Huangdi Neijing is divided into two parts: Lingshu and Su Wen. Its basic material comes from the long-term observation of life phenomena by ancient people in China, a lot of clinical practice and simple anatomical knowledge.
Su Wen focuses on viscera, meridians, etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment principles and acupuncture. Lingshu is an inseparable companion of Su Wen, and its contents are basically the same. In addition to discussing the function, etiology and pathogenesis of viscera, it also focuses on meridians and acupoints, acupuncture, acupuncture methods and treatment principles.
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Huangdi Neijing comprehensively summarizes the medical achievements before Qin and Han Dynasties, and its completion marks a new stage of China medicine from empirical medicine to theoretical medicine. This paper summarizes the achievements of medicine before the Warring States Period in the aspects of holism, contradiction, meridian science, viscera images, etiology and pathogenesis, health care and preventive medicine, diagnosis and treatment principles, etc., which provided theoretical guidance for the development of China medicine after the Warring States Period, laid a solid foundation and had a far-reaching impact. Most of the innovations and achievements of famous doctors in theory and practice are closely related to Huangdi Neijing.
Huangdi Neijing has a high position in China medicine, and all successful doctors in later generations attach great importance to it. It has been translated into many languages, such as Japanese, English, German, French, etc., and it has also had a noticeable influence on the development of world medicine. Huangdi Neijing expounds the principles of man and nature, physiology, anatomy, pathology, diagnosis, health preservation and disease prevention and treatment with simple materialistic views and dialectical thoughts.
Huangdi Neijing, as the cornerstone of China medicine, the source of the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine and the basis of clinical diagnosis and treatment, is regarded as a "classic medical book" by later generations and is a must-read book for Chinese medicine students. It is an important document for the study of traditional Chinese medicine and a valuable cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. As the theoretical basis and essence of traditional medicine in China, its leading role and contribution in medicine is indispensable in the long history of the prosperity of the Han nationality in the past two thousand years.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Huangdi Neijing (Medical History Literature)