Chapter 5 Drug Recognition

"Angelica, aconite, poria, licorice, atractylodes, magnolia, angelica, laurel, shengbanxia......"

In the pharmacy, Yu Ke looked at the various medicinal materials in front of him and identified them one by one.

In the records of the Yu family's family medical book "Herbal Medicine Thousand Prescriptions", there are more than 6,300 kinds of medicinal materials, of which more than 900 kinds of commonly used medicinal materials are used.

The pharmacy does not store a lot of medicinal materials, but there are more than 600 kinds of medicinal materials.

Although Yu Ke had a very good memory after crossing over, it took a lot of time just to memorize the nature, names and appearance of these more than 600 kinds of medicinal materials.

Then you have to memorize how these herbs are matched.

Which herbs can detoxify together, and which herbs will be toxic when combined.

Which herb is so strong that people who are weak can't eat it.

Which herbs are too cold and need to be boiled together with hot herbs.

I have to say that Chinese medicine is really a broad and profound science.

The medicinal properties and pharmacology of these more than 600 kinds of medicinal materials alone, Yu Ke memorized them for nearly a month, and still couldn't finish memorizing them.

Although he has a good memory and can barely remember, learning is a draining task.

Reciting for an hour a day is almost enough, and one piece of relaxation is the long-term way.

At the end of the day, I read and practice calligraphy in the morning, practice martial arts in the afternoon, learn pharmacology and medicine in the evening, and practice the method of nourishing qi for an hour before going to bed.

In addition to eating and sleeping, the day is packed and filling.

Yu Ke picked up a book from the shelf on the side, and on the cover of the book was written the five big characters 'Shennong's Materia Medica'.

This medical book is arguably the oldest work on herbology in Chinese civilization, and it records the curative effects of 365 kinds of medicines.

This book can be said to be a must-learn medical classic for all beginners in Chinese medicine, and it is very easy to understand.

It only involves prescriptions, not medical theories, and there is nothing mysterious and mysterious.

Yu Ke patiently compared the medicinal materials in front of him according to the records in the book, and at the same time picked up a cup of tea from the coffee table and drank it all in one go.

After studying for nearly half a month, I have memorized 580 of the 632 kinds of medicinal materials in front of me, including the appearance, medicinal properties, names and tastes of the medicinal materials.

The remaining 52 kinds of medicinal properties and pharmacology can be memorized in two days at most.

As a TCM practitioner, of course, you need to know what the taste of each herb is.

After all, some herbs look almost identical on the outside, and can only be distinguished by their taste.

Thanks to his unforgettable brain, Yu Ke learns medicine very quickly.

It takes at least four or five months for ordinary people to completely memorize these more than 600 kinds of medicinal materials and make no mistakes.

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On the first day of the lunar month, the cold wind blew and the sky snowed heavily. Tsumen was wrapped in a white coat overnight.

Yu Ke leaned against the door, calmly looking at the goose feather snow falling in the sky.

Huo Yuanjia, who was next door just now, poked his head out of the wall and invited Yu Ke to build a snowman together, but Yu Ke didn't agree.

The pedestrians outside the house were in a hurry, looking numb, and most of them were poor people begging for a living.

A few emaciated, poorly clothed beggars went from house to house begging for food, but almost none of them were willing to give a handout.

In these years, most of the people themselves do not have enough to eat, where can they get the surplus food to help the beggars.

What's more, people are good and are deceived by others, and you give alms once or twice, and the other party thanks you for your kindness.

But if you give too much, the other person will take it for granted.

Even if you don't give charity one day, the other party will still hold a grudge against you.

It's not about morality, it's human nature.

Yu Ke saw that the begging beggars were about to arrive at the door of the medical hall, so he closed the door.

It's just that there is a broken bowl on the ground at the door, and there are five or six fist-sized yellow-flour steamed buns in the bowl.

Two minutes after coming, when the beggars came to the door of the medical hall, they found the steamed buns on the ground at a glance, thanked them hoarsely, and kowtowed a few times.

Yu Ke looked through the crack in the door.

These beggars looked weak and yellow, as if they would be blown down by the cold wind at any moment.

There are old and young, men and women, and it seems to be a family.

Most of them were refugees from the north, and I heard that there had been no rain for several years, resulting in no food in the fields, and many people died of starvation.

A few days ago, the private school had a holiday, and Yu Ke didn't do anything in the morning for the past two days, so it was rare to be idle for a while.

Xu is due to the cold weather, the number of patients who come to seek medical treatment has also decreased a lot, and Yu Quan is also a little more relaxed.

Listening to grandfather Yu Quan, the second son of Mrs. Zhang's family, who was in the cloth business at the corner of the street, was lost.

The yamen sent two officials to investigate, probably abducted by the flowers.

When Aunt Zhang heard this, she was so angry that she fainted directly and couldn't afford to get sick.

Because of this incident, the children in the nearby streets did not dare to play on the street, and the bear child Huo Yuanjia was even banned by Huo's father.

Yu Quan didn't ask Yu Ke for anything, but just told a few words.

After all, Yu Ke's current behavior and mentality don't look like a child at all.

How can there be eight or nine-year-old children who don't play with their peers, either practicing martial arts or studying medicine all day long?

Huo Yuanjia doesn't like to look for Yu Ke now.

said that Yu Ke was too boring, and he was a dog leg for his father Horndi, and he always forced him to practice calligraphy together, and he was more lenient than his own mother.

The bear child is still young and ignorant, and he doesn't choose what to say, and he scolds four people in one sentence.

Yu Ke was not angry, so he directly beat him up and left a sentence.

"If you want to seek revenge on me, practice the words well. Then your father will teach you martial arts. ”

Although the bear child was angry after being beaten, he didn't talk to Yu Ke for several days, but he worked harder when he practiced calligraphy in the future.

After more than half a month, Yu Ke memorized the more than 600 kinds of medicinal materials and entered the next stage.

After all, the Yu family is a family of traditional Chinese medicine, and the inheritance of medical skills is very perfect.

It is roughly divided into seven parts:

The first part is to learn the knowledge of common medicinal herbs and most common diseases, and use these basic medicinal materials to treat them.

The second part is to understand the structure of the human body, including the five internal organs, human skeleton, meridians, skin surface, texture, five senses, etc. Yu Ke learned this part very quickly, and he finished it in two or three days.

The third part is to learn medical theories, including more than 10 theories such as acupuncture point theory, yin and yang theory, five elements circulation theory, and lesion theory. Yu Kexue's mind was dizzy.

It's not that these things are so difficult to learn, it's that these theories are sometimes self-justifying, and sometimes they contradict each other. Yu Ke threw the questions he encountered to his grandfather Yu Quan, but he didn't expect Yu Quan to be able to answer them very well.

The last four parts Yu Ke has not yet started to contact: they are prescription medicine, acupuncture and bone correction, cultivation of medicinal materials, and pulse consultation.

After these seven parts are completed, after Yu Quan's examination, Yu Ke will be qualified to practice medicine and cure diseases.

Yu Quan studied medicine for 25 years, and when he was nearly 35 years old, he finally became a teacher.

He practiced medicine for thirty years and almost never killed anyone.

When encountering a patient with incurable diseases, if Yu Quan is not sure, he will show that he is powerless and ask the other party to ask for another master.

Do what you can.

This is the principle he has adhered to for many years in his medical practice.