Bao Gu pioneered moxibustion and revealed the rise of female doctors in the Jin Dynasty

It can be said that this baby aunt is a great woman. She was a famous alchemist and female moxibustion expert in the Jin Dynasty. She has superb medical skills and has the same ideals and hobbies as her husband. The famous doctor Ge Hong is the one who brought me and his wife flying love. Today, what I am talking about is not the story of Ge Hong, but the legend of Bao Gu. In fact, there are many legends about Baogu. Today, I will talk about one of them.

Portrait of Bao Gu

Old man Bao Gu said that the weather was very good today and he was returning from free medical clinic. When she came to the river, she saw a girl sitting on a rock by the river, looking at the water and crying. She vaguely wanted to jump. Baogu House is the heart of the doctor's parents. I don't care if he doesn't. Besides, this happened to him too. So she started quarreling with the girl without saying anything. This expression is very kind. The tone was cordial. The girl opened her heart and there was no place for her to collapse in pain. It turned out that the girl had many dark brown growths on her face that no treatment could cure. Her originally beautiful face was ruined in this way. Everyone who met her said she was ugly and had a bad marriage. Now she has no matchmaker. She was almost an old girl. You know how shameful it was not to be able to get married then.

Looking at her face, he didn’t realize that her beautiful face was covered with tumors. She suddenly looked at it and saw that it was really ugly. But who is Baogu? She is a doctor. She had seen more than just the ugly and disgusting one. This is still child's play. Her heart sank as her father studied the girl's condition carefully. The moxibustion she is good at can cure her tumor. So he told the girl that he wanted to treat her and that her mother was a good mother. After everything that has happened, give it a try. So Bao Gu took out the red-foot moxa velvet from the medicine bag and kneaded it into moxa velvet. Smoke from the fire was used to smoke the girl's face. After several fumigations and burnings, the girl's face started to feel painful, and then itched again after the pain disappeared. Then the fat fell off her face and the girl's face recovered and she became a beautiful girl again. The girl thanks Bao Gu with a gift. As a result, Baogu got nothing from her father without me. Out of politeness, she went to get the medicine.

This is one of the legends of Baogu, but a legend is a legend. It's good to hear stories of some great people.

古法元JIU

For thousands of years, moxibustion has played a very important role in traditional Chinese medical culture. Who discovered this therapy? The person who discovered moxibustion was the wife of Ge Hong, a famous alchemist and traditional Chinese medicine doctor in the Jin Dynasty, who was also Bao Gu who invented moxibustion. She used mugwort leaves to treat patients, which had a great influence on future generations.

Bao Gu’s Medical Practice Chart

Bao Gu was born into a family of officials and has been fond of books, especially medicine, since he was a child. Later, she married Ge Hong, and the two of them rescued people in Guangdong together. As a result, Bao Gu became the first medical doctor engaged in moxibustion in the history of our country and the first female doctor recorded in history books.

Bao Gu is best at using moxibustion to treat growths. She made moxa sticks out of a substance called redfoot moxa and then fumigated the wound. Patient S's injuries will be basically healed soon. This kind of treatment can be seen in some ancient books. It is precisely because Bao Gu was the first to use moxibustion as a treatment method and has many years of medical experience that he is praised by people. Aifang is praised for her moxibustion therapy.

In fact, Bao Gu discovered this moxibustion method not only because of some previous records, but also because of her own indomitable spirit and love for medicine, which made Bao Gu dare to try some new methods and continue to do so. research. She went up the mountain to get the medicine, not afraid of hardships and dangers. In order to cure the patient's pain, she studied medicine day and night. Today, Baogu moxibustion still has a very important influence in medicine and provides a reference for modern acupuncture.

Ge Hong and Bao Gu

Ge Hong and Bao Gu are now known as the Traditional Chinese Medicine Couple Archives. During the Jin Dynasty, Ge Hong was a very famous Chinese medicine and health expert. Later, he met Bao Gu and they became husband and wife. Later, they made great achievements in traditional Chinese medicine. They have spent their lives studying medicine to save humanity.

Ge Statue

When Ge Hong was practicing medicine in Jianghu, he discovered that many folk diseases were despised by many patients because of the high cost of treatment, resulting in serious consequences. Therefore, he began clinical research and practice, especially in infectious diseases. Later Ge Hong and Bao Gu even worked together on clinical acupuncture treatment.

At that time, Ge Hong, like Bao Gu, was very keen on practicing medicine to save people.

Because of this, he later observed and recorded tuberculosis and found its cause. The husband and wife have the same ideals, so they practice medicine together. I'm afraid there are two famous medical couples in history.

It was the mutual encouragement between these two people that made them both have profound attainments in medicine. Bao Gu also taught several disciples and was the first female acupuncturist recorded in history books. She is very famous so far. Bao Gu and her husband Ge Hong were practicing medicine in Guangdong at the time and traveled all over Guangzhou. They are very famous in that area. To this day, stories about them continue to be told. It is their life-saving ideals that have led them to their current fame and achievements.