Omniscient and Almighty

Chapter 196 Spirit Pivot

"The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic is the acupuncture classic."

"Shen Nong's Materia Medica is the classic of medicine."

"Acupuncture is the main thing, and medicine is tonic. Medicine has three parts of poison. Therefore, if it is not necessary, only use needles and not medicine. This is the general summary and basic principles of Chinese medicine." Zhang Lao said lightly, "However, medicine can be learned. , but needles cannot be learned.”

"So, since later generations, the Canon of Internal Medicine has been useless, and most of the time it has been shelved."

"For thousands of years, even the famous doctors of the past dynasties, such as Zhang Zhongjing, Tao Hongjing, Sun Simiao, etc., have been famous for their medicines. As for the famous doctors, for the vast majority of doctors, there is a way to learn medicine. It is feasible, and there is no way to learn from needles."

"Where are Bian Que, Hua Tuo and Li Shizhen?" Xu Guangling asked.

Regarding the understanding of ancient Chinese medicine, strictly speaking, Xu Guangling actually knew Li Shizhen and "Compendium of Materia Medica", and Bian Que knew about the little article that the old man mentioned when he first met Mr. Zhang. Duke Huan of Cai".

As for Hua Tuo, Xu Guangling knew that the name was entirely due to Cao Cao's relationship.

Zhang Zhongjing and others mentioned by Mr. Zhang just now, these names are not unfamiliar to Xu Guangling, but Xu Guangling is very strange to these people. I don’t know what works and achievements they have had, and even their age is relatively vague.

However, Mr. Zhang didn't mention the three people he "knew something about".

"Bian Que, named for needles, and also decoction."

"Hua Tuo, because his works have not been handed down, it is difficult to make an actual evaluation of it. In the actual origin of traditional Chinese medicine, this is just a symbolic symbol."

Xu Guangling nodded.

The so-called symbolic symbols can actually be regarded as non-existent.The folks may talk about this man because of Mafeisan and the world's first surgical operation, but for medical practitioners, this famous doctor does not have much practical significance.

"Li Shizhen, and "Compendium of Materia Medica"," Zhang Lao pondered for a while before saying: "There are contributions. But this book, and the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" I mentioned to you just now, are not One thing."

Is there a contribution?

Hearing what Zhang Lao said, Xu Guangling was very surprised.

This word...

But since Mr. Zhang didn't go into details, Xu Guangling didn't ask again. He will naturally understand these things in the future, and in fact these have nothing to do with his medical studies. He asked Mr. Zhang what he had said before. What he said: "Teacher, you just said that medicine can be learned, but acupuncture cannot be learned?"

"Hmm." Mr. Zhang nodded, "This is exactly what I'm going to tell you next. Medicine is tangible but needles are invisible. Medicine can be passed on but needles can't. Why can't needles be passed on? Because it involves Chinese medicine. The most fundamental and crucial thing.”

"The Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine is divided into two parts." Changing the topic, Zhang Lao turned to this topic, "One is called "Plain Questions" and the other is called "Lingshu."

""Su Wen" is a general introduction, an introduction, or a preface, although it is relatively long. But the main body of the book is still "Lingshu". Throughout the ages, many medical masters, such as Zhang Zhongjing, have mostly "Plain Questions" has been inherited, summarized and developed, with the principles of Su Wen combined with the use of medicines, it has become a generation of famous doctors."

"And they don't inherit much from the "Spiritual Pivot", or they simply ignore it."

"What's the reason?"

"It's actually just one sentence."

Speaking of this, Zhang Lao paused for a while, looked at Xu Guangling, and then said very seriously to the point of solemnity: "Those who study Lingshu must be masters."

After saying this, Zhang Lao immediately asked again: "Zhuoyan, what is a 'pivot'?"

What is a hub?

hub.

center.

The running water does not rot, and the pivot of the house does not stink.

This is what Xu Guangling thought of for the first time, and later, the original meaning of the word became clear, the hinge is the hinge on the old-fashioned door.And if it is generally speaking, it is the immovable part of a flowing and active system.

Iron-clad camps and flowing soldiers, this "pivot" is the "iron-clad camps".

Xu Guangling told Mr. Zhang all the trivial things he thought of, and after nodding his head, the old man asked again: "So, Zhuo Yan, what is this 'pivot' in the human body?"

Xu Guangling's expression turned serious.

Iron-clad camps and flowing soldiers, he thought of this sentence again.

Flowing soldiers, placed in the human body, obviously refer to the flowing blood, the iron camp?

Is it a limb?Is it a skeleton?Is it a blood vessel?Is it a nerve?

Or do you mean the so-called meridians?

The answer is actually self-evident. In Chinese medicine, there is no mention of bones, blood vessels, or nerves, but only meridians. This is something that a complete layman like Xu Guangling knows.

This cannot be explained by the underdeveloped knowledge in ancient times.

The most obvious example is blood vessels, which are known to ordinary people, and there must have been injuries and bleeding incidents in ancient times, so the "blood vessel" will definitely be discovered, but it has not been mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine for a long time. .

It only talks about meridians.

And it's amazing that acupuncture doesn't hurt.

Can you imagine, using a needle to pierce the human body, sometimes even very deep, and it doesn't hurt at all!

To put it in a bit of a witty way, it's not scientific!

Well, science can easily explain this phenomenon, but the question is, how did the ancients think of sticking needles into the body?How did you find those places?

"Teacher, you mean 'meridian', right?" Xu Guangling said.

For the past month or so, Mr. Zhang only told him some basic conditions of the human body and various pathological cases, but basically nothing about traditional Chinese medicine. As for the basic understanding of acupuncture and moxibustion, Xu Guangling Known a long time ago.

Of course, at that time, he knew this partly out of inadvertence, partly out of curiosity, and in the end he only understood a little bit superficially.

Zhang Lao nodded, "Since the appearance of glass, the discovery of magnification, and the development of magnifying glasses and even microscopes, human beings' understanding of the world has advanced by more than one level. The entire modern biology can be said to be based on microscopes. basis."

"Blood vessels, capillaries, nerves, cells, and even DNA, all of these are invisible under the microscope. In this case, a very embarrassing thing happened, that is, the meridian in Chinese medicine. .”

"Meridian, where is it?"

"Since it's in the human body, and it's a place where a needle or even a sharp stone can penetrate, there's no reason why it can't be seen by a microscope."

"Therefore, 'finding meridians' is the first and fundamental topic of TCM research in the new era. If there is no progress on this topic, TCM will not be able to make progress. If this proposition cannot be proven, TCM will not be able to be used in the modern medical system. Stand in the middle."

"There is no doubt about the effectiveness of Chinese medicine. Whether it is acupuncture or medicine."

"The root of Chinese medicine, the meridian, has not been revealed under the microscope. There is also no doubt about it."

"There is a great contradiction between the two."

"So, in view of this, the country once made the search for meridians one of the key research projects in the 15-year scientific and technological development plan."

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