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Chapter 87 Compendium of Materia Medica
"Even I am attracted to "Compendium of Materia Medica". When I was young, I liked to read the pictures and explanations in "Compendium of Materia Medica". Eat, I have picked a lot of wild vegetables and medicinal materials that are good for the body."

Li Shizhen: Miss Zhang also has such hobbies!good!good!good!

"Li Shizhen, also known as Dongbi, called himself a native of Binhu Mountain in his later years and was a famous medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty. He wrote "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Eight Meridians of Qijing", "Binghu Pulsology", etc., and was revered as the "Sage of Medicine" by later generations. "

"Li Shizhen also started from elementary school, and there are family reasons. His grandfather was a herbalist doctor, and his father, Li Yanwen, was a famous doctor at that time. He was once an official of the imperial hospital."

"At that time, the status of civil servants was low, and they were regarded as "low-class" by the gentry and nobles, and their social status was very humble."

"Li Yanwen is deeply aware of the discrimination he has suffered, so he naturally does not want his bright young son to repeat the same mistakes, and pins all his hopes of changing his family on Li Shizhen."

"Although Li Shizhen loves medicine very much, in order to live up to her father's high expectations, she had to temporarily focus on the boring stereotyped articles."

"He is clever, enlightened, and talented. He was admitted as a scholar at the age of 14. Li Yanwen was overjoyed and thought that his son would be promoted."

"Unexpectedly, things backfired. From the age of 17, Li Shizhen failed in three consecutive provincial examinations."

"The harsh reality educated Li Yanwen, so that he finally understood a truth: You can't impose your will on your son. A twisted melon is not sweet. From then on, Li Shizhen gave up her fame, so she decided to abandon Confucianism and study medicine and study medicine At the age of 23, he studied medicine with his father, and became famous as a doctor."

"In the 30th year of Jiajing Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, when Li Shizhen was 33 years old, she became famous as a doctor because she cured the son of Fushun King Zhu Houkun. .

"In Jiajing's 35th year of the Ming Dynasty, he was recommended to work in the Taiyuan Hospital again, and he was appointed as a judge in the Taiyuan Hospital. Three years later, he was recommended to Beijing as a judge in the Taiyuan Hospital. After working for one year, he resigned and returned to his hometown."

"During this period, Li Shizhen was actively engaged in drug research. He often visited the pharmacy and imperial medicine warehouse of Yu Tai Hospital, carefully compared and identified medicinal materials from various places, and collected a large amount of information. At the same time, he also had the opportunity to visit the royal palace and royal medicine warehouse. A rich collection of classics.”

"At the same time, I obtained a large amount of folk herbal information from the court at that time, and saw many medicinal specimens that were difficult to see at ordinary times, which broadened my horizons and enriched my knowledge."

"In order to clarify each herbal medicine, Li Shizhen put forward eight tasks, including name release, collection of explanations, identification of doubts, correctness and error, repair and treatment, smell, indications, invention, and supplementary prescriptions. These eight tasks can be seen in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" .”

"Li Shizhen is also very sensitive to the observation of medicines. He collected the medicines by himself and carefully observed them to get the truth, and achieved great success."

"He broke the long-standing classification method of upper, middle and lower grades in Materia Medica, and established the classification method of sixteen parts of the three realms, making the classification system more scientific. In addition, he also established a more complete classification method based on Tao Hongjing's main medicine classification method. The classification of the main medicines for all kinds of diseases, and the classification of medicines by meridian."

"After he resigned from office, he opened a medical hall to practice medicine and make it easier to understand and observe medicine and medical skills. With his own character—Dongbi as the hall name, he founded the medical hall Dongbi Hall. "

"During decades of practicing medicine and reading classical medical books, Li Shizhen found many mistakes in ancient herbal books, and decided to recompile a book of herbal medicine."

"In the 31st year of Emperor Jiajing's reign in the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen began to compile the "Compendium of Materia Medica". In order to understand these medicines in more detail, she left home for many times to investigate. "

"Li Shizhen practiced it himself, learned extensively from the working people, and paid attention to investigation and research. This is another important research method for him."

"After extensive consultation, Li Shizhen learned from the hunters that tiger bones have the function of strengthening the will and spirit. The vegetable farmers confirmed that brassica is rapeseed. From the workers, Li Shizhen learned the method of preventing mining poisoning. Mountain people, fishermen, farmers, cobblers, hunters... They were all his teachers, and he benefited greatly from his investigation and research.”

"Finally, through literature research, "Compendium of Materia Medica" records medical knowledge from Tianzhu, Dashi, Nanyang, Hu people, and Fan people, as well as Sanskrit and Buddhist scriptures."

"After 27 years of long-term hard work and observation, 61-year-old Li Shizhen completed the first draft of "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the sixth year of Wanli Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty."

"After that, it was revised three times in 10 years, for a total of 40 years. Wanli died in the 21st year of his life."

"Although he has passed away, he left behind a national treasure."

"On the topic of immortality, when it comes to this, we have to talk about an emperor, that is, Emperor Jiajing. He is also superstitious in immortality and prays for immortality. His alchemists have seen the emperor's intentions, and they have refined the elixir of immortality. To please the emperor, there was an upsurge in alchemy throughout the country, but many people died of poisoning after taking the elixir."

"The elixir contains mercury and other harmful substances. Li Shizhen also said at the time."

"Li Shizhen knew that the elixir called immortality was made from mercury, lead, cinnabar, sulfur, tin, etc. and contained toxins, so he made an announcement to everyone: the claim that the elixir can live long is absolutely not credible!"

"He listed that Emperor Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty all ate elixir in the hope of longevity, but didn't they die? Most of the ingredients in the so-called elixir are poisonous substances. Eating them will not only prevent longevity, but will poison people to death!"

"Still, the alchemist retorted: Mercury is non-toxic, you can become immortal if you take it, and it is a kind of longevity medicine."

"I didn't believe Li Shizhen's words at the time, and there were only a small number of people who didn't take the elixir of life."

"Although Li Shizhen was firmly opposed to taking the elixir, he still couldn't stop these people, so he made the elixir himself to fight against these alchemists."

"He personally developed mercury to treat scabies and other diseases, and used alchemy to burn external medicines. He also recorded the research data in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", which has a profound influence on future generations."

"It is a pity that Li Shizhen did not see the publication of this great work that she had devoted all her life to. In the early autumn of 1593, when the 75-year-old old man passed away, "Compendium of Materia Medica" was still in Nanjing, my country. engraving, and the book was not printed until 3 years later."

"Li Shizhen's life has made outstanding achievements and outstanding achievements, and he has made great contributions to the medical industry of the motherland. He is not only the pride of the Chinese nation, but also a recognized world cultural celebrity. His "Compendium of Materia Medica" is called "Encyclopedia" "Not too much."

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