LiShiZhen and splendid valley of the edge

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        LiShiZhen, congressional rhyming in Ming dynasty, is our country history YiSheng generation. He had been in the area from home facilitates towards practicing medicine, abounds in lushan mountain of the medicinal material so attracted him, "far poor PiRang the yield of agent of the foothills, risk China". To him into the valley of mountain climbing, up to the top of the apt, was immediately lushan rich medicine attracted to hide. He ignored the fatigue in the thorns, deep in the cliff scramble, the distraction of drugs to collecting specimens. A few into a few out splendid valley, the valley of growth, stone ear etc are growing in the compendium of materia medica.

        Folk and a growing LiShiZhen found on the beauty of the flower legends. LiShiZhen to complete the pharmacopoeia masterpiece compendium of materia medica, came to CaiYao lushan mountain, live in donglin temple. One day a right cheek red little monk, endure severe toothache mumbling to chant buddhist scripture, see the old monk take a dry herbs to him in his mouth contains, swollen XiaoTong check immediately. LiShiZhen startled, hastily to the old monk to ask. Originally this magical herbs, growth in the splendid in the valley is a kind of evergreen shrubs small open flowers. In order to find this kind of flower, in the valley of LiShiZhen jinxiu trudging for three days and three nights. The third night, tired of my eyes LiShiZhen extremely tiny income, a strong scent of hazy are evident. Two colorful butterflies dancing around his whisper: "LiTai medical, my family's big sister." LiShiZhen head looks, colorful butterfly immediately into two wear skirt of small butterfly girl, will he raise, sail up and fly away. The pale cliff as tall as the cloud, a graceful much appearance of nun 1 again and again I waved to him. LiShiZhen great surprise, are thinking about this kind of flower to the nun 1's whereabouts. Nun 1 in a smile, rocking cui sleeve, into a GuangYan brilliant of flowers. LiShiZhen ecstatic darted forward take flowers, and behold one slip, a head of plant in the fall of ease. The cold sweat dripping wet LiShiZhen, Shouting, was awakened from the dream, but see pursuant to the cliff rock gap between, the one clump blooming flower, bathed in the moonlight, time excessive colour, lovely.

        LiShiZhen gave it a name "sleep sweet". Then in the name of the sweet sleep and the four winds, people rushed to introduction, and regarded as the auspicious signs, then renamed "growing". LiShiZhen think, not only the growing clear leader, fire away the pain, still can treat urgent throat wind.

        Stone ears at lushan mountain peak productive iron ship, in the compendium of materia medica poems "in, LiShiZhen wrote" lushan mountain, also, like ears, stone ear to smell, non-toxic. Long flat gump: color, bright eye: eat fine ". It is said that, it's rather six years (in 325), WuMeng XuXun, such as general WangDui called against the court to from nanjing by boat to flee to nanchang. The ship was two dragon carry on, to rush has lushan mountain, step to iron ship peak, be beauty attracts, two dragon slightly a distracted, hull fall summit. Survived ministers in the mountains brewing for a few days, only sleep to endure hunger, and from the rock took of the stone ear when "LingCao" take next to appease hunger. Not only fill the hungry starving, but also make everyone radiant, rejuvenation. LiShiZhen of course not superstitious this kind of legend, but he thought that the stone ear nutritional value cannot be underestimated. Rich glycogen, gelatin, iron, calcium, phosphorus and various vitamins set in a body, the natural food can improve physical function, glows the life vitality.

        In the valley of LiShiZhen jinxiu CaiYao experience, to enrich his pharmacy theory, up an inestimable role, his compendium of materia medica, records of more than 10 kinds of produce from the valley of splendid drugs. (WangGuNian)