At the beginning of Hongmeng, who knows how to channel spirits? Shennong tasted seventy-two poisons, and wherever the ocher whip pointed, the plants and trees were all soldiers. The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon contains the mysteries of the four qi, and the emperor and ministers assist his envoys in performing the magic of the five elements. The silk books in Mawangdui contain strange prescriptions for malaria, and the Dunhuang scrolls record the life-sustaining fairy grass. Our ancestors left us this treasure of traditional Chinese medicine, let it tell its own story...
