Certainly, he can be considered a first-class medical expert, who not only mastered the medical means of health care, prescription medicine, acupuncture and surgery, but also was proficient in internal surgery, gynecology and pediatrics. His most notable contribution was the invention of the world's earliest anesthetic, named Mafusan, which set the precedent for general anesthesia, a technique that is a great innovation not only in China but also in the world. He was also a pioneer of medical sports in China, advocating the way of health care and compiling a fitness exercise called the Five-Animal Exercise.
I. Hua Tuo was a famous surgical expert, who was made the sage of surgery and the originator of surgery by later generations.He was not only good at general surgery, but also could do open chest and abdominal surgery, which could be very shocking under the conditions at that time. Using his own development of mafusan, he could make the patient's whole body anesthetized and unconscious, so that he could easily perform the surgery, eliminating the patient's pain, which was unimaginable at that time. Due to his great fame, he attracted the attention of Cao Cao, who requested Hua Tuo to treat him. Hua Tuo wanted to perform craniotomy for Cao Cao to cure his gout; however, Cao Cao did not believe him and suspected that he was going to conspire to kill him, and eventually he was persecuted and died.
II. Hua Tuo was also a health expert in medical sports. He paid close attention to health and advocated health and fitness.He observed a variety of beasts and birds of prey action, to summarize and experience, and finally determined to imitate the ape, deer, bear, tiger, bird and other five kinds of animal action, invented a fitness exercise method, called the five bird play. Equivalent to the current square dance calisthenics, people can contact the five bird play, to achieve the purpose of fitness, but also will not easily get sick, help to relieve the pain, relaxation.
three, Hua Tuo is a medical doctor with noble medical pursuit.In the era of warlords and warlords, the people did not want to live, he was not for fame and fortune, not to climb the powerful and rich, everywhere for the grassroots people to see a doctor. He was very sympathetic to the grassroots working people, hated the exploiting class and feudal rulers, and was unwilling to become an official, and his life's energy was spent on medical research. He summarized his medical experience and compiled the Qing Nang Jing, which was unfortunately lost.