Liu Guanshan, after telling Xie Baoshu some things, left.

The next person to come to him was the Netherworld Daoist who was in the city today. As soon as he came in, he said that Xie Baoshu was sick and needed treatment. couldn't help but say it, and began to check his pulse, Xie Baoshu couldn't refuse if he wanted to.

A real person with excellent medical skills.

Taoist doctors treat patients through remote diagnosis, air distribution, and Taoist head surgery, chiropractic osteopathy, and other techniques.

The five techniques of Taoism have been learned through the ages: spitting, acupuncture, moxibustion, and medicine, which are simple and effective. Many modern epidemics, through a simple spitting technique, such as the need to assist with acupuncture, moxibustion can be solved, almost without medicine, medicine in the Taoist medicine five techniques are also ranked in the last program, because many symptoms are the deficiency of the standard of the disease, the deficiency is mostly spleen deficiency, the spleen is the main transport, the acquired foundation, the spleen deficiency through the drug is difficult to vaporize and absorb but hurt the spleen, so the effect is very small.

The five techniques of Taoist medicine are extremely effective, and they can be cured without treatment, and there are countless cases. It can not only dispel illness and strengthen the body, but also rejuvenate and rejuvenate, and the fastest 12 days can realize the ventilation of the week, moisten the body, and return to spring after illness, and there are countless cases.

It is easy to get rid of a thousand colds, but it is difficult to get rid of a wet. Wet and sticky, such as oil into the surface, summer is the best opportunity to dehumidify the body, through proper exercise, to help expel cold and dampness. In summer, when it is time to sweat, it causes sweat to volatilize and accumulate in the body; in winter, it burns and sweats when wearing a single coat, and the yang energy is more and more outside, and it is impossible to hide the essence.

From the point of view of Taoist medicine, all kinds of discomfort are caused by the accumulation of yang qi that cannot be declared, and then the formation of cold and dampness. In summer, everyone hides in the shade, causing the yang energy to not be declared, but to produce cold on the surface of the body, because a point of cold, often accompanied by a point of moisture, the moisture gathered in the body is not discharged, and skin edema will be formed on the body surface, or the skin will have eczema and itching.

In the joints, it will cause soreness in the limbs, diarrhea and malabsorption in the gastrointestinal tract, and over time, it will cause malnutrition and often feel heavy.

Even if you sleep for a long time, you can't sleep well, because of yang deficiency, the energy needed by the mind cannot be supplied upward, so you will have unclear thoughts and a clear mind.

Taoist cultivation is important in true cultivation and empirical evidence, and there is a step by step effect, and it is always inseparable from the human body itself. Without the human body, everything you talk about is false. The writings of the Danjing left by the ancestors of the past generations are all conclusions reached through their own physical and mental verification, and they are "the unity of reason and law".

The various cultivation methods in the life of Taoist priests are aimed at maintaining health and longevity, so these cultivation methods are naturally indissoluble with medicine, so they have also made significant contributions to the development of ancient Chinese medicine and even world medicine. In ancient society, witches and doctors were not distinguished, and sorcerers also played the role of physicians, in addition to using all kinds of witchcraft to eliminate disasters and diseases, they also used drugs to cure people's diseases, such as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" has witches such as Wu Peng and Wu Xian "all operate the medicine of immortality".

This shows that those who learn the Tao must be proficient in medicine and know how to combine medicines. This is conducive to the propaganda and promotion of religion, but we should not be attached to medicine, take medicine as a profession, or even use medicine to greed for money. This kind of immoral behavior is detrimental to Yin Gong, and it is impossible to cultivate to become an immortal

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To sum up, there are two reasons why Taoism attaches great importance to medicine:

First, Taoism attaches great importance to the art of health preservation, and health preservation first has to prolong life, the role of medicine is to cure and prevent diseases, prolong people's life, so medicine has become a necessary means of immortal cultivation.

Second, medicine can help the living people of the world, and the use of medicine to cure diseases and save people and get close to the masses is one of the best ways to expand the influence of religious propaganda. At the beginning of the establishment of early Taoism, the Taiping Dao and the Wudou Rice Dao combined missionary work with healing. Due to the epidemic of infectious diseases and plagues in the late Han Dynasty, Taoists used Chinese herbal medicine and "Fu Shui" to treat people, so that some people could be reborn.

"Xinglin" has a long history as another name in the medical field. But why is "Xinglin" just another name for the medical profession? There is also a story related to Taoism.

Taoism is the only indigenous religion in China, and it has the same roots as traditional Chinese culture such as Confucianism and traditional Chinese medicine. According to the Eastern Jin Dynasty Taoist sage Ge Hong's "Legend of the Immortals" record: "Jun lives in the mountains, treats people, does not take money and goods, makes people seriously ill and healed, so that five apricots are planted, and one light one plant, so that ten years, more than 100,000 trees, and become a forest." ”

Dong Junyi's medical skills are superb, and his skills are exquisite, and it is said that he has the art of resurrecting the dead. One of the characteristics of his medical treatment is that he never receives remuneration from the sick, but he has one requirement for those who come to him: if a serious illness is cured, five apricot trees should be planted in his garden, and one if a minor illness is cured.

Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle. There are countless patients who have been cured by Dong Junyi, there are more than 100,000 apricot trees, and the apricot trees in his garden have also gathered into a forest, known as "Dong Lin Xingxian". Every time the apricots are ripe, looking from afar, among the green leaves, there are many red apricots hanging on the branches, which is very beautiful.

Later, Dong Junyi told people that anyone who came to his apricot grove to buy apricots did not have to pay, as long as they took some grain and put it in the warehouse, they could go to the forest to get apricots. So, every year, Dong Feng filled the warehouse with the grain exchanged for apricots, and he used the grain to help countless poor people.

A few years later, Dong Jun became an immortal, but the story of "Xinglin Story" has been handed down. Later, when people praised doctors with noble medical ethics and superb medical skills, they often used words and phrases such as "apricot forest spring warmth", "reputation full of apricot forest", "apricot forest master" and so on.

"The Legend of the Immortals" also said that someone asked Dong Junyi why his face has remained the same, and he just replied indifferently: "It may be an accidental phenomenon." "Just because the people who are cultivated in Taoism are kind and vulgar, they don't cause people to be surprised. In addition, Dong Junyi does not eat much, his bones are strong, and his walking is light.

Shi Tai, the word is deserved, the name Cui Xuanzi, the Taoist priest of the Song Dynasty, studied under Zhang Boduan, a real person in Ziyang, and the Taoist respects him as "Xinglin Cuixuan Zhenren". Patriarch Shi Tai also often practiced medicine to save people, without trying to repay, imitated the previous generation of Xianzhen, and also asked the treated person to plant a branch of apricot trees, and it became a forest for a long time.

First of all, the establishment of Ge Hong's immortal Taoist theory in the Eastern Jin Dynasty made the basic doctrine of Taoism develop from the early salvation doctrine of "going to troubled times and bringing peace" to focus

Yu seeks "longevity and long-term vision" and "prolongation of life", which is of great significance in the history of the development of Taoist theory.

The completion of this transformation made immortality and feathering and ascending to immortality the basic beliefs of Taoism and the ultimate goal of cultivation. In order to achieve the goal of cultivating and living forever, we must first prolong our lives, and the "True Message" points out: The way of the husband and the student, we should first cure the disease, so that the body will not have deficiency and evil, blood and brain loss, and fluid stagnation. If you don't treat the disease first, even if you take food and practice, it will not help you.

Since the role of medicine is to cure and prevent diseases and prolong people's lifespan, mastering certain medical knowledge and skills is the basis and premise for Taoists to "help themselves" and then "help others". Therefore, to cultivate the "Immortal Dao", it is necessary to pass through the "Medical Dao".

Secondly, Taoism adheres to the requirements of religious ethics practice of "cultivating Jindan internally and cultivating morality externally", and believes that practicing medicine and medicine is a kind of "merit" and "great virtue" for the benefit of the world, and it is also a prerequisite for longevity. If virtue is not cultivated, and if you do not practice it, you will not be able to live forever. ”

From the perspective and level of Taoist doctrine, Ge Hong profoundly expounded the important significance of medicine in the practice of cultivating and saving people by becoming immortals and helping the world, and clearly put forward the proposition that those who are Taoists must also practice medical skills, which has been widely recognized by people in Taoism. Therefore, with the further development of Taoism during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, especially the successive emergence of the Shangqing School and the Lingbao School, the relationship between Taoism and medicine became closer.

With the closer relationship between Taoism and traditional medicine, since the Wei and Jin dynasties, there have been endless generations of cultivators and medical practitioners. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the more famous Taoist doctors who were listed in the "Collection of Ancient and Modern Books, Complete Records of the Medical Department, and Biography of Famous Medical Artists" include Feng Junda, Dong Feng, Mr. Negative Bureau, Ge Xiangong, Yin Shao, Cai Mo, Yin Zhongkan, Ge Hong, Xu Xun, Xu Xi, Xu Qiufu, Yang Xin, Liu Juanzi, Xu Sibo, Gu Huan, Xu Qian, Zhang Yuanyou, etc.

Chinese folk have always had the custom of worshipping the "god of medicine" and "god of medicine", which belongs to the category of folk beliefs. As we all know, Chinese folk beliefs have the distinctive characteristics of being multi-utilitarian. The most urgent utilitarian requirement between man and God is to pray for blessings and disasters, and to get rid of diseases, so the people worship all kinds of medical gods and medicine gods who can eliminate diseases.

There are many legends and notes about Taoist doctors hanging pots to help the world in the past dynasties, and many of them are legendary, which can cater to the psychological needs of the people. This makes Taoist doctors highly respected by the common people and enjoys high prestige, so that they are worshiped as the god of medicine and medicine. Among the various medical gods and medicine gods who built altars and temples to worship all over the country, in addition to famous doctors such as Bian Que and Zhang Zhongjing, there are more Taoist doctors, such as Dong Feng, Bao Gu, Sun Simiao, etc.

A large part of this is due to the fact that Taoism and Buddhism have different philosophies.

Taoism is very different from other famous religions in the world in that the purpose of Taoism is to pursue immortality and immortality, and to cultivate this life.

"But cultivate this life, not seek the next life", "immortality, attainment of the Tao and become an immortal", this is the most exciting and proud of my understanding and learning of Taoist culture

No religion in the world dares to pursue such a pursuit!

Whether it is "Buddhism", "Christianity" or other religions, the emphasis is on "cultivating the afterlife", and it has to be said that "preaching the afterlife" is indeed a major reason why most people are willing to believe.

This point makes people have a "retreatable" path, even if they are not repaired in this life, there will be recultivation in the next life, so most people can accept it and are willing to accept it. Not only that, but it was also a good thing for the rulers of the past, and when most people pinned their hopes on the afterlife, it naturally gave this life an opportunity.

However, Taoism seems to be "impersonal" at this point, only this life, there is no afterlife, which makes the cultivator cut off the way back, only in this life to practice hard, the pursuit of enlightenment in this life, to attain enlightenment, and can not relax themselves, waiting for the next life.

It is also this that has caused many people to lose the opportunity to cultivate.

Lao Tzu rode a green ox out of Guguan, and Zhuangzi lived in seclusion. Taoism has become synonymous with hermits, is this true?

Escaping from the world is only because the ideal cannot be realized, and the way to protect oneself and seek the Tao, and once the time is ripe, Taoists should actively enter the WTO and promote social progress. Taoist non-action is not passive non-action, but non-action. Taoism's individualism is also aimed at achieving happiness and is concerned with the well-being of society as a whole.

In the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu repeatedly showed his keen concern for society, and wrote the truth of the rise and fall of the country in many places, teaching how to govern large countries and how small countries should survive. For example, "Governing the country with a heart can do nothing", "Governing a big country, if you cook a small fresh", "A big state just wants to be a beast, and a small state just wants to get into the trouble".

"Small country and widow. that the vessels of Sheber may be used, and that the people may die heavy and not go away." If Lao Tzu did not pay attention to the society, but only advocated escaping the world, why did he give so many policies for governing the country? So what was the reason that Lao Tzu, who cared about the society and held the way to save the world, left the Zhou room and sent a letter to Gu Guan?

There is a way in the world, and a saint becomes a saint; there is no way in the world, and a saint is born. At this time, only the punishment is exempted. Blessing is light as a feather, and Mo knows how to carry it; - "Zhuangzi, The World" "Chu madness followed the song and passed by Confucius and said: Feng Xi Feng Xi, He De is declining! The past cannot be admonished, but the coming can still be chased. It's gone, it's gone, and today's politicians are gone!"

The story of Confucius's encounter with Chu is recorded in Zhuangzi and the Analects, which are accepted by Confucianism and Taoism. The choice of Taoism is that there is a way in the world, the saint achieves a career, there is no way in the world, and the saint preserves himself.

Here, the Taoist thought and Mencius have the same path, "If you have the will, you will add it to the people, and if you don't have the will, you will see the world in self-cultivation." If you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will be good to the world. The intersection of Mencius and Confucianism is reflected in the common classic of Confucianism and Taoism, the I Ching and the Qiangua.

"Longde and the hermit also. It is not easy to be in the world, it is not famous, it is not boring to escape from the world, it is not boring when it is not seen, it is good to do it, and it is against it when it is worried. "It's just that Confucianism is more inclined

Kill yourself to become a benevolent, and Lao Zhuang is based on self-preservation. This is a helpless situation and is not a universal code of conduct.

In the era when Zhuangzi lived, "the old man turned to the ravine, and the strong scattered in all directions", his life was not guaranteed, and how to realize his ambition, just sacrificing his life in vain, so Zhuangzi asked the messenger sent by the king of Chu to hire him as a minister, did he want to become a dead and enshrined turtle, or a mud turtle wagging his tail and alive?

"Zhuangzi Qiushui" abounds in slaughter for fame, "the former dragon is beheaded, compared to the dry section, Chang Hongxuan, Zixu is beautiful, so the sage of the four sons is inevitably killed", Lao Zhuang is against the fearless sacrifice of "Zhuangzi Xuan". Zhuangzi's self-preservation is conditional, not just individualistic at all times, let alone weak and fearful. Zhuangzi proposed that life and death are the same, and how can foreign objects and the outside world be greedy for life and afraid of death? It's just that in the Warring States period, there was no hope of realizing ideals, and it was not easy to preserve life.

"Persuade the monarch not to talk about the affairs of the marquis, one will become ten thousand ashes", life is the most precious, and you can't just become a pawn of others.

"If you take yourself as the world, if you can send the world, love to be the world, if you can trust the world" "Tao Te Ching", love yourself to love others, and then you can help the country to govern, so that the people can live a happy life, and realize Lao Tzu's social ideal of "willing to eat, beautiful clothes, live in peace, and enjoy customs".

To sum up, it can be seen that Taoists do not blindly insist on being born and do not participate in social affairs, but only need to look at opportunities and conditions.

"Inner Sage and Outer King" was first proposed by Zhuangzi and appeared in the chapter "Zhuangzi Tianxia", "The way of the inner sage and outer king is dark and unknown, depressed but not hairy, and the people of the world do what they want to do what they want." "The Tao of the Inner Sage and the Outer King is lost, but it should still be the highest goal of Taoism. The era of Qingping is a good time to actively join the WTO.

Lao Tzu said: "When the sergeant hears the Tao, he acts diligently, when the sergeant hears the Tao, if he survives, he dies; when the corporal hears the Tao, he laughs loudly, and not laughing is not enough for the Tao."

Those who are truly superior in the root apparatus will practice it and diligently seek it once they hear it; those with medium root apparatus will still have doubts in their hearts and will believe in it once they hear the Dao"; and those with inferior root apparatus will scoff at it and laugh at it once they hear the Dao. If these people don't laugh, it's not enough to be true.

Taoism divides people into three kinds of root instruments, "upper, middle and lower", if you want to have the Tao in this life, you have to make trade-offs, so the inheritance of true Taoism is often more difficult, non-fate, non-rooted, non-virtuous, it is difficult to enter the door.

As a Taoist leader at that time, Ge Hong, a Taoist scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was good at Dan Taoism and practiced medicine outside, which not only had a far-reaching impact on Taoist academics, but also learned both inside and outside, and made great achievements in many fields. He believed: "The sergeant gained the way from the three armies, the sergeant gained the way from the city, and the corporal gained the way from the mountains and forests." ”

A true sergeant should not only cultivate morality in the heart, but also cultivate the worldly feelings in the body. Not only should we achieve something in our mind and cultivation, but also be able to save the world when necessary, "be diligent in our profession and cultivate our minds", this is the criterion for a true cultivator.

The Netherworld Daoist gave Xie Baoshu a look at the disease and diagnosed a series of problems.

Xie Baoshu just waved his hand, his current health is very good, what kind of illness can he have? This Netherworld real person, how can he be so unreasonable, and he will come up and say that he is sick. In order to please him, Xie Baoshu tried his best, but there was no way.

Finally, the Netherworld Real Man smiled slightly: "I won't tease you." ”

Xie Baoshu asked, "Was it just now that you were teasing me all along?"

The Netherworld Zhenren nodded: "It's rare to see the heir of Liu Taibao, how can I not tease you." You kid, you are really bold, you actually came to the Two Realms Mountain so brightly. I'm afraid that others won't know that you are Liu Guanshan's disciple, so now it's okay, wait to be assassinated. ”

Xie Baoshu spread his hands: "No way, Liu Guanshan's heirs are so arrogant." ”

(End of chapter)