I remember that the place where the doctor lived or the clinic used to be was called Xinglin. What is the origin of Xinglin?

The word "Xinglin" is the name of the traditional Chinese medicine community. As the name suggests, "Xinglin House" refers to a family of doctors with superb medical skills. So, how did this word come about?

According to the "Biography of Immortals" written by Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty: During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a famous doctor named Dong Feng in Soochow. He had superb medical skills and lived in seclusion in the mountains for many years. He treated people without receiving compensation. Those who were seriously ill and cured by him only needed to plant five apricot trees beside their houses and gardens.

As time flies, more and more apricot trees are planted. When the harvest season comes, you can see red apricots competing with each other and bending their branches. Dong Feng built a thatched house in the dense apricot forest and did not charge money to those who came to buy apricots, but would exchange them for millet. The millet Dong Feng exchanged for apricots filled his warehouse every year. He used the millet to help poor people and those who were passing through the area and lacked money.

Since then, the term "Xinglin" has become a synonym for the traditional Chinese medicine community, and "Xinglin master" refers to a doctor with superb medical skills. The term "Xinglin home" has also appeared in newspapers frequently.

■The origin of "Xinglin"

During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a governor in the state of Wu who was poisoned and fell ill. He asked a folk doctor named Dong Feng to treat him. But when Dong Feng arrived, the patient had been dead for three days. Dong Feng is a real person. Even if a person dies, he still needs to have a diagnosis and take a look. After he checked the deceased's pulse, a happy look suddenly appeared on his face: "This person's pulse is still beating, we can still save him!" He hurriedly took out three pills from the medicine bag and stuffed them into the deceased's mouth, poured them with warm water, and drank Massage his chest and abdomen with his hands. After a while, the deceased's limbs slowly stretched and blood appeared on his face. Within a few days, he gradually recovered to health.

Dong Feng cured each and every difficult disease without asking for a penny. He only made one request: all the patients he cured should help him plant apricot trees, five for those who were seriously ill, and one for those who were mildly ill. A few years later, more than 100,000 apricot trees were planted in his garden. When the apricots were sold, Dong Feng didn't want anyone to give them cash, but only needed grains in exchange. He got a lot of grains in exchange for helping the toiling and hungry people.

Dong Feng’s noble character is well-known by everyone. From then on, the word "Xinglin" became a special word to praise doctors' virtues.

Xinglin has been used as a nickname for the medical field for a long time. But why is "Xinglin" just used as a nickname for the medical field? There is still an old story here?

In the Three Kingdoms era There is a famous doctor named Dong Feng in Lushan. He is a skilled doctor and is said to have the ability to bring people back to life. One characteristic of his medical treatment is that he never charges patients for medical treatment. However, he has one requirement for those who seek medical treatment: After the serious illness was cured, 5 apricot trees were planted in his garden; after the minor illness was cured, 1 apricot tree was planted. The trees have also gathered together to form a forest. Every time when the apricots are ripe, looking from a distance, there are many red apricots hanging on the branches among the lush green leaves, which is really beautiful. Later, Dong Feng told people that all the trees that came to him were beautiful. People who come to the apricot forest to buy apricots don't have to pay. They just need to put some grain in the warehouse and then go to the forest to get apricots. So every year, Dong Feng filled the warehouse with the grain he exchanged for apricots, and he took the grain again. After Dong Feng's death, the story of the "apricot forest" has been passed down. Guo Dong, a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty, imitated Dong Feng and planted more than a thousand apricot trees at the foot of the mountain. There was also an apricot garden in the courtyard, and most of the gifts from patients were used to help the poor. Zhao Meng (Zhaoye), a calligrapher and painter in the Ming Dynasty, was critically ill. Yan Zicheng, a famous doctor at that time, cured him, and he specially painted a picture of "Xinglin Picture". Presented to Yan Zicheng. Later, when people praised doctors with noble medical ethics and superb medical skills, they often used words such as "Xinglin Chunnuan", "Famous Xinglin" and "Xinglin Master" to describe some modern medical groups and magazines. Publications are often named after "Xinglin". "Xinglin" has become a nickname in the medical community. The story about "Xinglin" has not only become a good talk among the people and the medical community, but also inspired and spurred doctors of all generations to work hard to improve their medical skills. , a model for relieving patient suffering.