One day in July, while in prison, Zhou Quanlin was carefully studying "Treatise on Typhoid Fever," a masterpiece of medicine, one of the classics of ancient medicine, and a monograph expounding the laws governing the treatment of external diseases. The book is 10 volumes, written by Zhang Zhongjing of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the early 3rd century AD. Zhang Zhongjing's original work is "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", and in the process of circulation, later generations compiled and compiled the content of his external fever into "Treatise on Typhoid Fever", and the rest of the book mainly discusses the collection of miscellaneous diseases in internal medicine as "Jin Kui Yao Yao Fang Treatise".

At this time, the simple prescription of memorization could no longer satisfy Zhou Quanlin's curiosity about external diseases, and he began to study the classics of Chinese medicine hungrily, which was undoubtedly the most important way for him to put aside the so-called detour of the integration of Chinese and Western medicine and find the most critical way to approach the truth of Chinese medicine. Therefore, "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" opened Zhou Quanlin's eyes, and the summary in the ancient medical book is very exquisite. It is a summary based on a large number of clinical diagnoses at the time. Zhang Zhongjing lived in an era of constant wars, people barely made ends meet in an environment of food and clothing, and displacement abounded, so this period also provided Zhang Zhongjing with a large number of case studies, and he became a great doctor in troubled times!

One of the outstanding achievements of the Treatise on Typhoid Fever is the establishment of the dialectical system of the Six Classics. Using the four diagnoses and eight outlines, a comprehensive exposition was made in the form of articles on the pulse identification, examination, treatment, prescription, and medication rules of each stage of typhoid fever. For typhoid fever and six meridian diseases, each has its own main syndrome treatment, such as ephedra soup for "solar typhoid fever"; "Sun stroke" with cinnamon soup; Yang Ming is certified to use white tiger soup; Yang Ming Fu proves to use Chengqi soup; Shaoyang disease with small chai hu soup and so on and so forth. This paper summarizes the experience of syndrome and treatment of different stages of the disease and symptom types, and analyzes the main and secondary points clearly, which can organically integrate the principles, methods, prescriptions and medicines, and give future generations the essentials of syndrome differentiation and treatment.

Another outstanding achievement of the Treatise on Typhoid Fever is its significant contribution to the study of Chinese medicine. The book records 397 methods and 113 prescriptions, puts forward a complete principle of formulas, introduces the treatment methods of typhoid fever with sweat, vomiting, and inferiority, and specifically applies the eight methods to the formula, introducing Guizhi Soup, Ephedra Soup, Daqinglong Soup, Xiaoqinglong Soup, Baihu Soup, Ephedra Almond Gypsum Licorice Soup, Pueraria Skullcap Huanglian Soup, Da Chengqi Soup, Xiao Chengqi Soup, Stomach Regulating Chengqi Soup, Da Chai Hu Tang, Xiao Chai Hu Tang and other representative famous recipes. Most of the prescriptions recorded in the book are reliable and clinically effective, and have been repeatedly used by substitute doctors for more than 1,000 years. Because Zhang Zhongjing's prescriptions or personal formulas are proficient in drug selection, pay attention to compatibility, have clear indications, and have outstanding results, later generations are known as "the ancestor of all prescriptions" and respected as "Jing Fang".

Zhang Zhongjing summarized the medical achievements of his predecessors and his own rich practical experience, collected the culmination of medicine before the Han Dynasty, systematically expounded the syndrome differentiation and treatment of a variety of external diseases and miscellaneous diseases, and had a complete range of rationale, law and prescriptions, which had epoch-making significance and played a role in the development of traditional Chinese medicine, and made contributions to the development of traditional Chinese medicine. Moreover, the book "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" not only put forward the syndrome differentiation program and treatment methods for the diagnosis and treatment of external diseases, but also provided the norms for syndrome differentiation and treatment for various clinical departments of traditional Chinese medicine, thus laying the foundation for syndrome differentiation and treatment, which was regarded as a classic by later generations of doctors.

Zhou Quanlin's eyes were opened as he read it, and he thought that Zhang Zhongjing could achieve outstanding achievements, and he could also carry forward traditional Chinese medicine on the basis of inheriting traditional medicine. When Zhou Quanlin studied this book, he learned that Zhang Zhongjing was a medical scientist in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Born into a family of declining bureaucrats. His father, Zhang Zonghan, was an official in the court. Due to the special family conditions, he has been exposed to many Chinese medicine classics since he was a child. And Zhang Zhongjing has been fond of medicine since he was a child, and he loves books like his life. When Zhang Zhongjing was 10 years old, he had already read many famous books, especially books on medicine. Later, Zhang Zhongjing really became a famous doctor, and was called "the saint of medicine and the ancestor of prescriptions." This is mainly the result of his love for traditional Chinese medicine and his ability to "diligently seek ancient teachings and learn from others". When he was young, Zhang Zhongjing studied medicine with Zhang Bozu, a famous doctor in his hometown, and after years of hard study and clinical practice, he eventually became an outstanding medical scientist in the history of Chinese medicine. Zhou Quanlin thought about how similar this was to the path he was taking, and he must learn Zhongjing's famous book and arm himself.

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Since Zhou Quanlin studied under Cheng Dake, he has cured several cases of acute cold and fever for his fellow inmates, and his fellow inmates are accustomed to his reading medical books, and most of them not only understand him, but also support him. This made Zhou Quanlin see the light that can realize his ideals by learning Chinese medicine well.

After lunch, the cellmate Lao Fang came over and said to Zhou Quanlin, "Xiao Zhou, thanks to the prescription you prescribed for my cold last time, two doses are fine, and not only is it better, my appetite is better now than before, not only can I eat, but I am also more energetic than before, you kid really haven't read this medical book in vain!" If I have any incurable disease in the future, I will look for you, a future famous doctor, and you won't fail to show it! ”

Zhou Quanlin immediately stood up and said, "Lao Fang, if you can let me see a doctor this time, you will give me a lot of face, and you believe in me so much, so that I can find confidence." ”

"What are you talking about, I see that you Xiao Zhou is a decent person, or a responsible person, you can worship Cheng Lao Chinese Medicine as a teacher, I will be optimistic about you, study hard, you will go out in the future, find a way to be a doctor, I see that you are quite savvy in this regard." Lao Fang's words were completely sincere and grateful.

"Thank you, Teacher Fang, borrow your auspicious words, I will work hard."

"Thank you, it should be me who wants to thank me, I don't have a high fever, if it weren't for you, I would have burned over, Dr. Liu from the prison clinic was numb. I'm scared, too. ”

"Lao Fang, your cold this time is not a simple cold, I think it is because of the recent sudden high temperature weather, your body is not adapted to such a summer heat, low fever during the day, high fever at night, return to normal body temperature in the morning, repeat this for more than half a month, I didn't dare to show you at first, I looked through a lot of medical books I read, and found a little way."

"It seems that thanks to your research, you can tell me how you cured it." The old man's desire to find out was mobilized.

"Your symptom, I preliminarily judge that it is internal injury and fever." As soon as these words came out, Lao Fang was shocked.

"What internal injuries, I don't have internal injuries!" The old party is puzzled.

"The internal injury of traditional Chinese medicine has multiple meanings, let me tell you, you have been sick this time and vomited and diarrhea for half a month, you can't eat normally, you hurt your vitality, the water and qi can't be stable, and the qi and blood can't stick to the original position, causing the qi and blood to be weak and cold, I gave you the pulse on the day of the prescription, it is a number of pulses, and generally the number of pulses is strain and cold, this is already a foregone conclusion, you don't think about tea and dinner in this half a month, right?" Hearing this, Lao Fang was skeptical.

"Yes, I don't have any taste at all, I vomit when I eat it, I pull it when I just do, I run to the toilet one by one, I almost don't pull it to death, I don't have any strength at all." Lao Fang recalled the events of the past half month, his mind was full of black lines, it was really full of pain, and the feeling of wanting to die or live was the most unforgettable.

"Have you taken any medicine?" Zhou Quanlin continued to ask.

"The cold medicine, fever reducer, anti-fire medicine prescribed by Dr. Xiao Liu from the health center, by the way, there are also medicines for diarrhea. I took a lot of medicine, but it didn't have any effect, but it got worse and worse, and then I took anti-inflammatory injections and antipyretic injections, but it didn't have any effect, sometimes good and sometimes bad, I didn't have confidence, and the prison environment couldn't send me to a big hospital, after all, I had a cold, and it didn't kill anyone. "The old party has a hard time, at that time, he had the heart to die, but he was unwilling to die in this prison for this minor illness, and the grievances in his heart have not yet been complained, how can he die like this!

"I was able to prescribe a prescription for you later, and I can see that if you don't treat the symptoms properly, your old prescription will get a chronic disease, and long-term vomiting and diarrhea will be terrible."

"No, I didn't have any energy at all, I felt my heart beating very fast, and I felt uncomfortable. Zhou, you go on to talk about how you treated it later, I now have a deep understanding of how this Chinese medicine can cure diseases! ”

"I thought I had to correct your coldness, so I used cinnamon soup."

"What cinnamon soup, what does it do?"

"The cinnamon soup is warm, and in order to produce miraculous effects, I added ginseng, black plum, and raw dragon oyster."

"Sounds complicated." Listening to Zhou Quanlin's narration, Lao Fang admired the young man in front of him even more.

"Old Fang, I know this recipe very well, and I'm afraid that I can't be sure of using it like this."

"I've given my life to you, of course you have to think about it, look at your strength at the time, I'm even more relieved to let you see it."

"No, the more relieved you are, the more uneasy I am, after all, I don't have much clinical experience!"

"I was in a state of mind at the time, and I felt that as soon as you made a move, I had hope."

"This flavored cinnamon soup can be sweet and sour, and it can dissolve yin and maintain vitality, I was thinking about getting rid of the wind and cold for you immediately, so I drafted this recipe."

"I saw that you were very confident when you wrote the prescription at that time, and I thought that this doctor must be a battle-hardened old doctor."

"Lao Fang, don't hide it from you, in order to be able to come out, I have practiced with Cheng Lao many times in private!"

"By the way, the recipe from last time is still in my hand, let me take a look." This prescription for resurrection, Mr. Fang has been carrying it in his pocket, and he is reluctant to throw it away.

"You still have it."

"A life-saving prescription, I read it, you wrote neatly, different from the prescription I prescribed in the hospital before, I can't understand it. 22.5 grams of cinnamon and white peony, 16 grams of roasted grass, 10 grams of red ginseng (stewed), 30 grams of raw dragon peony powder, 30 grams of black plum, 10 large slices of fresh ginger (cut), 12 jujubes. Right! ”

"Teacher Fang, when you eat this decoction, you sweat out, and you immediately want to eat, so my heart is relieved! I'm also afraid that if I prescribe tiger and wolf medicine, I won't cure you. ”

"Xiao Zhou, how bad can it be! If you hadn't made a move, I might have given my life here. ”

"Don't say that, it's not so godly!"

"No, God, if you don't make a move, I'm here, and I may be covered up."

"Teacher Fang, I still want to thank you for letting me treat you."

"Xiao Zhou, take pity on the same disease, I am optimistic about you!"

Zhou Quanlin cured Lao Fang's illness and was full of expectations for his future medical practice.