Unit One Text:Traditional Chinese Medicine with a Long His-tory 1
Unit Two Text:Specific and Profound TCM 13
Unit Three Text:Yin and yang—The Law of Nature 23
Unit Four Text:The Application of the Yin-Yang Theory 34
Unit Five Text:The Five-Element Theory—Natural philosophy in Ancient China 43
Unit Six Text:The Five Zang-Organs—The organs of producing and storingessence-qi 53
Unit Seven Text:The Six Fu-Organs and the Extraordinary Fu-Organs 65
Unit Eight Text:The Relationship Between the Zang-And Fu-Organs 76
Unit Nine Text:The Root of Life—Qi 87
Unit Ten Text:Blood and Body Fluid—The Material Basis of Life Activities 99
Unit Eleven Text:Qi,Blood and Body Fluid of Mutual Causality 108
Unit Twelve Text:Meridians and Collaterals——The Pathways to Link the Whole Body(1) 116
Unit Thirteen Text:Meridians and Collaterals——The Pathways to Link the Whole Body(2) 125
Unit Fourteen Text:The Causes to Induce Diseases—Etiology 136
Unit Fifteen Text:Pathogenesis 147
Unit Sixteen Text:The Four Diagnostic Methods——The Methods to Observe and Diagnose Diseases 157
Unit Seventeen Text:Differentiation of Syndromes——The Precondition for Treatment 174
Unit Eighteen Text:Principles of Prevention and Treatment 187
Key to Exercises 202
A List of Common Terms of TCM 221