[Traditional Chinese Medicine Allusions] Xinglin

The story of Xinglin originated from Dong Feng, a Taoist priest in the Three Kingdoms period.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a famous doctor named Dong Feng in Lushan Mountain. He is an excellent doctor and is said to have the ability to bring back the dead.

One of his characteristics in seeing a doctor is that he never accepts the patient's remuneration, but he has one requirement for the patient: after his serious illness is cured, five apricot trees should be planted in his garden; Those people who have recovered from minor ailments 1 tree.

Year after year, the number of patients cured by him is not very large, and the apricot trees in his garden have gathered into a forest. Whenever apricots are ripe, from a distance, a green leaf is covered with many red apricots. According to Dong Feng's legend, Xinglin has become synonymous with the field of Chinese medicine.

This story is recorded in the biography of Dong Feng written by Ge Hong. According to the immortal biography: