Chapter 521: Imperial Physician Wang Donkey
The two ancestors of "Qi Huang" refer to the emperor and Qi Bo, and according to legend, these two are the authors of the medical classic "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing". Tongjun refers to the old man Tongjun, an ancient pharmacist and a courtier of the Yellow Emperor, who collected medicine from Tongjun Mountain, and was known for being good at materia medica and was respected as the originator of traditional Chinese medicine.
The medical saint refers to Zhang Zhongjing, a native of Xiangyang County (now Nanyang, Henan) in the late Han Dynasty, who wrote "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases". "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases" is equivalent to a clinical operation manual, and the symptoms and manifestations of what are encountered are summarized in which prescription to treat. The prescription in the book is later called "Jing Fang", the prescription of classic experience. If you want to become a clinical master of traditional Chinese medicine, you can not read the Yellow Emperor's Neijing, but you must be familiar with the treatise on typhoid fever. The Yellow Emperor's internal meridian belongs to the internal strength of the heart, so the typhoid theory is a practical skill, so it is not an exaggeration for Zhang Zhongjing to be called a medical saint.
There are many sages of traditional Chinese medicine in the past dynasties, such as Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, Li Shizhen, the holy medicine, etc.
During the Zhenguan period, he was strongly recommended by a highly respected old imperial doctor, and one of his outer disciples, Wang Pu, was able to enter the palace. However, this imperial physician has been in the palace for twenty years, and no one has ever approached him for half a step, except for treating some minor ailments of headaches and brain fever for some lowly palace maids and eunuchs. It's not that this imperial physician is not skilled, but his origin is quite laughable, because he is rumored to be a veterinarian.
In the early years, the old imperial doctor went home to guard filial piety due to mourning, and this etiquette was also called "Ding Wei" in ancient times.
According to the traditional Confucian concept of filial piety, if the parents of the court officials died during the reign of the imperial court officials, no matter what official position the person had, from the day of learning of the funeral, he must resign and return to his ancestral hometown, and keep the system for his parents for 27 months.
During the mourning period, there was an endless stream of people who came to visit and study, and the old lady doctor had nothing to do, so she selected a few good seedlings and taught some medical classics to pass the time.
One day in midsummer, a woman from the village was carried to the door of the imperial physician's house and asked for help. The doctor stepped forward to diagnose and treat her, only to see the village woman's eyes turned up, her limbs twitched, her mouth foamed, and the signs seemed to be poisoned, but the doctor cut the wrist vein, foot vein, and vein successively, although she was inclined to poison in her heart, she didn't know what kind of poison it was, and she didn't know where to start for a while.
At this moment, a poor scholar squeezed in from outside the crowd, this person was wearing a homespun robe, covered in dust, as if he had gone through a long journey. To the doctor's surprise, this man was carrying a wooden box, and it was clear that he was a doctor. The poor scholar crowded to the front of the crowd, stared at the woman for a few moments, and then put the medicine box on the ground as a stool, flickering his sleeves to relieve the heat.
The imperial doctor made another diagnosis, but still did not come up with a single one, and at this moment, he suddenly saw the poor scholar smiling contemptuously, carrying the medicine box and about to go back.
"This offspring!" The Imperial Physician stopped the visitor, "May I ask if you have a diagnosis?" ”
There was a burst of discussion in the crowd, and no one expected that a veritable imperial doctor would actually ask a poor scholar for advice.
"Dare to ask the old gentleman, why does this woman vomit so much!" The poor scholar was also surprised by the imperial doctor's humble attitude, so he stopped and regained his humble and polite appearance.
"Su Wen: Treatise on Lifting Pain" says: The cold is in the stomach and intestines, and the convulsions come up, so the pain is also vomiting." The imperial doctor replied, "But from the old man's point of view, this woman does not seem to be poisoned, but is depressed by fire, and she vomits!" ”
"Taught!" The poor scholar was shocked again, and his attitude was a little more respectful, "Doctor Tai, you have lived in the palace for a long time, and you don't know much about some rural village diseases, this woman is really caused by an unclean diet and diseases and insects entering the stomach and intestines!" ”
"Oh!" The imperial doctor was stunned for a moment, then called the husband of the village woman to whisper a few words, and only after getting the other party's permission did he cover it with a curtain, stretched out his hand and touched the woman's stomach for a moment, and then suddenly realized.
The reason why the imperial physician did not diagnose the illness was because he had stayed in the palace for too long, and it was impossible for the royal diet to be unclean, coupled with the fact that men and women were not intimate, the imperial physician cherished his reputation and did not dare to touch the woman's body for a while.
"Someone!" The imperial doctor summoned the side and brought a pen and paper to write down the prescription, "This is a laxative, after drinking it, it will be diarrhea, and when the insects in the body are eliminated, it will be good to recuperate for half a day!" ”
The onlookers did not withdraw, but waited to see if the imperial doctor's methods were clever. In a few moments, the medicine was decocted and brought over, and the woman drank it and was pulled aside. After about half an hour, the woman's husband came to him, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the doctor, saying that the woman had indeed discharged some long worms, and was now awake.
After persuading the villagers to retire, the imperial physician personally let the poor scholar into the study, served good tea, and respected him as a guest. After some conversation, the imperial doctor was secretly shocked, although the behavior of this poor sour scholar was a little vulgar, but he treasured the medical classics of all dynasties, and even made great achievements in some medical cases, and this poor sour scholar was Wang Pu.
Wang Pu is a visiting Langzhong, and I heard that there is a doctor here who is mourning at home, and he knows that what he has learned is specially come to the door to seek advice from some folk loose parties.
"Doctor Wang, I want to ask, this insect is so long, it must not be a day in the body, but how did this kind of thing get into the body by mistake?"
"Doctor Tai, Xiaosheng doesn't dare to bear the word 'ask for advice'!" Wang Pu also admired the attitude of the imperial doctor who was not ashamed to ask, "The kid has traveled all over the place, and has seen a few cases in some remote places, and the source is very simple, some are misdirected with unclean water, and some are disrespectful to the stove at home, and as for where it came from, I have to visit it in detail to know!" ”
When the imperial physician heard this, he became interested and took Wang Pu to the farmer's house. It turned out that this house was a tofu seller, with three earthen houses to the north and a tofu workshop to the west. Wang Pu walked around the small courtyard for a while, and then his eyes fell on the tofu workshop. There is a stove in the tofu workshop, and the bean dregs are being boiled at the moment, and next to it is a stone mill, next to which dinner is placed.
"Have you always put your dinner on this stone grinder?" Wang Pu asked.
"Yes, sometimes I forget to eat when I'm busy, but now it's summer, and I'm not afraid, but in winter, sometimes I have to heat it up several times!"
"There's something wrong with this donkey?" The imperial doctor saw Wang Pu circling the stone mill a few times, and his eyes glanced at the thin donkey, so he couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, I just saw the forage that this donkey eats, and there is a lot of bean dregs mixed in the middle, so it stands to reason that this donkey should not be so thin!" Wang Pu nodded, "In my opinion, this donkey also has parasites in its body, and this meal is often left not far away, so it infects the woman!" ”
After Wang Pu finished speaking, he wrote a prescription and took out some scattered silver for the man of the family to grab the medicine.
"Is there really a worm in that donkey?" He asked.
"That's right!" Ning Kongqing nodded, "Actually, it is roundworms, a few decades ago, this disease was still very common, after being infected, there will be different degrees of fever, cough, loss of appetite or hunger, paroxysmal pain around the umbilicus, malnutrition, insomnia, teeth grinding and other symptoms, and sometimes it can cause serious complications!" ”
"So what does this have to do with the ghost doctor?" Xing Tian asked curiously.
"Do you know what the Imperial Doctor's hometown is called? Wang Jiaji, Wang Pu cured a woman is nothing to talk about, but cured a donkey under a dose has become a strange story, passed around, Wang Pu's real name no one knows, but he got a nickname of 'Wang Donkey', and was even jokingly called a veterinarian by some peers! ”
"Veterinarian? Then he can still enter the palace and become a doctor? Makihara asked in surprise.
The system of the ancient court was very strict, and the selection of personal personnel such as the Imperial Doctor and the Imperial Forest Army was even more difficult to pick one, and there could not be a trace of sloppiness and carelessness, not only to have good ability, but also to declare well, so as not to tarnish the royal reputation.
"That old lady doctor once followed Taizong to fight in the south and the north, and he is the most trusted person! The power struggle in the Tang Dynasty court was fierce, and the people were unpredictable, Taizong did not trust the people around him very much, and secondly, he was grateful for the merits of the imperial doctor and wanted to give comfort, so he summoned Wang Pu into the palace unusually! Ning Kongqing said, "But that's all, after Wang Pu entered the palace, he was reduced to an idle position, and he was the leader of the shift all year round, and then the martial arts queen sat on the ninety-five, Wang Pu was almost forgotten in the pharmacy, but then something happened, which also completely changed Wang Pu's life!" "I want to talk to more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~