Zhou Dynasty (about 1100-221 BC years)
Is divided into four periods:
* Western Zhou Dynasty 1100 BC - 771
* Eastern Zhou Dynasty 770 BC - 256 BC
* Spring and Autumn Period 770 BC - 476 BC
* Warring States Period 475 BC - 221 BC

Confucianism and Taoism
Zhou Dynasty in 1100 BC, established the Western Zhou dynasty eliminate business, although the Shang dynasty followed the ritual and the legacy system, but people began to resist the old manners and beliefs. During this period, people began to moral collapse, when the war between the feudal princes, political and social extreme instability. Two seasonal emergence of historical figures, one is the founder of Confucianism Confucius (557 BC - 479 BC), he is a social reformer and teacher, hoping to quiet the volatile political situation. And their contemporaries were I (born 590 BC) was a founder of Taoism. Bias in the philosophy of Taoism, and Confucianism are practical.
These ideas still influence Chinese culture, the practice of Chinese medicine is very important.

Court physician
When compared with the Shang Dynasty Zhou Dynasty Chinese medicine for progress, but are concentrated in the palace, and have the system. According to "Zhou Li" records in the Eastern Zhou period has been the existence of systematic health care organizations, the court required to accept different kinds of specialist physician training, such as illness medical treatment for the disease, is a modern medicine, internal medicine, ulcer medicine to treat the sore wounds, skin diseases , fractures or other trauma, food and medicine is responsible for the deployment of eating and drinking palace, equivalent to today's nutritionists. There is also a physician is responsible for animal treatment, is China's first statutory veterinary. Categorized the time medicine has begun.
Bianque
Bian Que's practice is based on four kinds of traditional Chinese medicine inspection step approach, based on observation of patients that the tongue, ears, nose, eyes, face, mouth and throat; auscultation the patient tone, coughing or other physical transaction; detail about the patient's disease process; the last Damo will be for the patient. He also believed that disease is due to the body caused by an imbalance of yin and yang. This, Bian Que was described as gynecology, pediatrics, ophthalmology, psychiatry and ENT disease Kathrine of governance.

"The Yellow Emperor"
In the Warring States period, China is divided nobility of the seven countries. At about this point, the yin-yang theory and the Five Elements theory began to be used for the cause of the disease, even been carried forward to the improvement of school textbooks, and recorded in the literature. Yin and Yang theory has been unable to determine from where and what time.
"Nei Jing" though said it was written by the emperor, in fact, by several authors after a long period drops work, it reflects the success of medicine before the Qin and Han Dynasties. By the "Plain Questions" and "Lingshu" Synthesis of two books, "Su asked," in the Spring and Autumn are not to complete, and the "Lingshu," a book on AD for 2 years, again in the Han Dynasty (206 BC to AD 25 years) changes. "Nei Jing" is the basis of the theory of Chinese medicine, the content very wide, in addition to medicine, also outlined a range of moral, philosophical and religious. The theme of infiltration, through Taoism, yin and yang theory and the five elements theory aspects.
In 1973-1974, Changsha Mawangdui tomb unearthed a number of medical literature, part of BC 168 years ago the relics, including one called "52 sick side", detailed record of the 52 diseases and 52 prescriptions, is China's earliest Chinese pharmacy references. Even so, "Nei Jing" is still one of the most extensive reference to literature, today many scholars still "Nei Jing" rich content for the inspiration.