| Preface | |
| A Note on the Translation | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Pronunciation Guide | |
| The Universal Truth | p. 1 |
| The Art of Life Through the Four Seasons | p. 5 |
| The Union of Heaven and Human Beings | p. 8 |
| The Truth from the Golden Chamber | p. 13 |
| The Manifestation of Yin and Yang from the Macrocosm to the Microcosm | p. 17 |
| The Interplay of Yin and Yang | p. 27 |
| Further Discourse on Yin and Yang | p. 30 |
| The Sacred Teachings | p. 34 |
| The Energetic Cycles of the Universe and Their Effects on Human Beings | p. 36 |
| Dysfunction of the Five Zang Viscera | p. 42 |
| Further Discourse on the Five Zang Viscera | p. 46 |
| Methods of Treatment | p. 48 |
| Treatment of the Mind and the Body | p. 50 |
| The Art of Medicine | p. 53 |
| Doctrines of the Jade Tablet | p. 56 |
| Diagnostic Importance and Discussion of the Collapse of the Meridians | p. 58 |
| The Methods of Pulse Examination | p. 62 |
| Pulse Analysis | p. 71 |
| Seasonal Variations and Abnormalities in Pulses | p. 76 |
| Determining Life and Death | p. 83 |
| Meridian Pathology and Corresponding Pulse Signs | p. 87 |
| Seasonal Organ Pathology | p. 90 |
| Paradigm of the Five Elemental Phases | p. 95 |
| Channel Constituents and Acupuncture Techniques | p. 98 |
| The Preservation of Health | p. 100 |
| Acupuncture in Accordance with Cosmic Cycles | p. 103 |
| Pathogens | p. 106 |
| The Nature of Excess and Deficiency | p. 110 |
| Discourse on the Taiyin and Yangming Channels | p. 115 |
| Disorders of the Yangming Channel | p. 118 |
| Discussion of Febrile Disease | p. 120 |
| Acupuncture in the Treatment of Febrile Disease | p. 124 |
| A Discourse on Wen Bing | p. 128 |
| Imbalances | p. 131 |
| Malaria-like Illnesses | p. 134 |
| Acupuncture in the Treatment of Malaria | p. 140 |
| Pathologic Disorders of Heat and Cold | p. 143 |
| Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Cough | p. 145 |
| Differentiation of Pain | p. 147 |
| Conditions of the Abdomen | p. 151 |
| Acupuncture in the Treatment of Back Pain | p. 154 |
| The Pathology of Wind | p. 157 |
| The Bi Syndrome | p. 160 |
| Wei Conditions | p. 163 |
| Jue Conditions: The Separation of Yin and Yang | p. 166 |
| Normal and Abnormal Courses of Illness | p. 170 |
| Unusual Illness | p. 173 |
| Extraordinary Illness | p. 176 |
| Channel Pathology in Accordance with the Energy Almanac | p. 180 |
| Rudiments of Acupuncture | p. 184 |
| Needling Depth in Acupuncture | p. 186 |
| Contraindications in Acupuncture | p. 187 |
| Principles of Tonification and Sedation in Acupuncture | p. 190 |
| The Art of Acupuncture | p. 192 |
| Acupuncture Techniques | p. 195 |
| Dermatomes of the Channels | p. 198 |
| Channels and Collaterals | p. 200 |
| Acupuncture Points | p. 201 |
| Pathways of the Channels | p. 205 |
| Acupoints along Skeletal Indentations | p. 208 |
| Acupuncture Treatment in Water and Febrile Diseases | p. 211 |
| Regulation of the Channels | p. 215 |
| Acupuncturing the Superficial Luo | p. 223 |
| Acupuncture According to the Seasons | p. 228 |
| Biao and Ben and the Transmission of Disease | p. 231 |
| Energy Almanac | p. 235 |
| The Five-Phase Circuits | p. 241 |
| The Six Atmospheric Influences | p. 245 |
| Effects of the Five Elemental Phases and the Six Atmospheric Influences | p. 248 |
| Rules of Phase Energetics | p. 259 |
| The Six Macrocosmic Influences | p. 266 |
| Acupuncture in Epidemiology | p. 273 |
| Etiology of Disease | p. 277 |
| Essentials of Disease and Therapy | p. 280 |
| The Yellow Emperor on Pathology | p. 287 |
| The Importance of Correct Diagnosis | p. 289 |
| The Five Failings of Physicians | p. 292 |
| The Four Lapses of Physicians | p. 294 |
| The Three Yin and Three Yang Channels in the Human Body | p. 295 |
| Growth and Decline of Energy | p. 299 |
| Subtle Reasoning | p. 301 |
| Bibliography | p. 303 |
| About the Translator | p. 305 |
| Index | p. 307 |
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