China's oldest medical text. The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine estimated that the work was written between the 3rd & 2nd centuries B. C. Although the Yellow Emperor lived about 2700 B.C.
"The Neijing is one of the most important classics of Taoism. First, it gives a holistic picture of
human life. It does not separate external changes - geographic, climatic, and seasonal, for instance
- from internal changes such as emotions and our responses to them. It tells how our way of life
and our environment affect our health. Without going into detail, the book articulates a treasure
of ancient knowledge concerning the natural way to health, implying that all phenomena of the
world stimulate, tonify, subdue, or depress one’s natural life force."
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