Yì Shuò:introduction about her biography and legends.
✵義妁 (Yì Shuò):a famous lady herbalist who ever lived during the Western Han Dynasty, she has been interested in herbs since she was a child. She went to the mountains to collect herbs when she was a teenager. She learned a lot of medical knowledge, and accumulated rich clinical experience, she was good at acupuncture and the application of herbs.
義妁 (Yì Shuò).
Brief Introduction
漢語名 (Chinese Name):
義妁 (Yì Shuò)
Alias:
Unknown.
Popular name:
義妁 (Yì Shuò)
English Name:
Yi Shuo, or lady Yi Shuo.
Hometown:
He Dong or Yan Hu.
Dates:
Unknown,during the West Han Dynasty, before the early of the 2nd century(before year 126 A.D.).
Main works:
Unknown.
Representative works:
Unknown.
Biography and legends:
義妁 (Yì Shuò), 2,000 years ago, during the Western Han Dynasty, at the ancient Hedong area (now on the riverside of Sushui River at the junction of Xia County and Salt Lake District in Shanxi Province) there was a lady named Yi Shuo. She was a famous female physician in the early history of China. The righteous lady has been interested in herbs since she was a child. She went to the mountains to collect herbs when she was a teenager. As long as a herbalist is passing by, she always asks humbly, year by year, she learned a lot of medical knowledge, and accumulated rich clinical experience.
Once, a patient with a bulging abdomen was brought from a field. The belly was larger than that of a pregnant woman who was about to give birth. The belly button was protruding, and the body was skinny and dying. After a careful examination, she took out a few silver needles, pierced the patient’s abdomen and legs a few times, and took out a packet of herbal powder, sprinkled it on the patient’s belly button, wrapped it in silk that was soaked in hot water, and gave the patient a Chinese medicine decoction to drink. A few days later, the patient's swelling gradually subsided and soon healed. Since then, the medical name of Yi Shuo spread.
Emperor Wu's mother, the Queen Mother Wang, was very old and sick. Emperor Wu heard that Yi Shuo had superb medical skills, so he ordered her into the palace, and she was assigned as the Queen Mother's attendant doctor. After entering the palace, she cured Queen Mother Wang's illness.
Main books and academic thoughts:
Herbalist Yì Shuò did not leave any book, which is still knowable till today.
References:
1.Yì Shuò:introduction about her biography and legends.
✵義妁 (Yì Shuò):a famous lady herbalist who ever lived during the Western Han Dynasty, she has been interested in herbs since she was a child. She went to the mountains to collect herbs when she was a teenager. She learned a lot of medical knowledge, and accumulated rich clinical experience, she was good at acupuncture and the application of herbs.
