Chinese civilization is – we know – of very ancient origin and can lay claim to an ancient therapeutic tradition. Paternity of Chinese medicine is attributed to the Emperor Cen-Nong, who lived in the 27th century BC and taught the Chinese how to use herbs, compiling the first Pen-t ’-sao (“origin of herbs”) , namely the first treatise on medicine in the world.
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