Today, we are honored to introduce you to a great master of Chinese medicine, the first master of traditional Chinese medicine, Mr. Zhou Zhongying. His life is full of love and dedication to the cause of Chinese medicine, and his philosophy and spiritual outlook are admirable.
Let's step into the world of Mr. Chow Chung Ying and appreciate his legendary life.
Mr. Chow Chung Ying, born in 1926, died in 2022 at the age of 96. He devoted his life to the cause of traditional Chinese medicine, saving lives and helping the wounded with medical skills, and warming the world with benevolence.
He is one of the famous doctors in Jiangsu and one of the first masters of traditional Chinese medicine, and is known as the "Taishan Beidou of Chinese medicine".
Zhou Zhongying's family was originally a fifth-generation medical family settled in Ningbo, Zhejiang, and only moved to Nantong, Jiangsu Province, where the war was less affected by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. His great-grandfather opened the "Songjutang" pharmacy here, and he settled here to practice medicine.
After the death of his great-grandfather and great-grandmother, the family slowly declined, and his grandfather did not run the pharmacy well, which led to the closure of the pharmacy.
When his father's family had reached the point of poverty, his father had to go to work at the "Da Desheng" pharmacy opened by his cousin, and only had time to study medicine at night, until he got married, and finally left the pharmacy to practice medicine on his own, inheriting the family medical career.
Zhou Zhongying's father also opened a charity called "Jisheng Association" during his medical practice, and often gave medicine to patients.
By the time Zhou Zhongying was born, although his father Zhou Xiaozhai was only 29 years old, he was already a well-known Chinese medicine doctor in the township. Zhou Zhongying has watched her father treat diseases and save people since she was a child, and she is full of desire to learn Xi Chinese medicine.
Chow Chung Ying is a firm believer in the profundity and charm of Chinese medicine. He once said: "Chinese medicine is a great science, which can help people understand life, understand diseases, and solve health problems." ”
It is this belief that has made him always insist on continuous exploration and innovation in clinical practice in his long career, and he has been working in this industry for more than 80 years, while his younger brother who studied Chinese medicine with him changed his career halfway, and his brother also studied Western medicine, only he insisted on his ideals and never thought of changing.
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was a large-scale epidemic of smallpox in Nantong, Jiangsu, and Zhou Zhongying thought of connecting modern knowledge and traditional Chinese medicine, adding tea treatment, tea can improve the patient's hypoxic state, strengthen the heart and stimulate breathing, and enhance the treatment effect after flexible treatment.
In 1946, Zhou Zhongying followed his father to participate in the rescue of cholera in his hometown, and accumulated a lot of experience, which made him feel the importance of practice and know that what he accumulated through practice is the most valuable.
In 1949, Zhou Zhongying officially listed himself as a doctor in Matang. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he participated in the advanced course of Western medicine, and he realized that the theoretical knowledge of Western medicine is also of great help to Chinese medicine, and he must know how to use the West for Chinese medicine, which undoubtedly made his medical level reach a new height.
Later, he was admitted to Jiangsu School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and before he graduated, he was transferred to the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine to assist the old Chinese medicine doctor in undertaking clinical and teaching work.
He set up a TCM ward with reference to the Western medicine model, a three-level ward round system, and because of his outstanding work, he was promoted to attending physician and lecturer two years later.
In 1963, Zhou Zhongying compiled lecture notes on internal medicine of traditional Chinese medicine, and also edited and participated in the compilation of many textbooks and teaching references such as "Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine" and "Internal Medicine of Traditional Chinese Medicine".
It is worth mentioning that Zhou Zhongying has lived to the age of 96. This is not only because of his superb medical skills, but also because he pays attention to health care and is good at regulating his mentality.
He pays attention to dietary conditioning, emphasizing moderation and not overeating, he pays attention to exercise, believing that appropriate exercise can enhance physical fitness, and he pays attention to mental balance, believing that an optimistic and cheerful attitude is the key to maintaining health. It is these correct health concepts that have kept him healthy and energetic throughout his long journey of life.
Looking back on Mr. Zhou Zhongying's life, he is an outstanding master of traditional Chinese medicine and an admirable master of traditional Chinese medicine. His life not only set an example for us, but also injected new vitality into the development of Chinese medicine.