Chapter 100 angry flame

The last condition for being a critic of traditional Chinese medicine is: his heart must have been burned by the fire of anger. We must be familiar with this kind of angry fire. Let us recall that after Xu Lingtai's younger brothers passed away one after another, when he walked through the courtyard with a pile of thick books, his eyes were shining with anger flames. After so many years, we seem to lose sight of this flame. However, they did not go out, they still continued to burn in the depths of his heart. Moreover, being repeatedly stimulated by quack doctors, they eventually became the motivation for Xu Lingtai to fire at quack doctors.

To be honest, I am a bit reluctant to write this kind of story about being stimulated by quack doctors, it is too sad, but I also use the attitude of criticism and self-criticism, let me give two examples. It is said that one day, someone came to invite Xu Lingtai. Who is it?It is Zhang Yuting from Jiading. He was in a hurry, with a haggard face, and when he entered the room, he said to Xu Lingtai: "Mr. Xu, help me, help me!" Xu Lingtai hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with you? Are you in such a hurry?" Zhang Yuting said: "My in-law's family name is Shi, who used to be from Chongming, and now lives in Panmen, and his son suffers from bloody dysentery. I'm dying! Go and show me!"

When Xu Lingtai heard it, she was seriously ill, and no one could stand it, so hurry up! So the two hired a small boat and went all the way to Panmen. After examining the patient's pulse, Xu Lingtai told the family members: "This is heat and poison accumulated in the intestines. It should be treated with Coptis chinensis, donkey-hide gelatin and other medicines." So a prescription was prescribed, and after taking it to the patient, he soon felt that his illness was gone by 70% or 80%, and his stomach pain was no longer so bad. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, so Xu Lingtai said goodbye and came back.

On the next day, Xu Lingtai saw that the patient was "refreshed and happy", and prescribed a prescription after the pulse diagnosis, so he left again. Before leaving, he made an appointment to come back the next day. In the end, there was an unexpected situation, the next day there was a strong wind, probably a small typhoon, the waterway of the small boat was interrupted, Xu Lingtai was in a hurry, and there was nothing he could do. It was not until the third day that the waterway was open, so I hurriedly hired a boat and went to the patient's house to have a look. As soon as he entered the door, Xu Lingtai realized that the atmosphere in the room was not right.

Because Xu Lingtai found that the patient was staring at him angrily. Strange, this is completely different from the attitude of the previous two days. Xu Lingtai asked, "How have you been these two days?" The patient replied sharply: "It's all the good medicine you prescribed, and I'm already seriously ill!" Then crackling deliberately smashed the things in his hands. Xu Lingtai thought about it carefully, yes, it should work?How did it become like this? Seeing that the patient ignored her, Xu Lingtai looked at the patient's father again and asked, "Apart from my medicine, has the patient ever taken other medicines?"

The patient's father looked embarrassed and bowed his head in silence. Well, our Comrade Xu Lingtai has never been humiliated like this when we are so old, well, we can't ask anything, so let's leave. As soon as he walked out of the gate, he saw two doctors entering the gate.Xu Lingtai understood in her heart that she had hired another doctor. So I said to this Zhang Yuting: "Excuse me, please ask me later, what's going on, this is the first time I have seen so many diseases." A few days later, Mr. Zhang Yuting came back, sighed and said to Xu Lingtai: "Do you know why he hates you?"

Xu Lingtai: "Why?" Zhang Yuting: "His father invited him a famous local doctor because you didn't go, but the famous doctor said that the patient had Yang deficiency and could not detoxify, so he prescribed ginseng, dried ginger and other medicines to nourish Yang, and then lied to the patient that it was you who prescribed it. That prescription, it hurt even more after taking it! So I hate you to the bone." Xu Lingtai was very anxious: "Sure enough, what about the patient now?" Zhang Yuting sighed for a long time and said: "After taking the medicine, his mouth became dry like a fire, and he wanted to eat watermelon very much. The doctor said: Dysentery will die if he eats watermelon. He wants to drink cold water, but he is determined not to drink it, so He lied to the bookboy that he wanted to take well water to rinse his mouth, then grabbed the bowl, drank half of it, and finally died of howling for two days, what a pity!"

Xu Lingtai stared, speechless for a long time. Feelings of grief and indignation welled up. A fresh life just disappeared. This person, he has a father, a mother, a wife and children of his own, but in a blink of an eye, people will never see him again. Anger, anger is starting to burn! Later, when Xu Lingtai recorded this medical case, he concluded: "Recently, those who have treated summer dysentery have all used the "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" to treat cold dysentery with yin and cold entering the viscera. There are even people who bleed from the seven orifices, but doctors and sick people regard it as a certain method of treatment, and the dead follow one after another, without any regrets, which is the most sad thing."

Another day, a friend came to invite Xu Lingtai to see him. He said that Zhu Tingli from Jiaxing had been in poor health. Comrade Zhu Tingli (whose name looks like a girl, but actually a big man) used to be the prefect of Guangxin. The spirit fetus was very happy, so he followed his friends to Zhu's house. After entering the room, everyone was very happy to meet each other. Zhu Tingli was relatively weak, and his spirit was a little bit weak. He said, "I have heard of Mr.'s name for a long time." Xu Lingtai was also polite: "Where, amateurs, amateurs, amateurs."

Next, ask the patient about his condition: "Why do you feel uncomfortable?" Zhu Tingli sighed, and said: "I have always been 'vomiting when I am sick, heals from time to time, and vomits from time to time'. It has been three days now that I can't get enough grains of rice. Other doctors say that I am suffering from diaphragm syndrome (the four major diseases of traditional Chinese medicine). One of the symptoms, which is similar to the current esophageal cancer and stomach cancer), is difficult to treat, and he left without even prescribing any medicine, please show me, sir."

Xu Lingtai took the pulse and said, "Well, don't be afraid, this is stomach turning syndrome, not diaphragm syndrome. Don't scare yourself to death first, this diaphragm syndrome is dry stomach, stomach turning is phlegm fire Shangni, the severity of the two diseases is not the same, so don't be afraid!" Hearing this, Comrade Zhu Tingli regained his energy and hurriedly said, "Then you should give me a prescription!" Xu Lingtai then spread out the paper and ink, and wrote a prescription with addition and subtraction of Banxia Xiexin Decoction. (Banxia Xiexin Decoction: a prescription in Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases", which is used to treat the mixed cold and heat in the middle burner, and the disorder of qi activity) After prescribing the prescription, he instructed how to cook the medicine. The medicine sage Zhang Zhongjing’s prescription has a well-known method of boiling medicine. For example, this prescription uses ten minutes of water. Pour out the slag, and then fry the rest into thirds, that's it. Drink one point each time, drink three times a day. Then I said goodbye. When he came to see the doctor again, this Comrade Zhu Tingli was much more energetic. He took Xu Lingtai's hand and told him: I can eat slowly. After a few days, it will return to the state of health. Since then, the two have become confidants. The disease is not completely cured, and sometimes there will be a small attack, and the food is not so special, but there is no major problem, and it has passed through a few years like this. In the past few years, relying entirely on Xu Lingtai's recuperation, Comrade Zhu Tingli went to Xu Lingtai when he was sick, and he refused to accept the prescription that was not Xu Lingtai. Later, once when Xu Lingtai was fine, she passed by Zhu Tingli's house, so she went in and sat down. Zhu Tingli said to Xu Lingtai: "I met a famous doctor in Hangzhou. He said that my body is weak and that I must take some medicines such as ginseng and aconite to warm the yang." Xu Lingtai frowned slowly: "Then have you taken it?" Zhu Tingli: "I have taken it! Now after taking his prescription, I feel much stronger, my appetite has increased, and I can eat." Xu Lingtai said: "This is to fuel the fire to rot food, the vitality will be consumed, and there will be heat and poison." Zhu Tingli smiled and didn't answer, the meaning on his face was: You are wrong, don't you be jealous of this doctor. During the conversation, it revealed the meaning of wishing to meet this doctor sooner. Seeing that he was already so obsessed, Xu Lingtai couldn't say anything, so she left. It's been two months quickly. Suddenly one day, someone knocked on the door of Xu Lingtai's house hastily. Xu Lingtai opened the door and saw that it was Zhu Tingli's friend, sweating profusely from running, with anxious expression on his face. Xu Lingtai hurriedly asked: "What's the matter, are you here?" Out of breath, the friend said, "Come with me, Zhu Tingli is dying, let me treat you!" Xu Lingtai felt a bit of chill in her heart, so she quickly boarded the boat without even putting on her clothes, and arrived at Zhu Tingli's home in the evening. Upon entering Zhu Tingli's dormitory, Xu Lingtai was startled, seeing blood stains all over the floor in front of the bed, and asked what's wrong? (Horror asked why). At this time, Zhu Tingli could no longer speak (Tingli could no longer speak), and there was only crying, saying goodbye to Xu Lingtai (only weeping and weeping farewell). Xu Lingtai asked the people around him, and they told him that he had vomited blood for more than a bucket. Xu Lingtai couldn't control her grief, her blood gushed out, and there was no medicine to do. At dawn, Zhu Tingli passed away. Heartbroken, this is the grief of losing a friend. Xu Lingtai couldn't utter a word, she slammed her hand on the pillar beside the door, tears gushed out. What kind of famous doctors are these!Harmful medicine is as sharp as a knife! Later, he wrote such words: "Ten years survived, and died in one dynasty. There are countless people in the world who take hot medicine and suffer from it!" Regarding this disease, there are many possibilities, and it is also possible that Zhu Tingli is suffering from a serious illness, but Xu Lingtai told him not to worry in a flat way, which removed his psychological burden, and then took medicine to make him in a stable and optimal state. He survived for many years, but the quack doctor didn't understand the seriousness, and it took only two months to destroy this stability, causing the patient to die overnight.This is an issue that must be paid attention to today. In short, Xu Lingtai's heart was deeply hurt by encountering such tragedies repeatedly in the clinic. His anger is finally about to erupt! Netizens asked, why do quack doctors use warm tonics? This question is a good one, and it is right on point. This starts with the way of spreading Chinese medicine in ancient times.Information dissemination in ancient times was not as developed as it is now. At that time, in addition to passing on from master to student, it relied on published books. After a book was published and spread, everyone read it and had a great influence. But some people in ancient times had a problem with writing books, that is, they were not objective. Originally things are divided into two, but if this guy feels that he has experience in a certain aspect, he will write about this aspect, regardless of the other aspect. For example, rice and vegetables should be eaten as they are , but this dude is very sensitive to the role of vegetables, so he crazily wrote about the benefits of eating vegetables, and even slammed the matter of eating. This kind of problem often appears in the works of ancient Chinese medicine. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, warming tonics were very popular, such as rehmannia glutinosa, aconite, cinnamon, dried ginger and other warming and hot medicines were very popular, mainly because writing books on the use of these medicines was more popular. As a result, in the Qing Dynasty, there was a lot of brain thinking. Folk doctors who are not cautious about the problem agree after reading the book. Those who like to use this style of medicine have many mistreatment phenomena. Later, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Wang Mengying wrote madly about the benefits of cool medicines. His book sold very well, and everyone followed suit. As a result, in the early years of the Republic of China, when Zhu Weiju (nicknamed Zhu Fuzi, famous for making good use of Fuzi) from Sichuan came to Shanghai , found that no one in Shanghai dared to use aconite. This phenomenon still exists. Originally Chinese medicine is most concerned about the balance of yin and yang. I don’t know why there is only one head left in the hands of these comrades? It seems that criticism and self-criticism are necessary! At this time, the flame of anger was burning in Xu Lingtai's heart, and he was about to find a place to start a fire, when a book jumped into his eyes at an inopportune time. This book was a disaster, because it was hit by a master like Xu Lingtai. From then on, Xu Lingtai began his brave follower career.