Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 304: The Four Falsified Medical Books: Imperial Medical Prescriptions

After seeing Director Luo off, Fang Yan returned to the front hall of Tong Ren Tang. At that time, there were already one or two patients waiting in the store.

Fangyan recognized them as the two neighbors who had lined up in front of the scientist yesterday morning. When they saw the scientist wanted to see a doctor, they immediately left on their own initiative.

It’s not just that he came today, but he really came today.

Fangyan greeted them and began to diagnose the two of them.

The first person said that he had been feeling dry mouth and tongue recently, felt thirsty even after drinking water, and his skin also became itchy.

When Fangyan heard the symptoms, he immediately started checking.

It was later confirmed that it was polydipsia, which is called diabetes in Western medicine.

The patient is the head chef of a state-owned restaurant and eats well on weekdays.

His current condition is not that great.

Fangyan advised him to exercise to lose weight and pay attention to his diet, then prescribed a dose of Ginseng and White Tiger Decoction for him, and he went back to drink it.

In Western medicine, diabetes is divided into type 1 and type 2. One is due to congenital lack of insulin, and the other is caused by acquired lifestyle habits.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this is due to a loss of yin in the body and an excess of dryness and heat, which leads to poor digestion, hunger, thirst and excessive drinking.

Fangyan still remembers that when he first started working in this field in his previous life, a senior brother took two water cups and explained the principles of traditional Chinese medicine.

A cup contains a cup of water and a spoonful of sugar. This is the body of a normal person.

Another cup is filled with only half a cup of water and a spoonful of sugar. This is the body of a diabetic.

The traditional Chinese medicine treatment for diabetic patients is to pour water into the cup to restore the body's yin essence to normal levels.

Western medicine treats this diabetic patient by using medication to reduce the spoonful of sugar in the patient's cup, allowing the patient to return to a state similar to normal.

This is the different viewpoints between Chinese and Western medicine, treating symptoms and treating the root cause.

The Chinese medicine novices who were with Fangyan at the time all felt like they had been enlightened.

Of course, after systematic study, everyone found that it was not as simple as the senior brother said, but his teaching method was indeed very interesting.

In fact, that senior brother finally stayed in school as a teacher.

After seeing the two patients who arrived earlier, Fangyan saw that there were no follow-up patients and hurried out to use the restroom.

When he came back from the bathroom, there was indeed someone waiting for him in the store.

Given this level of work intensity, Director Luo and his colleagues will definitely not lose out by giving them one month's salary as a reward.

Besides, Fangyan also buys medicinal herbs from the store and contributes to the store's income.

At 11:30 am, there was finally no one left.

Fangyan looked at the busy Jia Dapeng and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something.

I am busy with so much, and Dapeng must be just as tired.

When I asked Director Luo for more money, I actually forgot to mention Dapeng.

Fang Yan then quickly found Le Miao and asked her to submit a new application form.

After hearing this, Le Miao went to ask Jia Dapeng, saying that the store was planning to submit an application for a salary increase for him and asked for his opinion.

After hearing this, Jia Dapeng hurriedly said:
"No, no, no! I'll let it go!"

"Brother Fang's skills cannot be replaced, and I don't have any skills either. I can be replaced at any time. If I bring this up, not only will I be rejected, but Director Luo might even make things difficult for me."

"Thank you for your kindness. I appreciate it. I really want to continue working here. I can't do anything that would offend the boss."

Jia Dapeng has a clear positioning of himself, that is, he is just an assistant to the dialect.

Fangyan uses technology, so of course he can bargain with his boss, but he is different, he is a pure manual laborer.

Moreover, most people here are going to take the college entrance examination, but he plans to have a stable job at Tongrentang for life.

When Fangyan heard him say this, he had no choice but to give up.

I wanted to help him, but in the eyes of others, I might be harming him. Fortunately, I asked first and did not submit it directly.

Fangyan remembered a saying again: Let go of the complex of helping others and respect the fate of others.

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In the last half hour, because there were no patients, Fangyan took out the "Chinese Bone Setting Atlas" that he had brought with him.

He brought it to Le Miao, pointed at the pictures and clothes on it, and asked:

"Ledian, look at the clothes above, which dynasty are they from?"

Le Miao only took a glance and said:
“This is obviously from the Song Dynasty.”

Then she asked curiously:

"This is an ancient book. Where did you get it?"

Fangyan did not hide it from her and said:

"My master's collection of books. I found it last night."

Hearing that Fang Yan was actually from the book sent by Mr. Lu, Le Miao was also amazed:

"Mr. Lu's collection of books is indeed rich. It is so old and yet it is still well preserved. You have found a treasure."

Fangyan shook his head:
“The clothes are from the Song Dynasty, but the books are not.”

"The book is a book on Chinese medicine and bone setting written by Ninomiya Hikoko, a medical officer of Hamada during the Edo period in 1808."

Le Miao was startled when he heard the name:
"A book written by a Chinese medicine practitioner?"

"Well, look." Fang Yan opened the book and pointed to the time marked on the location. Le Miao carefully read the words written on the title page, counting on his fingers and muttering to himself:
"1808 was the th year of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty... this book was published over a hundred years ago..."

Then Le Miao saw some of the names of people who wrote the book.

She finally settled on the name Yoshihara Anmo.

He frowned slightly, then said:
"I seem to have seen the name Yoshihara Anmo somewhere."

Fang Yan was startled when he heard this and asked in surprise:

"You know all this?"

She waved her hand and said:
"Let me think about it..."

Fangyan nodded and decided not to disturb her.

After more than half a minute, Le Miao slapped himself on the forehead and said:

"I remembered!"

She pointed to the name in the book and said:
"This man is a master bone setter in Nagasaki. His original name is Yoshihara Mototsu, his courtesy name is Longxian, and his pseudonym is Xingmengsai. He was born a ronin samurai and mainly engaged in the massage industry. Before 1800, he wrote a book called "Xingmengsai Bone Setting Essentials", which I have collected at home."

Fang Yan was a little surprised when he heard Le Miao explain it in such detail and that there was another book on bone correction.

At this time, I only heard Le Miao continue to say:

"But that book was from the Imperial Chinese Medical Series, which was reprinted by the Shanghai World Bookstore in 1936. It's not as valuable as your ancient book."

"But it must have some connection with your ancient book. Some of the names in it are repeated in the book 'Xing Meng Zhai Bone Correction Essentials'."

"It should be that Ninomiya Hikoko gathered the same group of people and wrote such a book a few years later."

Fangyan asked:

"Can you lend me the book?"

"Of course no problem." Le Miao nodded, then she looked outside the door and the time on her watch, and said:

"There are no patients right now anyway. I'll get it for you."

"Thank you so much!" Fang Yan thanked Le Miao.

Le Miao shook his head:
"You're welcome. I don't have any use for that book."

With that, Le Miao went out, and before getting off work, she came back with a book.

After Fangyan got it, he opened it and took a look, and found that there were indeed people like Sano Jun, Matsuobashi, Yamamoto Bide, Hisahisa Hisa, and Yoshida Nobuten.

Only Ninomiya Hikoko's name was not on the list, and it was very likely that they did not know each other at that time.

The pictures inside are basically in the style of the Song Dynasty, and the painter should be the same person.

It also clearly states here that the book he referred to when writing the book was a book called "Imperial Collection of Medical Prescriptions" which was collected in the Jishou Pavilion.

Speaking of this book "Imperial Collection of Medical Prescriptions", my memory of the dialect suddenly becomes clear.

My professors talked about this many times in college.

This is a book that is considered one of the four great medical works in North Korea.

In the 80s, this book was sent back to China from the other side of the strait, triggering a wave of research enthusiasm in the country.

However, it was later discovered that there were serious problems, so the research was terminated.

According to historical records, the book has a total of 950 million words and contains more than 152 prescriptions. It includes Chinese medical classics from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and a Korean book called "Imperial Physician Summary".

It preserves more than 30 medical books that have been lost in Chinese history.

It includes the contents of 35 lost books such as "Danxuan Fang", "Beiyu Baiyao Fang", "Shenqiao Wanquan Fang", "Shituduanxiao Fang", "Qianjin Yueling", "Yilin Fang", "Wu's Jiyan Fang", "Xinxiao Fang", "Yanxia Shengxiao Fang", "Baotong Miyao" and "Wang's Jiyan Fang".

The compilation began in 1443 and was completed in 1477.

It can be said that this set of books is a culmination of ancient Chinese medical texts.

However, this set of books was brought back from Korea by the Japanese general Kato Masaaki as a trophy in 1598.

Later it was hidden in the home of Sendai doctor Kudo Heisuke, who later deposited the book in the Jishoukan of the Duojiyuan Jian family.

This is what is known in Korean history as the Imjin Rebellion.

Between 1592 and 1598, a large number of Korean medical books and Korean versions of Chinese medical classics were looted by the invaders Toyotomi Hideyoshi and brought back to the island country. The "Goshu Ikki ryoku ryoku" was quite famous and could not escape.

The Jijukan, where this collection is kept, was the only private medical school during the Edo Shogunate period. It was later restructured and became the official Edo Medical School.

It was inherited by the Duoji family from generation to generation, and was engaged in many undertakings such as medical book lectures, examinations, and medicine dispensing. In particular, it made many achievements in the collation of medical books, and its name was recorded in the history of the country.

In the days that followed, most of the traditional Chinese medicine practitioners had read the ancient books in this book.

This also explains why Yoshiwara Anmo and Ninomiya Hikoko knew the correct Han Dynasty units.

There are quite a few books from the Han Dynasty that can prove the unit.

The original copy of "Goshu Yifang Ruishu" kept in the Taki family left the Taki family with the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and was moved to the University East School Archives Bureau. Later, it was brought to the Imperial Palace Asakusa Library, and then to the Ueno Imperial Museum. Finally, it was treasured in the Imperial Household Ministry Library, which is now the Imperial Household Agency's Library and Mausoleum Department.

This set of books was published in 1876, when Japan and Korea signed the Treaty of Amity. At the same time, medical exchanges between the two countries were strengthened. When Foreign Minister Miyamoto Koichi was sent to Korea, Kitamura Naohiro entrusted Miyamoto Koichi with the "Goshu Ippon Ruishu" and other works he had engraved during his time as a medical officer of the Edo Shogunate, and asked him to donate the books to Korea.

In 1965, Dr. Lee Jong-gyu, president of Dongyang Medical University in Seoul, made the ambition to reprint the book. He set up a committee, collected 4.893 people, and used the Yonsei University's Mungu st year edition as a blueprint. It took him half a year to reprint "Imperial Prescriptions Classified Collection".

In the year of publication, President Li Zhongkui went to Taiwan and presented Mr. Li Huanzhi with a copy of this edition of "Imperial Collection of Medical Prescriptions".

In order to let the Chinese people share this treasure of medical books, Mr. Li Huanzhi published a reduced-size photocopy of the full text in 1979, two years after the present. The book consists of ten volumes, plus an index, and the Korean index was translated and reprinted in Chinese.

However, after research in 1982, the domestic medical community discovered that part of the content of volumes one to four of the original book had been deleted. At the same time, based on the popular editions of medical books in later generations, it was confirmed that this version of "Imperial Medical Prescriptions Collection" contained a lot of artificially added erroneous information, which greatly reduced the reference value of the book.

As for the erroneous information and deletions here, whether they were done by Xiaobangzi or Xiaorizi, it is unknown.

(End of this chapter)