Bian Que shook his head: "On the contrary, I am the worst of the three!"
King Wen of Wei asked inexplicably, "But you are the most famous? Please introduce it in detail. "
Bian Que began to explain to King Wen of Wei that Bian Que's eldest brother had treated the disease before its onset. At that time, the patients themselves did not feel unwell, but Bian Que's eldest brother taught them to adjust their diet, daily life and work and rest, and to nip the disease in the bud through regular life. Therefore, Bian Que's medical skills are hard to be recognized, so he is not famous, and even others didn't expect him to have medical skills.
In Bian Que's family, he is the most recognized; Bian Que's second brother was treated at the early stage of the disease, but the symptoms were not very obvious and the patient did not feel much pain. Bian Que's second brother can get rid of diseases through simple food and drug treatment. The villagers think that he can only treat minor illnesses, so his reputation is not very great.
But in Bian Que's family, people agree that he is better than Bian Que; Bian Que's medical treatment was carried out when his illness was very serious. The patient was in great pain and his family members were worried. At this time, they saw Bian Que puncture the meridians, draw blood with a needle, or apply poison to the affected area to resist poison, or perform major surgery to point at the focus, so that the condition of severe patients can be quickly relieved or cured. It seems that Bian Que is best at saving lives, so Bian Que is famous all over the world.
This story comes from an example of what Pang Wen did when Zhuo Xiang Wang asked about politics in the sixteen volumes of Guo Guan Zi and Shi Xian.
Pang Wen means to use medicine to compare politics. He believes that first-class doctors can't cure diseases, and prevention is better than treatment, such as preventing problems before they happen when governing the country; Medium-sized doctors are cautious about minor illnesses to prevent them from spreading and becoming serious, such as preventing a levee of a thousand miles from collapsing in an ant nest; Inferior doctors treat serious diseases, pour medicine into their mouths and operate to scrape bones, just like ruling the country with heavy codes in troubled times, which can not cure the disease and hurt the righteousness. As Chiang Kai-shek said when he was fighting tigers in Jiang Jingguo and Shanghai, fighting corruption will lead to the death of the Party, and not fighting corruption will lead to the death of the country.
It's too far from the point. What I want to discuss with you today is medicine, not politics. As the saying goes, "not a good doctor but a good doctor". We ordinary people don't have to eat gutter oil or worry about the State Council's heart, but we should study how to preserve our health.
Brother Bian Que's medical skill is the most respected because he pays more attention to prevention than treatment, which can not only avoid harm to the body, but also save the cost of treatment.
Huangdi Neijing, the oldest classic of traditional Chinese medicine, also advocates "treating diseases before they occur", and says: "Ancient people, who know them, live in harmony with Yin and Yang, and do not move rashly, so they can live in harmony with God and die at the age of 100. Otherwise, people now take wine as their pulp, do whatever they want, get drunk, try their best to exhaust their essence and dissipate their truth, and don't know how to hold it full. From time to time, they will be quick, go against the joy of life and live uncontrollably, so half a hundred will fail. "
It is pointed out in the book that in ancient times, some people who knew the truth of keeping in good health imitated the laws of nature, learned some knowledge of keeping in good health, ate moderately, lived regularly, and did not overwork themselves, so as to maintain physical and mental health and achieve the goal of longevity. People are different now. They drink wine as a drink, eat unrestrained, live irregularly, overwork in order to make money, and have unrestrained sex. They don't know how to be conservative, they only pursue temporary psychological pleasure and damage their health at will, so they will be older than half a year.
Speaking of which, everyone should know how to keep in good health. I hope everyone can live to the end of their lives.
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