"The medical way leads to the immortal way"! What is the reason why the ancient Taoist "medical skill" is so powerful?

In fact, the statement that "medical ethics leads to immortality" is not accurate, but a manifestation of the ancients' lack of scientific knowledge and superstition. It's best not to believe it, but there are some entanglements between the two.

Taoism

The so-called "medical Taoism leads to immortality" and "homology of medical Taoism" actually means that medical skills and Taoism are integrated, infiltrated and highly unified. Why is the medical way associated with the so-called immortal way?

In fact, this has something to do with China's belief in immortality. In ancient times, with the progress of medicine, people believed that as long as the medical skills reached the highest level, they could achieve the goal of immortality, thus giving birth to the elixir that emperors wanted.

Ancient people naively thought that taking medicine could actually cure diseases, so that people would not get sick, and then they could prolong their lives, even live forever.

In fact, even if the ancient ancestors did not believe in Taoism, they were more or less superstitious. Of course, the saying that "medical ethics leads to immortality" also reflects China's medical technology theory at that time, which has reached a considerable level.

In fact, the homology of medicine and Taoism is mainly reflected in the ideological origin of the two schools. Such as Yi-ology, Yin-Yang and Five Elements, and Laozi's philosophy are the living sources for the establishment of the respective theoretical systems of Taoism and traditional medicine.

Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in the Eastern Han Dynasty, said in his book Treatise on Febrile Diseases: "People who live in the world today must not pay attention to medical skills and study prescriptions carefully, but treat the king's disease from the top, save the poor from the bottom and preserve their health from the middle."

Zhang Zhongjing

The classification of ancient documents can also show the historical origin of medical skills and Taoism. For example, the category of alchemy in ancient literature is the connection between medical skill and immortal Taoism.