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History of medicine history of medicine china the chinese system of medicine is of great antiquity and is independent of any recorded external influences according to tradition huangdi the yellow emperor one of the legendary founders of chinese civilization wrote the canon of internal medicine called the huangdi neijing yellow emperors inner classic in the 3rd millennium . Traditional chinese medicine tcm system of medicine at least 23 centuries old that aims to prevent or heal disease by maintaining or restoring yinyang balance china has one of the worlds oldest medical systems acupuncture and chinese herbal remedies date back at least 2200 years although the earliest known written record of chinese medicine is the huangdi neijing the yellow emperor . 7 anatomy physiology and pathology in the new medicine 8 deficiencies in the credibility of the new medicine 9 the alternative model the view from illness 10 radical healing life as a form of disease 11 between antiquity and the modern age 12 two medical authors of the ming and qing dynasties part ii modern and contemporary times 13. This one medicine exulted the president of the chinese medical association in 1952 will possess a basis in modern natural sciences will have absorbed the ancient and the new the