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Huangdi Neijing (Neijing), the Canon of Medicine of the Yellow Emperor, magnum opus of traditional Chinese medicine, is a greattreasure bestowed on us by our ancestors living some 2000 years ago.It is almost impossible to really discuss such a great work within such a length. But it may serve as a useful introduction to Neijing to those who are interested in the work but do not know the Chinese language.In other words, this dissertation aims at telling the readers what a book Huang di Nei jing is and what it is talking about. Therefore, it is entitled Introductory Study of Huangdi Neijing. After reading this introductory Study, the reader is given an overall view of this classic. Then naturally, the reader is prepared to dig into Neijing to search for valuable ideas and useful information from this ancient work for the sake of modem people. My translation of the first 22chapters of Su wen [ plain Questions, one of the two parts of Neijing, the other part is Ling shu （Miraculous）, each consisting 81 chapters will proceed the Introductory Study to become the first （and perhaps the most important） part of Neijing. The text is translated in full from the original text accompanied by detailed notes collected from famous scholars and annotators in history and at present.
The translation is based on Gu Congde's edition photo-offset by the People's Medical Publishing House, Beijing.
Table of Contents
Part One Introduction
1 The Value of Huangdi Neijing
2 A Study Guide
3 The AuthOrship
3.1 AttributiOn tO Huangdi
3.2 The Authorship of Neijing
3.3 The Authenticity Of Lingshu
4 Suwen,Lingshu:Hence the Name
4.1 Suwen
4.2 Lingshu
5 Emendators and AnnotatorS
6 Academic Thinking
6.1 Yin and Yang
6.2 Five E1ements
6.3 HOlism：COnception of the Organism as a Whole
6.4 A WOrld in Perpetual MOtion
7 Theoretical Svstem
7.1 Visceral ManifestatiOn
7.1.1 Definition
7.1.2 Five Viscera
7.1.3 Six BOwels
7.1.4 ExtraOrdinary Bowels
7.1.5 Physiological Function
7.1.6 Theory Of Channels and COllatemls
7.1.7 Vital Essence，Vital Energy and Spirit
7.2 PamolOgical Mechanism
7.2.1 Pathogenesis
7.2.2 EtiolOgy
7.2.3 PathOlogy
7.3 DiagnOsis
7.3.1 ObservatiOn
7.3.2 Pulses
7.4 General Rule Of Treatment
7.4.1 PreVentive Principle
7.4.2 Treatment Based on Concrete Conditions
7.4.3 PriOrities in Treatment
7.4.4 FlexibilitV in Treatment
7.4.5 Differentiation Of Symptoms and Signs，Principle Of Treatment
7.4.6 Compatibility 0f Dmgs and C0nlposition Of PrescriptiOns
7.4.7 Principle of Acupuncture
8 Epilogue
Part 1 Chapter 1-22 of suwen(Full Texts with Detailed Notes)
Chapter 1 Treatise on ancient theory of primordial energy
Chapter 2 Treatise on self cultivation of spirit in accordance with the Four Seasons
Chapter 3 Treatise on Communication of the Vital Energy with the Heaven
Chapter 4 Dictum of the Golden Chamber
Chapter 5 Treatise on the Correspondence of Yin and Yang
Chapter 6 Treatise on the Separation and Combination of Yin and Yang
Chapter 7 Treatise on the Differentiation of Yin and Yang
Chapter 8 Treatise on the Secret Canon in the Imperial Library
Chapter 9 Treatise on Six Jie and Visceral Manifestaion
Chapter 10 Treatise on the Producing and Complementing Relationship of the Five Viscera
Chapter 11 Treatise on the Additional Study of the Five Viscera
Chapter 12 Treatise on Variations of Treatments to Patients of Different Locations
Chapter 13 Treatise on Regulating the Vital Energy by Shifting Patient's Attention
Chapter 14 Treatise on Decoctions and Dense Wines
Chapter 15 Precious Treatise Inscribed on Jade
Chapter 16 Treatise on the Quintessence of Diagnosis and the Evanescence of the Channel Vital Energy
Chapter 17 Treatise on the Quintessence and Subtlety of Pulse-Feeling
Chapter 18 Treatise on the Manifestation of Pulsation for a Normal Person
Chapter 19 Treatise Inscribed on Jade on Pulses
Symbolizing the Decay of Visceral Vital Energy
Chapter 20 Treatise on Pulses in Three Regions with Nine Presentations
Chapter 21 Treatise on the Additional Study of the Channels and Pulses
Chapter 22 Treatise on the Regulation of Visceral Vital Energy in Accordance with Seasonal Changes
English-Chinese Terminology
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symptoms and signs of fever, pain in the eyes, and a parched feelingin the nasal cavity. Such symptoms and signs are caused as theYangming Channel dominates the muscles and flows upward, passingboth sides of the nose, with its Collaterals reaching the eyes. On thethird day, when pathogens reach the Shaoyang Channel, symptomsand signs of pain in the chest and ribs and deafness are caused, as theShaoyang Channel passes both the costal regions and reaches the ears.When pathogenic factors are affecting the San Yang Channels theyhave not invaded the Interior and remain at the Exterior. Diaphoresiscan be adopted to disperse the pathogenic factors. On the fourth day,pathogenic factors invade the Taiyin Channel, symptoms and signs ofabdominal distention and parched throat will then be observed, as theTaiyin Channel passes through the Stomach and ascends to the throat.The fifth day, when the Shaoyin Channel is affected, the patient willfeel parched in the mouth and tongue and thirsty, as the ShaoyinChannel passes through the Kidney, then ascends to the Lung andarrives at the root of the tongue. On the sixth day, the JueyinChannel is affected, bringing symptoms and signs such as fullnessand restlessness and contraction of the scrotum, as the Jueyin Channel runs through the genitals and connects with the Liver. When the San Yang and the San Yin Channels are all affected by pathogenic factors, bringing about abnormal circulation of the Nutrient Essence, Vital Resistance, Vital Energy and Blood, and also obstructing the normal flow of the Vital Energy of the Viscera, then it would be a fatal case. "
The idea of halting the transmission of diseases was further excavated by Zhang Zhongjing in his Treatise on Febrile Diseases Caused by Cold, in which he classified febrile diseases into six Channel diseases.
Introductory Study of Huangdi neijing
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