"Cure difficult diseases is my happiest thing!" (approaching the master of Chinese medicine)
Character biography
Lu Fang, born in 1939, is a native of Zhaodong, Heilongjiang. His grandfather practiced medicine and inherited family education. In 2017, he was selected as the third master of traditional Chinese medicine.
He advocates "the combination of disease differentiation and syndrome differentiation", advocates the spleen and pancreas treatment of diabetic complications, and is good at treating various internal diseases. He has devoted his life to the innovation of traditional Chinese medicine on the basis of inheritance.
Lu Fang, 83 years old, has gray temples and relies on a wheelchair to travel, but she was still in high spirits and her eyes were like torches during the consultation.
"Don't worry, let's chat first." Sensing the patient's anxiety, Lu Fang let the patient talk about the condition step by step in a "talking about the family" way, without the pretense of a famous doctor.
After several inquiries, he patiently said to the patient: "I will go back and think about the formula, and we will work together to cure your disease." Although he has a wealth of experience, when encountering difficult new problems, Lu Fang always has to study one. Fan, and then prescribe the most suitable prescription for the patient.
Young Cheng court training, doctors benevolent
"Medicinal Essence", "Tangtou Song Jue", "Yi Zong Jin Jian"... Since childhood, Lu Fang followed his grandfather, who is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and recited classics. He gradually became interested in Chinese medicine.
Lu Fang recalled that when he was a child, many children in rural areas started farming early, and reading was a luxury.
The support of her family was the biggest motivation for Lu Fang to study in her early years.
Wearing ventilated cotton trousers to survive the winter, chewing hard corn tortillas and studying hard, Lu Fang never said bitterness.
During the college entrance examination, Lu Fang, who had excellent grades, chose the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine as a volunteer.
During the university days, Lu Fang was deeply attracted by the extensive and profound Chinese medicine culture, and eagerly learned Chinese medicine knowledge.
The lights in the dormitory are turned off on time every day. He often gets up in the middle of the night to review his homework. When he returns to the dormitory, the sky is already slightly bright.
Lu Fang knows that the monthly tuition and living expenses are all saved by her parents.
"I study hard every day. If I can't learn a little more about Chinese medicine, I feel sorry for my parents' nurturing grace."
Born in poverty, Lu Fang has a natural sense of closeness to patients with poor family conditions.
Once, before the patient came in, the family members wept outside the door.
I saw a young girl pushed in, red and swollen all over.
In the consultation room, seven or eight doctors were sitting around a table, but they were unable to make up their minds. After some discussion, everyone looked at Lu Fang.
"The symptoms are indeed very rare." Lu Fang frowned, thought for a long time, and prescribed a few medicines.
"We have visited all the hospitals in the province! Many people say it cannot be cured, but we want to try again after borrowing money." Lu Fang silently reduced the cost by half after hearing the patient's family talk about the difficulties at home.
Focus on difficult problems, keep upright and innovate
In his 60 years of medical practice, Lu Fang has devoted himself to the treatment of intractable diseases. In the thousands of cases he has accumulated and researched, he has found that many diseases are very troublesome.
"Everyone has seen it, everyone has seen it, but it can't be cured." Lu Fang explained.
More than 50 years ago, Lu Fang's neighbor, Aunt Wu, suffered from trigeminal neuralgia. She was in excruciating pain.
At that time, the young Lu Fang was not well-known and lacked experience in treating such diseases.
"I went to the library to read ancient books, and read them page by page. In an ancient book, I found that the symptoms described are very similar to those of trigeminal neuralgia, and I need to use a single herb as medicine." It was soon lost--this medicine was added to the prescription, but Aunt Wu still did not improve.
After repeated measures and bold attempts, coupled with Lu Fang’s real-time observation, and after treatment, Aunt Wu’s condition finally improved.
After careful research on trigeminal neuralgia, Lu Fang concluded the syndrome differentiation and treatment method, and attributed the disease to three types: wind-fire type, blood stasis type, and wind-cold type. The developed "Tanongning" won the Heilongjiang Provincial Government Science and Technology Achievement Award.
Lu Fang also proposed "the combination of disease differentiation and syndrome differentiation", and advocated the treatment of diabetic complications through the spleen and pancreas treatment method.
Behind more than 10 scientific research awards and invention patents, Lu Fang's persistent research on difficult diseases.
Open Lu Fang's medical record booklet, "follow up", "follow up", "return visit" - these words are very common, some are separated by a few months, some are as long as 10 years, "revisiting difficult diseases is not only for patients. Being responsible also makes it easy for us to study the efficacy of prescriptions. Every patient's symptoms are recorded in my mind, and curing difficult diseases is my happiest thing!"
"Traditional Chinese medicine must be proficient, Western medicine must be proficient, and at the same time, innovation must be adhered to. It is not enough to stick to old methods." Lu Fang believes that traditional Chinese medicine must persist in innovation, study hard, and combine the advantages of Chinese and Western medicine in order to better carry forward.
In the book, the garden is full of peach and plum
In the 1970s, Lu Fang compiled his own clinical experience into a book "Disease and Syndrome Differentiation in Internal Medicine", which includes Western medicine diagnosis and TCM classification, which is displayed in the form of a schematic diagram of etiology and disease.
He stayed up late to write when he was busy during the day, and the bed and table in the room were full of manuscripts: "It is very efficient to be quiet in the middle of the night, and can write 6,000 to 10,000 words a night."
"When he was writing the book, he often didn't say a word. Once I scrambled eggs for him and mistaken baking soda for salt, he read the information while eating, but he didn't eat it at all. His persistent love for the cause of traditional Chinese medicine can Speaking of the level of obsession." Wife Wang Lingfen recalled.
The book was published in 1979, with a total of 250,000 words. In the form of a combination of pictures and texts, it analyzes and expounds the understanding of diseases in Western medicine and the theory of syndrome differentiation and treatment in traditional Chinese medicine.
"My friends are divided into two categories, one is patients and the other is students." In Lu Fang's opinion, students' achievements are more gratifying than their own. He often says to students, "I don't want to be a teacher. , I will only be your ladder." He has been identified as the "Instructor for Inheriting the Academic Experience of National Traditional Chinese Medicine Experts" for 6 consecutive times.
Hundreds of Chinese medicine talents were trained, and the fragrance of peach and plum in the garden was harvested.
"During the consultation, in order to see more patients in a limited time, the teacher often does not drink a sip of water, and does not go to the toilet in the morning. He regards the suffering of the patients as his own. When encountering difficult cases, he does not eat or sleep. Find a way." Student Sun Qi said with emotion: "In the university, students go to the teacher's class very much. No matter how large the lecture hall is, as long as Mr. Lu lectures, it will be full."
"The treasure of Chinese medicine is the root of my life. I would like to use my life's efforts and sweat to water it, let it flourish, take root, blossom, bear fruit, and benefit the people."
Not long ago, Lu Fang's granddaughter was admitted to the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine as a doctoral student.
After learning the news, Lu Fang was so excited that he sent a little poem to his granddaughter, wanting to share with her——
"I have no other wishes in my life, and donate blood based on my own work. The revitalization of traditional Chinese medicine must not be neglected.
Our reporter Fang Yuan Zhang Yikai