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What is the level of Chinese medicine in China? Can the life span of emperors be used as a reference?

The level of TCM in China can't be referenced by the longevity of the emperor, because the longevity of the ancient emperors in China is not determined by the level of TCM, because the longevity is actually determined by a large part of a person's genes.

Most emperors work hard, and most emperors don't drink and have fun day and night as we think. Many responsible kings have a very heavy workload in a day, even more than some ministers, so they are under great psychological pressure. Doctors can only treat physical diseases, but not mental diseases.

Moreover, because ancient emperors often had to go out in person to manage various trivial matters at home and abroad, their physical condition would actually be overwhelmed by heavy state affairs. Moreover, there are many intrigues in the emperor's family. In order to consolidate his rights, the emperor needs to rack his brains to find a way, so he is under high pressure every day. Therefore, these emperors who worry about state affairs day and night have a short life span, and are generally not sick, but terminally ill.

The emperor likes to pursue the art of immortality. Since the first emperor, basically every emperor will look for the secret recipe of immortality, so they will hire many alchemists everywhere to refine elixirs for themselves, and it is these elixirs that make their lives short. Because alchemy was not particularly mature at that time, many ammunition contained a lot of heavy metals. Once these heavy metals are retained in the human body, they will have a great impact on the human body. They died in many places in pursuit of immortality. Therefore, the more things they want, the harder it is to reach, and they are also troubled by the problem of longevity, so their life span must not be extended.

China's traditional medical skills are actually very clever, which can be seen from several well-known Chinese medicine practitioners in China. For example, Hua Tuo, the imperial doctor, pioneered the drug Mafeisan, which can also scrape the bones of Guan Yu, so the medical skills of Chinese medicine are actually very clever, but their medical skills do not serve special ordinary people. Because once ordinary people suffer from a serious illness, the drugs they need also need to be purchased at a high price, so the life span of the ancients does not depend on the level of Chinese medicine.