Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) story (45) - achyranthes 
 
 
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    A card shark ran to the anhui henan to sell medicine practice, long days, cultivated land is ripe, and settled down here. Henan is a card shark GuangGunHan, son without a wife, alone, only has a few disciples. He knew a kind of herbs, after pickling can strong bones and muscles, kidney. On which card shark has cured many deficiency anaemia of consumptive disease injury. Practitioners thought, should pass the secret recipe to who? From general view, a few disciple is pretty good, but when one knows the heart, really want to pass this recipe to a kind of good student, still have to give it a try.
 
    So he said to his disciples: "I now old sick, can't herbalism selling drugs. You have all learned skill, each go to make a living." 
 
    Thought the big disciple, master sold for medicine, must save a lot of money, he is childless, the money left is supposed to belong to myself. So he said to the master: "I don't leave the teacher, teacher to teach me how to learn the skill, should I keep you to the old." 
 
    The other disciples are also say so. 
 
    Master a look, and had to go to big disciple to live in the home. Hosting big disciple delicious good drink, make is very satisfied with the master. Some time later, big disciple while the teacher was not at home, stealing the master the luggage open on see, the original master don't money, only one didn't sell herbs for years. Big disciple very frustrating, from now on to master didn't care. The mind of the master that through the big disciple, left him, and the two disciples moved to the home. 
 
    Two disciples also like big disciple, first master hospitality, such as found that the teacher also cold face when no money. 
 
    Some time later, the master went to find three disciple. Three disciple is no better than the two exemptions. Master at last also stay not bottom go to, have to back HangLiJuan, sat crying in the street. 
 
    At this time, the youngest disciple. He comes up to the teacher said: "to my house to live." 
 
    The teacher shook her head and said: "I don't have a money with me, eat your dinner?" 
 
    Little student say: "teacher and pupil, such as father and son, master apprentice to support also shouldn't?" 
 
    Teacher saw that he was solid it honestly, he moved to his little student home. Not many days, the teacher has suddenly fallen ill. Little student keep in bed all day and attended the, really looks like the same for biological parents filial piety. Teacher see in the eye, secretly nod. One day, he called his little student to the front. Solve close-fitting little baggage, said: "there is a kind of herb is a treasure, made medicine, it can strong bones and muscles, kidney, problem. I will now be passed on to you!" 
 
    Soon, the master is dead. Little student master the buried properly. Later, he depends on master preach the secret recipe, to become a famous card shark. 
 
    The master left herbs shape is very special, stem on the rib section, resembling cow's lap. Little student, therefore, is to give it a name, called "~". 
 
 
 
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