If you get a chance to know the authentic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), you will be amazed by its profound understanding of nature and the human body. Authentic traditional Chinese medicine provides the exquisite observations of physiology and pathology, integrative diagnosis methods, and powerful healing systems. To learn, understand, and practice Chinese medicine well, one of the most important methods is to learn the classics that were written in ancient China.
These precious classical books recorded generations of precious experiences. They have been polished in hundreds or even thousands of years, and proven useful by billions of people. These classics often make readers admire the incomparable wisdom of medicine in the human history.
However, because of historical reasons, the development of Chinese medicine has been very slow and sometimes even stopped in the recent two centuries. Many priceless experiences are being lost. Such situations make these ancient classics even more valuable.
These traditional Chinese medicine classics were written in ancient Chinese language, which is very different from today’s Chinese language in both grammars and written characters. Many words and phrases are no longer used today. This reason makes these classics very hard to understand even by most of the people in China nowadays. This may be also one of the reasons that many of these valuable classics are not well-known outside China.
The followings are some English translations of traditional Chinese medicine classics. Such translations represent the effort to bridge the gap and present the authentic and best parts of Chinese medicine to the world. Some of the classics in this list have never been published in English in the West before. Some are the first English translation of these valuable classics.
Traditional Chinese medicine classics (English translations):
1. Acupuncture for A Hundred Diseases in Verse (Acupuncture Classics)
2. The Jade Dragon Verse of Using Acupuncture (Yu Long Fu) (Acupuncture Classics)
3. Understanding the Miracle and Essence of Acupuncture (Acupuncture Classics)
