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How does Dong Feng help the world?

Dong Feng is not only superb in medical skills, but also noble in medical ethics. He doesn't charge for medical treatment, and all the gifts that patients give him after seeing a doctor are declined. For patients who have been cured, he just wants to plant apricot trees around his home as a reward. Five kinds are planted for seriously ill patients and one is planted for mild patients.

So a few years later, the almond trees near Dong Feng's home were full of mountains, and Dong Feng's noble medical ethics of not seeking fame and fortune and being charitable was passed down as a story, which will be passed down from generation to generation. Later generations praised the doctors with noble medical skills as "Xinglin is warm in spring" and "famous Xinglin", and called the "Xinglin" of traditional Chinese medicine, which originated from Dong Feng.

Later, people called a mountain in Changle Dong Fengshan, and in Shang He Village, Chating Street, Fuzhou, there was a life-saving hall in the Ming Dynasty, also to commemorate Dong Feng.

When Dong Feng was young, he often traveled around and practiced medicine, especially in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Vietnam and other places. In addition to treating diseases and providing disaster relief, he also visited famous mountains and rivers, collected wild plants and made Dan medicine to treat people.

Legend has it that Dong Feng also left Fujian to study Taoism in Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi Province, and continued to kill pests for the people. At that time, Dong Feng tried to kill python, which was often harmful to people and animals.