According to legend, after Hua Tuo went to prison, there was a jailer named Wu in the prison. People call him "Wu Da Prison". He respects Hua Tuo very much and gives him wine and food every day. Hua tuo was very grateful and told him, "I'm dying, but it's a pity that my Qingnangshu didn't spread to the world."
Now your kindness can't be repaid; I'll write a letter, and you can send someone to my house to get you a green book, so that you can inherit my medical skills.
Wu Prison said happily, "If I get this book, I won't do this job. I want to treat patients all over the world and let my husband's medical ethics continue to spread." Hua Tuo immediately wrote a letter and handed it to Wu Prison. Wu was imprisoned in Jincheng, got the "green bag book" and returned to prison. After reading it, Hua Tuo gave the book to Wu. Wu took it home and hid it. Ten days later, Hua Tuo died in prison.
Wu Prison bought a coffin and buried Hua Tuo. He resigned and went home. He wanted to take out the "Qingnangshu" to study, but found his wife burning medical books there. Wu was surprised and took it from him, but the whole book had been burned, leaving only the last page or two. Wu was very angry and scolded his wife.
His wife said, "Even if you learn medical skills as brilliantly as Hua Tuo, what can you do?" ? Finally, he died in prison like Mr. Hua. What's the use of asking him! "Wu remanded in prison can only sigh repeatedly. Therefore, the youth capsule book has not been handed down, and the remaining one or two pages record some small medical skills of castration and castration handed down by later generations.
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After decades of medical practice, Hua Tuo has mastered health care, prescriptions, acupuncture and surgery. His achievements in acupuncture are no less than his achievements in surgery. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty also recorded Hua Tuo's magical power in acupuncture: "If it is a needle, it is only one or two places. When you put the needle down, you will say' make a wish and tell someone when you arrive', and the patient will say' I have arrived' and' it's time for you to pull out the needle, and you will be ill'. "
It is said that Hua Tuo wrote a book "Pillow Moxibustion and Acupuncture", and a volume of "Pillow Moxibustion and Acupuncture" was recorded in the Annals of Sui Shu, which has been lost. Huatuo Acupuncture Classic quoted in Yixin Fang may be the lost text of this book. But it can't be said that his acupuncture skills have been completely lost, because several of his students, such as Fan A, who is famous for acupuncture.
Look who Huangfu Mi is. Huangfu Mi (m) (AD 2 15-282) was born in Shi 'an and settled down, and later moved to Xin 'an (now Xin 'an County, Henan Province). Born eight years after Hua Tuo's death, he was a medical master in the Three Kingdoms period.
His book Acupuncture Classics A and B is the first acupuncture monograph in China (according to acupuncture books handed down from ancient times, Hua Tuo's book Acupuncture in Pillow is lost, and if it is not lost, Hua Tuo's book should be the first one), which enjoys a high reputation in the history of medicine and literature. Acupuncture Classic A and B occupies a high academic position in the history of acupuncture, and Huangfu Mi is known as the "originator of acupuncture".
Therefore, some people think that Huangfu Mi must have indirectly read books on Huatuo acupuncture, or accepted the inheritance of Huatuo acupuncture, and then carried forward the acupuncture technology and stood on the shoulders of giants before he became the originator of acupuncture. Perhaps, Huangfu Mi may have been taught by Hua Tuo's apprentice Fan Ajiao. ..
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