Huangdi Neijing is divided into Su Wen and Ling Shu, which is the earliest medical classic in China. Huangdi Neijing laid the foundation of human physiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment. It is a medical work with great influence in China and is called the medical ancestor.
Huangdi Neijing is a comprehensive medical work, which has a far-reaching influence on the establishment of TCM theory in later generations. It was written from the Warring States to the Qin and Han Dynasties, and continued to be revised and supplemented from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Its basic materials come from the long-term observation of life phenomena by ancient people in China, a lot of clinical practice and simple anatomical knowledge.
Based on the theory of Huang, the theories of Yin and Yang, five elements, pulse condition, meridians, etiology and pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, health preservation and luck in traditional Chinese medicine are established, and medicine is discussed from a holistic view.
Author of Huangdi Neijing
Huangdi Neijing was not written by Huangdi, but by more than one author. It was created by inheriting, supplementing and developing the doctors of Huang Lao in China, only because the Huangdi clan is the ancestor of China people. In order to trace the source, the ancients used to push the cultural relics system to the Yellow Emperor. There are also some scholars who want to make their theories more acceptable to the world. He also named his work "Yellow Emperor" to attract people's attention.
The name Huangdi Neijing first appeared in Hanshu Yiwenzhi, but it did not record the author and the time of writing. Judging from the existing 162 articles in Neijing, each article has different viewpoints, different writing styles, and some of the words used belong to different times. Therefore, Neijing is a medical collection.