Huangdi Neijing, also known as Inner Canon of Huangdi or Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor is the most early extant theory work for Traditional Chinese medicine. The book is about finished in Warring States Period.

It is the seminal medical text of ancient China. The theoretical foundations for Chinese Medicine are systematically covered. The work is composed of two texts each of eighty one chapters or treatises in a question and answer format between the mythical Huangdi (Yellow Emperor) and his ministers.

In the Daoist tradition, which forms the foundation of the traditional Oriental healing and health-promoting arts, there are said to be Three Treasures that in effect constitute our life. These are known as jing, qi (pronounced "chee") and shen. The ultimate goal of all of the Oriental healing and health-promoting arts is to cultivate, balance and expand the Three Treasures. At the highest level of the Oriental healing arts, the practitioner is attempting to harmonize all aspects of one's being. This is accomplished by focusing one's attention on the Three Treasures.

Qi Gong is a term that describes a very complex and diverse tradition of spiritual, martial and health exercises from China. Qi Gong is a modern term that was used by the current Chinese government to catagorize over 1,500 different styles of these exercises into a meaningful context. Qi Gong was originally described in the earliest texts as Tuna, or breath exercises, and Dao Yin, or exercise postures. It was also used in Taoism as a way of attempting physical and spiritual immortality.

Dried leaves of the climbing "miracle herb" Gynostemma pentaphyllum growing in tropical Xishuangbanna of Yunnan, Southwest China. This herb is a well known ingredient of Chinese traditional medicine used for a variety of reasons that keep people in good health condition especially when getting older.

According to Xinhuanet, the International Council of Acupuncture and Related Techniques (ICMART) held its 2001 symposium in Berlin on June 14-17, to discuss the growing worldwide interest in the traditional Chinese therapy.

Over 1,000 acupuncture experts from over 40 countries attended the symposium to exchange their latest findings in acupuncture therapy and research. "Acupuncture is now an unshakable part of our medicine," ICMART President Walburg Maric said.

Tongrentang (同仁堂), a royal drug firm 330 years ago, plans to increase its total sales value to 10 billion yuan (1.2 billion US dollars) within ten years and become a multinational pharmaceutical producer. Mei Qun, general manager of the China Beijing Tongrentang Groups, made the announcement at a forum on traditional Chinese medicine, which is part of the ongoing Beijing International Hi- Tech Industries Week.

The resources of Chinese materia medica refer to the total reserves of the plant, animal and mineral resources that can be used as materia medica (including those used by minority nationalities and by folk healers). They have the following characteristics:

The Yin Yang theory holds that all phenomena consist of two opposite aspects, yin and yang, which are variously defined as: up and down, left and right, light and dark, hot and cold, stillness and movement, substance and function, etc. The movements and changes of yin and yang give impetus to the development of everything or in the words of the Suwen, "Yin and yang are the law of Heaven and Earth, the outline of everything, the parents of change, the origin of birth and destruction...."

Also called Shennong Bencao, Bencao Jing or Ben Jing, Shennong Bencao Jing (Shennong Emperor's Classic of Materia Medica) is a great classic of pharmacology. At first, it was included in Qi Lu (Seven Records) of the Liang Dynasty (502-557); there were some quotations of it in the literature of the Six Dynasties (3rd century-6th century). Shennong Bencao Jing was not a product of one person in a single period, and Shennong was only a borrowed name for it.

Zhang Zhongjing was born in Nieyang of Nan County (now Rangdong Town in Deng County , Henan Province; or another saying, Nanyang City , Henan Province) of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). It is said that he was once conferred an honorary title by the court and worked as the satrap of Changsha . Zhang Zhongjing was fond of medical science since childhood,and learned medicine from Zhang Bozu in the same county when he was young. After many years of hard learning and clinical practice,he won high prestige and became an outstanding medical scientist in China .