Introduction / 1
Recognition of Traditional Chinese Medicine / 3
The Thinking Style of TCM / 5
The Formation and Variation of Tradition / 11
Understanding TCM / 16
The Classics of TCM / 19
Huang Di Nei Jing / 21
Huang Di Ba Shi Yi Nan Jing / 22
Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing / 24
Shang Han Za Bing Lun / 25
Compilation of Book and Development into Canon / 27
Basic Theory of TCM / 31
The Theories of Yin-Yang and Wu Xing / 33
Viscera and Their Manifestations / 38
Channels and Collaterals / 42
Etiology / 48
Diagnostics / 52
Internal and External Therapies of TCM / 59
Acupuncture and Moxibustion / 61
Prescriptions / 66
Treatment of Both the Internal and the External / 72
Knowledge of Materia Medica / 75
Establishment of the Theory of Materia Medica / 76
Important Books on Materia Medica / 77
Pharmacological Studies / 84
Drug Administration and Market / 85
Processing of Herbs / 89
Story about Ginseng / 93
Stories about Famous Doctors in History / 99
Bian Oue and Oin Yueren / 100
Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo / 101
Wang Shuhe and Huangfu Mi / 104
Sun Simiao / 105
The Four Great Schools in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties / 107
Zhang Jingyue / 110
Ye Tianshi / 112
Wang Qingren / 114
TCM and Life Cultivation / 117
Life Cultivation in the Four Seasons / 119
Integration of Food and Medicines / 121
Sports and Health / 124
Emotions and Diseases / 127