中医中药的价值在世界范围内越来越受到重视。本书以讲故事的方式，讲述中国医学的起源、中医基础理论与中国传统哲学思想的渊源；介绍历史上杰出的医学家、药理学家和经典的医学名著。

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