The story of traditional Chinese medicine: preventive

Biographies of were · Ding Hong recorded a story: the eastern han dynasty and emperor acceded to the throne when only fourteen years old, because of his young and incompetence, the sinus queen was in power, part of the power actually fall into the hands of dou queen mother brother DouXian et al. They do, plotting code right. SiTuDingHong meet this kind of situation, then saying and emperor, advice, while DouShi brothers power is still not done early, in case of future trouble. He said in the letter: "' nip the matter in the bud is fierce monster to destroy. Anything, easy to stop at the beginning of the bud, wait and to eliminate, after its development is very difficult." And the emperor adopted his opinions, and appointed him as qiu and WeiWei in north and south two palace, at the same time off DouXian officer." DouXian brothers know perfectly well accountable, they committed suicide, so as to avoid a possible palace coup.

In medicine, preventive embodies the principle of prevention. Chinese medicine attaches great importance to early diagnosis and treatment of disease. Nei jing said: "good governance is a fur, second skin, second ribs, second fu, five second rule". Any disease has a distinguished development process, good doctor should be treated while disease is light shallow, if the disease has to the grave, will become more difficult. Also a vivid metaphor in neijing, said: "his disease has become and medicine, and is then conquer, Pi Jude thirsty and wear well, bucket and cast cone, which is not also late!" Whether as a result, a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine to make early diagnosis and treatment to disease as a judge whether the doctor medical brillant standard, put forward "work at the end of the cure disease". Work, that is, good doctor.

This idiom story enlightens us: hidden dangers to keep clear of in time, lest make greater curse; Disease should be treated early, in order to avoid greater harm to the body.