Chapter 4 95 Hua Tuo Heals Diseases

Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi, and returned to Xudu, feeling depressed.But at this time, his beloved youngest son, Cang Shu, was seriously ill. The family members sought doctors everywhere, but nothing worked.Seeing that the child could not be saved, Cao Cao said sadly, "If Hua Tuo were here, the child would not have died so early." The Hua Tuo mentioned by Cao Cao was a famous medical scientist in the history of our country, and he was from the same hometown as Cao Cao.Hua Tuo was familiar with the scriptures since he was a child, and he was especially proficient in medicine.No matter what difficult and miscellaneous diseases, in his hands, most of them are cured by the medicine.Local officials and court officials heard of Hua Tuo's reputation and recruited him to serve as an official.Hua Tuo refused to go.

Hua Tuo's diagnosis was extremely accurate.Once, two officials had a headache and fever, and they went to Hua Tuo to see a doctor one after another.After Hua Tuo asked about his condition, he prescribed laxatives for one and sweating medicine for the other.Someone watched Hua Tuo prescribe the medicine and asked him why the medicine was different for the same condition.Hua Tuo said: "This disease looks the same on the surface, but it is actually different. The former disease is internal and should be taken with laxatives; the latter is just an external infection, so let him sweat." The two went back to grab the medicine After taking it, the illness is cured.

There was also a general surnamed Li who asked Hua Tuo to treat his wife.Hua Tuo went there, felt his pulse, and said, "This is because I hurt my body during pregnancy, and the fetus was left in my stomach." General Li said, "My wife has had a miscarriage, and the fetus has already come down." Hua Tuo said: "According to my judgment, the fetus is still in the patient's stomach." General Lee didn't believe it.After Hua Tuo left, more than a hundred days later, his wife's illness became more and more serious, so Hua Tuo had to be invited to treat her again.

Hua Tuo said: "There must be a necrotic fetus in the belly. Probably your wife used to have twins, one was miscarried first, and the other stayed in the belly." Hua Tuo gave the patient a decoction and gave her an injection. Sure enough, a stillbirth was born, and the patient recovered quickly. Hua Tuo is not only good at internal medicine, but also good at surgery.He prepared an anesthetic called Mafeisan.A patient suffered from abdominal pain, which was so painful that after more than ten days, his beard and eyebrows all fell off.After Hua Tuo made a diagnosis, he said, "This is a spleen ulcer, and we need to open the abdomen quickly." Hua Tuo gave the patient Mafeisan, opened the abdominal cavity, removed the necrotic spleen, sewed up the wound, and applied ointment.After four or five days, the wound healed, and he recovered within a month.

There are many legends about Hua Tuo's treatment of diseases recorded in history books.It is said that there was a prefect who was ill and was cured by many doctors.After Hua Tuo's diagnosis and treatment, he believed that this disease can only be cured by making the patient angry.He deliberately asked the patient for a very expensive consultation fee, but procrastinated and did not seriously prescribe the medicine for him. After a few days, he left without saying goodbye, and left a letter scolding the prefect for getting sick. The prefect was really furious, and immediately sent someone to hunt down Hua Tuo.Knowing Hua Tuo's intentions, the prefect's son secretly told his family not to arrest Hua Tuo.When the prefect heard that Hua Tuo could not be caught, he became even more angry. In a fit of anger, he vomited a few mouthfuls of black blood.I didn't want to vomit, but my illness got better.

Cao Cao has been suffering from head wind.Whenever I get nervous at work, I get a headache and the pain is unbearable.He heard that Hua Tuo's medical skills were excellent, so he invited Hua Tuo here. Hua Tuo got a few needles, and the headache stopped.Cao Cao refused to let him go, so he kept him as an accompanying medical officer so that he could treat his illness at any time. Although Hua Tuo was willing to help people and was enthusiastic about treating people's diseases, he didn't want to stay with Cao Cao all the time and manage the medicine box for one person.Once, he used the excuse of going home to visit relatives and went to get some medicine by the way. Cao Cao had no doubts and let Hua Tuo go.

When Hua Tuo returned home, he asked someone to deliver a letter to Cao Cao, saying that his wife was seriously ill and could not return to Xudu for a while.Cao Cao urged again and again, but Hua Tuo still refused to go; Cao Cao ordered the county officials to urge him, but he also hit a soft nail. This annoyed Cao Cao.Cao Cao sent an envoy to Qiao County to investigate.He also told the envoy that if the investigation proves that Hua Tuo's wife is indeed ill, he will be given forty hu (草, hu, ten dou is one hu in ancient times) small beans and let Hua Tuo postpone the vacation; Capture Hua Tuo.

As a result of the investigation, Hua Tuo was arrested. Cao Cao took Hua Tuo to Xudu. He believed that Hua Tuo's deliberate disobedience to his orders was a treasonous act, so he ordered Hua Tuo to be executed. The counselor Xun Yu thought the punishment was too severe, and persuaded Cao Cao: "Hua Tuo's medical skills are excellent. His death will involve the lives of many people. I hope the prime minister will be lenient." Cao Cao was originally a person who cherished talents. Since he defeated Yuan Shao, he became a little proud; besides, he was angry, so he would not listen to Xun Yu's dissuasion, and said angrily: "Hmph, I am not afraid that there is no one like him in the world. Doctor." After speaking, he sent someone to kill Hua Tuo.

When Hua Tuo was arrested and left his hometown, he took a medical book with him, which he wrote based on years of experience.He didn't expect that offending Cao Cao would lead to a catastrophe.He felt that he had suffered an irreparable crime, but it would be a pity to let this book be lost.The day before his execution, he invited the jailer and said to him, "Please keep this book well, it can be used to save patients in the future." The jailer was timid, afraid that if he took the book in Hua Tuo's hand, Cao Cao would pursue him in the future, and he would be implicated, so he refused to keep it.

Hua Tuo was very disappointed. He sighed, asked the jailer for kindling, and burned the precious medical books in the prison. After Hua Tuo's death, Cao Cao had a headache and never found a suitable doctor to treat him.But Cao Cao refused to admit that he had done something wrong, saying: "Hua Tuo is determined not to cure my disease. Even if I don't kill him, it may not cure my disease." Until his youngest son When Cang Shu died, he was extremely depressed. After Hua Tuo died, several of his students continued his career and continued to treat diseases for the common people.It is a pity that the medical book that recorded Hua Tuo's experience has been lost.