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Who are the authors of China's four famous medical books?
Huangdi Neijing (author unknown), Difficult Classic (Bian Que), Treatise on Febrile Diseases (Zhang Zhongjing), Shennong Herbal Classic (author unknown),

1, Huangdi Neijing

Huangdi Neijing, also known as Neijing, is one of the earliest ancient books in China and the first of the four classics of traditional medicine in China. According to legend, it was made by the Yellow Emperor, hence its name.

However, it is generally believed that this book was finally formed in the Western Han Dynasty, and the author was not a single person, but was created by Huang Lao, a doctor in China.

As pointed out in "Huai Nan Zi Xiu Wu Xun", the title of "Yellow Emperor" is intended to trace back to the source and worship the original to illustrate the early birth of China medical culture. It's not a moment's talk, nor is it a single hand.

2, "Difficult Classics"

Difficult classics, formerly known as Huangdi's eighty-one difficult classics, also known as eighty-one difficult classics, is an earlier classic work of traditional Chinese medicine. There have always been different opinions about the author and writing time. It is generally believed that the book was written not later than the Eastern Han Dynasty, and its contents may be related to Qin Yueren (Bian Que).

The word "difficult" in difficult classics means "difficult to ask" or "difficult". The book is * * * 81 difficult, and some theoretical problems of traditional Chinese medicine are discussed and discussed in the way of question and answer, including pulse diagnosis, meridians, viscera, yin and yang, etiology and pathogenesis, ying and Wei, acupoints, acupuncture, diseases and syndromes, etc.

3. Treatise on Febrile Diseases

Treatise on Febrile Diseases is one of China's traditional medical works written by Zhang Zhongjing, and it has always been one of the main basic courses offered by Chinese medicine colleges. During the SARS in 2003, this book and Zhang Zhongjing once again became the focus of attention.

Treatise on Febrile Diseases systematically analyzes the etiology, symptoms, development stages and treatment methods of typhoid fever, creatively establishes the principle of treating typhoid fever according to the classification of six meridians, and lays the theoretical foundation of principle, method, prescription and medicine.

4. Shennong Herbal Classic

Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, also known as Classic of Materia Medica or Classic of Materia Medica, is one of the four classic works of Chinese medicine. As the earliest extant TCM works, it originated from Shennong family and was handed down from generation to generation. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was assembled into a book, which was not written by one person for a long time.

It was the collection, summary and arrangement of monographs on pharmacological experience by many medical scientists at that time, and it was the first systematic summary of traditional medicine in China.

Most theories and compatibility laws of TCM and the principle of "seven emotions in harmony" have played a great role in the practice of medication for thousands of years and are the source of the development of TCM theory.

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Bian Que 1

Bian Que (407 BC-3 BC10) was a famous doctor in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Zheng (now Renqiu City, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province) was born in Bohai County.

Because of his superb medical skills, he was honored as an imperial doctor, so people at that time used the name of "Bian Que", the imperial doctor of the Yellow Emperor in ancient mythology, to call him. When I was young, I studied medicine in Chang Sangjun, and I passed on my medical skills. I was good in all subjects.

Zhao is regarded as gynecology, Zhou as ENT, and pediatrics is famous all over the world. Li Yi, the doctor of Qin Dynasty, had better be assassinated than jealous of it. Bian Que founded the pulse diagnosis method of traditional Chinese medicine, which was the first of its kind in traditional Chinese medicine. According to legend, the famous classic of Chinese medicine "Difficult Classics" was written by Bian Que.

2. Zhang Zhongjing

Zhang Zhongjing (about 150 ~ 154—— about 2 15 ~ 2 19) was born in Nieyang County, Nanyang, Eastern Han Dynasty (now Zhangzhai Village, Gedong Town, dengzhou city City, Henan Province). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a famous doctor was honored as a medical sage by later generations.

Zhang Zhongjing extensively collected medical prescriptions and wrote the masterpiece Treatise on Febrile Diseases handed down from ancient times. The established principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment is the basic principle of TCM clinic and the soul of TCM.

In the aspect of prescription science, Treatise on Febrile Diseases has also made great contributions, creating many dosage forms and recording a large number of effective prescriptions. The therapeutic principle of differentiation of six meridians established by him has been highly praised by doctors in past dynasties.

This is the first medical monograph in China to establish the law of syndrome differentiation and treatment from theory to practice. It is one of the most influential works in the history of Chinese medicine, and it is a necessary classic work for later scholars to study Chinese medicine, which has been widely valued by medical students and clinicians.

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