In the past, all those who opened Chinese medicine shops had to put a small lion on the counter, some were carved from jade, some were exquisite pottery products, and they contained a black bead in their mouths, with a solemn look, and there was a saying that "medicine is not good for lions and lions".
According to legend, when Shennong was collecting medicine, he got this strange beast in a deep mountain. It is transparent all around, as if it is made of crystal, with internal organs and skeletal meridians, which can be seen clearly.
What is amazing is that the lion can not only eat hundreds of herbs, but also eat hundreds of insects, and all kinds of medicinal properties can be seen from its internal organs and meridians. It turned out that Shennong could only taste hundreds of herbs, but there was no way to determine whether birds, beasts, insects, and fish could be used as medicine. Since having the lion, Shennong no longer had to worry about the medicine.
One day, Shennong walked into a high mountain and saw a black, oily, shiny insect crawling on the ground. As soon as it heard the sound, it curled up like a round black bead and rolled down the mountain. Shen Nong had never seen such a strange insect before, and he picked one up in the palm of his hand and rolled around, looking very cute. He thought, is this also medicine? Hand it to the lion. The lion smelled and smelled, and the toothed lion.
Shen Nong said, "Eat, little beast!" The lion swallowed it in his mouth, chewed it, and quickly spit it out, knowing that the poisonous juice of this insect had entered the stomach of the lion. Suddenly, it was black all over its body, foaming at the mouth, salivating continuously, its eyes were staring straight, looking at Shennong prayerfully, and tears rolled out. Shen Nong rushed to take medicine to detoxify it, and the result was useless. After a while, the lion stomped on all fours and died. Shen Nong, with tears in his eyes, sighed in pain, and said, "Lion! I hurt you, and I shouldn't have told you to eat this poisonous insect. You're my beloved baby..."
It turned out that the worm, called "rolling beads", also known as "rolling slope worms" and "thousand-legged worms", was very toxic. This insect is medicated, and can cure all kinds of swelling and malignancy with poison. Later, the Chinese medicine store provided a lion in order to give the doctor a warning: do not use drugs indiscriminately, use the wrong medicine!
Shennongjia also has a strange herb called The Nine Dragon Pan, which grows on steep cliffs. This medicine looks like a coiled dragon, with a head and a tail, and the roots are tightly related to the cliff wall, like a dragon's claw; The head gave birth to two green leaves, like dragon horns. It was only the size of a small tea tray, and the gold was slightly emerald green. The growth of this medicine has a characteristic: facing north to carry the mountain, the mountain color should be with a tile green color. The world is even rainy, it is not rotten, the sky is dry for 3 years, it does not change color. It has the effect of returning the sun to the yang and the bone fighting mortar.
However, this medicine is difficult to collect, in addition to the high mountain is difficult to climb, there are poisonous snakes guarding, people dare not come close. Poisonous snakes are composed of nine knots, the first knot escapes, losing a few knots can also grow new, known as "brittle snake", is also a rare and good medicine. Bitten by a poisonous snake, non-Kowloon disc medicine is not curable.
According to legend, when Shennong picked this medicine, he took a lot of trouble and almost lost his life. That day, Shennong came to a high rock to collect medicine and saw nine snakes like small dragons, surrounding one thing. On closer inspection, it turned out to be a herb. He was so anxious that he just couldn't do it, so what should he do? He was about to pick up a stone to fight, when nine snakes came at him in unison, all divided into several sections, like a random stick. Shen Nong was overwhelmed, and he was also bitten by a poisonous snake on his feet and hands, and the pain was unbearable. Fortunately, several apprentices came and rescued Shennong. Because Shennong had tasted hundreds of herbs and could eliminate snake venom, he only got a few pimples, put on some medicine, and slowly got better.
The Kowloon Pan could not be picked up, could not know its efficacy, the masters and apprentices refused to give up, so they discussed how to catch the snake and get the medicine. One of the apprentices was smarter, remembering that when he tasted the peppercorns that day, he numbed his tongue and said, "Let's also use the peppercorns poisonous snake." ”
Upon hearing this, Shen Nong said happily, "Makes sense." "They immediately picked peppercorns, smashed them with stones, soaked them in water, and then quietly took the peppercorns with them and sprinkled them on the nine poisonous snakes, and as soon as the poisonous snakes were stained with peppercorn water, they jumped around in a chaotic way, and the result was that they broke into countless knots, unable to move, and ma fainted. Shen Nong and his disciples took the opportunity to collect the Nine Dragon Disc, beat the poisonous snake to death, and took it down the mountain together.
Later, people said: "Eating long worm meat can not put peppercorns, as soon as you put it, you will jump around and jump around, and you can't clean it up." "It was from Shennong that time that he stayed."
