Abstract:

China is one of the four great ancient civilizations in the world. The ancient Chinese not only have built the brilliant culture, but also developed the great ancient plowing cooking culture. Begin with Emperor Yandi (Shen Nong), who is the first ancestor of the chinese nation, introduced the growth of grains, edible plants and medicine to the people by tasting hundreds of weeds, invented the farming culture which is the source of the chinese civilization. It is known to all that planting crops for food should be depend on cooking methods. So based on thousands of ancient ancestor's researches and practices, a great book Huangdi Neijing(Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor) was created on Yellow Emperor's honor. The main part of this book is about how to keep and control our health firstly by foods, secondly by herbs, then by the Chinese filiform needle. So this book is not only a classic literature for food science, but also a great book for modern food immunology research and dietetics.

Key words: inner canon of yellow emperor, cooking culture, food science, health