Huangdi Neijing and the Origin of Ayurveda

Huangdi Neijing is an ancient medical classic, which contains China's earliest theory of medical practice, and records in detail the theory of essence and qi of human viscera, meridians and collaterals, etiology and pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment methods, and the treatment of patients varies from time to time, from place to place and from person to person. The theory of "seeing, listening and asking" also comes from this scripture, which came from Ayurveda five thousand years ago. The diagnosis and treatment methods of "smelling officials, touching officials, seeing officials, tasting officials, smelling officials and asking officials" have the same effect.

Sanskrit ā yur means "longevity" and "health". Ayurveda, or "medical Veda", was written by Tantantori, the incarnation of Krishna, a medical god, and later compiled Pitta the Vedas, discussing three kinds of energy-gaseous energy (Vāyu) for balancing human physical and mental health. A person's illness, unhealthy and bad spirit are also caused by these three kinds of energy imbalances, and these three kinds of energy also affect a person's performance modality and personality. For example, those with more gaseous energy are slim and not easy to gain weight; Most people with heat energy are of medium height, neither fat nor thin; Those who are able to keep fit are strong and easy to get fat.

The medical Vedas explain four causes of diseases-accidental, physical, spiritual and natural. The diseases caused by trauma are sporadic; Diseases caused by food or endocrine are organic; Diseases caused by ecstasy, rage, depression, panic and mania are all mental. Diseases caused by hunger, thirst, aging and sleep are natural. Therapeutic drugs vary from person to person, including plants, animals and minerals.

The first step to prevent diseases is diet, so Chapter 17 of the Bhagavad-gita states three forms of diet: "A good diet prolongs life, discharges pollutants, purifies the body, and gives people strength, well-being, happiness and satisfaction. This nutritious diet is sweet and juicy, fat and delicious; Foods that are too bitter, too sour, too salty, too spicy, too dry and too hot are good for those who have pornographic forms, which will cause troubles, pain and diseases; Cooking for more than three hours before meals is stale, stale and unclean, which is good for ignorant people (17.8- 10). "

A good diet includes milk, cheese, dairy products, sugar, rice, wheat, fruits and vegetables. The lewd diet includes red pepper, onion, garlic and so on. Stupid diet includes meat, fish, eggs and so on. Grain belongs to soil. By transforming the soil, solid energy can be obtained, and then it can be converted into heat (gas) and water (liquid), forming blood, muscles, bones and so on. As long as the three are balanced, they can be healthy; Meat is the root of health damage. The word in Sanskrit is "unclean", which points out that the real health preservation is vegetarianism, which is also the way of health preservation advocated by Ayurveda.

Of course, Ayurveda is not only about these contents, but also about topics that are not recorded in various medical books such as craniotomy and mandala healing. Some people have never seen or heard of it. In short, we will discuss them one by one.