<P> By the 18th century CE, Sanskrit medical wisdom still dominated . Muslim rulers built large hospitals in 1595 in Hyderabad, and in Delhi in 1719, and numerous commentaries on ancient texts were written . </P> <P> China also developed a large body of traditional medicine . Much of the philosophy of traditional Chinese medicine derived from empirical observations of disease and illness by Taoist physicians and reflects the classical Chinese belief that individual human experiences express causative principles effective in the environment at all scales . These causative principles, whether material, essential, or mystical, correlate as the expression of the natural order of the universe . </P> <P> The foundational text of Chinese medicine is the Huangdi neijing, (or Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon), written 5th century to 3rd century BCE . Near the end of the 2nd century CE, during the Han dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing, wrote a Treatise on Cold Damage, which contains the earliest known reference to the Neijing Suwen . The Jin Dynasty practitioner and advocate of acupuncture and moxibustion, Huangfu Mi (215--282), also quotes the Yellow Emperor in his Jiayi jing, c. 265 . During the Tang Dynasty, the Suwen was expanded and revised, and is now the best extant representation of the foundational roots of traditional Chinese medicine . Traditional Chinese Medicine that is based on the use of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage and other forms of therapy has been practiced in China for thousands of years . </P> <P> In the 18th century, during the Qing dynasty, there was a proliferation of popular books as well as more advanced encyclopedias on traditional medicine . Jesuit missionaries introduced Western science and medicine to the royal court, the Chinese physicians ignored them . </P>

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