CHINESE FOLK MEDICINE AND ACUPUNCTURE CONTAINS THE DISCOVERIES OF MEDICAL MEN AND LAYMEN, HANDED DOWN THROUGH THOUSANDS OF YEARS BY BOOKS AND WORD OF MOUTH. IT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED THAT IN MANY ASPECTS OF MEDICINE THE CHINESE PRE-DATED EUROPEANS BY CENTURIES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CIRCULATION OF BLOOD WAS DESRIBED IN CHINA 4,000 YEARS BEFORE EUROPEANS BECAME AWARE OF IT; THE EFECT OF EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE ON PHYSICAL HEALTH WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE WRITER OF THE OLDEST CHINESE MEDICAL WORK; IN THE SECOND CENTURY ANESTHESIA WAS USED IN SURGERY.
THIS COMPENDIUM OF CHINESE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN PREPARED BY A NOTED DOCTOR AND WRITER AND BY A WELL-KNOWN EXPERT IN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE, WHO HAVE UTILIZED THE OLDEST ORIGINAL CHINESE TEXTS. AS THE READER SIFTS THE GENUINE CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEDICAL THERAPY FROM THE PURE SUPERSTITION, HE CAN ADD TO HIS KNOWLEDGE OF REMEDIES AND PRVENTIVE CARE AND MAKE USE OF THE ACCUMULATED WISDOM OF MANY CENTURIES OF OLD CHINA. - from Amzon