In order to treat the people, Shennong personally understood the characteristics of various herbs. In one day, he met 72 kinds of poisons (which should be exaggerated), and later he got tea by accident. After Shennong ate it, the toxicity was relieved.
Second, the original text
Shennong tasted a hundred herbs and encountered 72 poisons a day, but he was relieved by tea.
Third, the source
Shennong's Herbal Classic
Extended data
First, the creative background
Legend originated from Shennong and was handed down from generation to generation. It was compiled into a book in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The book was not written in a moment, and the author was not alone. Many medical scientists in Qin and Han dynasties collected, summarized and sorted out the monographs on pharmaceutical experience at that time, which was the first book in China to systematically summarize traditional Chinese medicine.
Most theories and compatibility laws of TCM and the principle of "seven emotions in harmony" have played a great role in the practice of medication for thousands of years and are the source of the development of TCM theory.
Second, the appreciation of works
The historical position of Shennong Herbal Classic cannot be underestimated. It systematically summarizes the scattered pharmaceutical knowledge before the Eastern Han Dynasty, and contains many contents with scientific value, which are cherished by doctors in past dynasties. And it has long been used as a compilation style of pharmaceutical works. As the first monograph on pharmacology in China, its influence is far-reaching.
Three. Brief introduction of the author
Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica is just a name for Shennong, and it is by no means a work of pre-Qin. Pu Tao and Hu Ma were introduced to China only after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty let Zhang Qian pass through the western regions, so Benjing must be a work of the Han people, not an ancient book in the pre-Qin period.
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