What Is the Huangdi Neijing? A Beginner's Guide
The Huangdi Neijing is the foundational text of traditional Chinese medicine. Learn what it is, when it was compiled, and why its ideas about balance endure.
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What a two-thousand-year-old classic says about health — in plain modern language
A guided introduction to the Huangdi Neijing, the founding classic of Chinese medicine — yin and yang, qi, the five phases, and the art of living with the seasons, in plain modern English with the original Chinese lines alongside.
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