. Su Wen emphasizes the basic theory of human physiology, pathology, disease treatment and man and nature. Lingshu focuses on human anatomy, zang-fu organs, meridians and acupoints acupuncture. The similarity between them is a theoretical discussion of related issues, which does not involve or basically does not involve specific prescriptions and technologies for disease treatment. Therefore, it has become the theoretical source of China's medical development and the theoretical basis for physicians to discuss diseases and health. Although the theories of medical scientists are different and controversial, there are few deviations, and almost all of them seek from Neijing as the criterion of argument. This is the reason why modern people must first learn Neijing when learning Chinese medicine. Because, if you don't master the essence of Neijing, you can't understand and implement the understanding, diagnosis, treatment principles, drug selection prescriptions and so on of various clinical diseases in traditional Chinese medicine.

On the importance of the inheritance of Huangdi Neijing from a cultural perspective

Zhang Qicheng (Professor, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine)

I want to talk about three issues. One is the academic orientation of Huangdi Neijing. First, the relationship between Huangdi Neijing and China traditional culture; In addition, let's talk about the practical significance of Huangdi Neijing.

What kind of book is Huangdi Neijing? There are many experts' opinions in the 60 large-scale documentary "Huangdi Neijing" just broadcast by Guangzhou TV Station: Mr. Jiao Shude said that this is a book of health preservation; Some people say it is medical work; Others suggest that it is a humanistic work, because it covers everything, including medicine, ethics, philosophy, astronomy, geography, psychology and so on. So how exactly do you position this book? First of all, it is of course an all-encompassing book. Now we should look at this problem from a scientific point of view. My next inappropriate definition is that it may be a book combining humanities and life sciences, or it may be a medical work with humanistic characteristics, which creates a medical system with humanistic characteristics. This system is different from western medicine, which is a medical system characterized by natural science. In what articles are Tibetan images and meridians mentioned in Huangdi Neijing? There are mainly Jin Kui Yan Zhen, Ling Lan Mi Dian Lun, Six Zangxiang Lun, Five Zang Zangs Lun, Meridian Lun and Spleen and Stomach Lun, all of which are about the physiology of traditional Chinese medicine. Neijing also talks about the etiology, pathogenesis and symptoms of diseases, such as wind, arthralgia, cough, flaccidity, malaria and syncope. There are also many articles about diagnosis and treatment, such as Su Wen, which includes Pulse Essence, Three Parts and Nine Phases, Meridian Theory, Acupuncture Fever Theory, Acupuncture Qi Theory, Acupuncture Forbidden Theory and so on. Therefore, it is undoubtedly a medical work, and it is also a work of China's traditional life science.