Traditional Chinese Medicial Science is one of the quintessences of our country.It mainlay study human body’s phyology,pathology,disease diagnosis prevention and cure.
Traditional Chinese Medical Science is based on yin-yang and the five element theory,they are metal,wood,water,fire and earth.Human body is regarded as an aggregation of essence,energy and spirit.
There is a combined use of the four diagnostic methods among herbalist doctors:inspection,auscaltation and olfaction,inquiry,pulse-feeling and palpation.
Shen Nong
- •Shen Nong’s Herbal Classic wasn’t written by himself, it was finished in Warring States Period or Qin and Han Dynasty time
- •Shen Nong tasted hundreds of grass and found herbs
- •This book was the earlist extant medical monograph.
- •He is the earlist ancestor of acupuncture and moxibustion.
- •It was similar to Shen Nong,The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine was also not written by himself.
- •It’s said that it might be finished in Qin and Han Dynasty time.
- •He is the earlist ancestor of surgery,lived in late Eastern Han Dynasty.
- •He was famous for surgical operation and ma fei san(a kind of narcotic made of herbs).
- •He created a body building exercise called five animals exercise，it is based on the movements of tiger,deer,bear,ape and crane.
Bian Que
- He is the sphygmology mediator(脉学介导者）of Traditional Chinese Medical Science and lived in Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period.The four diagnostic methods(四诊合参——望闻问切）was created by him.
Sun Simiao
He is the king of medicine,lived in Tang Dynasty.He finished the book Golden Prescriptions for Emergencies，it was the earlist clinical medicine encyclopedia in China.
Ge Hong
He is the mediator of preventive medicine，he was born in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and his theory contains the sprout idea of immunity.
Song Ci
He is the earlist ancestor of medical jurisprudence，lived in the Southern Song Dynasty.He wrote the book Record of Redressing Mishandled Cases in which he put forward the method of identify direct relative through blood，it was a great idea at that time.
Qian Yi
- •He is the earlist ancestor of department of pediatrics ,lived in Nothern Song Dynasty.
- •He is the author of the first monograph of pediatrics Key to Therapeutic of Children’s Disease.
Li Shizhen
- •He is the medicine saint of Traditional Chinese Medical Science.
- •He lived in the Ming Dynasty,his most important contribution is Materia Medica.
- •keywords theory of vital essence 精气学说
- •yin-yang theory阴阳学说
- •five element theory五行学说
- •theory of visceral outward manifestation藏象学说
- •qi-blood-fluid气血津液
- •theory of channels and collaterals经络学说
- •theory of disease cause病因学说
Five Zang-organs and six Fu-organs
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