According to Ge Hong's Biography of Immortals in Jin Dynasty, there was a famous doctor named Dong Feng in Dongwu during the Three Kingdoms period, who lived in seclusion in the mountains for many years and received no reward for his treatment.
Anyone who is cured of a serious illness only needs to plant five apricot trees on the edge of his home and in the garden. Time flies, and more and more apricot trees are planted. At harvest time, he exchanged millet with people who came to buy apricots. The millet that Dong Feng exchanged for apricots is piled up in Man Cang every year.
He used millet to help the poor and people who passed by without tolls. Since then, the word "Xinglin" has become synonymous with Chinese medicine.
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Similar allusions: orange Jing Quan fragrance
The word "orange well" originated from Su Dan in the Western Han Dynasty. According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, there was a master named Su Dan in Guiyang County, Jingzhou (now Chenzhou City, Hunan Province). His medical skill is brilliant, and he does not ask for anything in return for his treatment. People near and far call him "Su".
On one occasion, Sudan was on a business trip and it took three years to come back. He explained everything to his mother and then drove off. When the villagers heard the news, they came to bid farewell, but they still refused to leave after being sent to Changting. At this moment, a man said, "Gong Xian is far away now. What if I get seriously ill? " Su Dan smiled indifferently: "Ji people have their own natural conditions, so please don't worry too much." Do it again. Don't go there.
In the summer of the following year, the plague was prevalent, and the patient had aversion to cold and fever, and his chest and diaphragm were full. The local Jianghu witch took the opportunity to extort money from the patient. At this time, Su Mu remembered the first-aid prescription of Sudan before he left, and treated her according to this prescription. There are indeed many patients who have been cured.
It turned out that before Sudan left, it was inferred that typhoid fever would prevail, so she told her mother that she could use dried tangerine peel and well water in the backyard to save the emergency. If the patient has symptoms such as aversion to cold, fever, chest tightness, etc., he can take one liter of well water and three orange leaves, and receive no money or things after recovery. Since then, the word "orange well" has spread, and "orange Jing Quan fragrance" has also become a much-told story in the history of traditional Chinese medicine.
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