Huangdi

Huangdi

Hunagdi (circa 2600 BCE) or the Yellow Emperor, was a legendary ruler of ancient China who is credited with the invention of the principles of traditional Chinese medicine. The Huangdi Neijing (Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor), an ancient classic of internal medicine, was said to be composed by Huagndi in collaboration with his chief physician Qibo, as a series of dialogues. The Huangdi Neijing has been of central importance to Chinese medicine for over two millennia and is considered in equal regard to the works of Hippocrates and Galen in the history of medicine.