Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) the story (54) -- dichroa 
 
 
dichroa 

    Once upon a time there was a mountain, named dichroa. 

    The mountains have a dilapidated temple, the temple lived a poor monk. The monk not soulte his life because it is over, down the hill begging begging to eat every day. 
 
    Once, monks caught malaria, a first in the afternoon after cold fever, make a every day. The malaria taste is really uncomfortable, no poor monk was restless and flesh, leather bags with bone, humanoid son turned. However, even can not eat every day, which have the money to cure? He had to live by the so. 
 
    One day, the monks alms down again, quick at noon, not beg for a meal, he was so hungry stomach. Monk thought, say what also have to get something to eat, or, in the afternoon a malaria, no food in the stomach can hold up? So, have to crustily skin of head to win. He came to the door of the a poor man, the master said: "we also eat rice, just cooked half pot of grass root gruel who ate vomit. If you have a good appetite, eat." Beg where am picky! The monk really hungry bear, ate two bowls of all. Strange to say, he ate the grass root, also didn't vomit. Monk full belly, and stood beside a large haystack, lying there in the sunshine, waiting to attack of malaria. Who would like to, until the sun set, not only not sick, feeling all the more. 
 
    A few days in the past, didn't attack malaria disease. The monk thought the disease good, very happy. But a month later, he become ill. Monk thought: "last time to eat the grass root cooked porridge, disease is not hair, is that kind of grassroots can treat malaria?" He hurried to find the donor, meet to ask: 
 
    "The last time I in your house to eat the grass roots, is where to dig?" 
 
    "That is not reasonable of nerd to my family, toxic, eat to vomit." 
 
    The nerd is the son, look at some silly. He led the monk on the mountain, and found a blue flower of the grass, the grass leaves are long circular, and serrated edge. The monk dug many, after planted in the temple gate temple land. The monk ate for many days in a row, malaria disease so apart from the root. 
 
    Since then, the monks alms when malaria patients, were treated with the grass-roots to give him, put to a good one. Then, news, and said, "dichroa ruined temple monks will cure malaria." 
 
    Within time, fangyuan dozens of people, all ran to the ruined temple to pray. Some people also ask: "what was the name of herbs to treat malaria?" 
 
    The monk thought, this herb in dichroa, say: "call it 'dichroa!" 
 
 
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