On March 29, 682 AD, the famous medicine king of the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao, died, Sun Simiao was born in Western Wei at that time, that is, in 541 or 581, this is not available, he died in 682, this can also be confirmed, it was on February 15 of the first year of Yongchun, his age is different now, to say 101 years old, some think that he lived to 120 131 years old, and some said that he lived to 165 168, anyway, he lived long, how old he lived, it is not clear now
When he was young, the society was turbulent, he was born in a mountain village rich in medicinal herbs on the Taibai Mountain, he was not in good health when he was a child, so he was determined to study medicine, often went into the mountains to collect medicines, made various herbs by himself, and sometimes he personally ate it, observed the efficacy of medicinal use, was personally verified, his medical skills were indeed improving, many new treatments were discovered, and there were many discoveries to break through in academia.
Sun Simiao is a famous pharmacist and health scientist in mainland history, a master of the combination of health preservation and medicine in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and a famous birthday star in Chinese history. This added more mystery to his medical skills and health regimens, so much so that he was revered as a "real person" in Taoism and a "medicine king" in Chinese medicine circles. Sun Simiao, a native of Jingzhaohuayuan (present-day Sunjiayuan, Yao County, Shaanxi), was intelligent and studious since childhood, and claimed that he was "cold-hearted when he was a child, repeatedly built medical doors, and used up all his family property." At the age of 18, he decided to study medicine, "quite aware and enlightened, and benefited many people from those who have illnesses in China and abroad", and at the age of 20, he was proficient in the teachings of hundreds of schools of thought, good at speaking and good at Buddhist scriptures. In the Yaowang Temple of Li Guizuo Village, Shanyang District, he wrote a book for 26 years, of which "A Thousand Gold Essentials" was compiled here. The Yaowang Temple left the remains of Sun Simiao's planted thousand-headed cypress and the Soul Monument.
Sun Simiao loved medicine, was indifferent to fame and fortune, and refused to enter the dynasty to become an official, but practiced medicine while collecting medicine. He has visited Taibai Mountain and Jinan Mountain in Shaanxi, Taihang Mountain in Shanxi, Songshan Mountain in Henan, and Emei Mountain in Sichuan. Extensive collection of knowledge of unilateral, prescription and drug use, in the field of pharmaceutical research, left a valuable wealth for future generations, so people respectfully called him "medicine king".
He was the first person in the world to invent catheterization, when there was a patient with a retention disease, because it was very painful to urinate, he was also very anxious, just watching the children next to him playing with the onion tube of the green onion, he was inspired to try this method, then with his efforts, the patient gradually solved the problem of urination and returned to normal. There is also a well-known thing, that is, he encountered a funeral on the way to practice medicine in Chang'an, and found that blood was dripping from the coffin, he went to ask, people told him that it was a pregnant woman with difficult birth, one corpse and two lives, Sun Simiao felt abnormal, after negotiating with his family to open the coffin, Sun Simiao took out needles to acupuncture, but did not expect that the mother actually woke up, and the child was born successfully. His noble medical ethics set an example for future generations and are still remembered today.