Linna Ernst-Cheng, Praxis für Chinesische Medizin

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Dynasties & Kingdoms	Important People/ Texts/Events
New Stone Age 8000-2100 BC	Bian stone needles
	Shen Nong Forefather of chinese herbal medicine
	Huang Di Founder of chinese medicine
Xia Dynasty 2100-1600 BC
Shang Dynasty 1600 - 1100 BC	Jia Ku Wen writings on animals bones & shells on diseases
Zhou Dynasty 1100 - 221 BC	Metal needles replaced Bian stones
	Bian Que First legendary medical doctor Originated chinese medicine 4 diagnosis technique Nan Jing (Classic of Difficulties), Book on pulse and 5-shu transport points
	Lao-Tze 604-521BC /Confucius 551-479BC Socrates and Buddha lived at same period
	Qin Shi Huang,first chinese Emperor, built Great Wall
Qin Dynasty 221 - 207 BC
Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD	Huang Di Nei Jing (Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor), Book that laid foundation for TCM
	Hua Tuo First surgeon in the world Founded anesthesia
	Zhang Zhong Jing Most famous chinese herbal doctor Ge Hong - after small pox Sun Si Miao - after Ethicist Wang Wei Yi - after model Ye Tian Shi - after disease
Three Kingdoms 220-280 AD
Western Jin Dynasty 265 - 316	Ge Hong Renowned Daoist alchemist and physician World's earliest recorded writing on smallpox Zhouhou Beijifang (Emergency Prescriptions), book on treatments of contagious diseases
	Huang Pu Mi Zhen JiuJiayijing (ABC of Acupuncture and Moxibustion), the first acupuncture book
Eastern Jin Dynasty 317 - 420
Northern & Southern Dynasties 420 - 581	Tao Hongjing Shennong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong Classic of the Materia Medica) based on Shen Nong's findings
Sui Dynasty 581 - 618
Tang Dynasty 618 - 907	Influence of Buddhism
	Sun Si-Miao Herbal King/Daoist alchemist/Ethicist Bei Ji Qian Jin Zao Fang (Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies), the first medical encyclopedia in China was comprised of 30 volumes and 5,300 prescriptions.
	1st organized medical school, 200 years before medical school in Europe
Five Dynasties 907-960
Song Dynasty 960 - 1279	Wang Wei Yi Casted full-size bronze acupuncture model Tong Ren Shu Xue Zhern Jiu Tu Jing (Illustrated Manual of the Bronze Man showing Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Liao Dynasty 916 - 1125
Jin Dynasty 1115 - 1234	Liu Yuan-Su School of Cooling
	Zhang Cong-Zheng School of Attack and Purge
	Li Dong-Yuan School of nourishing earth
Yuan Dynasty 1271 - 1368	Zhu Dan-Xi School of nourishing yin
Ming Dynasty 1368 - 1644
Qing Dynasty 1368 - 1644	Ye Tian-Shi Famous for his thesis on febrile disease Wenre Lun (Treatise on Epidemic Fevers), book on febrile theories, influencing TCM practice today
Republic of China 1912 - present
People's Rep. of China 1949 - present