Traditional Chinese Medicine: Back to the years when educated youths went to the countryside

Chapter 235: Throwing stones makes muskets fragrant

Guo Mingyue raised her little face and stood pretty. Her big bright eyes were reflected in amber by the morning glow, and her whole person was indescribably bright.

"Hey!"

Wang Chengzhou sighed pretending to be sad and comforted:
"Mingyue, actually, as I said, studying medicine is about opportunity and talent."

"As the saying goes, what you lose is what you gain in the east, so you don't have to be too sad."

"Talent is not enough, you have to find opportunities."

"what?"

Guo Mingyue stood blankly for a long time. When she saw the smile on his lips, she realized that the master was teasing her. She was so angry that she immediately pouted her mouth and snorted dissatisfiedly.

Wang Chengzhou didn't expect that she couldn't joke at all, so he stopped teasing her and said seriously: "You already know the basic concept of yin and yang. Next, I will introduce to you the simple theory of the five elements."

When Guo Mingyue heard this, the unhappiness on her pretty face immediately disappeared, she came closer and nodded her head obediently.

"The five elements are metal, water, wood, fire and earth. Metal generates water, water generates wood, wood generates fire, fire generates earth, and earth generates metal. This is the mutual generation; metal overcomes wood, wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, and fire overcomes metal. This is They are in conflict with each other."

"The Difficult Sutra says: The one who gave birth to me is the mother, and the one who gave birth to me is the son. There are also sayings that 'the deficient one nourishes the mother, the real one drains the son' and 'the son can make the mother strong, and the mother can make the son weak' . Therefore, the mutual development of the five elements can be understood as the nurturing and nurturing relationship between mother and child."

"The Nei Jing says: He who restrains me is invincible, and he who restrains me is victorious. Therefore, the restraint of the five elements can be understood as the restraint and restriction relationship between the enemy and ourselves."

Wang Chengzhou wanted to make it as simple and understandable as possible, but he also had to establish a concept in her mind, "Most of us Chinese medicine practitioners cannot do without the theory of Sheng Ke in treating diseases. These days, you just need to understand the Sheng Ke in the Five Elements first."

In fact, the five elements are the absolute basis of traditional Chinese medicine theory.

From this, we can derive the diagnostic concepts of "multiplying" and "confronting each other", "the mother's disease affects the child", "the child's disease affects the mother"; as well as the "main color" and "object color" when inferring the severity of the disease; Even the "method of nourishing water and trapping trees" and "method of purging the south and nourishing the north" are used to formulate the principles of treatment.

The complexity is all based on the theory of the Five Elements' creation and restraint.If I explain it clearly to her all at once, I'm afraid it will take several days, and it may not work.

In the end, it will scare this girl away and damage her enthusiasm to continue learning.

Even so, Guo Mingyue felt dizzy when she heard it. She counted on her fingers for a long time before she memorized the basic relationship between the five elements.

"Okay, you can't learn more than you want."

Wang Chengzhou had to go out on patrol. Seeing that she was almost done, he ended today's class and said, "After I go back, I'll think about it carefully."

"Don't worry. When you understand it, come over and let me test you."

"The fields are busy now, and we both have to go to work, so I won't say more."

Guo Mingyue quickly raised her head, her eyes sparkling, and she nodded quickly to say goodbye, her expression more respectful than when she came, "Okay! Then I'll go back, Master."

Wang Chengzhou nodded.

The girl waved her hand and walked briskly towards the White River Ferry.

In one morning, although it was completely different from what I imagined, I didn't learn a single method to treat illnesses or save lives, and I also learned a bunch of inexplicable things.However, Guo Mingyue didn't feel disappointed in her heart, and she even felt excited in her bones.

I vaguely feel that perhaps compared to the ordinary hygienists who prescribe certain medicines for various diseases, Master’s seemingly useless things are the real advanced medical skills.

Early August is the time when autumn crops are in full bloom.The sweet potatoes in the field are beginning to grow, the beards on the corn sticks are still green, and the ears of beetroot sticking to the sky are gradually turning purple, and become heavy when the wind blows.

The harvest situation is very attractive to the wild beasts in the mountains.

Wang Chengzhou and others, as the autumn protection team, did not dare to slack off at all. After dinner, they had to carry flags and gongs and drums to wander around the fields.

Everyone was doing farm work in the fields. The contempt and ridicule they felt when they saw them the first day suddenly turned into respect and enthusiasm.

Some men were bent over from weeding. When they straightened up and relaxed, they saw them and started to say hello from a distance.Those shrewd girls and wives helped them cheer, and even joked with them from time to time.

It made those thin-skinned city boys blush.

Everyone lives up to expectations.

Throughout the day, we hunted several more wild beasts that ran into the crop fields and wreaked havoc.Among them, there was also a musk deer, which really made Wang Chengzhou feel distressed.

Musk deer, also called deer, looks like a deer, without horns, with short front legs, long hind legs, a short tail, and is good at jumping.The most important thing is that there is a glandular sac between the navel and genitals of male musk deer, which can secrete musk.

It is an extremely precious medicinal material, always known as soft gold.

Musk, pungent in the mouth, warm in nature.Enters the heart meridian and spleen meridian.Efficacy: Rejuvenating the mind, promoting blood circulation and unblocking meridians, reducing swelling and relieving pain. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" classifies it as top grade, and it has been an extremely valuable traditional Chinese medicine and spice since ancient times.

There have been many musk deer in the Central Plains since ancient times. "Tan Yuan" records: There are many musk deer in Shangru Mountain, and they absolutely love their navel.Whenever he is chased by others and the momentum becomes urgent, he will throw himself into a high rock, raise his claws to split the incense, then die with his hands raised, still arching his four legs to protect his navel.

Li Shangyin's poem says: A musk deer throws itself into a rock and its fragrance comes from itself.

Since ancient times, musk has been the divine product of fragrance, ranking first among the four major animal fragrances: civet, castoreum, ambergris and musk. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: Musk, with its strong fragrance, is a good medicine for clearing the body and promoting orifices.

The medicinal properties are pervasive.

However, the collection of musk does not directly kill the musk deer as some people imagine. It is just the secretion from the glands of the musk deer. If it is extracted carefully, it will not cause any harm to the musk deer.

In later generations, the natural environment was destroyed and the number of musk deer became less and less. In order to ensure the supply of musk, many artificial breeding bases appeared.If the musk deer must be killed to extract musk, why would those people have to pay for it?
This is also the reason why Wang Chengzhou feels distressed.

A guy from the Autumn Guard team thought this thing was a deer and shot it to death, but it happened to be a male musk deer.If it is handled properly, we can continue to harvest musk in the future. If we die, won't it be the end of our lives?

To make amends, Wang Chengzhou quickly found a small bottle and carefully took out a brown greasy object, about 10 grams, from his gland sac.

This season is almost the season when the secretion glands of male musk deer are most vigorous.That’s why you can get so much.

Everyone didn't quite understand what he was doing.

Whether they are members of the educated youth team or villagers, their eyes are filled with flesh.

I got several big wild boars and a deer. I couldn’t eat them all. I really couldn’t eat them all!
Everyone is used to being poor. After getting addicted once, when seeing these things again, the first thing that comes to mind is how to eat them during the Chinese New Year.

The best way is to make it into bacon.

Not to mention that even if they hunted a few more wild boars, each family would not be able to get much. Calculating, a total of five or six pounds would be good, but this did not hinder their enthusiasm for making delicious food.

At this time, the entire production team was excited.

How could such a scene have happened in these remote villages like these?The entire production team, old and young, seemed crazy with joy.

Regardless of whether they are men or women, they feel proud and proud.

Yesterday, the little daughter-in-law in the village scolded the locals for being poor. Today, the whole village, young and old, can eat meat. Isn’t this just venting their anger?
Everyone is really about to worship the Qiu Guards as their ancestors.Especially Wang Chengzhou, they have seen what happened in the past two days, and no one is stupid. They have long realized that there is something fishy here.

The bows and arrows were made of dead branches found in the village. There were not even arrow clusters. How could they knock down those ferocious wild boars with one arrow?
Wang Chengzhou must have done something here!

However, if he didn't tell about such a magical thing, the villagers didn't dare to ask.

However, in order to express their gratitude, everyone proposed to give him the musk deer directly.

This time, Wang Aiduo couldn't care less about being reserved. He hugged the dead deer with both hands, and there were almost stars in his eyes.

In fact, musk deer are very small, with an adult male weighing only about 8 kilograms.

This one is a little bigger, only about twenty pounds.Because of this, party secretary Bai Houping and village chief Wang Tielin turned a blind eye and allowed him to take advantage of him.

Today, the young daughters-in-law of Wangjiacun went to their parents' home together.

Each family received five or six kilograms of meat, which is unimaginable in ordinary times.My daughter-in-law had just gotten married and she was still thinking about her parents' family. She had some good stuff and wanted to take it back to my mother to try.

In addition, there is actually a bit of showing off in it.She just wanted to let others know that she had married into a good family, and wanted to be beautiful in front of the villagers.

We don’t have to wait until the end of the year or during the holidays. We in Wangjia Village can eat meat during busy farming days. Which of you can do that?

This group of young wives were not too tired after a day of farm work. They set off at sunset and returned from their parents' homes at dinner time in the evening, all with happy faces.

Also back was Guo Mingyue.

Needless to say, this girl is really serious about learning Chinese medicine. Although she stumbles when speaking, she has already memorized the yin and yang and five elements that Wang Chengzhou taught her.

As soon as I got to know her, I realized that when this girl was working in the fields during the day, she didn't think about anything. She kept recalling the knowledge taught to her by her master in her mind, and kept chanting while working.

Those who didn't know better thought she was mentally ill.

Wang Chengzhou was extremely shocked when he saw her not caring and describing what others were saying about her with a smile.

It can be regarded as recognizing her.

Even so, he was much gentler when he spoke to her, "Mingyue, let's learn here first today."

"You can go help Si Ya later and make dinner as soon as possible."

"It's dark, and I'm not worried about you traveling alone. Go back early after eating."

"Eh!"

Guo Mingyue smiled sweetly, her eyes slightly red.He quickly turned sideways, wiped away his tears, and said stupidly: "Master, the wind is so strong, there is sand in my eyes."

This subtle little gesture makes people feel warm and speechless at the same time.

(End of this chapter)