The middle-aged man sighed: "So? ”

Zuo Shaoyang listened to him and couldn't help but rejoice: "Yes!" Not only ephedra soup should be taken like this, but all the antidotes for external diseases, such as ephedra soup, kudzu root soup, etc., must be taken three times in half a day! It's not okay, then prescribe medicine and then take it according to this prescription, or this way, and the time can be shortened again, take it once in most of the hour or even half an hour, and add porridge after taking the medicine. Until you sweat, don't take it again if you sweat. ”

After Zuo Shaoyang's explanation, the middle-aged man suddenly realized, and said with a thumbs up: "This little brother, I understand as soon as you say this, hey, I have lived for half my life, and I have drunk countless antidote soups, some of which are good and some are not very good, presumably because of improper medication." After hearing what you say, I will take the medicine according to your method in the future, thank you so much! ”

"As it should be!" Zuo Shaoyang handed him the medicine bag, "Pay attention to avoid eating during the period of taking the medicine, and don't eat foods that are not easy to digest and foods that stimulate the surname, such as raw and cold, sticky and slippery, big fish and meat." ”

"Why?"

"If the food is cold, it will hurt Wei Yang, and the food that stimulates the surname will hurt the stomach, and if you eat food that is not easy to digest, the human body can only separate a part of the righteous qi from the body surface to help digest these things, which will affect the power of the righteous qi to fight against the wind evil, and thus affect the solution. It's like if a country is fighting against foreign aggression, and you don't treat the people well, if the people rebel, you can only send troops to quell the chaos, and the result will affect the fight against foreign enemies. That's what it means. ”

"Haha, little brother, this metaphor is a real image, I understand, thank you, - how much is it in total?"

"Eight cents."

"Oh!" The middle-aged man took out the money bag, took out a string of copper coins (ten cents for a string) and put it on the table: "Oh, give it to you, the more will be rewarded to you." ”

"Thank you, big brother."

"Yes, you explained to me so patiently, so I understood a lot of truths, I should thank you. If you have any headaches and brain fever in the future, I'll come to you to see. ”

"Okay, big brother, let's go!"

Zuo Shaoyang sent the middle-aged man to the door, waved goodbye, and then turned back.

Zuo Gui said: "Zhong'er, the big set you just explained sounds like that, where did you learn it?" ”

"Hehe, read books, didn't you let me read more books?"

"Reading a book?" Zuo Gui looked at him suspiciously, "You didn't bother to turn a page of medical books when you were forced to force you before, when did you change your surname?" ”

Liang heard Zuo Gui's words praising his son in the house, and he came out with joy and said: "Our Zhong'er is very obedient, but you usually force him too hard, but he doesn't learn, in fact, he secretly reads books." ”

"It's a good thing to read, you don't have to carry me." Zuo Gui Haosheng looked at his son, "Where did you say that 'sweat does not get tired of early', and what kind of 'half a three serving' antidote decoction dosage do you come from?" ”

"Neijing and Treatise on Typhoid Fever."

"Neijing? "Treatise on Typhoid Fever"? Zuo Gui was even more surprised, "We don't have these two books at home, your father and I haven't read them, where did you read them?" ”

Before the Tang Dynasty, the study of medicine was a master and apprentice, there was no special medical school, and the study of medicine generally started directly from the clinic, from the symptoms to the prescription, in addition to the famous doctors, the general doctors, many of them were empiricists, that is, for what symptoms, what medicine to prescribe, as for why it was prescribed like this, what is the cause and pathogenesis, the theory, law, prescription, and medicine only involve the last two, and the first two are rarely involved. The main reason for this is that before the Tang Dynasty, due to the limitations of printing and papermaking, it was impossible to popularize the large-scale printing of medical books, so many doctors who practiced medicine all their lives did not even read monographs such as "Treatise on Typhoid Fever", and they all learned clinical experience directly from their masters.

This Zuo Gui is a little better, he used to study private school for a few years, studied medicine with his father's master, and also went directly to the clinic, but fortunately, his father had a few hand-copied medical prescription books, which were given to him on his deathbed. He used it to teach his son again, but his son Zuo Zhong didn't like to read, and he didn't even read the few medical books. Zuo Gui's own learning is limited to this, and he has not read "Neijing" and "Treatise on Typhoid Fever"

"Neijing" is also "Huangdi Neijing", and "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" and so on are called the four classics of traditional Chinese medicine, "Neijing" was written in the Warring States Period, although it is a classic, but the main role is to lay the theoretical foundation of Chinese medicine, is a masterpiece of Chinese medicine theory, but because it records only thirteen prescriptions, in a clinical sense, the effect is not large, so the general general doctor is not interested in it, the people who copy it are relatively few, and it is not widely circulated at that time.

"Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases" was written in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no printing technology during the Warring States Period, and there was no papermaking technology, Cai Lun invented papermaking in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it was far from popularizing, especially printing technology has not yet been realized, the spread of the book still relies on hand-copying, the number is very small, and the scope is also very small, and the two books did not appear as famous as they are now, and there are not many people who appreciate them, so there are not many people who copy and popularize them.

"Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases" was lost for decades after it was written, and Wang Shuhe of the Jin Dynasty, as a imperial physician, used his authority to make great efforts in the country, and only collected the part about typhoid fever and compiled it into "Treatise on Typhoid Fever", but the miscellaneous part could not be found. It was not until the Song Dynasty that a Hanlin scholar found it from the piles of bamboo slips that were riddled with holes by insects, and after some efforts, compiled into the "Jin Kui Yaolu", that is, the miscellaneous part of the "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases". One book becomes two.

Before the Tang Dynasty, because printing was not invented, so excellent medical books in addition to the imperial court doctors and other senior doctors, folk ordinary doctors are rarely seen, until the early years of the Tang Dynasty, there was a block printing, and movable type printing, it was in the Song Renzong era that appeared. Therefore, the popularization of medical books really began in the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Zuo Gui naturally did not read the "Treatise on Typhoid Fever", but many famous prescriptions on the "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" have been circulated among the people in the form of various manuscripts, because they are all excerpts, many are limited to the excerpts of the above prescriptions, and the discussion on the prescriptions is not fully recorded, so many doctors only know what diseases and what prescriptions are used, as for why they use it in this way, they do not understand.

Zuo Shaoyang has studied the history of traditional Chinese medicine, so he also understands why Zuo Gui is so surprised, and some regrets that his mouth is fast, his eyes rolled, and he casually made up a lie: "A few months ago, I saw it from an old bell doctor, when he was almost hungry and fainted, I gave him a few wild vegetable buns. When he finished eating, he said that he had a relationship with me, and he took out a dirty book and showed it to me, saying that he would let me read it for a day, but I was not allowed to copy it, so I read it, and I couldn't understand a lot, so I ...... and memorized the Fa. ”

Zuo Gui's eyes lit up, and he said urgently: "Really? So where is Dr. Ling? ”

"Gone, I don't know where I'm going."

"What about the medical book?"

"Took it, and he only let me see it for one day. I was still thinking about going home, so I returned him after dark and came back. ”

"You! Do you still remember any recipes? ”

"I can't remember, he only let me watch it for half a day, how can I remember so much."

"Think again!"

"I can't remember!"

Zuo Gui stomped his feet and said, "You stupid! There's no dumber person in the world than you! This is the opportunity God gave you, if you really want to memorize that book, or if you want to come over, you can become a well-known miracle doctor in the world! Alas! You only watched most of it, and you want to go home when it's dark, and if you don't look at it, it's really ......, and it's really rotten wood that can't be carved! ”

It is no wonder that Zuo Gui is so angry, you must know that most of the ancient doctors kept most of the other party's books secret but did not pass them on, and Sun Simiao, the medicine king of the Tang Dynasty, easily did not show the phenomenon of Zhang Zhongjing's various typhoid treatise manuscripts hidden by folk doctors, Zeng Yangtian sighed: "The secret Zhongjing of the Jiangnan masters should not be passed on!" This shows that it was difficult to obtain medical books in the early Tang Dynasty. What's more, it is a medical treasure book like Zhang Zhongjing's treatise on typhoid fever.

Seeing that Zuo Gui was so anxious that his white beard was shaking, Liang sighed and stomped his feet, and hurriedly came over to persuade: "Master, the child is still young, and it is already very good to remember so much just by looking at most of it......"

"You know a!" Zuo Gui beat his chest and said to Zuo Shaoyang in a hurry: "Do you know how much a recipe can be sold for?" Back then, your grandfather, that is, your master, used a ploughing cow in order to buy a prescription for diarrhea from a doctor! What a ploughing cow! ――If it's a good recipe to save your life, you can't buy it no matter how much money you spend! There must be a lot of good recipes for this book that Doctor Ling asked you to read! You don't memorize these prescriptions, but you memorize these useless methods of taking medicine, it's really a tyrannical thing! ”