Many people don't understand that his lifestyle should actually be very long. Su Dongpo did not die in Wutai poetry case, relegated to Chibi or exiled to Hainan. Although there were many difficulties in his official career, he was not defeated. Su Dongpo died because he fell ill while supporting the elderly in his hometown in Changzhou and did not receive timely and effective treatment.
There are many records about this event in history. Doctors in Qing dynasty often said that it was "warm for personal use by mistake because of heat and humidity", which may be the truth of the matter. Then someone will ask, which doctor treated him like this? In fact, his doctor is none other than himself. The reason why this happens is probably because he is too confident in his medical skills!
Let's talk about the reasons. First of all, his condition was not serious at that time. It was Jingnian, a hot summer. Su Shi returned from Hainan's relegation and toured Taihu Lake with friends. Su Shi is very happy. He drank a lot of ice water and had diarrhea in the middle of the night under the dual effects of cold and heat. According to Chinese medicine, he should strictly fast and be obese, and he should take medicine to clear away heat and relieve summer heat.
However, Su Dongpo used to use warm herbs, so he chose Astragalus and other herbs to cook porridge. A few days later, I went to a friend's party. As a result, the condition worsened and the high fever persisted. Su Dongpo didn't ask a doctor until now to treat himself and prescribe medicine. Take ginseng, poria cocos, yellow? Isothermal tonic, died after only 20 days of illness. Many later medical scientists thought that he had dysentery.
According to Lin Yutang's western medicine, Su Shi may have amebic dysentery. In fact, in ancient times, the disease was very serious, but in the Song Dynasty, the economy was developed and the medical level improved a lot. This disease can still be cured. Just because Su Dongpo always liked to see a doctor by himself, he didn't invite a doctor with strong skills in this field, so he lost his life.
In fact, many ancient scholars like medicine very much, such as Bai Juyi, Liu Zongyuan and later Lu You, Cao Xueqin and Su Dongpo. Yuan? In the first month of five years, a serious plague broke out in Hangzhou, and local doctors were at a loss. It was Su Dongpo who prescribed a prescription called "having three sons" to save the people in that city.
Su Dongpo's fame has greatly increased, and many people come here at night, so even if he is sick, he is embarrassed to go to other doctors. He didn't look for it, and others were embarrassed to look for it, forcing the doctor not to treat him, so he died.