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，讲述了中国医学的起源、中医基础理论与中国传统哲学思想的渊源；介绍了历史上杰出的医学家、药理学家和经典的医学名著。

本书是全英文版本。

In ancient Chinese civilization, astronomy, mathematics, agriculture and medicine were the four advanced sciences. Among them, medicine is the only one that has never been replaced by Western science and still plays an important role in protecting the health of Chinese people.

How traditional Chinese medicine, a classic system of medicine without any connection with modern science, can still exist in spite of the fact that modern medicine can basically meet the need of healthcare？ Is traditional Chinese medicine a science or just a collection of experience？ Does it still have the possibility and space to further develop itself along its own orbit？ Is there any possibility that it may be replaced by modern medicine？ These are the questions frequently being asked.

Foreword

Approach to Traditional Chinese Medicine

Recognition of TCM

The Thinking Style of TCM

The Formation and Variation of Tradition

Understanding TCM

The Classics of TCM

Huang Di Nei ring (Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine)

Huang Di Ba Shi Yi Nan ring (Yellow Emperor's Canon On Eighty-One Difficult Issues)

Shen Nong Ben Cao ring (Agriculture God's Canon of Materia Medica)

Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases)

Compilation of Book and Development into Canon

Basic Theory of TCM

The Theories of Yin-Yang and Wu Xing

Viscera and Their Manifestations

Channels and Collaterals

Etiology

Diagnostics

Internal and External Therapies of TCM

Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Prescriptions

Treatment of Both the Internal and the External

Knowledge of Materia Medica

Establishment of the Theory of Materia Medica

Important Books on Materia Medica

Pharmacological Studies

Drug Administration and Market

Processing of Herbs

Story about Ginseng

Stories about Famous Doctors in History

Bian Que

Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo

Wang Shuhe and Huang Fumi

Sun Simiao

The Four Great Schools in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties

Zhang Jingyue

Ye Tianshi

Wang Qingren

TCM and Life Cultivation

Life Cultivation in the Four Seasons

Integration of Food and Medicines

Sports and Health

Emotions and Diseases

Inheritance and Development of Modem TCM

To Establish a Standard System for TCM

Development and Innovation of TCM in Clinical Use

To Integrate TCM with Western Medicine and Encourage the Modernization of TCM

TCM Going to the World

Appendix: Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties