[Methods for clinical study of Nei Jing]

Nei Jing or Canon of Medicine established the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine, and lay the foundation for the development of clinical traditional Chinese medicine. The author holds that the researchers should study the Canon of Medicine according to clinical practice so as to find its new and valid academic values. At present, the approaches to clinical study of Canon of Medicine include case research, large sample retrospective verification, epidemiological survey and the exploration of case reports in ancient times and so on.