本书从中华文化的整体性出发，对于中医药文化进行深入浅出的说明，因此有别于其他的中医药书籍。本书主要内容为对中医药文化的内涵、中医与民俗、中医与儒家、中医与道家、中医与佛家进行了介绍，具有独特性。内容通俗易懂、深入浅出，因此在语言表达上尽量以故事和比喻来加以说明，具有趣味性和专业性相结合的特点。本书英文主译由著名中医翻译家方廷玉教授担任，英译流畅、地道准确，原汁原味地体现了中医药文化原旨，适合国外读者阅读理解，有利于中医药文化国际化传播。

Chapter 1 TCM Conception of Nature
Ⅰ.Unity of the Heaven and Human
1.Birth of the Heaven and Man
2.Unity of the Heaven and Human
3.Following the Examples of the Heaven and Earth
Ⅱ.Yin, Yang and Five Phases
Chapter 2 TCM View of the Human Body
Ⅰ.Composition of the Human Body
1.The Human Body: A Country
2.Meridians: Covering the Whole Body
Ⅱ.Correspondence between the Interior and Exterior of theBody
1.Correspondence among the Five Zang-organs, Six Fu-organs, Five Body
Constituents and Orifices of Sensory Organs
2.Correspondence between the Tongue and Zang-fu Organs
3.Correspondence between the Five Zang-organs and Eyes
4.Correspondence between the Zang-fu Organs and Face
5.Correspondence between the Zang-fu Organs and Wrist Pulse
Ⅲ.Life Cycle
1.The Growing and Aging Cycle
2.Cycle of Tiā n Gǔ i (Sex-stimulating Essence)
Chapter 3 Medicinals and Foods in TCM
Ⅰ.Same Origin of Medicinals and Foods
1.Medicinals and Foods
2.Food, the First Necessity of People
3.Rules of Dietary Therapy
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Chapter 4 Outlook of TCM Treatment
Chapter 5 TCM and Folk Customs
Chapter 6 TCM and Confucianism
Chapter 7 TCM and Taoism
Chapter 8 TCM and Buddhism
Author's Note