In the countryside, old Chinese medicine doctors are called sir. No matter men, women, old or young, you never know when you will get sick. In remote rural areas, you can rely on old Chinese medicine doctors. The old Chinese medicine doctor is a person that thousands of households cannot live without. He can cure diseases and heal injuries, and bring health and safety to people. He is very respected by people.
When there is a patient at home, the family is like a disaster, and they rush to find an old Chinese medicine doctor, who is called Mr. Please in the country. Patients are equal in the hearts of old Chinese medicine practitioners. Regardless of whether they are rich or poor, they will come as soon as they are asked. The old Chinese doctor attaches great importance to medical ethics. He understands the suffering of patients. No matter whether it is hot or cold, day or night, treating diseases and saving lives is the highest ideal. When the old Chinese medicine doctor was invited to his home, it seemed that he had brought good news. The family was respectful and polite. They held their breath and stared at the kind and calm expression of the old Chinese medicine doctor, trying to read some kind of good or bad luck from his face. The old Chinese medicine doctor was also miraculous. He felt his pulse with his hand, as if he had touched the internal organs. He could tell accurately that the spleen was deficient, the stomach was cold, and the liver was full of fire. Then he asked about the symptoms, and his words were euphemistic: "It's nothing serious. Just take two medicines and you'll be fine." It can be cured." These words were like a dose of auspicious comfort, and the family members breathed a sigh of relief, and the patient's condition seemed to be relieved by half. The old Chinese medicine doctor took out a medicine note and a thick pen and wrote out the prescription smoothly. The handwriting is extremely illegible and many people cannot understand it. Before leaving, the old Chinese medicine doctor ordered ginger and jujube to be used as introduction, and the family members will remember it.
I am very familiar with the old Chinese medicine doctor in the village, and we have been friends for many years. His pharmacy was across the road from the school in the village. At that time, I was working as a teacher at the school and often went to the pharmacy. The medicine shop has three facades, with a large courtyard behind it. When the weather is nice, many Chinese medicines of different colors are dried in the courtyard, and the mixed smell is refreshing.
What first attracted me were the couplets in the drug store. On the door was "Authentic medicinal materials transported back to Sichuan, Guangzhou, Yunnan and Guizhou, and processed according to the techniques of Han, Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties." On both sides of the medicine shelf were the words "I hope people in the world will be free from disease." , why not put the medicine on the shelf to produce dust.” Over time, I often listen to old Chinese medicine doctors talking about Chinese medicine theory or pharmacological philosophy. I not only admired the medical skills of the old Chinese medicine doctor, but also admired his erudition. I was even a little obsessed with Chinese medicine, and later I developed a strong interest in and belief in Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.
In my spare time, I like to listen to the old Chinese medicine doctor saying that "Yin balances Yang secretly, and the spirit is the cure." In a normal person, when the disease occurs, the person's yin and yang are out of balance and the yin and yang rise and fall. If yang is strong, it is yin disease, and if yin is strong, it is yang disease; if yang is strong, it is hot, and if yin is strong, it is cold; if yang is deficient, it is cold, and if yin is deficient, it is hot. The rise and fall of the human body's qi is normal and orderly, clearness rises and turbidity falls, qi and blood flow smoothly, the internal organs are harmonious, the limbs and bones are nourished, and the internal and external parts are harmonious, so that "yin and yang are secret" and "righteous qi exists within, and evil cannot be interfered with". During the disease, the rise and fall of Qi is disordered or even reversed. The clear Qi does not rise and the turbid Qi does not fall, and the "poison" evil accumulates internally. The internal organs are not coordinated, the limbs and bones are malnourished, and the internal and external parts are not harmonious. The disease is caused by born.
There are several manifestations of human diseases: when qi is blocked and blood vessels are blocked, numbness occurs; when qi and blood are blocked, wood grows; when a person is numb, symptoms of illness are seen. Disease causes pain, and pain has its own reasons. Pain is caused by cold, and pain is caused by blocked paths. Traditional Chinese medicine treats pain with the principle of "heat causes cold, cold causes heat", and treats pain with "the general principle is painless, the pain is blockage", which is to prescribe the right medicine to cure the disease.
What the old Chinese doctor talks about is pharmacology, and Chinese medicine emphasizes the complementarity of yin and yang, but I heard a mysterious flavor from it. The human body is like a country or a society. If the Qi and meridians are blocked, disease will occur and must be regulated and treated. If not treated, it will lead to chaos and endless harm.
I am often amazed by the profoundness and mystery of Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine. Different herbal medicines are prepared by stewing, frying, and baking. They rely on the sense organs of the old Chinese medicine practitioners to learn information about the human body's internal organs. Then they mix the Chinese medicines together, decoct them, and take them to recover a critically ill patient. This is the mystery.
The few drug stores on the village street were once the spiritual support of the villagers and cured many people's illnesses. Later, it gradually declined and witnessed the loss of the old Chinese medicine practitioner. I had already left the village for many years by then.
The medicine shop still exists today, but the old Chinese doctor was replaced by his daughter-in-law, who became a Western medicine doctor.
The old Chinese medicine doctor is over eighty years old. He is still healthy, but he no longer practices medicine. I once asked the reason, and the old Chinese medicine doctor said helplessly that people nowadays like Western medicine. Although Western medicine treats the symptoms rather than the root cause, it saves trouble and produces quick results. Just swallow a few pills and the disease will be cured. Chinese medicine is too cumbersome. Chinese medicine needs to be decoctioned and taken. Who wants to drink those bitter water seeds? Anyway, if you have a serious illness, there is a hospital, so you can still afford it. Occasionally, someone with a serious illness in the village would go to see an old Chinese medicine doctor, but he would not refuse. He couldn't let go of his nostalgia.
In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine has gradually become more and more popular. Some people come to seek treatment, but the old traditional Chinese medicine doctors politely refuse treatment. The reason is that the current Chinese medicinal materials are all cultivated artificially, and most of them are not processed, so it is difficult to control the medication. If there are too few medicines, the disease will not be cured; if there are too many, the disease will be misled.
Traditional Chinese medicine is a treasure of China. Its retreat in medicine, especially its disappearance among the people, makes people sigh with regret.