Telling the Story of Chinese Medicine (Episode 1)

“Spring Rain at Dusk: Telling the Story of Chinese Medicine” is a lecture by Dr. Song Ping from the International Cooperation Department of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. It is a lecture on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which refers to medical science based on traditional medicine created by the Han people in China. It is a discipline that studies human physiology, pathology, and diagnosis of diseases and prevention.

TCM emerged in primitive society, then formed its basic medical theory during the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-475 BC) and Warring States Period (475 BC-221 BC).