The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, Chapters 1-34

by Ilza Veith (Translator)

Paperback, 1972

Collection

Healing & Medicine

Status

Available

Call number

VEI-001

Publication

University of California Press (1972), Edition: 1st, 260 pages

Description

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine has become a landmark in the history of Chinese civilization. Written in the form of a dialogue in which the emperor seeks information from his minister Ch'I-Po on questions of health and the art of healing, it is the oldest known document in Chinese medicine. Ilza Veith's extensive introduction and monumental translation, first published in 1949, make available the historical and philosophical foundations of traditional practices that have seen a dynamic revival in China and throughout the West. A new foreword by Linda L. Barnes places the translation in its historic contexts, underlining its significance to the Western world's understanding of Chinese medical practice.

User reviews

LibraryThing member PghDragonMan

This is one of the earliest written books and arguably the first medical textbook. Told as a series of discourses, the book lays down the foundation of traditional Chinese medicine and covers what would eventually become known as Acupuncture. The text also covers many diagnostic techniques, some

still employed today, albeit in a modified form. Everything is explained in terms of the world view of China, some two thousand years ago, that everything must be in balance or bad consequences are the result. While we may have different causes in mind today, we are learning that a lot of diseases are caused by one type of imbalance or another, although they are primarily chemical.

Interesting from both a historical perspective and a philosophical perspective.

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LibraryThing member CenterPointMN

Written in the form of a discourse betwwen Huang Di and his ministers, The Yellow Emporer's Classic of Medicine contains a wealth of knowledge, including etiology, pysiology, diagnosis, therapy and prevention of disease, as well as an in depth investigation ofsuch diverse subjects as ethics,

psycology and cosmology. All of these subjects are discussed in a holistic context that says life is not fragmented, as in the model provided by modern science, but rather that ll pieces make up a connected whole. By revealing the natural laws of the holistic universe, this book offers much practical advice on how to promote a long, happy an healthy life.

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