Shennong’s death was caused by the use of Bronchus

Bronchus can kill people invisible. According to the literature, in those days, “he tasted hundreds of herbs and encountered seventy-two poisons every day, and drank tea to relieve them.” "The Shennong family" finally tasted Duangucao and killed himself. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" also records: "Duanchangcao, people who accidentally eat its leaves will die." In ancient times, people often called herbs that can produce strong toxic and side effects on the gastrointestinal tract of the human body after taking them.

The main toxic substance of gallbladder is cucurbitine. After eating it, the intestines will turn black and become sticky, and people will suffer from abdominal pain and die. The detoxification method is to lavage the stomach, take charcoal ash, and then use alkaline water and emetics. After gastric lavage, use mung beans, honeysuckle and licorice to decoct quickly and then take them. Brokengrass is mainly distributed in Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other provinces. It likes to grow in sunny places.

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Shennong was originally one of the Three Emperors. He was born in a cave in Lieshan. It is said that he had the head of a bull and the body of a bull. Because of his special appearance, hard work and bravery, he was promoted as the leader of the tribe when he grew up. Because his tribe lived in the hot south and was called the Yan tribe, everyone called him Emperor Yan. Once he saw a bird picking up seeds and invented grain agriculture. Because of these outstanding contributions, people also called him Shennong.

Our ancients have been using herbal medicine to treat diseases for generations. It was Shennong who made people know that various herbs have different medicinal properties. He was not only a great god of agriculture, but also a praiseworthy and respectable god of medicine.

In the mythical story, Shen Nong personally went to the mountains to collect herbs and tasted various herbs. In order to distinguish the properties of the herbs, he was poisoned 70 times in one day, all of which were poisoned by the liver and lungs in his exquisite jade body. The stomach and intestines were relieved. He also has a magical whip called "Ocher Whip", which he uses to whip various herbs. These herbs are poisonous or non-toxic, cold or warm after being whipped with ocher whip, and various medicinal properties are naturally manifested.

Shen Nong used the medicinal properties of various herbs to treat people's illnesses and relieve their pain. Therefore, the story of "Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs" has become a beautiful and moving legend and has been passed down for thousands of years.

But something unfortunate finally happened. Once, Shen Nong tasted a highly poisonous intestinal grass in the mountains, and his intestines were broken section by section. This great god of medicine sacrificed his life in order to relieve the suffering of the people.

The people will naturally not forget his great kindness and kindness and commemorate him from generation to generation. Legend has it that there is Shenfu Gang near Taiyuan, Shanxi, where the tripod used by Shennong when he tasted medicine is still stored. It is also said that in the mountains of Xianyang, you can still see the place where Shennong whipped medicine. That place is called "Shen Nongyuan" or "Herb Mountain".

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