General Introduction
Huang Di Nei Jing
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• What is Yellow Emperor's Classic of
Medicine?
– Earliest
– Exist
– Medical classics
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• When was Huang Di Nei Jing completed?
– Warring States Period (403-221 B.C.)
– Han Dynasty (206-220 B.C.)
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The Yellow Emperor
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• Su Wen & Ling Shu
– Su Wen- Simple Questions (81)
– Ling Shu- Spiritual Pivot (81)
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• Academic theories of Huang Di Nei Jing
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Qi is the origin of all universe
Relationship between human and universe
Human is a unity of yin & yang
Human is a harmony unit of five Zang Organ
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– The View of Life
– Unity of shape and Shen
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Theory structure of Huang Di Nei Jing
• Yin Yang & Five elements
– Su Wen Chapter 4, 5, 6
• Zang Xiang Theory
– Zang Fu: Su Wen chapter 8, 9, 11; Ling Shu Chapter 2, 17, 21, 29,
33, 54, 56, 80
– Jing Qi Shen: Ling Shu Chapter 8, 18, 30, 36, 47, 71
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Meridian and collaterals
– Ling Shu Chapter 10, 16, 17, 21, 38, 51, 78; Su Wen Chapter 60
• Causes and Mechanism of Diseases
– Su Wen Chapter 3,19, 39, 74; Ling Shu Chapter 44, 46, 58, 66,
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• Disease and Syndrome
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Heat Disease: Su Wen Chapter 31, 33; Ling Shu Chapter 61
Cough: Su Wen Chapter 38
Pain: Su Wen Chapter 39; Ling Shu Chapter 53
Wind: Su Wen Chapter 42
Bi Syndrome: Su Wen Chapter 43, Ling Shu Chapter 27
Atrophy: Su Wen Chapter 44
Jue: Su Wen 45
Swollen and Edema: Ling Shu Chapter 57, Su Wen Chapter 14, 61
Dan: Su Wen Chapter 47
Mania: Ling Shu Chapter 22, Su Wen Chapter 46, 47
Carbuncles and gangrene : Ling Shu Chapter 60, 81
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• Diagnostic Methods
– Su Wen Chapter 11, 17, 18,19, 77; Ling Shu
Chapter 49
• Treatment Principles and methods
– Treatment principles and methods: Su Wen
Chapter 5, 12, 65, 74
– Formulation: Su Wen Chapter 70, 74
• Healthy Lifestyle
– Su Wen Chapter 1, 2
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13 Formulas
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Tang Ye Lao Li
Sheng Tie Luo Yin
Zuo Jiao Fa Jiu
Ze Xie Yin
Ji Shi Li
Wu Zei Gu Lu Ru Wan
Lan Cao Tang
Zhu Gao
Ling Qiao Yin
Ban Xia Shu Mi Tang
Mao Gao Gao Fa
Han Bi Yun Fa
Xiao Jin Dan
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Zhang Zhongjing & Huang Di Nei Jing
• Development of Treatment principles
– harmonizing yin & yang; protecting ST qi;
treatment according to time, area and individual
– early treatment
– tonify, purgation, warming, clearing and
inventing of harmonizing
– contrary treatment & routine treatment
– treatment of Biao & Ben
– improve the occasion
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• “大毒治病,十去其六;常毒治病,十去其七;小毒治病,
十去其八;无毒治病,十去其九”
--素问. 五常政大论
• When administering medicine, once the health is
sixty percent recovered, withdraw the extreme toxic
herbal; once health is seventy percent recovered,
withdraw the moderate toxic herbal; once the health
is eighty percent recovered, withdraw the mildly toxic
herbal; once the health is ninety percent recovered,
withdraw the nontoxic herbal. Follow up with special
food herbs and dietetic remedies for regeneration.
Following this principle, a physician will be
successful in patients’ care.
--RULES OF PHASE ENERGETICS
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• Development of treatment methods
– application of improve the occasion
– development of herbal treatment
– development of Acupuncture & other treatment
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• Development of herbal modification
– modification according to disease
– modification according to individual
– modification according to time
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