In the past, there were many doctors with special skills who traveled around the vast countryside. They called the doctors with bells to greet their patients, hence the name.
Most of the medical skills of these people came from the dictates of their masters, and each one has its own uniqueness.
A few herbal medicines and simple medical methods are often used to treat diseases and achieve effective results.
But there are also some people who use medical treatment to cheat.
According to Chapter 98 of "A Dream of Red Mansions": Bell Doctor, also known as Zuofang Doctor or Caoze Doctor, walks through the streets and alleys by hand-ringing bells. Jia Baoyu was seriously ill, and the Jia government sent people to the ruined temple outside the city to invite Dr. Bizhi'an Ling, who diagnosed Baoyu's illness: sadness, joy, excitement, worry, and anger were stagnant, the pulse was calm, and the spirit was calm and depressed. After taking medicine, he was fine.
Most of the traveling doctors are taught by family teachers. Some of them carry medicine bags (baskets) on their shoulders and hang gourds; Beating bamboo drums; some doctors even walked slowly calling for medicines to treat diseases and introducing their usage and efficacy. For example, during the Republic of China, rural doctors often walked through the streets and alleys in Zhangdong, Chenghai, Guangdong, calling for Jianbo Pills, which were specially designed to treat abdominal pain, diarrhea, and spleen damage caused by food accumulation; Shuangjian Bronze Green Plaster, which was specially used to treat boils, scrofula, and remove poisons. For muscle growth, just stick it on and so on.
No matter whether it is the twelfth lunar month of winter or the scorching heat of summer, the doctor is walking around the countryside and cottages wearing a bamboo hat in the wind and rain or the scorching sun above his head. When the patients hear the sound of tambourines and drums, they welcome him happily. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, a doctor Lin Junrong (common name Lin Hanling) came out of Dajing Township, Chenghaipu. He was taught by his master since he was a child. He had superb medical skills and treated diseases with wonderful skills. The people respected him as Hanlingxian. He traveled around the countryside from Chenghai to Raoping all year round, weathering the wind and rain, eating and sleeping in the open air.
One day, he stayed at Longdu Longxiama Palace and slept on the ground. He was worried that he would not be able to adapt to this wandering life when he was old and weak, and he hoped to have a stable residence. That night, he actually dreamed that an old man told him that when he came to the place where the rope of the medicine bag on his shoulder was broken, it would be the place where he would settle down and start a business. One day, when the wind was surging and thunderstorms were coming, he walked to Lu House in Que Lane, Longdu, carrying the medicine bag on his shoulder. Suddenly, the rope broke and the bag fell to the ground.
The old man’s sleep talk suddenly came to mind. He collected enough money from everywhere and bought a piece of land in Lucuo to set up a Chang’antang medicinal material shop. According to the secret recipe passed down by his master, he carefully prepared the eye drops and Shiji Shangpi Powder, which were very effective. , famous far and wide. Over the past 280 years, there have been 14 generations of descendants, most of whom have inherited the pharmaceutical industry. Later generations built the Junrong Hall in Lucuo, hung poles and medicine bags on the pillars, and hung copper bells on the signboard of Chang'an Hall to express their deep memory.