MAO zedong and Chinese traditional medicine 
 
 
Hu XianguoHubei province yuanan hospital 
 
 
China's traditional Chinese medicine to 

    MAO zedong (1893-1976), the word runzhi, hunan xiangtan ShaoShanChong people. A great marxist-leninist, proletarian revolutionist, strategist and theorist, one of the founders of the communist party of China. "(MAO zedong for traditional Chinese medicine is very concerned about, now four, with readers.
 
    Arm pain knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine
 
    MAO zedong because of cold, in the long march of suffering from joint pain. There was a time when MAO zedong became seriously ill, and even lift his arm, with western medicine treatment for a long time didn't work. The shensi-kansu-ningsia border region government agent chairman Mr Li Dingming slightly knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, after that, came to the valley at yangjialing offered to MAO zedong to see the doctor. MAO zedong hold try a state of mind let him to the ground. Li Dingming immediately opened four doses of traditional Chinese medicine, he was safely on MAO zedong said: "eat the first dose, call you arm held up; and ate the second dose, call your arm to rotate; eat the third dose, arm was free and ate the fourth dose, can let you to climb on the high bar". MAO zedong's a grain of salt. At that time, the eighth route army health department comrade don't believe in Chinese medicine, don't agree with Li Dingming to MAO zedong's drug use. MAO zedong said: "still try, don't try how can anyone know not!"
 
    MAO zedong served after the four doses of traditional Chinese medicine on time, "miracles" sure enough, his arm pain not only disappeared, and the ease, really can climb the high bar. Since then, MAO zedong sick often Li Dingming, please make a diagnosis and give treatment. At that time, the yan 'an several hospitals in western medicine is given priority to, look down upon Chinese medicine. Some patients have seen the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, western medicine not to see the doctor for medicine, some departments have unwritten rules: even the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine not to submit an expense account. As a result, formed a contempt for the culture of TCM. MAO zedong put this question to ask, solicit opinions of the Li Dingming. Li Dingming leisurely say: "to combine traditional Chinese and western medicine each have strengths, only, can obtain the best effect". MAO zedong nodded and said: "the idea is good, you later must combine traditional Chinese and western medicine". Later, the shensi-kansu-ningsia border region formed research association, association of Chinese and western medicine of traditional Chinese medicine, etc., the establishment of the policy to combine traditional Chinese and western medicine made valuable exploration.
 
    Commend showdown traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
 
    (ahead of the huai hai campaign), 1947, chairman MAO zedong let SuYu to huaihai front command work. SuYu taking don't want to go. Chairman MAO zedong puzzled and asked, "are you afraid of death?" SuYu reply said: "President, you are know me, from the long march to the north, I all not afraid, now back pain, abdominal pain and were in a coma, and the fear of delay fighter! I'm sick, the chairman is clear." Chairman MAO zedong after listen to laugh ground to say: "you, I am understand, look! I have given you ready to drugs, cure your disease, no problem." Say, chairman MAO zedong took a few box turtles guilingji to SuYu conveniently. SuYu took turtles from chairman in guilingji, immediately rushed to the huaihai front command. A few months later, ending the huai hai campaign was won, lasted 66 days, the annihilation of the kuomintang in east China, central China's 56, 550000 people, create conditions for after the campaign. Battle fought, turtle guilingji finished, SuYu is health.
 
    Longevity sets ginseng, deer antler, hippocampus, medlar, epimedium, etc made of Chinese traditional medicine processed capsules. For brain, and have the solid kidney tonifying qi, stomachic, suitable for weak kidney Yang, hypomnesia, night dream heritage, the waist sour leg soft, deficiency of cough, even diarrhea, loss of appetite, etc., so effective for SuYu waist sour backache, abdominal pain and disease.
 
    Instruction refers to the direction
 
    In hangzhou in 1953, MAO zedong to rest, once playing mahjong entertainment and a few comrades, his impromptu said: "China has three big contribution to the world, the first is the traditional Chinese medicine, the second is a dream of red mansions cao xueqin, the third is the mahjong tiles". MAO zedong puts the TCM at first of the three, is a great emphasis on traditional Chinese medicine. In the second year in June, MAO zedong instructions established institute of traditional Chinese medicine, and decided to doctors across the country. In December, MAO zedong also interviewed the first dean lu tuan. In October 1958, MAO zedong has made the famous comment: "Chinese medicine is a great treasure, should strive to explore, to improve", pointed out the direction for the development of TCM cause.
 
    Promote the dial disabled art
 
    Chairman MAO zedong in his later years, suffering from senile cataract eyes is almost blind. On the evening of July 23, 1975, chairman MAO zedong imposed in the left eye cataract surgery, surgery adopted needle dial the cataract surgery of traditional Chinese medicine. Surgery in MAO zedong zhongnanhai, chairman of the house of the sun room. Operation by the gate of China academy of traditional Chinese medicine hospital was more than 40 years old, eye tang presided over by the doctor. After the operation well, only 6 minutes, intraoperative chairman MAO zedong also let staff played the sacred music.
 
    The second day postoperatively, chairman MAO zedong insisted that take the gauze, carrying on high hyperopia glasses, looked at six or seven hours continuously. In September this year, Beijing hosted the third session of the national games, chairman MAO zedong will congress gave his balcony 1 invitation sent to the tang dynasty by the doctor. Of tang by MAO zedong said: "I can read again, I'm glad. Also please do other eye" next year. Unfortunately, in the second year in 1976, a generation of great men.
 
    "Gold dial barrier" is our country ancient medical eye disease of a surgery for cataract. Cataract patients after the surgery, generally can be rediscovered.
 
    The medical profession in China has more than 1000 years ago to the surgery, which is advanced in the world YanKeShi. This law as early as in the tang dynasty Wang Dao "Taiwan secret to outside" (752). Later after generations of physicians of summary, to the qing dynasty huang-ting mirror set previous achievements and combining with his own clinical experience, with a book orders through dacheng, this is a book on summary of ancient Chinese ophthalmology. Book will promote the dial the barrier for the operation method is divided into eight steps, called gold dial barrier eight method.
 
 
 
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