��Chapter 1 ANCIENT CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE .1
1.1 ANCIENT CHINESE PHILOSOPHY.1
1.2 A BRIEF HISTORY OF TCM .3
1.3 TOP 10 FAMOUS CHINESE DOCTORS IN HISTORY .5
Chapter 2 PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS OF TCM.16
2.1 CONCEPT OF OVERALL BALANCE.16
2.2 YIN-YANG AND QI-XUE .19
2.3 FIVE ELEMENTS THEORY .28
2.4 CAUSES OF DISEASES: THE SIX EXTERNAL AGENTS AND SEVEN INTERNAL EMOTIONS.32
Chapter 3 DIAGNOSIS OF TCM.38
3.1 FOUR PILLARS OF TCM DIAGNOSIS.38
3.2 INSPECTION (OBSERVATION) .44
3.3 LISTENING AND SMELL .49
3.4 TAKE A HISTORY .55
3.5 TAKE THE PULSE .60
Chapter 4 EIGHT PRINCIPLES.65
4.1 YIN AND YANG SYNDROME .66
4.2 INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SYNDROME.70
4.3 COLD AND HEAT SYNDROME .73
4.4 DEFICIENCY AND EXCESS SYNDROME.78
Chapter 5 CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE.85
5.1 WARMING HERB .85
5.2 COOLING HERB .95
Chapter 6 TCM AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY.108
6.1 TECHNIQUES OF SYSTEMS BIOLOGY.108
6.2 S YSTEMS BIOLOGY IN THE RESEARCH OF TCM COMPONENTS.112
6.3 SYSTEMS BIOLOGY TECHNOLOGIES IN PHARMACOLOGICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES OF TCM.114
6.4 SYSTEMS BIOLOGY IN THE IDENTIFICATION, CULTIVATION, AND GENETIC BREEDING OF CHINESE MEDICINAL MATERIALS.118
6.5 ��SYNDROMES�� AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY .120
6.6 CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK .123
6.7 TCM AND BIG DATA .123