There are many famous doctors in China, who is called the King of Medicine?

First, taste a hundred herbs Shennong, the first to prescribe medicine, Buddha is the king of medicine.

Second, the medical origins of Bian Que and Dong Xiao are profound and clear, and the Yellow Emperor's Su Shu is a pulse-cutting method with Bian Que, and later generations regard it as the king of medicine. During the Warring States Period, Bojun had a man named Qin Mingyue, who was good at medical skills and practiced medicine in Qi and Zhao. People also call them Bian Que and worship them as the king of medicine. Taoism reveres Bian Que as the real King of Medicine, and the orthodox collection contains The Eighty-one Classic of the King of Medicine.

Third, Sun Simiao. Later generations revered him as the King of Medicine and worshipped him all the time. To commemorate the King of Medicine, a meeting of the King of Medicine is usually held on April 28th in the summer calendar.

Among the folk beliefs in our country, the belief of "King of Medicine" is very common. Due to different local customs, there is more than one drug king, among which Bian Que in the Spring and Autumn Period, Sun Simiao in the Tang Dynasty, Wei Cicang, Wei Shanjun and Wei Gudao (Teacher Wei) are famous.

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Introduction of some drug kings

1. Wei Xun, the name of an ancient physician. A Taoist named Ci Zang was born in the 18th year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty (644) and died in the 29th year of Kaiyuan (74 1). A native of Jingzhaofu (now Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province) in Tang Dynasty, he used to be a Taoist priest with excellent medical skills and served as a physician (684 ~ 690), just as famous doctors Zhang Wenzhong and Li Qian at that time. He was appointed by Zhang Wenzhong as Su Liangsi to diagnose diseases.

2. Wei Shanjun (595-694), a Taoist priest in the early Tang Dynasty, was honored as the "King of Medicine" by the people. He was born in Gong County (now Gong County, Henan Province) and his ancestral home is Jingzhao (now Xi 'an City). Grandfather was transferred to Gongxian County because he tasted the Gongxian Order.

3. Sun Simiao (54 1-682, controversial, see the catalogue of "age dispute" in the text), Jing Zhao Huayuan (now Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province), a doctor and Taoist in the Tang Dynasty, was honored as the "King of Medicine" by later generations.

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