Preface to the Inner Canon

Indeed, these methods have always existed. The Yang pulses and Yin pulses Refers to the classification of blood vessels and energetic channels in the body according to their Yin (receptive/cool) or Yang (active/warm) properties. mentioned by the physician Bian Que A legendary doctor of the 4th century BCE, often considered the father of pulse diagnosis. were all entirely based on the principles of the Inner Canon (Neijing) The Huangdi Neijing or Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor, the most important ancient text in Chinese medicine..

It is not necessary to perform extraordinary or strange feats, such as washing the intestines and scouring the organs original: 澣腸滌藏 (huan chang di zang); a reference to the prehistoric surgical procedures of Yu Fu described on the previous page, which the author views as secondary to internal medicine.. In the end, it was simply by using Needle and Stone (Zhenshi) The earliest tools of acupuncture; "stone" refers to bian stones used to lanced boils or stimulate points before the invention of metal needles. that Bian Que revived the Prince of Guo from death A famous story where Bian Que realized the Prince was in a state of "corpse-like syncope" (a deep coma) rather than truly dead, and cured him using acupuncture..

As for the divine nature of such medicine, if it does not originate from the Yellow Emperor, where else could it have come from?

The book titled the Grand Basis (Taisu) The Huangdi Neijing Taisu, an essential 7th-century version of the Inner Canon that was lost in China for centuries. had long been missing. However, Professor Yang Xingwu The art name of Yang Shoujing (1839–1915), a diplomat and scholar who famously rediscovered many "lost" Chinese books in Japanese libraries. obtained a copy in Japan and brought it back to Wuchang, to the home of Vice Censor-in-Chief Ke Referring to Ke Fengyi, a high-ranking official and scholar.. Yuan Zhongjie The posthumous title of Yuan Chang, a Qing dynasty official known for his integrity....