When it comes to health, you have to say health care. In modern society, although our medical knowledge has been gradually popularized and all kinds of drugs seem to be popularized, everyone has not done a particularly good job in medical care. For example, we still have various infection problems, as well as obesity and food poisoning.
In modern society, people have so many problems, so in ancient society, will the medical care of ancient people be worse than ours?
Facts have proved that modern people may be more advanced than the ancients in science and technology, but they may not be better than the ancients in health care. Because in the historical records, during the Tang Dynasty, the medical care of the ancients had developed to a very high level, and even local doctors at all levels could blossom everywhere. Moreover, even in the pursuit of medicine, ancient people reached a high level in the Tang Dynasty, from the initial pursuit of life to a state of physical conditioning.
Maybe you will feel incredible when you see this, so with this incredible, let's talk about the medical development in the Tang Dynasty.
First, the peak of medicine in the Tang Dynasty-Taiyi Department
Since we want to talk about the medical level in the Tang Dynasty, we should talk about the medical peak in the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Medicine. The so-called Department of Cure Doctor is actually what we often say later, which is inhabited by top medical talents gathered from all over the country. They are also called cure too much. Each of these doctors is the most powerful person in the local area. They are promoted and serve members of the royal family every day. In other words, these doctors must have excellent strength, otherwise they will be hit in the face if they are not careful.
According to the records in the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, each of these members can get the most complete medical classics in the country, and there is a very peak competition between them, so the medical department is the department with the highest medical level in the Tang Dynasty.
In addition, according to the Book of the Tang Dynasty, due to the frequent exchanges between China and foreign countries during the reign of Emperor Taizong, the medical culture of the northern Hu people also spread to the Central Plains, so the medical system of the imperial doctors in the Tang Dynasty was particularly diverse and complete.
According to historical records, doctors in the Tang Dynasty specialized in medical theory, acupuncture, human body structure, witchcraft and mythological medicine. It can be said that all kinds of heaven and earth are all-encompassing, and the level is surprisingly high.
Judging from the medical level of the Tang dynasty at that time, it should be ahead of the world, and few people can reach it. The Japanese should have a good impression on this. But then again, medicine can't just rely on the top, but also need to be popularized. After all, practicing medicine is to save people, not to show off academically.
So besides top medicine, what about the medical inheritance of the Tang Dynasty and the local medical system? The answer is equally amazing.
Second, the rise of local medical system.
According to the records in the Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty not only paid attention to the highest level of medical output from the central government, but also paid attention to the improvement of the local medical system.
Therefore, as early as the Tang Taizong period, a large number of medical doctors had been established in various places, and their status was about equivalent to that of the "Five Classics Doctors" established in the Han Dynasty, and in some cases it was even higher. They are not only in a high position, but also responsible for managing the whole local medicine.
In addition, there are medical students under these medical doctors, and there are many medical practitioners under the medical students. Generally speaking, the medical doctor is responsible for the overall deployment and the management of large-scale disease problems. The people who are really in charge of underground medical care are medical students. They are the earliest barefoot doctors and need to walk around the streets.
According to the records at that time, barefoot doctors like this and a large number of medical auxiliary personnel responsible for rescue were deployed everywhere, so it can be said that the people at the bottom are not worried about the outbreak of the disease.
It can be seen from here that the development level of the Tang Dynasty should have been very high. After all, medicine is subordinate to the needs of people's lives. Only when food and clothing are satisfied can medical care be carried out on this basis. Therefore, we have to say that the medical level of the central government in the Tang Dynasty and the perfection of local medical care were also world-class.
However, the medical care in the Tang Dynasty did not stop there, and it was further developed and improved.
Thirdly, the competition of medical system in Tang Dynasty.
In order to ensure the medical level, the Tang Dynasty also established a medical election conducted by the government.
According to the records in the Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty, all doctors in the Central Department of Tai Yi should evaluate each other. Only those who are truly respected and reach a certain level can be exempted from evaluation and serve as examiners. As for too many students who work for doctors, not only do they have to take too many examinations before they can be promoted to doctors, but those doctors with junior qualifications should also be selected and kicked out.
It can be said that the competition in the central government was fierce at that time, and everyone tried their best to keep their position, which also greatly promoted the development of the medical system.
As for places, it is also clear that there are too many local doctors who can be admitted to the central government and become doctors. And those barefoot doctors and assistant doctors at the bottom also need to pass strict examinations before they can become medical doctors.
It can be said that it is these layers of assessment that make the medical level in the Tang Dynasty reach a very high level. Some people even exaggerate that there were two imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty, one for literature and one for medical school.
Fourth, the popularization of medicine.
What we are talking about is the realm and competition of medicine, which shows that medicine in the Tang Dynasty can have strong fighting spirit and vitality and reach the world level. But then again, medicine still needs to practice medicine to save people, not only to reach the highest level of literary theory, but also to ensure the improvement of the medical level of the whole people.
Then, how did the medical level in the Tang Dynasty become civilian?
According to historical records, the most obvious manifestations are Qian Jin Fang and the medical popularization of Sun Simiao and others. The most obvious performance is in Qian Jin Fang. We can see that it records many contents of health preservation and diet therapy, emphasizing that people should control their emotions at ordinary times and avoid eating during pregnancy. Moreover, if you encounter some physical diseases at ordinary times, you can achieve the purpose of strengthening your body through the adjustment of food.
Judging from the historical basis at that time, the upsurge of national health care in the Tang Dynasty has risen, and the popularization of medicine has become more and more obvious. Everyone basically knows something about dietotherapy, and they can basically carry out self-treatment through prescription.
It can be said that the popularization of medical care in the Tang Dynasty is a more obvious manifestation of medical development, which can be seen at that time.
summary
To sum up, the development of the Tang Dynasty is not only reflected in politics, but also in the level of medical care. With sufficient cultural background and institutional guarantee, the continuous development of medicine not only solved the problems of plague and famine faced by the Tang Dynasty at that time, but also made the wisdom of China people pass down in the form of historical heritage, which became the reason for countless Westerners to envy and hate China culture.
Of course, there is also a very important historical achievement that we may have overlooked, that is, the improvement of the medical level in the Tang Dynasty made the Chinese medicine culture reach a higher level, which greatly improved the life span of the ancients to a certain extent.
You know, in the feudal period when productivity was low, people at that time could not be over 30 because of illness. But it is precisely because of the development of Chinese medicine, especially the progress of Chinese medicine in the Tang Dynasty, that our life expectancy has been continuously improved. Now our average age is 60 years old or even 80 years old.
Therefore, it must be said that the Tang Dynasty made great contributions to the progress of human history, and Chinese medicine also contributed to the improvement of people's life expectancy. Therefore, the progress of medical level in the Tang Dynasty is not only the pride of our history, but also an indispensable stage of human historical progress.
References:
Six Classics of Tang Dynasty, Qianjinfang and New Tang Books