After splitting into two groups, Sun Simiao then drew lots to decide which of the two groups would play first, which was also done for the sake of fairness. Whoever comes first and who comes after all depends on luck.

Write down the words "odd" and "even" respectively, fold them up and put them in a sealed box, and then let Sun Simiao catch them personally, if you draw a note with "odd" written on it, the odd number of contestants will play first, and vice versa.

"We invite our medicine king predecessor Sun Simiao to come and draw lots to see which group will start the game first." The host said with a smile.

Sun Simiao was also very cooperative, because he was very supportive of the medical competition, he walked on stage and reached out to grab a note in the box, and then opened it on the spot to show the people at the scene.

I saw that the word "even" was written on the piece of paper that I pulled out. The host immediately smiled and announced: "It seems that luck is in the even number group today, so we will invite all the contestants with even numbers on the wooden cards to appear." ”

Because this competition is more public welfare, friendship first, competition second, so although the even group is the first to get the qualification to start the competition, but the odd group of players is not lost, after all, it is just a matter of time, just to be familiar with the process and rules of the whole game.

There are two sides to everything, as long as they can get the final result, then it doesn't really matter to them before and after.

"The first item of the competition is to examine the basic level of doctors, which is to identify Chinese herbal medicines." The moderator said.

Identifying Chinese herbal medicines is the most basic requirement for Chinese medicine, if you, as a Chinese medicine practitioner, can't even recognize the medicinal materials and are not familiar with the medicinal properties, then how can you prescribe the right medicine for your patients?

This item is nothing at all for people with solid basic skills, as long as it is not a particularly rare medicinal material, I believe they can identify it.

As soon as the host's voice fell, someone specially took the tray with the medicinal materials and brought it to the stage.

At the same time, someone specially issued pens and paper to each contestant, so that they could write the name and medicinal properties of the tray of Chinese medicinal materials on the paper, and then put them away uniformly by Sun Simiao and representatives of several medicinal material supplier families, Sun Simiao is called the king of medicine, which is naturally an expert level, and several other representatives are also dealing with medicinal materials all year round, so they are also very familiar with the names and medicinal properties of medicinal materials, and it is undoubtedly fair and just for them to be judges.

Of course, since it is a competition, there must be corresponding rules, and the winner of this group is naturally the one with the shortest time and the most complete answer. Each person will be graded based on their answers.

Identifying medicinal materials is the basic skill of a doctor, but it is not so easy for ordinary people to identify different medicinal materials. So when the medicinal herbs in the tray were displayed in front of everyone, everyone immediately began to speculate and talk about it.

"This first herb looks like ginseng, don't you think it looks like a sun-dried radish?" A man on the lookout said.

Wang Dazhui himself is not familiar with medicinal materials, but he can recognize ginseng, but although many people can recognize the first type as ginseng at a glance, it is only half-understood.

After all, the medicinal value of ginseng will vary according to different origins and different years, so as a doctor, you must be accurately familiar with the detailed medicinal properties of medicinal materials.

"Brother Sledgehammer, you are so smart, I don't know how much you know about these medicinal herbs?" Wang Dazhui's third sister asked curiously.

The third sister followed Sun Simiao to help for a while, but she was very interested in studying medicine.

Just when Wang Dazhui didn't know how to answer, the system in his mind introduced the details of ginseng in detail. Wang Dazhui told his third sister according to what the system said.

Ginseng is known as the "king of herbs", also known as yellow ginseng, goblin, sacred grass, sea belly, human leaf, is a perennial herbaceous plant, likes shade and coolness, when the temperature is high, its leaves will be burned, and the leaves are less likely to store water. It usually blooms in 3 years, bears fruit in 5-6 years, blooms in May-June, and fruits in June-September. ”

"I didn't think you really knew?" Listening to Wang Dazhu's words, the third sister worshiped and was pleasantly surprised.

Since the third sister likes it, Wang Dazhui naturally doesn't mind saying more to let her know in more detail: "Ginseng generally grows in the depths of some mountains and dense forests hundreds of meters high in the north, such as the Changbai Mountain generation in the northeast, and Goryeo and other places adjacent to it.

Ginseng is a perennial root herb, the main root of ginseng is 30-60 cm high, thick, fleshy, yellowish-white, cylindrical or spindle-shaped, slightly branched underneath; The rhizome (reed head) is short and erect.

Ginseng stems erect, cylindrical, unbranched; The annual plant has only one leaf at the top of the stem, and the leaf has three leaflets, which is commonly known as "three flowers"; The biennial stem still has only one leaf, but has 5 leaflets, which is called "slap"; The three-year-old has two pairs of compound leaves with 5 leaflets, which are called "Erjiazi"; The four-year-old is increased to 3 whorls compound leaves, which are called "lampstands"; The five-year-old is increased to 4 whorling compound leaves, which are called "four leaves"; The six-year-old has 5 whorls of compound leaves on the top of the stem, which is called "five leaves".

ginseng compound leaves palmate, with 3-5 leaflets, the middle 3 nearly equal in size, with small petioles; The leaflets are elliptic or slightly obovate, 4-15 cm long, 2-6.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base wedge-shaped, margins finely serrate, a few bristles scattered on the upper veins, glabrous below, the lowest pair of leaflets very small, without petioles.

Ginseng blooms in summer, umbel inflorescence in a single apical leaf cluster, the total peduncle is up to 30 cm, each inflorescence has more than 4-40 flowers, and the small peduncle is about 0.5 cm long. bracts small, strip-lanceolate; calyx bell-shaped, healed with ovary, lobes 5, green; petals 5, ovate, entire, pale yellowish-green; stamens 5, filaments short; Pistil 1, ovary inferior, 2-chambered, columella 2, upper separated, lower confluent.

The ginseng berries are oblate, bright red when ripe, and contain two semicircular seeds inside.

"Shennong's Materia Medica" mentions the medicinal essence of ginseng: ginseng, sweet and slightly cold, the main tonic of the five organs, calm the spirit, fix the soul, stop the horror, remove evil spirits, clear the eyes, happy and intellectual. Wear for a long time, light and prolong. ”

Just when Wang Dazhui and his third sister explained ginseng, the contestants on the competition field also began to bow their heads and answer questions.

"Brother, what is the second medicinal herb?" The third sister was excited, and she listened with relish.

Wang patiently told his third sister according to the prompts of the system: "The second medicinal material is called Ganoderma lucidum, according to ancient records, ginseng can be divided into six kinds of Ganoderma lucidum, such as Qingzhi, Ganoderma lucidum, Huangzhi, Baizhi, black Zhi, and Zizhi. ”

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