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Is "Compendium of Materia Medica" a simple medical book? "Paste cures burns", "Spring rain can give birth to children", "Constipation requires grinding water", and the terrifying "human medicinal materials", why do later generations think that this is not a simple medical book? What exactly is recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica"? Why did traditional Chinese medicine practitioners of all ages dare not look directly at it?
"Compendium of Materia Medica"
Rumors of transgender men in Shanxi during the Ming Dynasty
,500 years ago, a masterpiece came out, but the content in it made many doctors shudder. The most bizarre thing among them is what is recorded in the second half of Volume 52. This book is the well-known "Compendium of Materia Medica" . What exactly is recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica"? Why is it called "demon book" by later generations?
This also starts from the story recorded in the book: Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty (1567 AD), Emperor Mu Zong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Zaihe received a memorial from Shanxi, which was written by Song Dynasty It is said that a man in Jingle County, Taiyuan suddenly turned into a woman. This incident spread quickly in ancient society. At that time, Li Shizhen happened to be compiling the Compendium of Materia Medica. 》Ren Puppet Chapter , after he heard about it, he wanted to verify the authenticity of the matter.
Ming Dynasty Story Rumor Records
After a long period of visits and investigations, Li Shizhen learned that the protagonist in the story was named "Li Liangyu" . He was an ordinary common man in Jingle County . He was already married, but because The family was too poor, so he divorced his wife and went out to work with people from his hometown. A valid piece of information can be obtained from this, that is, Li Liangyu was a serious man at the beginning.
A strange thing happened at this time. Suddenly one day, Li Liangyu became a woman and married a man who was traveling with him. After Li Liangyu became a woman, he did not feel any difference at all, and he also learned for himself Makeup , if you look at it now, wouldn’t this be the boss of women’s clothing?
Women’s Clothes Boss
But is it really that simple? Before Li Liangyu became a woman, he ate and lived with the people at his construction site. Since they ate and lived together, there was no need to doubt the man's identity, but his sudden transformation into a woman was full of doubts. In ancient times, Although castration is available, gender reassignment surgery is not popular, so it can be ruled out that Li Liangyu's gender reassignment was caused by surgery. So what exactly caused it?
Li Shizhen recorded this: In the first month of the first year of Longqing, I occasionally suffered from abdominal pain, which came and went. On the 9th day of February 2009, I suffered from severe pain. Within four months, the kidney sac shrinks into the abdomen and becomes a woman's vagina. The next menstrual period was also normal, and I started to change my makeup. I was twenty-eight years old.
The process of Li Liangyu's transformation into a woman
We cannot draw any conclusions about how Li Liangyu changed his gender for the time being, but in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" written by Li Shizhen, similar cases are not uncommon, and each one is even more bizarre and mysterious than the last. "Spring rain can give birth to children", "Drink grinding water for constipation", and terrifying "human medicinal materials". Why did Li Shizhen record such strange treatment methods?
Cases against humanity in "Compendium of Materia Medica"
Vinegar ulcer in children. Don't look back when you take it, use it as a bath, it will only cause three degrees of scabies. - {Compendium of Materia Medica" "Zhong Shangcao of a woman who died in childbirth"
The meaning of this passage is that if a woman died of dystocia during childbirth, he The grass on the grave can cure vinegar in children. The specific usage is: put it in the bath water and wash the child three times and it will be cured. But here’s the problem, why does it have to be grass from the grave of a woman who died in childbirth?
"Compendium of Materia Medica"
In addition, can any grass be used to treat vinegar sore in children? You must know that there is an old saying in China: there is a specialization in a profession.The same principle applies to illnesses. However, the prescription in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" is a little out of everyone's understanding.
"The rainwater at the beginning of the Spring Festival has the nature of spring-rising qi for hair growth, so it can be used to cook the medicine for insufficiency of qi and lack of clear qi. According to the ancient prescription, if a woman has no children, the couple will drink a cup each on this day, and they will still have sex in the house. Pregnancy also means the beginning of the development of all things. " - "The True Story of Medicine"
These cases are actually about ways to make women pregnant, but now it seems that Li Shizhen's record is just a matter of large population. Among those earth prescriptions, in the "Water Department" chapter of "Compendium of Materia Medica", there is such a prescription. The simple understanding is that if couples cannot have children after getting married, they can use a cup of spring rain before sex. , it is said that this kind of water can help people replenish their vital energy, and also help give birth to children. What is even more amazing is that ancient society valued boys over girls, and the spring rain mentioned in the book can also help give birth to boys. Is it possible to Taking a cup of spring water can have such a strong effect?
Can spring rain help give birth to children?
I will not evaluate the practicality of "Compendium of Materia Medica", but from these two cases, have you found a problem, that is, the treatment methods recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica" are completely opposite to those recorded in our real life. In , in addition to the above, there are also 38 items related to excretion drugs.
Li Shizhen recorded humans, dogs, mice, wild cats, pigs and other animals separately. The most outrageous thing is that Li Shizhen classified all the feces according to male and female, old and young, and size, among which human feces , are divided into adults, children, men, women, and the elderly.
Animals recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica"
But this is not the most difficult thing to accept. The most difficult thing to accept is that these drugs were all tested by Li Shizhen personally. (As for whether all of them have been verified, it remains to be investigated) . If these are the only ones, it is not enough to make everyone think that "Compendium of Materia Medica" is not a simple medical book. In the Human Department of "Compendium of Materia Medica", there is a part that records " 人 puppet”, a simple understanding is the record of human beings turning into beasts and sex changes. The degeneration of
is still within the scope of understanding. The relevant cases have been mentioned above. But is it true that people transform into animals in ? You must know that even in this era of advanced technology, there are no relevant successful cases (this kind of research is rejected by most people), especially as mentioned above, "Compendium of Materia Medica" was compiled by Li Shizhen's personal experiments. The transformation of humans into beasts has gone beyond the scope of acceptance by future generations, but in the description of "human puppet", there is actually a record of invisibility.
August The dark day midnight, face north and swallow a black-bone chicken rooster, and you can be invisible when something happens - {"Compendium of Materia Medica" " Human Puppet " chapter}
"Compendium of Materia Medica" "Human Puppet" chapter
A simple translation is , On specific days, you only need to take one black egg to achieve invisible effects . To be honest, seeing this, from a personal point of view, I feel that it is nonsense. Can
paste treat burns?
There was such a rumor on the Internet : An old woman used paste to heal her leg scalded by hot oil . Paste is actually the batter we see every day. It is generally used in rural areas to paste windows and paste couplets. I have seen old people in the village often boil a little batter and use it to paste insoles.But what everyone doesn’t know is that some people actually use batter to treat burns. What’s going on?
Can paste treat burns?
The general story is this: It was almost June, and a neighbor's mother-in-law was selling fried dough sticks at the market. She accidentally burned her legs with hot oil. As you can imagine, what would happen if If this old lady doesn't receive timely treatment, what consequences will come to her legs? It could range from losing a layer of skin to severe damage to her legs.
But at this moment, something happened that surprised the onlookers. Instead of having anyone send her for treatment, the old woman got rid of passers-by and bought her several boxes of paste. Many people are curious after seeing this. Shouldn't a burnt leg be treated by a doctor first?
How reliable is the paste for treating burns?
Why should I buy paste? Next, the mother-in-law performed a series of operations that shocked the onlookers. The old woman washed her hands first, and then applied the paste she just bought on the area burned by hot oil. There was no trace of it. Yes, the old woman actually stood up on her own. Later, someone heard that the old woman kept applying this recipe until it healed. There was no scar left on the burnt area.
Seeing this, do you feel that it is very magical? Can the paste really treat burns? In fact, if you look carefully at this story, it is not difficult to find that it is full of loopholes. What kind of person can stay rational after a burn, instead of being distracted by the painful wound? As for the paste to treat burns, it is likely to be a folk remedy in some places. (This is just a story and not authentic. Please do not try it easily.)
"Compendium of Materia Medica" is the "Chinese Encyclopedia" that Li Shizhen spent 26 years integrating biology, chemistry, geography, geology, minerals and other fields. The whole book".
Speaking of folk remedies, many people’s first thought is, can they believe this kind of folk remedies? I'm sure I'm not deceiving people, but in fact, many of the folk remedies that everyone sounds like were summed up by the ancients based on the laws of nature.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" is Li Shizhen's work that integrated biology, chemistry, geography, geology, minerals and other fields over 26 years ( Jiajing thirty-one years (1552) to Wanli six years (1578)). "Encyclopedia of China". In order to provide practical and correct medical knowledge, it provides a very important reference value for future generations of Chinese medicine. However, there is a question, are all the contents in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" correct? This is undoubtedly something that many people are doubting now.
But when we look at some records in history, it is not difficult to find that the origin of traditional Chinese medicine is very mysterious. In ancient times, medical skills were not developed. At that time, people's living environment was full of crises, especially because many places were undeveloped. It is still the most primitive appearance. In such a living environment, the biggest threat comes from wild beasts.
"Witch Doctor"
If he is accidentally bitten by a wild beast, he is likely to die from wound infection. Therefore, primitive humans believe that people who are targeted by wild beasts are actually cursed or punished by gods in the sky. ,In order to protect the people in the tribe, a profession was slowly derived, which was called "Witch Doctor".
The predecessor of traditional Chinese medicine was the witch doctor?
Witch doctors in ancient times were full of mysteries. They could not only communicate with ghosts and gods (some folk records do not make any evaluation as to whether they can communicate with ghosts and gods), but they could also treat some seriously ill patients. Mr. Yu Yunxiu once believed: "The doctors of various ethnic groups mostly come from witchcraft, and the same is true for our ethnic group."
"The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic"
" Jin Shu " tells such a story in the sixty-fifth biography : Lu Yi's mother, Huang Shi, suffered from paralysis for more than ten years. She had been treated by spiritual medicine. She went to Huang and sat down a few feet away, her eyes silent. For a while, Gu said to Yi, "Please help Madam to get up.""Yi said: "The old man has been sick for many years, how can he get evil in a hurry? (Excerpt)
A simple translation is: In ancient times, there was a man named Xing Ling. He was taciturn by nature and would not get angry even if he was bullied. It was for this reason that Xing Ling was chosen by his villagers. When a person is regarded as a fool, even his parents think that their child is a fool.
When Xing Ling was grazing cattle, he saw the cows eating the crops, but he never drove them away. He waited until the cows left before going to tidy up the trampled crops. It was precisely because of this that his parents saw what Xing Ling did. Very angry. But it was such a person who everyone thought was a fool, but he saved other people's lives after they died. (Gong Zhongru's daughter was sick and was about to die. Xing Ling asked her to hold water in her mouth. As a result, the girl Healed quickly) .
The mythology of the Zhou Dynasty was relatively strong.
Xing Ling's miraculous medical skills made many people think that he was a deity descended from the earth. Some people even saw that Xing Ling would never harm any living beings, and was very polite when dealing with living beings. careful. Seeing this, do you think this person named Xing Ling is very magical?
The story of Xingling is full of mythological legends, but according to historical data, Jin Kingdom was a vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty. Traditional Chinese medicine was still the mainstay of medical treatment. However, because the mythology during the Zhou Dynasty was relatively strong, many people People regard doctors as gods and the medicines prescribed by doctors as panaceas.
"Zhou Li·Tianguan" records: " The official order of the doctor in charge of medicine is to collect poisons for medical treatment. If there are diseases or ulcers in the country, the doctors will divide them and cure them. At the end of the year, their medical work will be reviewed, and Make sure the food is perfect. If you lose ten times, you will lose twice. If you lose three times, you will lose four times. "
"Emperor's Internal Classic"
But when it comes to the earliest records of traditional Chinese medicine, we have to go back. In ancient times, "Huangdi Neijing" was the earliest medical book in China. In the "Emperor's Internal Classic", it was recorded: The Thirteenth Theory of Shifting Essence and Transformation of Qi. I use ancient methods to treat diseases, but the transfer of essence and change of qi can only be done by Zhu You. .
"The Art of Zhu You"
Speaking of this positive, I have to mention "The Art of Zhu You" . Compared with "The Art of Zhu You" and the "Ren Puppet" in "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is even worse. It is said that during the Huangdi period, people believed in ghosts and gods. At that time, there was no concept of seeking medical advice. Many people would pray for God's blessing when they got sick.
It is recorded in "Huangdi Nei Jing·Su Wen·Treatise on Transferring Essence and Transforming Qi": Huangdi asked: I have heard about the ancient treatment of diseases, but it can only be used to treat diseases by transferring essence and transforming qi. When treating diseases in this world, poisons treat the inside, and needles and stones treat the outside. It may heal or not, so what?
Qibo replied: In ancient times, people lived among animals and animals, moving to avoid the cold, and living in the shade to avoid the heat. There was no burden of nostalgia inside, and no appearance of officialdom outside. In this peaceful world, evil cannot penetrate deeply. Therefore, poison cannot cure the inside, and needles and stones cannot cure the exterior. Therefore, the essence can be moved to the outside. This is not the case in today's world. Sufferings originate from the inside, bitterness hurts the outside, and the four seasons are lost. The cold and heat are not suitable, winds and winds come frequently, deficiency and evil occur day and night, internally reaching the bone marrow of the five internal organs, and externally injuring the skin of the hollows, so minor illnesses It is bound to happen, a serious illness will lead to death, so it is impossible to wish.
"The Art of Zhu You"
Even in some areas, the existence of ghosts and gods has reached a level of madness. Not only will they think that their illness is because of the gods in the sky, they will even do things to pray for forgiveness from the gods. Some incredible things.
At that time, doctors were not called "doctors" but "witch doctors". Witch doctors achieved the effect of treating diseases by communicating with ghosts and gods. This was the earliest "Zhu You's Technique" .In the Ming Dynasty, there was a rumor among the people that a child of a farmer would cry loudly every midnight. After many doctors saw it, they didn't know what was going on, so the family hid the child in the mountain. The "Witch Doctor" asked him to come down the mountain, and the old man knew how to "Zhu Youzhi". The old man squeezed the child's hand with one hand and gestured with the other hand. It didn't take long for the child to recover.
"The Art of Zhu You"
There are many rumors about things like this among the ancient people. We don't know whether they are true or not, but when people ask the old gentleman how he keeps his children from crying, I saw the old gentleman saying "the secret must not be leaked" , which sounded a bit like a stickman.
So much so that later on, many people were saying, "I have no ghosts in my heart, how can ghosts invade me? My heart is innocent of evil, how can evil disturb me? There is no devil in my heart, how can demons attack me, so all ghosts and gods can cure diseases." "The art of Zhu Youzhi" is precisely because it is too fantasy, so many people in later generations think that it is actually deceiving people, but do you know? Compared with "The Art of Zhu You", some contents in "Compendium of Materia Medica" are even more outrageous.
Cloud is the transformation of the mother after her death, so she has two breasts on her chest, and she likes to take the son of a man and raise her as her own son.
Volume 49 of the Department of Birds·Qin No. 4, "Guhuo Bird" records: Tibetan weapon says: Guhuo can absorb people's souls. " Xuanzhong Ji " says: Guhuo birds are also like ghosts and gods. The hair on clothes is a bird, and the hair removal is a woman. It is said that the woman transformed after her death, so she has two breasts on her chest, and she likes to take the son of a man and raise her as her own son. In any house with children, clothes must not be exposed at night. This bird flies at night and aims at blood spots. Children often suffer from epilepsy and malnutrition, which is called innocent malnutrition. There are many in Jingzhou, and they are also called ghost birds. According to "Zhou Rites", Tingshi "uses a bow to save the sun, an arrow to save the moon, and shoots young birds", that's what it means. Shizhen said: This bird is purely female and has no male. It flies at night in July and August. It is poisonous and harmful to people.
First of all, one thing to fight against is: So far, no trace of the Gusu Bird has been found in our country. It only exists in myths and stories. It is said that the Gusu Bird was transformed into a bird after a mother died in childbirth, so the Gusu Bird Also known as " Heavenly Emperor Girl" , "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Great Wilderness Northern Classic" records: "In the Great Wilderness, there is a mountain called the North Pole Sky Cabinet, and the sea water is in the north. There is a god, a bird with nine heads and a human face. The body is called 九风. "
Since it is a legendary species in , how did Li Shizhen verify it? Obviously many people have been deceived by Li Shizhen. In addition, Li Shizhen knows herbal medicine, but he does not understand literature, so he may have "misunderstood" the medical or metaphysical contents recorded in some historical books. This is also one of the reasons why the "Compendium of Materia Medica" is so controversial. As for whether this "ancient book" is a "demon book", we will not make any evaluation, but the contribution of "Compendium of Materia Medica" to our country's traditional Chinese medicine is still unacceptable. Ignore .
Reference materials: "Compendium of Materia Medica", " Classic of Mountains and Seas ", "Emperor's Internal Classic"
