Since the introduction of modern Western medicine into China, Western medicine has completely suppressed traditional Chinese medicine in all fields. This has made traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years temporarily unable to cope with this change. Signs of being replaced by Western medicine. Western medicine, which has experienced the test of war, has not only made a leap in the field of surgery, but also in the field of pharmaceuticals. Many drugs that have far-reaching influence on the world were born in this context. In fact, traditional Chinese medicine at that time was in this context. There have also been many leaps forward in the times. For example, the invention of and Yunnan Baiyao was a pioneering work.
Before the invention of Yunnan Baiyao, many trauma patients always faced the risk of difficulty in healing. However, with the advent of Yunnan Baiyao, the healing of these wounds is no longer a problem. It can be said that Yunnan Baiyao is a medicine that transcends the times. However, the founder of such a time-honored drug was persecuted to death because he refused to hand over the formula. So what kind of story does this founder have? Why were they persecuted to death?
1. Studying medicine since childhood
In the history of the development of Western medicine, the most influential drug has been antibiotics. However, the formula of antibiotics is public, but it is also a drug that transcends eras. Traditional Chinese medicine spans eras. The formula of the drug - Yunnan Baiyao has been kept secret to this day.
The emergence of Yunnan Baiyao was undoubtedly an epoch-making feat at the time. However, due to its outstanding medicinal effects, Yunnan Baiyao was quickly targeted by many profiteers. As a result, a large number of counterfeit drugs flowed into the market, which made Qu Huanzhang, the founder of Yunnan Baiyao, very heartbroken. So he decided to keep the formula secret and strengthen drug anti-counterfeiting, which curbed the flow of counterfeit drugs into the market.
It is not easy for Qu Huanzhang to become the founder of Yunnan Baiyao. In fact, his family background was not good. Qu Huanzhang, who was less than ten years old, faced the death of his parents one after another, so the young Qu Huanzhang was forced to live in his third sister's house.
After coming to the third sister's house, he was living under someone else's roof, so Qu Huanzhang's life was not easy. However, thanks to the fact that his third brother-in-law was a doctor, he had the opportunity to be exposed to medicine since he was a child.
Because Qu Huanzhang was still young, he had no intention of studying medicine, which made his brother-in-law a little disappointed in him. But soon a journey when he was growing up allowed him to see the process of animals healing themselves, so he also realized the importance of studying medicine. After that, he followed his brother-in-law, studying medicine day and night, and soon became a famous expert in medicine. A talent.
After having a rich medical theoretical foundation, Qu Huanzhang's years of collecting and making medicines allowed Qu Huanzhang to produce a medicine specifically for surgery, which later became the predecessor of Yunnan Baiyao.
2. Refusing to hand over the formula and being tortured to death
Although he had a rich medical theoretical foundation, Qu Huanzhang did not have enough clinical experience at this time, so it was difficult to deal with many traumatic diseases. Just when Qu Huanzhang encountered difficulties on his way to practice medicine, he met his mentor in life, who was Yao Lianjun.
Yao Lianjun has been practicing medicine for many years and has rich experience. He met Qu Huanzhang on the way to practice medicine, so they became masters and apprentices, and together they began to create a great initiative, which was the production of Yunnan Baiyao.
After practicing medicine with Yao Lianjun for many years, 22-year-old Qu Huanzhang began to prepare a trauma medication. In Qu Huanzhang's eyes, this trauma medication can be applied externally or taken internally, playing a two-pronged role. After unremitting efforts, Qu Huanzhang finally formulated this drug, which is the predecessor of Yunnan Baiyao. The first name Qu Huanzhang gave it was Baibaodan .
Why Qu Huanzhang named it Baibaodan is also a vivid metaphor for the effect of this drug. After being taken internally, it can not only activate blood circulation and remove blood clots, but also play an anti-inflammatory and analgesic role. It can also penetrate into the body when used externally. It can treat wounds and promote rapid wound healing, so it has the reputation of Baibaodan.
Not long after Qu Huanzhang invented Baibao Dan, Yunnan fell into an era of war and chaos. Due to the war, many soldiers who had not recovered from their war wounds returned to their hometowns for re-treatment. At this time, he treated many soldiers returning from the front line, and Qu Huanzhang became a famous local doctor for a time. As his reputation grew, Qu Huanzhang was asked to seek help from Yunnan warlord Wu Xuexian to treat war injuries.
During Qu Huanzhang's treatment, because the bullet had penetrated the wound, Qu Huanzhang made a prompt decision and applied Baobao Dan to the wound and took it orally. Wu Xuexian gradually improved without using a single needle or thread throughout the process. Afterwards, Bai Bao Dan became famous and became a well-known medicine throughout the country.
During the Anti-Japanese War, the demand for Baibao Dan increased day by day. This made the National Government have a crooked idea and quickly arrested Qu Huanzhang, hoping that he would take the initiative to reveal the formula of Baibao Dan.
The tortured Qu Huanzhang not only failed to reveal any of the contents of the formula, but also personally destroyed the seal used to test the authenticity of the medicine. This also angered the reactionary forces and eventually persecuted him to death.
After Qu Huanzhang's death, his wife kept the prescription until 1955, after the founding of New China, when his wife transferred the prescription to the state. It was later named Yunnan Baiyao, and it is still listed as a medicine with a confidential formula.
3. Conclusion:
Yunnan Baiyao, a cross-era drug among traditional Chinese medicines, its birth process is like the life experience of its founder Qu Huanzhang, with twists and turns, but it is this experience that made it become a major influence on the history of traditional Chinese medicine. A kind of medicine, its founder Qu Huanzhang has also been recorded in history forever along with it.
