He entered Qihuang at the age of 14, worshiped two famous doctors, memorized the four classics, and was the fourth generation successor of the Menghe School. Xuan Hu was diagnosed at the age of 20 and became the number one doctor of traditional Chinese medicine in Zhongxian County at the age of 27.
"Teacher, besides blood-tonifying medicine, what else is generally used in blood-tonifying prescriptions?" the student asked. Yan Zhenghua casually said: "Blood does not generate itself, it needs medicine to generate yang qi, and blood will flourish by itself." This sentence comes from Li Dongyuan's "Spleen and Stomach Theory", which shows Yan Zhenghua's profound knowledge of medical classics.
Yan Zhenghua was born in Danyang County, Jiangsu Province in 1920. At the age of 14, he studied traditional Chinese medicine from Dai Yusan, a famous Confucian doctor in Tongyi. He started by reciting classics and entered Qihuang. Mr. Dai requires his apprentices to familiarize themselves with the four classics. During this period, Yan Zhenghua recited most of the contents of the "Nei Jing", all the contents of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" and the prescription articles in "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber", etc., thus laying a solid theoretical foundation of traditional Chinese medicine. It is said that "children's skills will benefit you throughout your life." Yan Zhenghua recited and memorized the four classics in his boyhood, and many of the articles were familiar to him. Along with his lifelong medical career, he could still recite them fluently even in his old age.
Recalling his study of medicine when he was young, Yan Zhenghua said: "At that time, it was to learn a skill and make a living. Later, I became more and more fond of traditional Chinese medicine."
Talking about his appreciation for The person with the greatest influence, Mr. Yan said, is Yang Boliang. "If I had not studied with Mr. Yang Boliang, I might have had to fumble for a longer time in accumulating clinical experience, so learning directly from famous doctors is an excellent way to learn Chinese medicine."
Yan Zhenghua studied with him at the age of 17 Yang Boliang, a famous doctor in Jiangsu Province, is a disciple of Ma Peizhi, a famous Chinese doctor of the "Menghe School" in the late Qing Dynasty. He is famous in several provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, with more than a hundred people seeking treatment every day. Yan Zhenghua studied under Yang Boliang for three years. During the day, he stayed with Yang Boliang, and at night he stayed at Yang Boliang's house, sorting out cases, reciting medical classics, practicing calligraphy, and studying classical Chinese. Yan Zhenghua was deeply appreciated by the Yang family for his intelligence and diligence, so he received the true inheritance of the "Menghe School" and became the fourth generation successor of the Menghe School.
Yan Zhenghua returned to his hometown at the age of 20. He hung the pot for consultation and became famous in Danyang. In 1947, he took the Danyang County Traditional Chinese Medicine Unified Examination and ranked first. He pioneered the construction of the traditional Chinese medicine discipline in two traditional Chinese medicine schools; edited the first "Chinese Materia Medica" lecture notes in New China, presided over the compilation of the first edition of the "Chinese Materia Medica" textbook for Chinese medicine colleges and universities, and edited the first "Advanced Chinese Medicine" textbook. College Teaching Reference Series·Chinese Materia Medica".
The private doctor who became the number one scholar in traditional Chinese medicine never thought that he would become a university professor, let alone one of the founders of the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine in higher education in New my country.
Yan Zhenghua recalled, "Going to college was not an ordinary thing for Chinese people in the 1940s and 1950s. Only a few people were lucky enough to enter a university." Undoubtedly, Yan Zhenghua was lucky. of. In March 1955, he was admitted to the teacher training class of the newly established Nanjing Traditional Chinese Medicine Training School (the predecessor of Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine) with excellent results.
After graduating from the Nanjing Traditional Chinese Medicine Training School in 1956, he stayed at the school to teach and served as the leader of the traditional Chinese medicine teaching and research group. At that time, our country had just begun to establish colleges of traditional Chinese medicine and there were no textbooks on traditional Chinese medicine. Yan Zhenghua worked day and night and within a few months edited the first edition of "Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine" suitable for undergraduate study of traditional Chinese medicine, which created conditions for the establishment of Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (the predecessor of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine) and the opening of traditional Chinese medicine courses.
In 1957, Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (the predecessor of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine) had just been established. Yan Zhenghua was ordered by the Ministry of Health to teach at Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. At that time, there were only four teachers in the school. Yan Zhenghua started teaching Chinese Materia Medica courses as soon as he arrived, and was responsible for establishing the Chinese Materia Medica teaching and research group. He was the first leader of the teaching and research group. In 1958, Yan Zhenghua was responsible for establishing the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which developed into the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine two years later. It was one of the earliest higher education departments of Traditional Chinese Medicine in my country. Yan Zhenghua serves as the director of the Teaching and Research Office of Traditional Chinese Medicine; the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established in 1985, and Yan Zhenghua serves as the honorary director of the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
In the teaching of traditional Chinese medicine, Yan Zhenghua focuses on the efficacy and indications of drugs, elucidates them with the theory of medicinal properties such as the distribution of nature and taste, and combines clinical teaching with the compatibility, dosage, usage and contraindications of drugs.
He led teachers to extract literature cards, compile lecture notes on Chinese medicine, and prepare to build the school's earliest Chinese medicine herbarium; he also led students to go to the mountains to collect medicines and prepare specimens. His teaching concepts and methods laid the foundation for the teaching of traditional Chinese medicine at Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, it is known as "Nan Ling Bei Yan", which refers to Yan Zhenghua who co-constructed my country's "Chinese Materia Medica" textbook with Professor Ling Yikui of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the 1960s. The theoretical framework has formulated a basic model for the training of Chinese medicine professionals in my country. In 1959, Yan Zhenghua, Ling Yikui and others presided over the compilation of the first edition of the "Chinese Materia Medica" textbook for higher Chinese medicine colleges across the country. In 1963, Yan Zhenghua presided over the revision and approval of the textbook, which Xi called the "second edition textbook" and the "fifth edition textbook" with Yan Zhenghua as deputy editor. The publication of the textbook "Chinese Materia Medica" established the basic framework and content of traditional Chinese medicine teaching in contemporary higher education institutions of traditional Chinese medicine, and also established Yan Zhenghua's position as the main founder and founder of the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine in higher education in New China.
After 53 years of teaching, Yan Zhenghua has always been a leader in compiling, revising, enriching and improving the "Chinese Materia Medica" textbook in my country. In 1986, "Clinical Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine" edited by him was published and became an important reference book for medical personnel across the country to study traditional Chinese medicine. In 1991, the "Teaching Reference Series for Higher Schools of Traditional Chinese Medicine - Traditional Chinese Medicine" edited by him was published, which has become an authoritative paradigm for the profession of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 2008, the "Yan Zhenghua Lectures on Chinese Materia Medica" edited by him was published, laying the foundation for the basic content of clinical Chinese materia medica. Nowadays, the "Chinese Materia Medica" textbook version of the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan National Undergraduate Planning Textbook" for colleges and universities of traditional Chinese medicine across the country in the new century is also reviewed by Yan Zhenghua. During his long-term practice in medicine and teaching, he kept writing and has published more than 6 million words of works.
Yan Zhenghua attaches great importance to the echelon construction of the teaching team of traditional Chinese medicine, and carefully trains every young and middle-aged teacher working around him. Guiding them in other aspects, enabling young teachers to grow rapidly, and the overall level of Chinese medicine teaching ranks among the top in the country. In 2007, this teaching team won the National Traditional Chinese Medicine Teaching Team of the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Excellent Teaching Team of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
In the past few years, at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, a gray-haired old man could often be seen sitting in class, listening carefully and taking notes. The old man was Yan Zhenghua. For decades, he had to sit in the classroom and personally listen to and guide every trial lecture given by his graduate students, doctoral students or young teachers in the teaching and research section of traditional Chinese medicine. In his 53 years of teaching, he has taught 39 disciples and master's and doctoral students, and trained thousands of Chinese medicine students who have become pillars of the apricot forest. He passed on Qi Huang Xinhuo and was a model physician for the country.
“It is the happiest thing to see one of your students become the pillars of the Chinese medicine industry.” Yan Zhenghua’s face was filled with pride when he talked about his students’ success.
Yan Zhenghua has been teaching for 53 years and has worked hard to cultivate talents in traditional Chinese medicine. Yan Zhenghua was promoted to associate professor in 1962, professor in 1978, master's tutor in 1979, and doctoral tutor in 1986. He has served as a tutor for dozens of classes including Chinese medicine junior college, undergraduate, Western middle school, and Chinese medicine graduate classes. Thousands of students have given lectures and clinical internships; at the same time, Yan Zhenghua has taught 5 apprentices (Gao Yunyan, Chang Zhangfu, Zhang Bing, Deng Juan, Gao Chengqi), and trained 19 master's students and 13 doctoral students.
Yan Zhenghua teaches strictly and methodically. He not only imparts book knowledge, but also combines scientific research work to cultivate successors to the cause of traditional Chinese medicine.
In terms of theoretical research and applied research on medicinal properties, Yan Zhenghua has trained a large number of outstanding experts in traditional Chinese medicine. For example, his apprentice Zhang Bing is a doctoral supervisor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, and his doctoral student Zheng Huzhan is a doctorate at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. Student tutors and apprentices such as Gao Yunyan and Deng Juan have profound academic attainments. Graduate students Wang Yujie, Zhou Ping'an, Liu Yude, Wang Zhibin, etc. have become leaders in various colleges and universities and scientific research institutes.
In terms of research on anti-aging with traditional Chinese medicine, Yan Zhenghua believes that human aging is related to the body's yin deficiency and blood stasis, so he advocates the academic thought of anti-aging by replenishing yin in the liver and kidneys and activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis. He supervises Ph.D. Students Zheng Huzhan and Huang Hui were engaged in research on this topic. Now Huang Hui is an associate researcher at the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
In terms of research on the prevention and treatment of difficult diseases with traditional Chinese medicine, he guided doctoral students Wang Zhibin, Miao Mingsan, Meng Jie, etc. and apprentices Zhang Bing, Deng Juan, Gao Chengqi, etc. in the treatment of spleen and stomach diseases, respiratory diseases, hypertension and other difficult diseases. Research on the prevention and treatment of diseases with traditional Chinese medicine.
Adhering to Professor Yan Zhenghua’s academic ideas, these students have become outstanding Chinese medicine professionals and play an important role in the inheritance of Chinese medicine.
Yan Zhenghua carefully cultivates his students, strives to be strict in his studies, is generous and kind in life, and treats his students like a loving father. Chang Zhangfu, Yan Lao's apprentice for many years, later became a professor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. At the age of 60, he often accompanied Mr. Yan on medical visits and prescribed prescriptions. Chang Zhangfu still remembers the delicious braised fish cooked by his teacher 20 years ago. “At that time, every weekend, Mr. Yan’s home became a ‘big canteen’ for students to improve their food.”
Yan Zhenghua was identified by the Ministry of Personnel and the Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1990 as an "instructor for inheriting the academic experience of famous veteran Chinese medicine experts"; in 2007, he was awarded the "National Excellent Instructor for Inheriting the Academic Experience of Veteran Traditional Chinese Medicine Experts" by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. title.
The reason why Yan Zhenghua became a famous Chinese medicine scientist, Chinese pharmacologist, and Chinese medicine educator in my country stems from his persistence and love for the cause of Chinese medicine. During the "Cultural Revolution", colleges and universities stopped enrolling students. However, in order to cultivate successors to the cause of traditional Chinese medicine, Yan Zhenghua actively communicated with the local health administration department and requested the opening of traditional Chinese medicine classes when he was decentralized to work in Henan. After working, he taught Chinese medicine courses to students and tried his best to reduce the losses caused by the Cultural Revolution to the cause of Chinese medicine. In addition, Yan Zhenghua requires his children and grandchildren to study traditional Chinese medicine. For example, his second son is engaged in traditional Chinese medicine, and his youngest daughter is engaged in traditional Chinese medicine librarianship. In 2006, his granddaughter Gao Yan was admitted to the joint bachelor's and master's program of clinical Chinese medicine at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine with high scores. Yan Zhenghua is most gratified that the cause of traditional Chinese medicine can be passed down in school and at home.
My granddaughter Gao Yan has been following her grandfather every Saturday since she entered college. She told reporters that I lived with my grandpa since I was a child. In my memory, my grandpa always sat at the table with books in hand, sometimes taking notes, sometimes chanting like the ancients, and sometimes picking up a brush to practice calligraphy. When he learned that I was admitted to the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, my grandfather was overjoyed and wrote a poem by Lu You: "The ancients spared no effort in learning, and it was only when they were young that they were able to achieve success. What they have learned on paper will always be shallow, but they know that they must be carried out." , to encourage me. He is proficient in medicinal properties and diligent in clinical diagnosis. The advice of using medicine is to use four ounces to apply a thousand catties, not to use strong doses, not to use large doses, and to see the extraordinary in the ordinary. The prescription can be seen in Meng He's medical style.
“I have kidney disease. Two months ago, I came to see Mr. Yan for treatment. It was very effective. Today I came for the second time. I didn’t expect Mr. Yan to know and ask about my illness like a family member. I was really touched. "A patient who just came out of the clinic told reporters.
While Yan Zhenghua was teaching Chinese medicine, he never abandoned the clinical practice of Chinese medicine. He said: "To become a famous teacher of traditional Chinese medicine, you must first become a famous doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. The two complement each other." Now, at the age of 89, he still treats patients, and records each patient's condition, diagnosis, and medication every time he visits, and insists on writing medical records. case. Mr. Yan holds every patient in his heart.
How to become a famous doctor? Yan Zhenghua replied: "If you want to become a famous doctor, you must be familiar with the properties of medicines and use them rationally; you must treat symptoms early and frequently, understand and accumulate experience." Yan Zhenghua started practicing medicine independently in his weak years, and has never stopped for the next 70 years. Even during the "Cultural Revolution", he was sent to work in Shangqiu area of ??Henan Province, but he still insisted on diagnosing and treating diseases for the local people after work. Diligent in clinical diagnosis and exploring the properties of medicines, Yan Zhenghua has become a national expert in treating diseases with both medicine and medicine.
"The foundation of medicine is to be good at skills." Yan Zhenghua prescribes prescriptions and combines medicines, advocating peace, often achieving changes, and often has miraculous effects.
A patient in his 40s from Inner Mongolia often smoked, drank, and ate mutton. A 1 cm × 1 cm ulcer formed in his throat, which seriously affected his eating. He was hospitalized in many major hospitals but never got better. After a friend Introducing Yan Zhenghua. After taking Chinese medicine for two weeks, I was able to eat, and soon the ulcer miraculously disappeared.
There is also a middle-aged woman suffering from uterine hemorrhage. She was hospitalized in a major hospital in Beijing for more than 3 months, and the bleeding continued. Later, she only took a few doses of traditional Chinese medicine prescribed by Yan Zhenghua to control the condition. Bleeding.
Recurrent cases of serious illness like this are common in Yan Zhenghua’s medical records.
“When using medicine, you need to know the medicine, and only by knowing the medicine can you make good use of it.” Yan Zhenghua summarized his experience in prescribing medicine: use multi-effect medicines skillfully, make good use of calming medicines, use poisonous and strong medicines with caution, use medicines with the same name separately, and be informal. Prescription, use medicine according to the syndrome.
To treat complex diseases, Yan Zhenghua often combines several prescriptions into one according to treatment needs. For example, to treat colds and fever, cough with phlegm, headache, stuffy nose and runny nose, sore throat, itchy throat, and chest tightness, Yan Zhenghua combines Yinqiao Powder, Xingsu Powder, and Zhisou Powder into one, and adds and subtracts them, which is called Cure Colds The prescription for fever and cough has excellent curative effect.
Yan Zhenghua is proficient in medical treatment, teaching, and scientific research. Since 1986, he has started researching a new traditional Chinese medicine preparation "Huang Zhihua Oral Liquid" for treating heat syndrome in children. The drug obtained a new drug certificate approved by the State Food and Drug Administration in 1997. After being put on the market, it has received good social benefits and Economic benefits. He is kind and sincere, and his words must be true and his deeds must bear fruit. "The virtue is close to that of Buddha, the skill is close to that of immortals, the quality and skill are both excellent, the virtue and art are both endearing." People said of him.
Patient first is the embodiment of Yan Zhenghua’s noble medical ethics. In April 2003, when SARS was raging, 83-year-old Yan Zhenghua still insisted on going to the outpatient clinic. The students called him to persuade him to suspend the clinic for a few days. He said: "As a doctor, I am too scared to go to the clinic for this kind of disease. So who do our patients go to for treatment?" One day, a student from the school came to see him for treatment with a high fever. Careful diagnosis and treatment brought the student's condition under control. Yan Zhenghua suggested that he be transferred to the hospital system for treatment (the student was later diagnosed as the only "SARS" patient at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine). The student soon recovered, and Yan Zhenghua and his family members all Therefore, he was placed in medical isolation.
Yan Zhenghua is the patient’s confidant. He not only provides patients with psychological comfort, but also tries to reduce the patient’s financial burden when prescribing medicines. He takes the treatment needs as the first priority and does not prescribe expensive medicines or check-ups that are not related to treatment.
Yan Zhenghua has always adhered to the sincere style of a great doctor of "being proficient in professionalism and sincere in moral character". Although he is a famous old Chinese medicine doctor, he is indifferent to fame and fortune. He is humble and united with his colleagues, strives for development, and is not academically qualified. They slander each other, do not fight for status, and have always been very low-key in the face of honor and status.
The young boy back then has now become a "master of Chinese medicine". He said humbly: "I just did the work that a doctor and teacher should do. I didn't expect to get many honors. I have It is my responsibility to continue to train students and treat patients. As long as my physical condition allows, I will continue to work.” Mr. Yan’s personal dedication shines with the charisma of a master of traditional Chinese medicine and infects everyone around him.
Many people lamented: Reading the prescriptions prescribed by Yan Lao is like appreciating a wonderful calligraphy work. Yan Zhenghua has been fond of calligraphy since he was a child. He often writes in small regular script with a brush when prescribing. Patients must treasure it every time, not only because of his superb prescription skills, but also because of his superb calligraphy art.
The reason why Yan Zhenghua lives a long life is closely related to his healthy mentality, living habits and diet. He is good at ancient literature and often writes poems to express his aspirations. For example, he wrote a poem on the New Year's Eve of the Year of Wuzi: "The years are passing by with the sound of firecrackers, and the country is strong and the people are prosperous in the new year; the whole family gathers for family happiness, and infinite scenery is before our eyes." He loved it. Exercise, insist on jogging in the morning, or do Tai Chi, do self-made aerobics, and practice Qigong; he does not smoke, and occasionally drinks a small amount of rice wine or wine to circulate the blood vessels without damaging the organs; he is accustomed to eating a cooked, soft, easy-to-digest diet, and Tonic products are commonly used to assist healthy qi, such as taking ginseng tea, etc., so that healthy qi can be stored in the body and evil spirits cannot be eliminated.
Yan Zhenghua has gone abroad for inspection and lectures three times, including North Korea, Cambodia, and Japan.
"The most unforgettable thing for me was my six-month foreign aid mission to Cambodia in 1976, where I held Chinese herbal medicine classes, helped set up a pharmaceutical factory, and compiled two books, "Commonly Used Herbal Medicines in Cambodia" and "A Collection of Cambodian Prescriptions." He once declined. With generous treatment and high-paying employment from many countries, he works conscientiously for the cause of traditional Chinese medicine in my country. He is worthy of the title of master of Chinese medicine.
At the end of the interview, the reporter asked Mr. Yan what his greatest expectation was. He carefully wrote in the reporter's interview notebook: "Use modern science and technology to further study Chinese medicine and realize the modernization and internationalization of Chinese medicine!" The vigorous and powerful handwriting confirms the 89-year-old traditional Chinese medicine master’s confidence and expectations for the development of traditional Chinese medicine. Born in Danyang County, Jiangsu Province in 1920;
In 1934, he studied medicine with Dai Yusan, a Confucian doctor from Tongyi;
In 1937, he studied medicine with Ma Peizhi, a representative physician of the Menghe School. Yang Boliang, the third generation descendant, was his teacher;
In 1940, Xuanhu helped the world;
In 1956, he taught at Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, served as the leader of the teaching and research group of traditional Chinese medicine, and wrote the first " "Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine";
In 1957, he was transferred to Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and served as leader of the Chinese Medicine Teaching and Research Group of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine;
In 1962, he joined the Communist Party of China;
In 1978, he was promoted to professor and approved as a supervisor for master's degree students;
In 1984, he was approved as a supervisor for doctoral students;
In 1986, he was the editor-in-chief of "Clinical Practical Medicine" Pharmacy" was published;
In 1990, he was identified by the Ministry of Personnel and the Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine as an instructor who inherited the academic experience of famous traditional Chinese medicine practitioners;
In 1991, he received a special government subsidy from the State Council , the editor-in-chief of the "National Higher TCM School Teaching Reference Series·Traditional Chinese Medicine" was published;
In 1997, the "Huang Zhihua Oral Liquid" developed by the lead company won the new drug certificate from the Ministry of Health;
In 2003, he was awarded the Lifetime Director of the China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine;
In 2006, he won the first "Special Contribution Award" for Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance of the China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine;
In 2007, he won the National The title of "Excellent Instructor for Training Projects" by the Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine,
The title of "Excellent Instructor for the Experience Inheritance of Veteran Traditional Chinese Medicine Experts in the Country";
In 2008, he was rated as a national-level The representative inheritor of intangible cultural heritage projects,
Yan Zhenghua’s clinical experience and academic thoughts are listed as the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” National Science and Technology Support Plan project,
The edited book "Yan Zhenghua Traditional Chinese Medicine" "Lecture Notes" was published;
In 2009, Beijing established the "Yan Zhenghua Famous Doctor Studio";
Won the title of "Capital Famous Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine" in Beijing and the first "Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine" in the country. Lifetime Achievements of the China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine.