The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine has become a landmark in the history of Chinese civilization. In recent years, traditional medical practice has seen a dynamic revival in China and throughout many countries in the Western world. Elements of this time-honored therapy, including acupuncture and the effort to create harmony of human spirit and the natural world, have become part of mainstream medical practice;The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine provides the historical and philosophical foundations of this practice. Ilza Veith provides an extensive introduction to her monumental translation of this classic work, which is written in the form of a dialogue in which the emperor seeks information from his minister Ch'I-Po on all questions of health and the art of healing. A new foreword by Linda L. Barnes places the translation in its historic contexts, underlining its significance to the Western world's understanding of Chinese medicine.

Ilza Veith (19122013) was Assistant Professor in History of Medicine at the University of Chicago from 1949 to 1963, and Professor of History of Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco from 1964 to 1979.

Linda L. Barnes is Professor of Family Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and in the Graduate Division of Religious Studies in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Boston University. She also directs the Master of Science Program in Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practice at BUSM. She is the author ofNeedles, Herbs, Gods, and Ghosts: China, Healing, and the West to 1848, and coeditor ofChinese Medicine and Healing: An Illustrated History.