The origin of medicine and the formation of the theoretical system

Ancient medicine originated from the exploration and experience of working people in the long-term production and life practice of constantly fighting against diseases, and developed and improved it.

It was promoted to theory and the system of traditional Chinese medicine was created. In ancient times, Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs and wrote the "Compendium of Materia Medica"; Fuxi made nine needles and wrote "Huangdi Acupuncture"; Huangdi

Qi Bo wrote "Su Nu Pulse Jue" on meridians; "Shangshu" called it "Three Graves", and "Book of Rites" called it "Three Generations Medicine". Oracle bone inscriptions excavated during the Yin and Shang Dynasties

There are records of diseases such as "sick head", "sick body", "sick feet", "wind disease", "malaria", "gu" (parasites in the abdomen), etc., and the invention of decoction and medicinal wine for treatment.

disease. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Li Er wrote "Laozi" and said: "Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives rise to all things. All things bear yin and embrace yang. Tao is the self-

Of course. "During the Warring States Period, "Zhuangzi" said: "Human Qi is the accumulation of Qi. When it is gathered, it leads to life, and when it disperses, it leads to death. "Guanzi" also said: "The passage of qi means life, and life means

Thinking, thinking is knowing, knowing is stopping. ” He also said: “In the life of a mortal, the sky produces its essence, and the earth produces its shape. How can these be combined into human beings?” ""Lu Shi Chun Qiu Da Yu Pian"

Said: "For the three hundred and sixty-year-old mortals, the nine orifices, five internal organs, six internal organs, and skin want to be comparable, the blood vessels want to be smooth, the muscles and bones want to be solid, and the mind wants to be harmonious.

Yes, the essence wants to move. If this is the case, the disease will have no place to live, and the evil will have no cause. "At the end of the Warring States Period, the theory of yin and yang and the five elements and the corresponding views between heaven and man were popular. Hundreds of scholars

He wrote books and established theories. "Hanshu·Yiwenzhi" has records in "Bian Que Nei Jing" and "Wai Jing", and "Pulse Method" appears. By the Qin and Han Dynasties, "Shen Nong's Materia Medica"

Classics", "Huangdi Neijing", "Difficult Classics" and "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases" have been written, and the system of traditional Chinese medicine has gradually been formed.

"Shen Nong's Materia Medica" contains 365 kinds of medicines, including 252 kinds of botanical drugs, 67 kinds of animal drugs, and 46 kinds of mineral drugs. Discussing the properties of medicines based on four qi and five flavors respectively

In terms of energy and function, the drugs are divided into three categories: upper, middle and lower grades for replenishing qi, tonifying deficiency and removing evil according to poisonous and non-toxic qualities; establish monarch, minister, auxiliary and envoy prescriptions and describe the drugs.

The method of preparation and storage laid the foundation for later generations of medicine. The "Huangdi Neijing", written from the Warring States Period to the Western Han Dynasty, is divided into 18 volumes of "Suwen" and "Lingshu", with 162 chapters respectively.

Discuss the organs, meridians, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment principles, acupuncture, the physiology, pathology, morphological structure and functional performance of the human body, as well as the treatment of diseases.

Many issues such as the causes, mechanisms, development trends, diagnosis and treatment methods, and treatment rules of the disease have been discussed in detail, providing guidance for future generations of doctors.

Zongzong. "Difficult Classic" has a total of 81 chapters, which respectively deal with pulse method, meridians flow, Yingwei triple burner, Qi and blood deficiency, viscera diseases, Shu meridian points, acupuncture tonic and diarrhea, etc.

Expounding and developing it and supplementing what has not yet been published in the Huangdi Neijing is the basis for reading the Huangdi Neijing. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, typhoid fever was prevalent, and the Zhang family

In this tribe, typhoid fever ranks seven out of ten, and two out of three die. Zhang Zhongjing diligently studied ancient teachings and learned from many prescriptions. He wrote 16 volumes of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases", which were divided into six classics.

Treat typhoid fever, viscera and miscellaneous diseases, and establish principles, methods, prescriptions, and medicines for syndrome differentiation and treatment. It proposes the appearance and interior of the disease, cold and heat, deficiency and excess, yin and yang.

The syndrome differentiation system is respected by doctors. From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, doctors of all dynasties wrote books and established their scholarship based on the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" and "The Difficult Classic"

and "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases", four medical classics, which elaborated and elaborated, and continuously improved the theoretical system of basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine, clinical medicine and drug prescriptions.