Chinese traditional medicine is long in the natural history

which focuses on herbal medicine

but has less discussion on acupuncture. On the basis of exploring the body knowledge in

Huangdi Neijing

(

The Yellow Emperor

'

s Inner Canon

) from the perspective of the natural history

especially through the investigation of the evolution of acupoint knowledge

the route of the natural history of body in

Huangdi Neijing

have been detected in the aspects of observation

record

nomination and classification. In

Huangdi Neijing

the natural history of body is characterized by the object annotation

the interaction between the nature and things

and the practicability. Launching the natural history of body is of great significance to understanding the generation of classical body knowledge and constructing acupuncture theory.