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