Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) story (47) - snakegourd fruit 
 
 
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    Jiangnan is a high mountain, the mountain has many caves, was hidden behind clouds and forests. The legend, there is fairy living in the mountain. 
 
    There is a job, often the mountains cutting wood. One afternoon, he cut a full bear wood, thirsty and tired, finds the sound of the spring, came to a cave outside. Here has a few tall, thick and old tree, a mountain spring from the mouth of the cave. The woodcutter sticks down, holding springs drinking, and went into the cave. The cave is very big, but took a few steps to the end. The woodman had to come out and found a stone in the shade, lie on the rest. As he slept in a daze, suddenly hear someone talking. He failed, two old man sat under the tree, a long white beard, a long black beard. The woodcutter thought, where the mountains people? Probably is the fairy? He still, listening to the two fairy chat. 
 
    Black beard old man said: "this year we were a big hole and a pair of yellow melon!" 
 
    White beard old man said: "so loud, there lay a cutting wood, let him hear will took away the baby." 
 
    Black beard old man said: "fear? He heard also couldn't get into the cave! Until July 7 noon time, three standing here read: 'doors open, ground, door to pick a gourd master to come in!" 
 
    White beard old man said, "little said a few words, let's play chess." 
 
    The woodcutter heard in the mind a happy here, not careful rolled on the floor, just open your eyes. Ah, what the fairy? It is a dream. He disappointed with their sticks back home. However, he also firmly remember that a few words. 
 
    The woodcutter always want to try a dream to come work. July seven day, the woodcutter came to the cave. He waited until noon three hour, then into the mouth of the cave, the mouth saying, 
 
    "Tianmen, ground, door to pick a gourd master to come in!" 
 
    Slammed a listen to, is there a stone door open in the front. The original cave and there was a glittering caves. 
 
    The woodcutter went in and saw the inside with a green green, top knot with a pair of yellow melon. He is very happy, gourd cut down in the wood chopper, in your hands, one breath run home. Who knows, home a look carefully, which is featuring ah, but is two ordinary melon. When the woodcutter thought and threw them out side. 
 
    Some time later, the woodcutter up the hill cutting wood, and came to the cave outside. He lay down on the stone on the rest. Just close your eyes, the two bearded spirit under the big tree down again. 
 
    White beard celestial complain a way: "all blame you talkative, hole gourd was stolen." 
 
    Black beard old man said: "can't be afraid of what he stole, not real gold melon." 
 
    "How useless? That's a rare medicinal herbs, is precious than gold." 
 
    "Hey, that must put it tan orange, though only have the effect of embellish lung, clear heat." 
 
    The woodcutter and woke up from a dream, he hurried home to find the two melon. The melon all bad, however, the woodcutter took out a seed, wait until the next spring them all in the yard. After a few years, a large yellow melon. The woodcutter is treating people with this kind of melon. Those patients with chronic cough phlegm asthma, eat the melon, and sure enough one by one is ok.
 
    People is amazing, and talk about what to give this kind of melon is good. The woodcutter thought of the melon vines need for frame, in high ChuJie melons, so give it a name "melon floor". The people then write it as "time" or "the enclosed floor". 
 
 
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