The Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine

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In Chinese history, the three legendary emperors Fu-Hsi (Figure 1.1), Shen-Nong (Figure 1.2), and Huang-Ti (Figure 1.3) are the founders of early Chinese civilization. To Fu-Hsi is attributed the Canon of Changes or I-Jing, regarded as the most ancient Chinese philosophy and medicine. Shen-Nong, also known as Yin-Ti, is the father of agriculture and herbal medicine. He tasted hundreds of herbs and other crude drugs in order to acquaint himself with their properties and usefulness. He is commonly attributed with the compilation of the first Ben Cao (Pen-ts’ao), or Chinese Materia Medica.

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