As a great doctor, he doesn't like power and is committed to solving the pain of diseases for the people. Decades later, he compiled his masterpiece Compendium of Materia Medica. Although time is long, Li Shizhen has rich clinical experience and treats patients all the year round. Li Shizhen likes medical skills and reads widely. Therefore, Li Shizhen also had some opinions on pulse science, so Li Shizhen published three books on pulse science.
Cover of Li Shizhen's book Frequency Lake Veins
Is "Hu Ling Pulse", which is based on the book "Inventing Four Diagnostics" written by Li Shizhen's father and discussed with many famous doctors to concentrate its pulse essence. One of the important reasons why Li Shizhen published this book was that there were loopholes in the then popular Pulse Prescription and Pulse Science, and because pulse science was an important foundation of traditional Chinese medicine, he published a book to repair the original loopholes and put forward his own new discoveries. Compiling a set of Song formulas corresponding to Li Shizhen's symptoms, which is convenient for people in the Northern Song Dynasty to use, is a must-read book for beginners or interested people.
One is "An Examination of Eight Veins in Strange Classics", which talks about collaterals outside the twelve meridians. Not only the route of the odd meridian and eight veins is given, but also the symptoms are given. Combined with this, the corresponding treatment methods are given, which provides a basis for doctors to diagnose through pulse diagnosis.
The third book is Textual Research on Pulse Tactics. This book only records Li Shizhen's different opinions with various medical scientists according to pulse science. Mainly concentrated in the Li Shizhen era popular "Wang Shuhe pulse tactic" this one. Li Shizhen summed up various viewpoints in this book, and then put forward his own ideas and opinions. This book became a forum for academic discussion between Li Shizhen and contemporary medical scientists.
The cemetery of the great doctor Li Shizhen.
As an outstanding physician in Ming Dynasty, Compendium of Materia Medica compiled by Li Shizhen is a masterpiece with far-reaching influence and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. With his superb medical skills, he cured many people's diseases and even often helped the poor for free. Li Shizhen is not greedy for fame and fortune, but he once saved the King of Chu and refused the reward from the King of Chu. He has no selfishness and just wants to help all beings.
Li Shizhen cemetery
Li Shizhen has made great contributions to the development of medicine, and Li Shizhen's hometown is qi zhou, Hubei, so later generations built a cemetery for Li Shizhen in memory of him. The cemetery consists of Li Shizhen Cemetery, Li Shizhen Memorial Hall, medical history documents and medicine garden. This cemetery is also a national key cultural relics protection unit.
Li Shizhen Mausoleum is located in a beautiful place. In Li Shizhen's time, it was widely publicized for its beautiful scenery. Li Shizhen's tombstone and his father's tombstone are well preserved, and Comrade Deng Xiaoping also inscribed the plaque of Li Shizhen Memorial Hall.
In Li Shizhen Memorial Hall, there are a large number of medicinal specimens and writers' inscriptions put forward by Li Shizhen, while medical history documents preserve various medical books and related documents edited by Li Shizhen. There is a herb garden and a medicine gallery in the medicine garden to introduce all kinds of plant medicines. These medicines are all carved out of stone, which is very delicate.
In Li Shizhen's mausoleum, we can see the life experience of Li See Li Shizhen, who not only contributed to the medical cause, but also benefited mankind. Since the cemetery was opened, many people from all over the world have come to commemorate this famous doctor every year.
Li Shizhen's Historical Evaluation
Li Shizhen was an outstanding doctor in the world and a holy doctor in Ming Dynasty. Li Shizhen devoted his life to medical research and took medical skills very seriously. He believes that the value of medicinal materials lies in that they can cure diseases, but they can also hurt people. So read the record carefully and don't make any mistakes.
Li Shizhen is also known as the "medical sage" in the world. In the compilation of Compendium of Materia Medica, it took Li Shizhen nearly 30 years to travel all over Wan Li Road, ask countless people and taste countless herbs before compiling such a masterpiece that benefits mankind.
Portrait of Li Shizhen
Li Shizhen has been trying to accomplish such a thing all his life. During this period, Li Shizhen didn't give up because of the difficulty of the road, even if he climbed the mountain. At that time, Li Shizhen was not small. He infected everyone around him, including his disciples and son, with his weak feet and never giving up.
Li Shizhen completed such a complete book on herbal chemistry with dauntless spirit and classified herbal science with meticulous thinking, which was the summary of pharmacology in China for thousands of years at that time. It not only enriches the knowledge of materia medica, but also corrects past mistakes.
As a doctor with superb medical skills and rich academic knowledge, Li Shizhen gave up the life of a high official, did not pursue fame and wealth, did not covet vanity, and devoted himself to saving the people in dire straits. Among them, Li Shizhen was an official in the king's palace and cured the king's son. Li Shizhen rejected the four questions of the King of Chu, and only thought that it was a doctor's bounden duty to help others. Li Shizhen, such a noble doctor, from his persistence and prudence in medicine to his generosity and kindness in life, let us admire him, not for fame and fortune, but for the people's love spirit.