Shaolin pharmacy
Shaolin Temple is located at the foot of Wuru Peak in Songshan Mountain, which is12km west of Dengfeng City. It is one of the main core scenic spots in Songshan Scenic Area. Shaolin Temple was built in the 19th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 495), and in the 3rd year of Xiaochang in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 527), Indian monk Dharma came to Shaolin to preach Zen. At this point, Shaolin is called "the ancestral home of Zen". Due to the outstanding contributions made by Shaolin monks and soldiers in helping the imperial court resist foreign enemies and heal the wounded and rescue the dying, and the strong support of the imperial court, Shaolin Temple has developed rapidly and won the reputation of "the first temple in the world". Therefore, on the basis of a long history, the eminent monks of Shaolin Temple, through the practice of countless wars for thousands of years, integrated the forces of all parties and formed the unique Buddhism, medicine and martial arts of Shaolin Temple.
Shaolin drugstore mainly deals with the diagnosis and treatment of monks in the temple and the surrounding people. At first, there were more than 100 prescriptions for various diseases. By the time of the Republic of China, there were millions of medical books and thousands of prescriptions, but Buddhist precepts rarely spread abroad.
In A.D. 12 17 (another year: Jin Xingding 1220), the abbot of Zhilong Zen Master founded Shaolin Pharmacy.
In A.D. 1260, a special debate was held in Hara and Lin, Mongolia. The two sides of the argument are Li Zhichang, a Taoist representative, and Fu Yu, a Buddhist representative. The focus of the debate is which is more important, Buddhism and Taoism, and the judge is Kublai Khan. As a result, Buddhism won a great victory, burned more than 40 kinds of Taoist scriptures, and ordered many Taoist priests to convert to Buddhism, thus establishing the revered position of Buddhism in the Yuan Dynasty. The winner of this debate is Fu Yu, the abbot of Songshan Shaolin Temple and a great monk. He has been appointed as the highest monk official "the governor of all monks" by Mengge of Yuan Xianzong, and has always been in charge of Buddhism throughout the country. The Buddhist community is honorably called "exorcist". During his stay in Shaolin Temple, Fuyu carried out large-scale repair and reconstruction of Shaolin Temple after the war in the early Yuan Dynasty, established Cao Dongzong's position in Shaolin Temple, and formulated the patriarchal clan system of Shaolin Temple. Due to the prosperity of temples, Shaolin Temple medicine has also made great progress. Master Fuyu advocated the policy of "focusing on traumatology, including internal medicine and pediatrics, and treating all monks and common diseases, so that all living beings can be blessed", which greatly developed the Buddhist medicine technology of Shaolin Temple.
The Shaolin Pharmacy written by Yuan Haowen, a famous historian in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, records that Shaolin Temple has set up the Shaolin Pharmacy since the Jin Dynasty, with a history of 787 years. At that time, the pharmacy mainly served the monks in Shaolin Temple to treat diseases such as falls and injuries, and later it gradually developed into a service for locals and people from afar. Because all patients' diagnosis, treatment and prescription are free, most patients generously donate incense money after they come to treat diseases and prescribe medicines. The monk doctors in Shaolin drugstore not only have colorful qigong exercises to strengthen the body and treat diseases, such as the prestigious & gt<& lt Shaolin Internal Skill >> and so on, but also have rich prescriptions collected by eminent monks in past dynasties, or to preserve health and prolong life, or to help students. By the time of the Republic of China, Shaolin medicine had written millions of medical books and prescribed thousands of prescriptions, but it was rarely spread abroad because of Buddhist precepts.
For more than 700 years, Shaolin drugstore has benefited countless people. However, due to fire or other reasons, the affairs of pharmacies have been frequently interrupted, and they were basically interrupted at the beginning of last century. Over the years, Shaolin Temple has organized experts in monk medicine and traditional Chinese medicine to carry out a series of sorting and excavation.
In the Ming Dynasty, Shaolin Temple was considered as the period with the largest number of martial arts practitioners. During the 260 years from Hongwu to Chongzhen, there were more than 1 10,000 monks, of whom more than 800 were called generals and martial arts masters. During the period, Shaolin Temple became "famous in the world" (Cao's "Ningbo Fu Zhi Yi Wen"). In the thirty-second year of Jiajing, Shaolin monks took part in the war against Japanese invaders in the south of the Yangtze River, became "brave and good at fighting" and made great achievements for several years (Xia Song Japanese Rebellion, Volume II). A huge contingent of monks also needs a huge medical team. At that time, the host of Shaolin Temple attached great importance to the improvement of medical institutions and medical technology in the temple. During the period when Master Benming, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, presided over Shaolin Pharmacy, the organization was as follows: In April, 2000, the Secret of Shaolin Wushu Medicine was published, which included the secret of Shaolin medicine handed down by the 29th abbot of Shaolin Temple before his death. This book is permanently collected by the National Museum of History, the National Library and the King of Sweden. In 2004, Shaolin Temple resumed the establishment of Shaolin Pharmacy, and announced the secret recipes of thousands of Shaolin medical sects, and then launched some products, all of which are registered trademarks of Shaolin Pharmacy. Yuanshi County said that the rarity of Shaolin pharmacy lies not only in its secret recipe, but also in its inheritance of medical ethics: "There is no improper season, cooking is extremely rare, and moral chivalry is exhausted." The moral feelings of compassion and pursuit of Excellence have finally won the respect of the world and become valuable spiritual wealth handed down from generation to generation in Shaolin Temple. The general program of Shaolin Pharmacy is: promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, resisting aging, dredging meridians and resisting all diseases. It takes communication as a supplement and supplement as a function. This ancient concept is in line with modern medical knowledge.