Huangdi Neijing is one of the four classic novels of traditional medicine, and is known as the ancestor of medicine. It is the earliest medical classic in China's medical treasure house, and it is a medical masterpiece that studies human physiology, pathology, diagnostics, therapeutic principles and pharmacology.

This paper discusses the relationship between heaven and earth from a macro perspective. On the basis of long-term observation of life, a lot of clinical practice and simple anatomical knowledge, Huang Lao founded the theory of "Yin-Yang and Five Elements", pulse condition, meridian theory, etiology theory, disease diagnosis, treatment and health preservation theory of traditional Chinese medicine.

It is an encyclopedia focusing on life issues and the first book on health preservation. It emphasizes "disease prevention", that is, how to get sick less and not get sick, which has very practical guiding value for the health of people living with high intensity in today's society.

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Han Shu's Literature and Art Treatments of Ji Fanglue contains four kinds of Chinese medical classics: Medical Classics, Classic Prescriptions, Immortals and Zhong Fang. Except Huangdi Neijing, other medical classics have died out. Therefore, Huangdi Neijing has become the earliest extant classic of traditional Chinese medicine.

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.

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