Proficient in medical skills, a scholar, gave medicine to serve the royal family, and moved to Zhongshu to give up people. His gaffes offended Wuhou and he was demoted to Taizhou Sima. He became an assistant minister of does and worked as a secretary in the same state. In the early years of Shenlong, he became an official in his later years and lived in Yiyang Mountain in Ruzhou, refining prescriptions.
In the early years of Kaiyuan, he was 93 years old. Materia Medica for Dietotherapy is the earliest extant monograph on dietotherapy in the world, which conforms to modern nutrition and has made great contributions to the development of medicine in China and the world. Later generations are praised as the originator of world dietotherapy.
Meng Ao paid special attention to various dietary taboos all his life, and advocated striving for progress while maintaining stability. In his later years, in order to cure Li Dan's old illness in Tang Ruizong, Zong Rui named Meng Ao "Meng Yutang", which means "Meng and Jade". Although it has been dating for several times, it has been passed down by later generations of Mencius and has been selected as a provincial and municipal intangible cultural heritage. Meng Yutang's signature prescriptions "three treasures" and "five prescriptions for rejuvenation" have become classics of traditional Chinese medicine and are still benefiting the people.
Main work
Dietotherapy materia medica, ineffective prescription, nourishing prescription, exorcism primordial decoction
Major achievements
Scholars, doctors, nutritionists, creating dietotherapy and creating "Meng Yutang"?
Meng E is a hermit.
Ouyang Xiu, the author of The Book of the New Tang Dynasty, paid more attention to shēn, who resigned in his later years and returned to his hometown, and put him in Biography of Hermits, ranking sixth among 23 hermits. Here he is tied with his teacher Sun Simiao. ?
In his later years, Meng E was physically strong, and the son of heaven came to make a letter for reuse, but he declined politely, winning the reputation of "Zipingli" for his hometown. ? Meng Ao's secluded place is Lutai Mountain in Lingtou Town, with an altitude of 75 1 meter. The top of the mountain may be Tianxinzhai, which is a scenic spot. ?
Meng E is a person with people's livelihood.
People's livelihood feelings should have a benevolent heart. Great doctors are sincere, and doctors are benevolent. ?
Taoism says that shēn has Taoism because he is young and learns Taoism well. Confucianism says that Meng E is a great scholar because he has the blood of Yasheng in his veins. Buddhists say that he is a disciple of Buddhism, and the preface to the relic inscription of Dayun Temple in Jingzhou shows that he understands Buddhist culture. One of the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, the heart of the benevolent. ?
If he had no kindness, he would not have pointed out in the assistant minister's office that the golden bowl given by the emperor was the inside story of medicine gold, nor would he have been demoted as a Sima in Ren Yuan County, the capital city.
"Leek" in Herbal Medicine for Dietotherapy VI: "You can work with rice in your prime. Planting an acre can feed ten people. " Leek is not afraid of drought and flood, it is perennial, and it will sprout soon after cutting. It's really good for preparedness. This is not a square, but it is listed under "leek". How can we expect without people's livelihood feelings?