Hua Tuo, Zizi, a native of Peiguoqiao County (now Bozhou, Anhui Province), was a famous doctor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Hua Tuo, Dong Feng and Zhang Zhongjing are also called "Jian 'an Three Magical Doctors". I studied abroad when I was young.
Practice medicine all over Anhui, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and other places, and study medicine without seeking a job. He has a comprehensive medical skill, especially good at surgery. And proficient in internal medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, acupuncture. In his later years, he was suspected by Cao Cao and tortured to death in prison.
Achievements:
Hua Tuo first performed surgery under general anesthesia, and was called "the originator of surgery" by later generations. He is not only proficient in prescription science, but also admirable in acupuncture.
Hua tuo visited many doctors everywhere and collected some drugs with anesthetic effect. After many different formulations of processing, he finally successfully trial-produced this anesthetic. He also mixed anesthetic with hot wine, which made the patient unconscious after taking it. Then cut open the abdominal cavity, remove the ulcer, wash away the putrefaction, sew it with mulberry thread and apply ointment, and it will be fine in one month. So Hua Tuo gave it a name-Mafengsan.