Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon: Spiritual Pivot

Author: Anonymous
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The Yellow Emperor composed the "Inner Canon" in eighteen volumes, the "Spiritual Pivot" in nine volumes, and the "Basic Questions" in nine volumes, which are its total count. What is universally followed is only the "Basic Questions." The Yue people acquired a part of it and wrote the "Difficult Issues," and Huangfu Mi organized them into the "Jia Yi," from which the theories of various schools originated. Among them, there are gains and losses that cannot serve as a model for later generations. For example, the "Nan yang Huo Ren Shu" states that cough and hiccups are the same, but according to the "Spiritual Pivot," it says: When new grain qi enters the stomach and contends with old cold qi, it results in hiccups. If we combine these points, the reasoning becomes clear. Another example is the fifteenth chapter of the "Difficult Issues," which the Yue people summarized as the essence of the "Spiritual Pivot's" "Major Meridians." Some consider it as "Qi Flow," but according to the "Spiritual Pivot," it says: The joints are where the divine qi moves in and out, not the skin, flesh, tendons, or bones; it also says: Divine qi is the pure qi; the movement of divine qi in and out is "Qi Flow."
The "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon" is the earliest extant medical classic in China, reflecting the achievements of ancient Chinese medicine, establishing the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine, laying the foundation for its development, and guiding its progress until today, still holding significant research value. It consists of the "Basic Questions" and the "Spiritual Pivot." The "Basic Questions" discuss the theory of yin and yang, the five elements, zang-fu organs, qi and blood, acupoints and acupuncture, etiology and pathogenesis, diagnostic methods and syndromes, treatment principles and methods, medical ethics and health preservation, as well as the theory of qi and yun. It provides a detailed explanation of human physiology, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment, highlighting ancient philosophical thought and emphasizing the holistic concept of the unity of the internal and external body, thus becoming the source of basic theories in traditional Chinese medicine.
This book is compact and convenient for readers to carry around for easy reading. It is one of the earliest extant medical classics in China, reflecting the achievements of ancient Chinese medicine, establishing the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine, laying the foundation for its development, and guiding its progress until today, still holding significant research value. The entire book is compact and convenient for carrying and reading.