According to Ge Hong's Biography of Immortals in Jin Dynasty, there was a famous doctor named Dong Feng in Wu Dong during the Three Kingdoms period. He lived in seclusion in the mountains for many years, but he didn't get any reward for saving lives. Anyone who is cured of a serious illness by him only needs to plant five apricot trees in his home and garden.
Time flies, and more and more apricot trees are planted. In the harvest season, I saw red apricots competing to bend the branches. Dong Feng built a hut in the dense apricot forest, and exchanged millet for people who came to buy apricots, without accepting coins. The millet that Dong Feng exchanged for apricots is piled up in Man Cang every year. He uses it to help the poor and passers-by who are short of travel expenses.
Since then, the word "Xinglin" has become synonymous with Chinese medicine, and "Master Xinglin" refers to a doctor with superb medical skills. The word "Xinglin homeland" is also frequently seen in newspapers.
■ The origin of Xinglin
During the Three Kingdoms period, the State of Wu had a secretariat. He was poisoned and sick, so he was treated by a folk doctor named Dong Feng. But when Dong Feng arrived, the patient had been dead for three days. Dong Feng is a real person. Even if people die, they should have a diagnosis and have a look. When he diagnosed the pulse of the deceased, his face suddenly appeared happy: "This net is still jumping, and it is still saved!" He took three pills out of the medicine bag, stuffed them into the dead man's mouth, filled them with warm water, and massaged his chest and abdomen with his hands. After a while, the dead man's limbs slowly spread out and his face was bleeding. After a few days, he gradually recovered.
Dong Feng cured one incurable disease after another, but it didn't cost anyone a penny. He only made a request that all the patients he cured should help him plant apricot trees, five seriously ill and one mildly ill. A few years later, he planted 10 million apricot trees in his garden. When selling apricots, Dong Feng didn't want people to give him cash. As long as he exchanges food, he can get a lot of food for the hungry people.
Dong Feng's noble character is well known. Since then, the word "Xinglin" has become a special word to praise the virtue of doctors.