The history of four ancient medicine capitals

The so-called "medicine taste" refers to the effect of medicine in general here, and the exaggeration medicine has no effect without entering Qizhou It can be seen that the pharmaceutical industry has a high evaluation of Qizhou pharmaceutical market Anguo County, Hebei Province, was called Qizhou in ancient times It is famous in the whole country and Southeast Asia for the prosperity of pharmaceutical industry It is known as "pharmaceutical state" Historically, Yuzhou and Henan (today's Yuxian) are also known as "South Yuzhou and North Qizhou" As early as 1101 ad, Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty established "Yaowang Temple" in the south of Anguo to commemorate Pitong The temple fair is held every year on Qingming Festival It has become the main hub of the distribution of medicinal materials in the whole country during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty In the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, the pharmaceutical merchants began to form gangs During the temple fair, the pharmaceutical merchants gathered all over the country The whole town of Qizhou is bustling and bustling Every day, merchants from all walks of life exchange tens of millions of Jin of medicinal materials, and the turnover amounts to tens of thousands of liang of silver It has become the exchange center of Chinese herbal medicines in all directions and the famous herbal medicine distribution market in the history of China After hundreds of years of production practice, Anguo has accumulated a complete set of experience in the processing and processing of medicinal materials, and has many unique points Its "knife technique" is the top in the pharmaceutical industry For example, "one betel nut can be cut into more than 100 pieces, and the pieces are even;" the cicada wing is clear in summer ", the Pinellia of the same size as broad bean, the slice is thin like cicada wing, glittering, and placed on the newspaper, and can be seen clearly through the slice text;" cloud deer antler ", the slice is thin like silk, like a cloud slice, the entrance is instant;" pound system rhinoceros horn ", the rhinoceros horn is extremely thin with a special steel file row knife Flakes, shaped like shavings Many medicinal materials are processed by special methods, and their efficacy is improved It is the collection of all kinds of medicinal materials and superb processing technology that wins the high praise of "medicine without medicine taste in Qizhou" Bozhou, known as the ancient capital of Shang Tang and the hometown of Wei Wu, is located in the west end of Northern Anhui It is adjacent to Jiangsu, Shandong and Henan on three sides The vortex river runs through the city from west to East Since ancient times, it has been one of the four famous ancient medicine capitals in China Bozhou's unique phenological and geographical conditions have made it a gathering place of medicinal materials in the Central Plains In addition, due to Hua Tuo's legacy in Bozhou, there are many famous doctors and pharmacists, and the cultivation and processing skills of traditional Chinese medicine are superior There are more than 130 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials produced Bozhou, the four famous medicines in Anhui Province, has two kinds Its white peony, chrysanthemum, aster, pollen and mulberry are well-known at home and abroad Due to the booming trade in medicinal materials, there are many shops, shops, shops and shops on the 72nd Street of Bozhou The whole country is full of traditional Chinese medicine The market of medicine trade is very large There are four or five streets in the city specializing in medicine So at that time, there was a saying that "come to Bozhou City and see all the medicines in the world" Baiquan is located in the north of Hebei Province, at the south foot of Sumen mountain, wuhuali in the northwest of Huixian county As early as the Sui Dynasty, "Weiyuan Temple" was built on the North Bank of Baiquan mountain Every year, on April 8 of the lunar calendar, the birthday of Sakyamuni Buddha is commemorated here In the eighth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (A.D 1375), the Baiquan medicinal materials conference was officially formed by using the ancient temple fair to trade medicinal materials "Baiquan, starting from the first day of April and ending on the tenth day of the first day of the first day of the first month of the first month of the first month of the first month of the first month of the first month of the second year of the Qing Dynasty," records of Huixian county "published by Daoguang in the 15th year of the Qing Dynasty, states that" Baiquan, with all kinds of medicinal materials in the north and south, is It can be seen that merchants come here to exchange the prosperity of medicinal materials According to the statistics in 1931, 623 shops in 42 counties of six provinces and cities, including Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Beijing and Anhui, were involved in Baiquan medicinal materials conference, and they were engaged in the South products, i.e the medicinal materials produced in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Huguang; the mountain products, i.e the medicinal materials produced in Henan, Shanxi and Taihang Mountains; and the "four Huai drugs" produced in Huaiqing Prefecture, i.e rehmannia, achyranthem bidentata, chrysanthemum and yam About 200 kinds The beautiful Baiquan attracts people from all over the world to come to Baiquan for tourism during the conference When the number of people in the conference is the largest, it reaches 100000 people Therefore, the saying that "when spring comes to Baiquan, there is no medicine for Baiquan" Zhangshu town in Jiangxi Province is famous for its geographical and traffic advantages of "eight provincial thoroughfares" It is a "Jiangnan pharmaceutical capital" with a large number of pharmaceutical merchants and a prosperous pharmaceutical industry As camphor trees gather in various places, camphor trees' self-produced herbs also shine with them For example, camphor tree trifoliate orange is listed as a tribute in the Imperial Palace because of its excellent quality Camphor tree medicine is called "the combination of southeast and Northwest China, the five natures of sweetness, bitterness, bitterness, saltiness and acid are all in one's possession At the same time, camphor pharmaceutical industry has unique technology and characteristics in the identification and processing of medicinal materials There are many kinds of cut pieces, with moderate thickness and strong practicability There are "Pinellia fish scales, Cortex Phellodendri, Magnolia fingernails, cinnamon belly, Ramulus Cinnamomi seeds, licorice willow leaves" and so on Technically, we should pay attention to "white peony flies to the sky, tuckahoe disappears, Chuanxiong butterfly double flying tablets, and ophiopogon triple blades into spoon slices" Therefore, it has won the reputation of "medicine is not good for camphor trees, but not for camphor trees".