The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine – December 2, 2002

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine Paperback – December 2, 2002

Author: Ilza Veith | Language: English | ISBN: 0520229363 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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"The most important theoretical text in the huge corpus of traditional Chinese medical literature." -- Science

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Chinese

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: University of California Press (December 2, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0520229363
ISBN-13: 979-0520229364
Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 6 x 9 inches
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ABOUT THE ORIGINAL CHINESE TEXT

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine or Huangdi Neijing (more accurately translated as: Yellow Thearch's Inner Classic) is the seminal text of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and covers the theoretical foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, diagnosis methods and treatment methods. The Huangdi Neijing (commonly referred to as the Neijing) is composed of two books, namely, the Suwen or (Plain Questions -- 81 chapters or treatises. Note, for two of the chapters only the titles are known, the contents are lost.) and the Lingshu (Spiritual Pivot -- also 81 chapters). Modern scholars believe the first book, the Suwen, was compiled and edited over a long period of time from the third century BCE to 1053 CE (Song Dynasty).

The Neijing departs from the older shamanistic belief that disease was caused by magical influences. In the Neijing the natural effects of diet, lifestyle, emotions, environment, age and heredity are the reason diseases develop. The universe is composed of various forces and principles and these forces can be understood via logical means and humans can stay in balance or return to balance and health by understanding the laws and theories of these natural forces. Central to the Neijing is the notation that humans are a microcosm that mirrors the larger macrocosm, thus the principles of yin and yang, qi, the five elements, the environmental factors of wind, damp, hot and cold and so on that are part of the macrocosm or Universe equally apply to the human microcosm.

CONTENTS OF VEITH'S BOOK

The version Veith translated is the authoritative version known as the: Chong Guang Bu Zhu Huangdi Neijing Suwen. She translated:

(i) Wang Bing's 762 CE preface.