Information AboutHua Tuo |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT HUA TUO | |
| chinese physicians | |
| ancient and medieval physicians | |
| sun ce and associates | |
| cao cao and associates | |
| 208 deaths | |
| han dynasty | |
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One of the most respected physicians in China's history, he was also one of the first physicians to devise exercises to enhance health. He developed a series of exercises based on the movements of five animals (tiger, deer, bear, ape, and crane) known as "Frolics of The Five Animals." He was introduced to Sun Quan , by Dong Xi . Huá Tuó healed Sun Ce 's general Zhou Tai who had suffered great injuries to rescue Ce's brother, Quan . He used Drugs which healed Zhou Tai by the end of the month and was rewarded richly. Huá Tuó was later called upon to cure an excruciating pain in Cao Cao 's head, which turned out to be a Brain Tumour . Cao Cao thought Huá Tuó had the intention of killing him by opening his skull. This was due to his fear of surgeons after Ji Ping , a former royal surgeon, attempted to assassinate him as part of Dong Cheng 's girdle plot. Huá Tuó was jailed and ordered to death by Cao Cao. Legend has it that Huá Tuó gave his medicine booklet, the ''Qing Nang Shu'' (青囊書), to a prison officer before his execution; however, the wife of the prison officer burned the booklet out of fear and only two pages of Huá Tuó's works were left. There are also a set of 34 paravertebral acupuncture points named in his honor the "Hua Tuo Jia Ji." Huá Tuó's name is often being used synonymous with "miracle worker doctor" (神醫) in China. A particularly skilled doctor is often called "Hua Tuo Revived". (華佗再世) IN FICTION In the '' Romance Of The Three Kingdoms '', Huá Tuó healed Guan Yu , who had been struck with a poisoned arrow during his Attack On Fancheng . Huá Tuó cut the flesh from Guan Yu 's arm, then scraped the poison from the bone, all through this treatment Guan Yu continued to play Go (a board game) with Ma Liang as if uninjured and without being anesthetised or flinching from pain. When quizzed by Ma, Guan said that he had done so to keep the morale of the army high. After Huá Tuó cured Guan Yu he was rewarded with a rich banquet and one hundred ounces of Gold . In actual history, however, Hua Tuo had been long dead when Guan Yu fights in the battle of Fancheng. |
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