Allusions to Zhang Zhongjing

Zhang Zhongjing was well-known in medicine. He also treated his fellow doctors humbly and took no time to learn from other doctors.

In the past, some doctors only passed down their medical skills to their own children and grandchildren, and generally did not pass them on to others. At that time, there was a famous doctor in Nanyang named Shen Huai, who was over seventy years old and had no children. He felt melancholy all day long, unable to eat or sleep, and gradually became sick with worry.

The local doctors all shrank when they came to treat Shen Huai. No one can take good care of the old gentleman's illness. It's getting heavier. After Zhang Zhongjing found out, he rushed to Shen Huai's house.

Zhang Zhongjing examined the patient's condition and diagnosed it as a disease caused by worry. He immediately prescribed a prescription, using one pound each of grains and flour to make pills, coated with cinnabar on the outside, and asked the patient to take them in one meal.

When Shen Huai found out, he felt funny! He ordered his family to hang pills made from whole grains and flour under the eaves, and he would point to the pills and ridicule Zhang Zhongjing when he met everyone.

When relatives came to see him, he smiled and said: "Look! This is the prescription Zhang Zhongjing gave me. Who has ever seen that whole grains can cure diseases? A joke! A joke!"

When a friend came to see him, he smiled and said: "Look! This is the prescription Zhang Zhongjing gave me. Who can eat five kilograms of noodles in one meal? How funny! Funny!"

The doctor who was traveling with him came. When he looked at him, he smiled and said: "Look! This is the medicine Zhang Zhongjing gave me. I have been treating patients for decades, but I have never heard of it. Hee hee! Hee hee!" It's ridiculous that he only thinks about this. , all worries and worries were forgotten, and the illness was cured unconsciously.

At this time, Zhang Zhongjing came to visit him and said, "Congratulations, sir, on your recovery! The student is brave." When Shen Huai heard this, he suddenly understood, admiring and feeling ashamed at the same time. Zhang Zhongjing then said: "Sir, we are doctors just to benefit the people and cure diseases and prolong life. I have no children, so aren't we young people your children? Why worry about having no heirs?"

After hearing this, Shen Huai felt that it made sense and was very moved in his heart. From then on, he taught all his medical skills to Zhang Zhongjing and other young doctors. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man in Nanyang who did many bad things. People hated him and were eager to find an opportunity to vent their anger.

This year, Futai’s daughter became ill. For several months, she went to famous doctors but could not cure her illness. On this day, Futai sent his family to invite Zhang Zhongjing to see his daughter. At that time, typhoid fever was on the march. Zhang Zhongjing went out early in the morning and came back late every day to treat people in the countryside. Only his son was at home. They invited Zhang Zhongjing's son.

Zhang Zhongjing’s son studied medicine with him all year round and was also a well-known doctor. He came to the government office and inquired about the young lady's condition. Mrs. Futai burst into tears without opening her mouth: "Oh! She is sallow and thin, doesn't eat and drink, and keeps vomiting!" As he said this, he asked his daughter to check her pulse. .

At that time, young doctors were not allowed to see women when they were treating them. So I had to pull out a red thread from the curtain, tie one end to the young lady's middle finger, and let Zhang Zhongjing's son hold the other end, and put it to his ear to listen. He listened carefully for a long time and felt funny in his heart: Haha! How can no one recognize this disease?

It turns out that Futai’s daughter is pregnant! But he didn't know that the "patient" was still a girl who had not left the government, so he said loudly to the front desk: "Congratulations, sir! The lady is not ill, she has a happy pulse! You are going to be a grandfather soon!"

When Futai heard this, he was so angry that he trembled all over and howled: "You bastard! It's all nonsense, get him out of here!" His family members swarmed him, beat him up and drove him out of the house.

In the evening, Zhang Zhongjing came back and listened. He was very angry. He asked his son: "Are you serious?"

The son said: "It is true that she is pregnant. She is already six months old." , seven months!”

Zhang Zhongjing pondered for a moment and said, “This man has done all the bad things, let’s take it out on him tomorrow!”

The next day, Zhang Zhongjing shouted. I went to the government office with my neighbors and gifts, just in time to catch up with all the gentlemen and celebrities in the city discussing matters there. Zhang Zhongjing bowed to the manor and said, "I hope you will forgive me for the unscrupulous son who has no understanding of medical knowledge and speaks rude words! Today, firstly, I apologize, and secondly, I will personally diagnose your daughter's pulse and treat her illness!"

< p>When the mansion heard this, she was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "You bitch is just a little bitchy, Mr. He Lao is so proud of you!" He was about to hold a banquet in honor of her.

Zhang Zhongjing said: "It is more important to diagnose your daughter first." The receptionist hurriedly asked the servants to invite his daughter out.

Zhang Zhongjing had already understood the look of that woman.

An used his right thumbnail to pick out a little medicine, hid it in his wide sleeve, then sat upright and felt the young lady's pulse.

Zhang Zhongjing felt his pulse and found that the woman was six or seven months pregnant! He said to the patient: "Open your mouth and look at the tongue coating!" As soon as the lady opened her mouth, he flicked the little finger of his right hand and put the medicine into the lady's mouth. He also called for boiling water, and the lady drank it. Zhang Zhongjing then said to the palace with a smile: "The medicine will cure the disease. Send your wife to the ear room for observation. She will be fine soon."

The palace was very grateful and gave a banquet to entertain her. He had just picked up the wine to toast Zhang Zhongjing when a young lady's moans came from the side of the room. The manor was surprised, and Zhang Zhongjing said, "This is the time when the medicine is working. Don't worry, your wife will be cured in no time!"

< p> Before he finished speaking, the sound of a baby crying came from the ear room. Futai and his wife were suddenly stunned, their faces turned red with embarrassment, and they wished they could crawl into the cracks in the ground. The gentlemen and celebrities also looked at each other in surprise, whispering to each other and laughing secretly.

Zhang Zhongjing stood up after taking the case, laughed loudly, pointed at the mansion and said: "Now the truth is out. You keep saying you are polite, just and shameless, but what you are doing is male thieves and female prostitutes!" After hearing this, the mansion and his wife fainted with anger. past. Zhang Zhongjing vented his anger for the people and returned happily. Zhang Zhongjing was an official in Changsha. When he retired back to his hometown, it happened to be that winter, the wind was biting and snowflakes were flying. On the bank of Baihe River, Zhang Zhongjing saw many homeless people with sallow faces and thin muscles, and no clothes to cover their bodies. Their ears were rotten due to the cold, and he felt very uncomfortable.

After returning home, many people came to seek medical treatment because Zhang Zhongjing's reputation had already become famous all over the world. Zhang Zhongjing responded to all requests and was busy all day long. Although many people came to seek medical treatment, Zhang Zhongjing still missed those whose ears were rotten by the cold.

After research, he developed a dietary prescription that can keep out the cold, called "Quhan Jiaoer Decoction".

He asked his apprentice to build a shed in an open space in Dongguan, Nanyang, set up a big pot, and gave medicine to cure diseases for the poor. The day he opened the business was the winter solstice, and the medicine he gave was "Quhan Jiao Er" Soup".

Quhan Jiao Er Soup is actually boiling mutton and some anti-cold medicine in a pot. After it is cooked, take it out and chop it into pieces, wrap it in dough to look like ears, and then put it in the pot. Use the original soup to cook the dough wrapped with fillings.

After the dough is wrapped, it looks like an ear, and because the function is to prevent the ears from freezing, Zhang Zhongjing named it "Jiao Er".

Zhang Zhongjing asked his apprentice to give each poor person a bowl of soup and two "Jiao Er". After the people ate the "Jiao Er" and drank the soup, their whole bodies became warm, their ears felt hot, and there was no one left. My ears were frostbitten.

When Zhang Zhongjing was working in Changsha, he often treated the people and was very popular among the people. After retirement, the people of Changsha send representatives to visit their hometown every year.

As the saying goes, it is difficult for a doctor to cure his own disease. Zhang Zhongjing is also a human being, not a god.

One year, Zhang Zhongjing fell ill, and he knew that the lamp oil of life was about to burn out.

People who came to visit him from Changsha said that there was a place with good Feng Shui in Changsha and they wanted Zhang Zhongjing to settle there in a hundred years. However, the people from Nanyang stopped and the two sides started to quarrel.

Zhang Zhongjing said: "After eating Changsha water, I will never forget the love between my parents in Changsha; when I was born in Nanyang, I will never forget the kindness of my hometown. After I die, you will carry my coffin from Nanyang to Changsha. Wherever the spiritual rope breaks, just bury me there.”

In the winter of that year, Zhang Zhongjing drove to the west. The day he died happened to be the winter solstice.

When the funeral procession came to the place where Zhang Zhongjing left the "Qu Han Jiao Er Soup" for everyone, the coffin rope suddenly broke.

In accordance with Zhang Zhongjing’s instructions, everyone dug the tomb, lowered the coffin, and filled the grave on the spot. The people from the two places carried their burdens and carried them in an endless stream. They built Zhang Zhongjing's tomb very big and built a temple for him in front of the tomb. This is now the Shrine of the Holy Medicine.

Zhang Zhongjing passed away on the Winter Solstice, and he gave everyone the "Quhan Jiao Er Soup" on the Winter Solstice. In order to commemorate him, everyone will make dumplings on the Winter Solstice from now on. People say that if you eat dumplings on the Winter Solstice, your ears will not freeze in winter.

Few people eat "Quhan Jiao Er Soup", but over the years, the custom of eating dumplings on the Winter Solstice has been passed down.

And the types and shapes of dumplings have also been greatly improved. Dumplings are found wherever there are Chinese people. Dumplings have also become a representative food for family reunions, but Zhang Zhongjing’s name is rarely mentioned. When Zhang Zhongjing was the governor of Changsha, an epidemic was prevalent, and many poor people came to seek medical treatment. He was contrary to the lordly style of feudal officials. He always welcomed those who came to seek medical treatment warmly, diagnosed and treated them attentively, and never refused. At first, he treated people in the back hall or in his own home after handling official duties. Later, as more and more people came to treat patients, he was overwhelmed, so he simply moved the clinic to the lobby of Changsha and sat in public for consultation. , setting a precedent for a famous doctor to sit in the lobby. His move has been passed down as a legend through the ages.

Later, in order to commemorate Zhang Zhongjing, people called doctors who sat in pharmacies to treat diseases as "sitting doctors". These doctors also named the pharmacies they opened "XX Tang Pharmacy", which is how the name "Tang" of traditional Chinese medicine shops came from.