Everyone knows that the names of well-known traditional Chinese medicine stores will add the word "tang" at the end, such as "Tongrentang" in Beijing, "Jiuzhitang" in Changsha, Hunan, etc.

So why are traditional Chinese medicine stores now called "tang" instead of "dian"? According to legend, it is related to the "medical sage" Zhang Zhongjing.

Zhang Zhongjing was well-read when he was young. He especially liked books on medicine, and he loved the people like a son. He once expressed his ideals and ambitions in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases": "On top, to cure the illnesses of the emperor and relatives, on the bottom, to save the poor and lowly, and in the middle, to protect the health of the body." To maintain his health. Later, Zhang Zhongjing studied hard and carefully studied ancient medical books such as "Suwen", "Lingshu", "Nanjing", "Yin Yang Da Lun", and "Fetal Medicine Record".

< p>Zhang Zhongjing lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, the government was corrupt, the people were in dire straits, and people's lives were in disarray. Plagues broke out one after another across the country, even reaching the point where "every family suffered from the pain of zombies, and every room was in mourning", among which typhoid fever accounted for the most. 70%, Zhang Zhongjing was very sad. When Zhang Zhongjing was the governor of Changsha, the local plague was prevalent, and many poor people came to seek medical treatment. He was contrary to the feudal official style of an official, and he always treated those who came to seek medical treatment warmly and carefully. He never refused diagnosis and treatment. At first, he treated people in the back hall or in his own home after handling official duties. Later, as more and more people came to treat patients, he was overwhelmed, so he simply moved the clinic. In Changsha's lobby, he set a precedent for a famous doctor to sit in the lobby for consultation. His move has been passed down as a legend throughout the ages.

As Zhang Zhongjing's medical skills became more and more sophisticated, people respected him as "Medical Saint". . At the same time, Zhang Zhongjing also resigned from office and devoted himself to the study of medicine, and finally wrote the handed down medical masterpiece "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases".

Zhang Zhongjing's medical achievements and noble medical ethics were widely praised by the world. In order to commemorate Zhang Zhongjing, the later Chinese medicine doctors called the doctors who sat in the drugstores to treat diseases as "Zitang Medicine". These doctors also named their own pharmacies "Tang Pharmacy", which is what the traditional Chinese medicine store is called "Tang". Origin.