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"Hello students."

"Hello teacher."

"Please sit down."

third period.

Jiang Ning obviously relaxed a lot.

Looking at the students, Jiang Ning said: "Today we will talk about a doctor in this class, Li Shizhen."

"I believe everyone has looked up some information and knows who Li Shizhen is. Li Shizhen was a doctor in the Ming Dynasty. He only passed the examination as a scholar, but never passed the imperial examination, let alone a Jinshi. Therefore, he has never been an official. He is just an ordinary person. A small common man. In other words, he is better than ordinary common people. But for thousands of years of history, a doctor like this will not be paid attention to by too many historians. "

Not just this world.

The same is true in previous lives.

There is not much introduction to Li Shizhen in the history books of previous lives.

If it weren't for Li Shizhen's masterpiece, no one would know who Li Shizhen is.

"But even so, Li Shizhen still exudes his brilliance just like Xu Xiake. We have to start from the beginning..."

"Li Shizhen was born in Hubei. His grandfather was a herbalist, and his father Li Yanwen was a famous doctor at the time. However, although he was a famous doctor, his status as a doctor was not high compared to being an official. So at the beginning, Li Yanwen did not want Li Shizhen to learn The doctor wanted him to get fame. Because Li Shizhen was very good at reading when he was young, he passed the examination as a scholar when he was 14 years old. But Li Shizhen was not very interested in fame. After he failed the exam three times in a row, he gave up. Confucian medicine.”

"Because of the teachings of his father, a famous doctor, and Li Shizhen's extraordinary talent in medicine, Li Shizhen's medical skills were already very superb when he was in his 20s. In the 30th year of Emperor Shizong's Jiajing reign in the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen was 33 years old this year. King Zhu Houkun of Fushun Suffering from a serious illness, a series of famous doctors failed to cure him. Someone recommended Li Shizhen, and Li Shizhen quickly cured the illness of Fushun King Zhu Houkun. At this point, Li Shizhen became famous, and later he was invited to the palace by the King of Chu to take charge of it. The affairs of a good medical office. Later, he was recommended to work in Taiyuan Hospital. Three years later, he was recommended to Beijing again to serve as an imperial physician."

The above-mentioned experiences of Li Shizhen are recorded in history books.

Because I served as an imperial doctor, I have some introductions.

This is also the initial impression many people have of Li Shizhen after consulting the information.

However, this is only mentioned in the historical data.

behind.

Then there is no more.

No, it doesn't mean that Li Shizhen is gone.

But the history books do not record Li Shizhen's subsequent deeds.

Perhaps for historians, if they don't work for the royal family or serve as officials, there won't be much worth recording.

But for Jiang Ning.

In fact, some of Li Shizhen's previous deeds are not worth recording.

……

Then, Jiang Ning continued: "At the age of 40, Li Shizhen quit his job as an imperial physician. He returned to his hometown to found Dongbi Hall and practiced medicine. One day, Li Shizhen came to Hukou and saw a group of people carrying a coffin for a funeral. And the coffin was bleeding straight out. Li Shizhen stepped forward and saw that the blood flowing out was not congestion but fresh blood, so he quickly stopped the crowd and asked the coffin bearers to stop. After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in disbelief. Li Shizhen saw it. After everyone's hard work and repeated persuasion, the owner finally agreed to open the coffin. First, they gave him a massage, and then put an needle in his heart. After a while, the woman inside the coffin snorted softly. Soon after, , this woman gave birth to a son successfully, but it turned out that this woman was in suspended animation due to dystocia.”

"Another day, after a big meal, the son of a drugstore owner jumped over the counter and asked Li Shizhen to check his pulse. Li Shizhen told him, little brother, you won't live for three hours, please go home quickly. No one believed it. The son of the drugstore owner even cursed loudly. Sure enough, within three hours, the man died. It turned out that the man had eaten too much, jumped up, and his intestines were broken and his internal organs were damaged."

"The above two stories are just proof of Li Shizhen's medical skills. This is nothing, because in history, there are many introductions to some miraculous medical skills. There are even many more miraculous than Li Shizhen. But Li Shizhen Unlike other doctors, the difference here is that the comparison is not about the level of medical skills. In addition to his superb medical skills, Li Shizhen is also very concerned about herbal medicine.

At that time, some people said that there was a kind of medicine in the north called Datura flower. After eating it, it would make people dance and even cause anesthesia in severe cases.Li Shizhen left her hometown and came to the north in search of Datura flowers.Finally, I discovered a Datura flower with a single stem that reaches four to five feet tall, leaves like eggplant leaves, and flowers like morning glory. It blooms early and closes at night. In order to understand the properties of Datura flower, I tried it myself and took note of it. "It is advisable to take this first to treat sores and moxibustion fire, then you will not feel the pain."It has been confirmed that soybeans alone cannot have a detoxifying effect. If combined with licorice, it will have good effects. "

Speaking of it.

Everyone finally had a new impression of Li Shizhen.

If Jiang Ning only said that Li Shizhen was a famous doctor, or a doctor with great medical skills, I guess everyone wouldn't catch a cold.

but.

When Jiang Ning mentioned that Li Shizhen tried it herself in order to test the properties of herbal medicine, everyone began to admire Li Shizhen.

Maybe Li Shizhen is not the most skilled doctor.

But he must be a responsible doctor.

He is also a doctor worthy of everyone's respect.

just.

This is also not the focus of Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning continued: "Although I personally try herbal medicine, I am responsible for the patient and show the sincerity of the great doctor. But this can only show that Li Shizhen is a very responsible doctor. However, being a doctor is just Is it enough to have a sense of responsibility? Dear students, in addition to having excellent medical skills and a sense of responsibility, what other qualities do you think a doctor needs to have? "

"Teacher Jiang Ning, I think there should be a smile."

At this time, a classmate raised his hand to answer.

This sentence made the whole audience laugh.

But I laughed.

Everyone really didn’t expect too much.

Doctors have excellent medical skills and a sense of responsibility... Are there any other qualities needed?
Isn't this enough?

In other words, it has been done well enough.

There are so many doctors nowadays who not only have no sense of responsibility, but also their medical skills are not necessarily good.

For this.

Jiang Ning said, "I should say, apart from these, do doctors have higher pursuits?"

Don't wait for people to answer.

Jiang Ning told another story: "Another day, Li Shizhen was diagnosing a disease, and suddenly a group of people rushed into the clinic dragging a charlatan. The young man at the head angrily told Li Shizhen that his father had eaten this charlatan. The medicine prescribed by the doctor did not make the disease better, but made him worse. He went to him to settle the score, but the doctor insisted that the prescription was correct. He asked Li Shizhen to take a look. After saying that, he handed over the pot of decoction, and Li Shizhen grabbed the dregs of the medicine. After smelling it carefully, he chewed it in his mouth and told him that this was a mistake in the ancient medical book. The records in "Rihua Materia Medica" confused Lelanzi and Tiger Palm. Everyone sighed for a while and had to let the charlatan go. .”

"Soon, another doctor prescribed medicine for a mental patient. He used a medicine called Fangkui. The patient died soon after taking the medicine. There was also a weak man who took the medicine prescribed by the doctor and called Huangjing. Tonic medicines also cost lives inexplicably. It turns out that several ancient medicine books describe Fangkui and Wolfsbane, Polygonatum and Gelsemium as the same medicine, and Wolfsbane and Gelsemium are very toxic."

"When seeing this, Li Shizhen understood deeply. China's landform is very large, and there are many problems in recording herbal medicines in various ancient books and in doctors' identification of herbal medicines. Some are due to two reasons Herbal medicines have the same name, and thus they cure people to death. Although some herbal medicines have different names, they look the same. Taking the wrong medicine also leads to many problems."

Jiang Ning paused for a moment, then turned to look at everyone: "Dear students, if it were you, what would you do if you encountered this kind of situation?"

"If it were me, I would probably post the situations I encountered online so that the industry can correct them."

"This is good."

Jiang Ning nodded: "But there was no Internet in the Ming Dynasty."

Yes.

Not only was there no Internet in the Ming Dynasty, but transportation and information transmission were also very difficult.

This is why there are many mistakes in ancient books.

Some of them are indeed due to errors in level.

some.

Many times it is due to inconvenient transportation and poor information, which leads to errors. "Then write a book and point out the mistakes of the predecessors."

At this time another classmate said.

Jiang Ning nodded: "This classmate said it well. This is a good idea. But, do you know how many types of Chinese herbal medicine there are?"

"Uh... I don't know about that."

The classmate shook his head.

"Before the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 1500 kinds of herbal medicines recorded. The names, characteristics, pharmacology, and appearance of each type...were completely different. Moreover, if you want to write a book, you must describe each of these 1500 kinds of herbal medicines. Let’s sort it out again. Because there is a high chance that there are errors in the records, which may lead to the death of people.”

"This is not a simple matter. The Ming Dynasty was no better than we are now. As long as we have the Internet in modern times, we can just search and everything will come out. But in the Ming Dynasty, transportation was so inconvenient and information was so limited. Some herbal medicines, Even Li Shizhen himself has never seen it. Even if we have the Internet and our information is extremely smooth, it does not necessarily mean that the herbal medicines we have sorted out before are without problems. Therefore, in order to fully understand the various types of these herbal medicines Characteristics, even if it is just a medicinal material, it will take countless hours.”

"Ok."

All the students shook their heads helplessly.

indeed.

In ancient times, this was an impossible task.

But Li Shizhen wanted to make this impossible possible.

Jiang Ning said: "But despite this, Li Shizhen resolutely took up such an important task. He is preparing to compile a herbal medical book that is the most complete, accurate and systematic in the era. In order to make it easier to disseminate, it will also be easier to Everyone remembers. Li Shizhen broke the three-grade classification system of upper, middle and lower grades that had been followed for more than 1000 years since ancient times, and divided medicines into water, fire, earth, gold and stone, grass, grain, Raisin, fruit, wood, utensils and insects. , scales, media, birds, beasts, and humans, a total of 16 parts, including 60 major categories.”

side said.

Jiang Ning drew a table on the blackboard.

The first example of the table lists water, fire, earth, metal, stone... and other parts.

Under each department, there are categories.

For example, the grass department is divided into eleven categories: mountain grass, fragrant grass, wormwood, poisonous grass, creeping grass, aquatic grass, stone grass, liverworts, and weeds.

And that's not all.

The Materia Medica under each category systematically describes the knowledge of various medicines.It includes corrections, name explanations, collections, corrections, corrections, smells, indications, inventions, appendixes, appendices, etc., from the history, form, function, prescriptions, etc. of the medicine... and so on.

"Oh my god, this is so huge."

Do not see do not know.

When Jiang Ning illustrated a table, all the students in the audience shouted.

Jiang Ning doesn't need to explain.

They don't know how big this is.

This is somewhat like the periodic table of elements.

Don't look at the periodic table of elements. It just introduces a series of elements classified according to the above.

but.

Every element cannot be fully studied even if it takes a lifetime.

Although the herbal medicine is not as good as the elements.

However, it is also a very large project to fully understand each type of herbal medicine.

Not to mention.

There are more than 1000 species in it.

"Teacher Jiang Ning, what is the name of this work?"

"It's called Compendium of Materia Medica."

"How many years did it take Mr. Li Shizhen to create this work?"

"It took Li Shizhen 1552 years from 1578 to 27 when he started writing it."

"27 years!!!"

Everyone clicked their tongues.

Although 27 years is a cold number.

But 27 years is a long time.

For an individual, 27 years is a lifetime.

Not just for a lifetime.

Such a magnificent masterpiece cannot be completed by Li Shizhen alone.

In addition to editing this work by Li Shizhen, his disciples, his son... and a series of other people also participated in the editing.

"Then where is this book?"

All the students in the audience asked excitedly.

Although they do not know the specific value of "Compendium of Materia Medica".

but.

Just by listening to Jiang Ning's narration, they knew that this was a masterpiece.

Even if this work is of little medical value.

but.

This work is just like Xu Xiake's travel notes, so dazzling.

even.

it looks.

His value is greater than "Xu Xiake's Travels".

"This book is..."

Speaking of "Compendium of Materia Medica", this is another story.

Looking at the expectant eyes of everyone, Jiang Ning said: "Although Compendium of Materia Medica is a work, it is huge in content. The full text totals nearly 200 million words. Dear students, 200 million words is not for the Ming Dynasty, even for modern times. , is also a long masterpiece. However, with the level of sculpture at that time in the Ming Dynasty, it would cost a huge amount of manpower, material resources and financial resources to carve such a masterpiece."

"After Li Shizhen wrote the book, he found the largest local bookseller. After reading "Compendium of Materia Medica", the bookseller boss admired it extremely. He also sighed that it was a masterpiece. But even so, because he wanted to publish such a masterpiece, Even if they publish 100 sets, they will suffer huge losses. In the end, the largest local bookseller rejected Li Shizhen's publication."

Jiang Ning sighed.

Then he very "intentionally" said to everyone: "Sometimes, even if it doesn't matter any work, he can pass it down. It doesn't matter if it's a masterpiece, he can always find a good home."

(End of this chapter)