Chen Nianzu

Chen Nianzu

Chen Nianzu (1753-1823), a native of Changle County, was born in a medical family. His works include: Shennong's herbal classic, Three Character Classic of medicine, magical use of Shifang, gekuo of Shifang, Zhenyi of medicine, zhongzhonglu of medicine, gist of women's Department, eight chenbian of new prescription, annotation of Shiyao Shenshu, annotation of synopsis of Jingui《 There are more than 30 kinds of prescriptions in the golden chamber. His sons Yuan Bao, Yuan Xi, Sun Zi Dian, Xin Lan, and his students Zhou Yiyuan and Huang Yirun are all famous doctors.

Life

In 1787, he studied at Aofeng Academy in Fuzhou. Besides studying the classics and history, he also studied medicine and ancient medical classics. Seeing the profound diction of the original book, he annotated it shallowly, or compiled a rhyme, and handed down the book Shanghanlun shallowly and Changsha fanggekuo. Qianlong 57 years (1792) in the election. Later, he failed in the examination and lived in the capital. Shiguanglu Temple Qing Yi Chaodong suffered from stroke, paralyzed hands and feet, soup does not enter, the group of doctors. Nianzu is famous for his large dosage. After returning to Changle, he served as the mountain chief of Wuhang Academy. In the third year of Jiaqing (1798), he was the lecturer of Qingyuan Academy in Quanzhou. In the sixth year of Jiaqing (1801), he entered Beijing for the joint examination again. He was No.1 and took part in the grand challenge. He got the first grade. He was sent to Baoyang (now Baoding, Hebei Province) of Zhili by the county magistrate. it was midsummer and the plague was prevalent. Nianzu compiled the song of the time with simple rhymes to teach doctors to treat according to the law and save many people. Xiong Qian, governor of Zhili, suffered from arthralgia, numbness of his fingers, which extended to his arms and wrists. Nianzujiao often took Huangqi Wuwu Decoction and prescribed a prescription to tonify the kidney and liver. During this period, the local women's Yin was cured. In the 13th year of Jiaqing (1808), Lang Xie, an official of the Ministry of Li, was in the field. He had a strong pain in the neck, a full heart, and a bad urination. He was not sweating when taking the medicine on the surface. Instead, he was irritable and had six channels of flood. After Nianzu took Guizhi to Guijia Fuling Baizhu decoction, and then zhizichi decoction, the disease no longer occurred. Jiaqing seventeen years (1812), the Department of Cizhou, changed to Zaoqiang, promoted to Tongzhi, promotion agent Zhengding magistrate. He wrote medical books and treated people's diseases. In 1819, when he was old, he gave lectures in shijingxiang thatched cottage in Fuzhou, trained medical talents, opened "Chen Nianzu medical school" to help the world, and cured the king of Ryukyu.

Relevant evaluation

He absorbed the essence of ancient medicine and applied and supplemented his own clinical experience, making important contributions to popularization and popularization of medicine. Lin Zexu said in the preface to notes on synopsis of the Golden Chamber: "those who are close to medicine are no better than others." His sons Yuan Bao, Yuan Xi, Sun Zi Dian, Xin Lan, and his students Zhou Yiyuan and Huang Yirun are all famous doctors.

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