黄帝内経
The "Huangdi Neijing" describes an incurable disease called "huaifu" 壞府 "bad palace", which commentators interpret as tuberculous. "As for a string which is cut, its sound is hoarse. As for wood which has become old, its leaves are shed. As for a disease which is in the depth [of the body], the sound it [generates] is hiccup. When a man has these three [states], this is called 'destroyed palace'. Toxic drugs do not bring a cure; short needles cannot seize [the disease]. Wang Bing's commentary explains that "fu" 府 "palace" stands for "xiong" 胸 "chest", and "huai" "destroy" implies "injure the palace and seize the disease". The "Huangdi Neijing" compiler Yang Shangshan notes, "The [disease] proposed here very much resembles tuberculosis ... Hence [the text] states: poisonous drugs bring no cure; it cannot be seized with short needles."