┃[Ephedra]┃━━ Short story
There was an old man who dug medicine, had no children, and accepted an apprentice. Who would have thought that this apprentice was so arrogant that he would look down on his master after just learning a little bit. Sometimes, the money from selling medicine is not given to the master, but is spent secretly by oneself. The master was heartbroken and said to his apprentice:
"Your wings have become stiff, so start a new branch."
The apprentice didn't care: "Okay!"
The master said worriedly: "However, there is a kind of medicine that you cannot just sell to people."
"What medicine?"
"Leafless grass."
"What's the matter?"
"The roots and stems of this grass have different uses; the stems are used for sweating, and the roots are used for antiperspirants. If you make the wrong mistake, you will die! Remember Have you?”
“Remember it”
“Recite it once”
The apprentice opened his mouth and recited it, but he didn’t mean it. , without even thinking about it.
From then on, the master and the apprentice separated and each sold medicine. Without the master in front of him, the apprentice became more courageous. Although he didn't know many medicines, he dared to cure any disease. Within a few days, he killed one with leafless grass. The family members of the deceased were not willing to let it go, so they grabbed him and took him to see the county magistrate. The county magistrate asked:
"Who did you learn it from?"
The apprentice had no choice but to tell the master's name. The county magistrate ordered someone to find the master and said:
"How did you teach him? Let him put people to death!"
The master said: "The villain is not guilty."
"How can I say you are not guilty?"
"I clearly taught him a few words about leafless grass."
County After the official heard this, he asked his apprentice:
"Do you remember? Recite it and I will listen."
The apprentice recited: "Use the stem to induce sweating, and use the root to stop sweating." If you make a mistake, you will die."
The magistrate asked again: "Is the patient sweating?"
The disciple replied: "He is sweating all over."
"What medicine did you use?"
"The stem of leafless grass."
The county magistrate was furious: "This is simply nonsense! The patient is already sweating and still using it Can a diaphoretic medicine prevent death?" After that, he ordered his apprentice to be beaten forty times and sentenced to three years in prison. The master is fine and will be released in court.
The apprentice became honest after three years in prison. He went to his master to admit his mistake and said he would change his ways. The master saw that he had changed, so he kept him and taught him medical skills. From now on, the apprentice will be very careful when using "leafless grass". Because this kind of grass had caused him great troubles, he named it "Troublesome Grass". Later, because the roots of the grass were yellow, he changed its name to "Ephedra".
┃[Perilla]┃━━ Short story
On September 9th, the Double Ninth Festival, a group of rich kids competed in a hotel to eat crabs. Each big crab was oily and yellow, and the more they ate, the more delicious they became. The empty crab shells piled up into a small tower on the table.
Hua Tuo and his disciples also came here to drink. He saw the group of teenagers competing like crazy to eat crabs, so he kindly advised: "Crabs are cold in nature, so don't eat too much. Young people, it will do no good if you compete to eat crabs."< /p>
The teenagers were very unhappy: "We eat what we bought with our own money, who will listen to your discipline!"
Hua Tuo said: "If you eat too much, you will definitely have a stomachache. Your life is in danger at that time!"
"Go away, don't scare people here! We are just going to die, it's none of your business!"
These guys are drunk! The young man did not listen to the advice and continued to eat and drink. Some even shouted:
"Crabs are delicious, but who has ever heard that they can kill people? Let's eat ours and make that old man starve to death!"
Hua Tuo looked at it They made such a fuss that they said to the hotel owner:
“We can’t sell it to them anymore, it will cause trouble and kill people.”
The hotel owner was planning to get rid of the gang. If the young man makes more money, how can he listen to what Hua Tuo says? He straightened his face and said:
"Even if something happens, it's none of your business. Mr., please mind your own business and don't disturb my business!"
Hua Tuo sighed. After a while, he had no choice but to sit down and drink his wine.
In the middle of the night, the group of teenagers suddenly shouted that they had stomachaches. Some were sweating from the pain, and some fell over and rolled under the table.
The hotel owner was shocked and asked hurriedly: "What's wrong with you?"
"It hurts so much, please call a doctor for us!"
< p>"Where can I ask for a doctor in the middle of the night?""Please be a good boss, if the doctor doesn't come, our lives will be in danger!"
At this time, Hua Tuo came over and said:
"I am the doctor."
"Ah!" The teenagers were shocked: This is not the old man who refused to eat more crabs. Son? They couldn't care less about their face. They held their bellies in their hands one by one and begged: "Sir, please treat me!"
"Didn't you just say you wouldn't let me control it?" Hua Tuo said. .
"Adults don't remember the faults of small people. Please show kindness, sir, and save us. No matter how much money you want, it's easy to say."
"I don't want money."
"Then you can ask for something else."
"I want you to promise one thing!"
"Don't say one thing, one thousand, ten thousand That's fine. What's going on?"
"From now on, you must obey the old man's advice and stop messing around!"
"Sure, please help! ”
Hua Tuo asked them to wait. He took his apprentices to the wilderness, picked some stems and leaves of Lithospermum, and boiled the soup for the teenagers to drink. After a while, their stomachs no longer hurt. Hua Tuo asked:
"How do you feel after drinking this medicine?"
"I feel much better."
Hua Tuo thought to himself: This medicinal herb It doesn't have a name yet, but patients do feel comfortable eating it. Let’s call it “Zishu” from now on!
The young men expressed their gratitude, said goodbye to Hua Tuo, and went home. Hua Tuo said to the hotel owner again:
"It's so dangerous. You must never patronize the hotel to make money in the future, regardless of other people's lives!"
The hotel owner nodded repeatedly.
Hua Tuo left the hotel and his apprentice asked:
"What book does this comfrey leaf antidote to crab poison come from?"
Hua Tuo told his apprentice It's not in the storybook, he learned it from animals.
It turns out that one summer, Hua Tuo was collecting herbs by a river in the south of the Yangtze River. He saw an otter catch a big fish. The otter swallowed for a long time until his belly was as big as a drum. Sometimes it is in the water, sometimes on the shore; sometimes it lies down and does not move, sometimes it tosses back and forth. It seems that this otter is very uncomfortable. But later, it crawled to a patch of comfrey on the shore, ate some grass leaves, and lay down for a while, feeling fine. Hua Tuo thought to himself that fishes are cool in nature and Lithospermum is warm in nature, so Lithospermum must be able to detoxify fish. From then on, he kept it in mind.
Later, Hua Tuo also made the stems and leaves of Lithospermum into powder. He also discovered that this herb also has the function of exfoliating, which can benefit the spleen, lungs, regulate qi, relax the middle, relieve cough, resolve phlegm, and can cure many diseases.
Originally, because this herb is purple and feels good when eaten, Hua Tuo named it "Zishu", but for some reason, people later called it "Zishu". "Perilla" - this is probably due to the closeness of the sound, maybe it was confused.
┃[Xinyi]┃━━ Short Story
Qin Juren suffered from a strange disease, with pus and runny nose flowing from his nostrils and a foul smell. This disease is so disgusting that even his wife and children stay away from it. Qin Juren consulted many doctors, but no medicine was used. He thought: It would be better to die if he was disgusted by living like this, so he planned to seek death. When a friend learned about it, he advised: "The world is so big and local doctors can't cure it. Why not seek medical treatment outside? You can also visit famous mountains and rivers to relax."
Qin Juren heard this and it made sense. , anyway, staying at home would be a waste of time with my wife and children, so I took my family and went out on horseback.
Qin Juren traveled to many places, but he never met a doctor who could cure his nose. Later, when he went to an area in the south where the Yi people lived, a Yi doctor said: "This disease is easy to cure."
Qin Juren was overjoyed and hurriedly asked him for treatment.
The doctor went to the mountain to pick a flower bud and asked Qin Juren to take it. After Qin Juren took it for half a month, the pus in his nose really stopped flowing. He was very happy and said to the doctor: "This medicine is really effective. Can you let me take some back home so that if I get sick again, I won't have to go so far to seek medical treatment."
The doctor thought for a while. Said: "It's better to bring you some seeds to plant."
Qin Juren was even more happy. He rewarded the doctor heavily and went home with the seeds.
When he gets home, he grows the herb. After a few years, a large area grew in the yard. Whenever someone had a nose disease, he would use this herb to heal them.
People asked: "What is the name of this herb?"
Qin Juren thought about it and forgot to ask the Yi family doctor. Then he thought that this was introduced from the Yi people during the Xinhai period, so he said: "This is called 'Xin Yi'."
┃[Bupleurum]┃━━ Short story
< p>Hu Jinshi's family had a long-term worker named Erman.One autumn, Er Man contracted the plague of "cold and heat". He was cold and hot at times, shivering when he was cold, and breaking out in cold sweats when he was hot. When Hu Jinshi saw that Er Man was too ill to work, and was afraid that the disease would infect his family, he said, "Er Man, I don't need you anymore. You can go."
Er Man begged : "Master, I am homeless and have no friends to turn to, and now I am so sick, where can I go?"
Hu Jinshi said: "I can't control that. You work for a day, and I take care of the food for a day; you do nothing now, and I have no spare money to support others!" Erman said angrily: "I have worked for you for all these years, and I have lost a lot of money! Khan, are you so cruel? Why don't we let everyone comment?" When Hu Jinshi heard this, he was afraid that other long-term workers would not feel at ease in their work, so he quickly changed his words and said: "Second, Go ahead, find a place to stay outside for a while, and then come back. This is your wages, take it!"
Er Man had no choice but to leave the Jinshi Courtyard. As soon as he went out, he felt cold and hot all over his body, his legs were sore, and it took a lot of effort to take every step. He came to a pond in a daze. The pond water is almost dry, and there are overgrown weeds around it, as well as dense reeds and small willow trees. The second man could no longer move and lay down in the weeds.
After lying down for a day, Erman felt thirsty and thirsty. But he had no strength at all and couldn't stand up, so he dug up some grass roots with his hands and ate them. In this way, for seven days in a row, the second man did not move anywhere and ate grass roots for seven days.
After seven days, all the grass around him was gone, and Erman tried to stand up. He suddenly felt energetic and walked towards the Jinshi Courtyard. When Hu Jinshi saw Er Man, he frowned and said, "Why are you back again?"
"Didn't I promise to come back when I recover?"
"You Are you all cured?"
"Yes. I'll go to work now." After Ermao finished speaking, he picked up the hoe and went to the field. Hu Jinshi said nothing more. From then on, the second disease never happened again.
Some days later, Hu Jinshi’s young master also fell ill with plague. He suffered from cold and hot spells, which were exactly the same as those suffered by Er Chan. Hu Jinshi had only one son to raise, and he felt very distressed. He called in many doctors, but no one could cure him. Hu Jinshi suddenly remembered Er Kuan, so he came to him and asked, "What medicine did you take when you were sick a few days ago?"
"Sir, I didn't take any medicine."
"How can it be cured without taking medicine?"
"It's cured on its own."
Hu Jinshi didn't believe it: "What did you take to get it? Tell me quickly." "
Erman said: "I left your house and walked to the pond outside the village, where I collapsed. I was thirsty and hungry, so I dug grass roots to eat. "
"What kind of grass roots are you eating?"
"It's the kind of grass used for firewood."
"Hurry and show me."
"Okay."
Erman took Hu Jinshi to the pond. He pulled out a few eaten grass roots and handed them to Hu Jinshi. Hu Jinshi hurried home and ordered people to wash the soup and cook it for the young master to drink. For several days, the young master drank this "medicine" and cured his illness.
Hu Jinshi was very happy and wanted to give that medicinal herb a name. After much thought, he realized that the thing was used as firewood, and since his surname was Hu, he just called it "Buihu"
┃[Kudzu Gen]┃━━ Short story
In a deep mountain forest, there lived an old man digging medicine.
One day, he heard people at the foot of the mountain shouting for horses. Not knowing what happened, he stretched his neck and looked out of the ravine. After a while, a boy of fourteen or five years old came running. The boy climbed rocks and circled trees until he ran up to the old man and knelt down with a "pop" sound.
The old man was startled: "Oh, I have something to say, what's wrong with you?"
The child kowtowed like a chicken pecking at broken rice, and said: "Grandpa, please help me. They want to kill me!"
"Who are you?"
"I am the son of Shanwai Ge Yuanwai."
"Who wants to kill you? ?"
"There was a traitor in the court who falsely accused my father of "camping troops secretly and plotting a rebellion." The emperor believed it and ordered the officers and soldiers to surround my house and kill everyone. He said: "You are the only one in the Ge family. If you are killed, our family will be wiped out. Run away. When you grow up, take revenge if you can. If you can't, it will be considered as a root." I ran away from home. Unexpectedly, I was discovered by the police and they were chasing me! Please have mercy, grandpa, if you save me, you will save the whole Ge family!"
The old man thought to himself, This person, Ge Yuan, has always been loyal and loyal, so he should save his son. However, the chasing people are getting closer and closer with loud shouts. What should we do? He looked towards the back mountain and said, "Get up quickly and follow me."
The boy followed the old man to a secret cave deep in the mountains and hid inside. The officers and soldiers chased up the mountain, searched up and down the mountain for three days, but could not see the child, so they had to withdraw their troops and go back.
At this time, the old man took the child out of the cave. The old man asked: "Do you have a place to go?"
The child cried: "My whole family has been arrested, and I am afraid that all nine tribes will be exterminated. Who else can I go to? Grandpa saved me, and I will be willing to do so for the rest of my life." I will serve you for a hundred years. I wonder if you, the old man, will take me in?" The old man said, "Okay, just live with me! , I have to climb mountains and ridges every day, which is not as comfortable as being a young master at home."
The child said: "Don't worry, I can endure any hardship as long as I can survive."
From then on, Ge Yuanwai’s only son followed the old man to collect herbs in the mountains every day. This old man often collects a kind of grass, the roots of which are mainly used to treat fever, thirst, diarrhea and other diseases.
A few years later, the old man who collected herbs died. Ge Yuanwai's son learned the old man's skills and specialized in digging the medicinal herbs with roots, and cured many patients. But that herb still has no name. Later, someone asked what this grass was called? When Ge Yuanwai's son thought about his life experience, he said, "This is called 'Pueraria lobata.'"
The so-called "Pueraria lobata" means that all members of the Ge family were slaughtered, leaving only one root.
┃[Pulsatilla]┃━━ Short story
There was a young man who had a stomachache and was in constant pain and was sweating. He held his stomach in his hands and went to find a doctor. The doctor happened to be invited by someone else. The young man had to go home. Unexpectedly, he was in pain again halfway through the walk. The pain was so severe that he couldn't move and had to lie down on the ground.
At this time, a gray-haired grandfather walked over on crutches. He asked the young man: "Why are you sleeping here? Young man!"
The young man replied Said: "I have a stomachache and it hurts so bad!"
"Why don't you go to the doctor?"
"The doctor is not at home."
"Then Just find some medicine!"
"Where can I find it?"
"Hey, don't you have some herbs to treat stomach problems?"
< p>"Where?" the young man asked urgently.The old man pointed with his crutch at a weed with white hair growing on the fruit by the roadside, and said: "The root of this thing is medicine. You dig it back and make soup, and just take three doses in a row." ”
“Really?”
“Look, at this age, can I still tell lies? Let me tell you, this is a secret recipe passed down by my family. , just use your mouth to spread it to the world."
After finishing speaking, the old man turned and left.
The young people are still dubious. After a while, he felt his stomach felt a little better, so he dug up a few weeds with white hairs on their fruits and went home. When he got home, he didn't make soup to eat. But in the second half of the day, my stomach hurt again, and the frequency of diarrhea also increased. The young man couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to try the old man's method. He washed the roots of the weeds, cut them into slices and fried them into soup. That night, he drank one dose; the next morning, he drank another dose... By the third day, his stomach no longer hurt and he had no bowel movements. The young man was very happy.
Later, many of the neighbors got dysentery. The young man picked up his shovel and went to the wasteland outside the village to dig up the medicinal herbs.
He dug a basket back and gave it to the patient. The patient has recovered after eating. People asked the young man: "When did you learn medicine?"
The young man told everyone the story of the old man who taught Fang Fang.
People asked again: "Where is the old man?"
"I forgot to ask."
"What is this herb called?"
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"Grandpa didn't say anything."
The young man regretted it very much. A few days later, he came to the place where he last met the old man, hoping to find the old man and thank him in person. However, after asking and asking, I could not find out the origin and whereabouts of the old man. Everyone said: "I have never seen such an old gentleman!"
The young man was very disappointed. He sat in a daze on the edge of the road where he met the old man. At this time, he saw a herb with white hair on the ridge, gently swaying in the wind. The herb with white hair looked like an old man with white hair! The young man exclaimed: "Oh, that old man is probably an Antarctic immortal who has come to teach you the secret recipe! Yes, we can't let future generations forget the old man who taught the medicine. This kind of grass is called 'Pulsatilla'." . ”
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