The body is like a countercurrent boat, and the heart is stronger than iron and stone. I hope that my father will be full of children's aspirations, and I will not be afraid of difficulties until I die. - (Ming) Li Shizhen
In ancient China, because of the backward medical level, so the clever doctors are very popular, but limited by the influence of the environment of the times, so a doctor who wants to master the clever medical skills often needs to make great efforts to achieve achievements in medicine, such as hua Tuo, a divine doctor at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
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During the Ming Dynasty in China, there was a divine doctor who was no less virtuous than Hua Tuo, who spent his life writing out the medical masterpiece "Compendium of Materia Medica", which was revered by later generations as "Medicine Sage", and he was a famous medical scientist of the Ming Dynasty - Li Shizhen.
As for the story of Li Shizhen's life and how he embarked on the path of medicine and was willing to go all over the world to find various herbs, I believe many people do not know much. Today, let's walk into Li Shizhen's life and see how he became a "medicine saint" who will be admired by people in the future.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > a brief introduction to Li Shizhen's life</h1>
Li Shizhen was born in 1528 AD, which was the Ming Dynasty period in China, and Li Shizhen's father and grandfather were very famous doctors in his family, so Li Shizhen can be said to have been born in a medical family, so he naturally developed a strong interest in medicine.
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But Li Shizhen's father did not intend to let him inherit the family business, but let him embark on the road of the imperial examination, which was also inevitable, because at that time, the social status of the profession of doctor was not high, and reading and examining the examination was the trend of society, and every reader was proud of being able to pass the examination and honor his ancestors.
However, Li Shizhen did not have the idea of reading, and had no interest in obtaining a meritorious name or anything, but secretly studied medicine in private.
Later, after his father learned about it, his father did not force him again, but agreed that he would also follow him to study medicine, and gave him a lot of guidance, so that he did not take a lot of crooked roads. In this way, under the guidance of her father, Li Shizhen studied while verifying, and gradually accumulated rich clinical experience and made great progress.
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Li Shizhen, who was highly skilled in medicine, was later hired by the King of Chu to serve as a doctor in the Chu King's palace. At this time, Li Shizhen already had the idea of compiling a herbal book, and thought that it would be convenient for him to go to the Chu King's Mansion to become a doctor, so he agreed.
During his stay in the Chu King's Palace, Li Shizhen solved many difficult and complicated diseases and saved the life of the son of the King of Chu, so he was also grateful and respected by the King of Chu.
At that time, when the imperial court was selecting famous doctors throughout the country, Li Shizhen was recommended to enter the palace as a tai doctor. This greatly enriched Li Shizhen's knowledge, because in the palace, he could access many large numbers of precious medical classics, and many ordinary precious medicinal materials could also be often contacted, which made Li Shizhen greatly gain insight and also greatly helped him to compile books in the future.
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With such good conditions, Li Shizhen thought that the compilation of books was already a matter of pushing the boat, so he expressed his ideas to the emperor, but they were not adopted by the emperor.
Disheartened, Li Shizhen felt very disappointed, plus he did not have much nostalgia for life in the palace, nor did he like fame and fortune, so he resolutely resigned and returned to his hometown.
After returning home, Li Shizhen began to devote himself to the study of medicinal herbs, and traveled all over Jiangnan, spending thirty years to write a huge work "Compendium of Materia Medica" and a series of medical works, which had a profound impact on future generations. By 1593, Li Shizhen died of illness at the age of seventy-six.
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="15" > Li Shizhen's medical achievements</h1>
To say why Li Shizhen has such a brilliant medical skill, in addition to laying a solid foundation under the guidance of his father when he was a child, is also inseparable from his experience.
It is said that in order to complete the book "Compendium of Materia Medica", Li Shizhen traveled all over the world to find different herbs and personally tasted them to understand their medical effects. While li shizhen visited various places, he also treated many patients and left many legendary stories.
For example, once when Li Shizhen was on the road, he saw a group of people who were sending funerals, but the coffin he was carrying kept pouring blood out. Li Shizhen felt that something was very wrong, because it should generally be bruises rather than blood, so he hurriedly stopped the funeral crowd and wanted them to open the coffin for him to see. The mourners were certainly reluctant because it was a great disrespect to the deceased, but under the strong persuasion of Li Shizhen, they were finally willing to open the coffin and see.
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After the coffin was opened, there lay a pregnant woman inside, Li Shizhen observed for a moment, then massaged the person in the coffin, and then used acupuncture to prick a needle in his heart socket, and it did not take long for the woman to come back to life, and then successfully gave birth to the fetus in the abdomen.
The crowd was very grateful to Li Shizhen and thought that he was a living immortal, but Li Shizhen explained that this was because the woman entered a state of suspended animation when she had difficulty giving birth, and with a little guidance, she could be revived.
In this way, Li Shizhen saved the lives of a mother and son, and there are many medical deeds about him, in that era of medical backwardness, the emergence of Li Shizhen can be said to have become a heart-saving pill for many people. And Li Shizhen is not afraid of hardships, tasting all kinds of grasses in the world, and his spirit makes people sincerely admire.
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" > Li Shizhen's short story </h1>
As Li Shizhen's fame grew, many people also began to visit Li Shizhen and ask him to see a doctor for himself.
It is said that once Li Shizhen was treating everyone, there was a son of a pharmacy manager who was eating and drinking, and when he heard that Li Shizhen was coming, he ran to him and asked him if he could see if he had any illness. Li Shizhen only looked at him once, and then asked him to hurry home, saying that his life expectancy was only three hours.
Sure enough, within half an hour, the man died of a broken intestine. It turned out that the man not only ate too much, but also exercised vigorously, resulting in internal damage and death. After this incident, people were even more amazed by Li Shizhen's medical skill.
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When Li Shizhen was looking for herbs in various places, she was also helped by many locals. For example, once Li Shizhen saw a resting groom cooking a kind of herbal medicine to drink, so he went up to ask him the reason, and the groom told him that it was because he had been running around for many years, resulting in damage to the muscles and bones, and eating this herb could help dredge the bones and bones, activate the blood and relax the muscles. Li Shizhen was overjoyed to hear this, so he recorded the name of this herb.
epilogue:
There are many more such deeds, Li Shizhen also wrote the famous medical classic "Compendium of Materia Medica" after thirty years of experience, becoming a "medicine saint" respected by posterity.