A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 468

"Is Miracle Doctor Sun okay?"

At night, Wu Huaiyu and Wei Shanjun slept on the same bed, talked at night while holding candles, and hated seeing each other late.The most talked about is medicine, and Sun Simiao is inevitable.

"He has just returned from traveling in Shu, and now he is practicing in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain, writing medical books and refining elixirs."

"How old is the old god?" Huaiyu was curious. Regarding Sun Simiao's age, there are many folk legends. Some people say that he was born in the seventh year of Datong in the Western Wei Dynasty, and others said that he was born in the first year of Kaihuang.

"The old genius doctor is 88 years old this year."

Wei Shanjun and Sun Simiao are both revered as the King of Medicine, and they have many contacts and close friendships. They often study medicine together, and they are very familiar with each other. Naturally, they know a lot about the old Medicine King.

According to him, Sun Simiao was born in the seventh year of Datong in the Western Wei Dynasty. He was born in Huayuan, Yongzhou. He was born with a disease and a pot of medicine.

Because of this experience, he determined to study medicine when he was young. Although he was poor in health, he was talented and intelligent. He could read more than 1000 characters at the age of seven. At that time, Zhao Guogong, one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms, paid great attention to him and was called a holy boy.When he arrived, he had made some achievements in studying medicine, and all the neighbors and people came to him for treatment when they were sick.

When Yang Jian was in power in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he summoned Sun Simiao, who was once admired by his father-in-law, to enter the court as a doctor of the son of the country, but he refused.

When today's son Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he also called Sun Simiao into the court. Seeing that he was over 80 years old, his appearance, complexion, figure, and gait were all like a boy.

"The old god now spends most of the time every year writing books in Wanggu of Zhongnan Mountain Traditional Chinese Medicine, and spends half of his time in his hometown practicing alchemy with Wangshan, an official medicine.

"The last time I saw the old god was at the Jingye Temple in Zhongnan Mountain. The old god is good friends with Daoxuan lawyer of Jingye Temple."

Sun Simiao is a Taoist priest, and people often call him Sun Zhenren, but he has a very good relationship with Daoxuan of the Luzong of Buddhism. Daoxuan is not only the founder of Luzong, but also one of the ten virtues of Wude. It is said that Daoxuan is also good at medicine.

Even in the early years, Sun Simiao and Fa Lin dated for a period of time. At that time, Fa Lin put on a Taoist robe and also acted as a Taoist priest to make friends with Taoists and learn Taoism.

For Sun Simiao, Wei Shanjun admired him very much, and even directly saluted him as a disciple.

What he admired most about Sun was that he refused to be recruited by the imperial court several times to confer titles, traveled around, visited famous doctors, searched for ancient books, and talked freely with farmers.

The patient has no money, so he does not charge for seeing a doctor and giving medicine.

These are the teachings passed down from his master Dong Cheng. Dong Cheng is a famous doctor. He never charges money for medical treatment for the poor.

Over the years, a large apricot grove grew in the surrounding area. After the apricots matured, they were not only given to the common people for free, but the surplus was picked and exchanged for money and food to help the surrounding people.

When Sun Simiao was studying medicine under Dong Cheng's school, he received these influences from his master. One day the master went out to see a doctor, and Sun Simiao stayed at home to see the doctor and dispense medicine for the villagers. Suddenly a tiger rushed out of the apricot forest and opened its bloody mouth.

The villagers fled in all directions, but the tiger came to Sun Simiao, but it didn't fall down and bite, it just stood there with its mouth wide open.

The tiger's mouth was dripping with blood. It turned out that a bamboo thorn had been stuck in its mouth. The tiger couldn't get it out by itself. It turned out to be asking for help.

Sun Simiao boldly stepped forward, took out the bamboo thorns and put the medicinal powder on them.

Later, the tiger stopped leaving and stayed in Xinglin, guarding the clinic. Sometimes when Sun Simiao went out for emergency treatment, the tiger even took the initiative to serve as Sun Simiao's mount when he passed the rugged mountain road outside Xinglin.

This is the story of the tiger guarding Xinglin in folklore.

The apricot forest in those days is now called Yaowang Mountain by the people who respect Sun Simiao.

The common people even built a Temple of the King of Medicine for Sun Simiao.

Now the apricot grove is expanding every year, and the people who have been blessed by Sun Simiao's master and apprentice often plant a few apricot trees every spring, which makes the apricot grove bigger and bigger.

The tiger from that year had long since died of old age, but his descendants were still guarding the apricot grove, and did not harm the people at all. Even with the tiger guarding it, no jackals dared to come close to harm humans or animals in that mountain.

From Sanyuan to the apricot forest, it is actually only seventy or eighty miles away.

Wei Shanjun originally planned to buy some medicinal materials in Jingyang, and then also went to the apricot forest of Yaowang Mountain.

"I heard that senior Xiaoyaozi, who has been practicing in Zhongnan for 72 years, has always been guarded by a tiger?"

"Well, a big tiger with a hanging eye and a white forehead. It has been passed down for five generations. It has been guarded for 72 years. When I went down the mountain, the tiger was still looking at Xiantai and roaring. Before Taiyi Peak collapsed, Wangxiantai also collapsed, blocking the valley below and forming a Taiyi Lake. The tiger doesn't know what happened..."

Wei Shanjun lamented that a wise man is guarded by auspicious beasts.

"It's a pity that I didn't know Zhongnan Yinxian before. It's a pity that I didn't get to see him."

Wei Shanjun, like many Tang people, did not doubt Xiaoyaozi's authenticity at all, because Wu Huaiyu was so young but so capable, but he only followed Xiaoyaozi for nine years, and achieved such achievements, so his master is naturally a good one, and not an ordinary one.

The people of Tang Dynasty are also like gods, they will take the initiative to make up for such things, and they will respect them more, so how can they doubt them.

"In fact, Lord Yi may not know that the people also respect you as the king of medicine."

"The last time I met the old genius doctor and lawyer Daoxuan at Zhongnanshan Jingye Temple, he also talked about you. He was called into the palace by His Majesty before. It was a pity that you were not in Chang'an, and he said it was a pity. Later, he went to your family's Qianjintang Pharmacy. After buying and researching many of your family's traditional Chinese medicines, he was very amazed and admired..."

Wu Huaiyu originally named his pharmacy Qianjintang, which was actually taken from Sun Simiao's Qianjin Prescription. Unexpectedly, Dr. Sun went to his pharmacy to buy his Chinese patent medicine for research.

"Miraculous doctor Sun has been collecting folk prescriptions and writing medical books for these years. After returning from Chang'an, he said that the sentence in your Qianjin Hall that human life is the most important and is more expensive than a thousand pieces of gold is very good. He plans to wait for his medical books to be compiled. It will be called Qianjin Yaofang."

Sun Simiao's Thousand Gold Prescriptions, which is still being written, mainly collects various folk prescriptions, and then adds his own clinical practice summary.

Wu Huaiyu didn't expect it to be the other way around.

"Miraculous Physician Sun really wants to meet you, and ask you face-to-face for the prescriptions of those elixir in your Qianjintang,"

"If there is a chance, I should visit the old miracle doctor face to face."

Prescriptions, especially some exclusive secret recipes, are very precious. Many doctors pass them down from generation to generation.

However, Wu Huaiyu is still willing to communicate with Sun Simiao.

To cure diseases and save lives, prescriptions alone are not enough, and the right medicines must be prescribed to the case. Chinese medicine also pays attention to compatibility, addition and subtraction, and so on.

Of course, if the prescriptions are made public, it will indeed be affected. There is no patent protection law these days, but today's Wu family mainly focuses on pharmaceuticals. Although there are also sitting doctors in pharmacies, they are mainly pharmaceuticals.

Physicians know the prescriptions, and if they prescribe the right medicine, they still need to use the Wu family's medicine. Even if they make their own medicine, it's not a big deal.

"I admire the books written by the old genius doctor. Writing medical books is indeed a matter of great benefit. In fact, I have always had a plan. I want to call together famous doctors from the Tang Dynasty, and with the support of the imperial court, I will rebuild Materia Medica."

Wei Shanjun couldn't help but sat up directly.

This is a big deal.

Materia Medica is a general term for traditional Chinese medicine.

The earliest book on Materia Medica known to people in the Tang Dynasty is said to be Shennong’s Materia Medica of the Han Dynasty. Even the author is unknown. The book has three volumes, including three categories of animals, plants, and minerals, and 360 five kinds of medicines.

Under each medicine is the basic theory of medicine, toxic and non-toxic, four properties and five flavors, compatibility rules, and dosage forms such as pills, powders, ointments, and wines. This is a summary of drug knowledge before the Han Dynasty and lays the foundation for future pharmaceutical development.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tao Hongjing sorted out and supplemented Shennong’s Herbal Classics, and compiled herbal classics into annotations, adding 360 five kinds of famous medical medicines after the Han and Wei Dynasties.Even under each medicine, not only the original taste, function and indications are supplemented, but also the place of origin, collection time and processing method are added.

However, now in the Tang Dynasty, everyone still finds that there are still many mistakes in the annotated collection of Materia Medica, and the collection is incomplete, especially with the increasingly frequent external traffic, many foreign medicines have been imported one after another, more special medicines, and spices, etc.
In the past, the collected annotations of Materia Medica urgently needed to be revised, errors were deleted, new medicines were added, and so on.

"I plan to edit this new book of Materia Medica, called Huangtang Materia Medica Compendium. At that time, each medicine will be accompanied by detailed pictures for comparison. The information of various medicines will be more complete and accurate, and some basic prescriptions will be added. In the future, medical students will have a copy of Huangtang Materia Medica Compendium, which can greatly improve the level of medicine."

A collection of thousands of medicines, ten thousand prescriptions in the appendix.

This is a big project that needs to gather the strength of famous doctors, but it is also a great thing. If it can be completed, it will naturally have great benefits.

"After the final draft is completed, I will ask the imperial court to allocate money to set up a printing factory, let people engrave and print it, and distribute it in large quantities."

"Count me in."

Wei Shanjun responded immediately.

I have only known Wu Huaiyu for a long time, but Wei Shanjun has been willing to run and contribute to several projects, from prefecture and county medicine to Huimin Pharmaceutical Bureau, to the Huangtang Materia Medica Compendium.

If someone else told him this, Wei Shanjun felt that it might be just drawing cakes, but Wu Huaiyu said this, he felt it was trustworthy, and he had also heard many stories about Wu Huaiyu. This is not only a disciple of the Taoist hermit, but also many performances after going down the mountain, which are even more trustworthy.

Small doctors treat patients, Chinese medicine treats people, and great doctors treat the country!

(End of this chapter)