Post Date April, 15 2023
The last emperor, Pu Yi, had no children in his lifetime. After liberation, the central leadership asked a famous hospital in China to consult him on this issue. The medical record recorded: "The patient had impotence when he was a former emperor 30 years ago, and he has been seeking treatment, with poor curative effect... He has been married three times, but his wife has not given birth."
Later, several famous traditional Chinese doctors in the capital also diagnosed him, and Zhang Rongzeng, a doctor handed down from the four generations of ancestors, offered two wonderful prescriptions for Puyi:
（1） Five bucks for deer antler, up to one or two, sliced into long hair, and one or two yams for the end. Wrap it in thin silk and drink it after soaking it in a bottle of Baijiu. Three small cups a day is enough, and when the wine is exhausted, soak another bottle. After drinking, roast the deer antler and use it for internal use. It will be effective.
（2） "Five taels of aloe, one or two of wood aroma, one or two of green salt, three taels of neem meat, three taels of green salt, three taels of orange peel, three taels each after soaking in wine, and three taels each after soaking in leek seed wine.". Take it as a pill. It is said that after taking this medicine, Puyi's illness has obviously improved.
From these two seemingly simple formulas, there are two points that can draw our attention.
The first is to fill in the essence of excellence as the first step in the process of rejuvenation
The deer antler and yam in the first prescription, as well as the two herbs, are essential for tonifying the kidney. According to traditional Chinese medicine, deer antler has the effects of strengthening kidney yang, replenishing qi and blood, benefiting essence, and strengthening muscles and bones. It is mainly used for diseases such as deficiency of essence and blood, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, impotence, slippery semen, and waist and knee soreness. Another Chinese yam, also known as Huaishan, yam, and dioscorea. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, yams have a flat, sweet, non-toxic nature, beneficial for kidney qi, strengthening muscles and bones, and treating ejaculation and forgetfulness. They are also a first-class health food and traditional Chinese medicine material. It should be reminded that although deer antler has a good physical strengthening effect on patients with general weakness and prolonged illness, its use should also vary from person to person. Many people regard it as a "panacea" for enhancing men's sexual function. Once impotence and decreased libido occur, they take deer antler to nourish, in order to strengthen their body and restore their virility.
In fact, male impotence is caused in many ways. Deer antler is only suitable for patients with kidney yang deficiency. If it is used in patients with damp heat infusion or yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, it will only exacerbate the condition.
The second is to replenish and strengthen the yang, supplemented by the circulation of qi
The second prescription provided by Zhang Rongzeng is mainly effective in promoting Qi and regulating blood flow. From the perspective of prescription composition, the therapeutic idea of this prescription roughly originates from the "Chenxiang Yongshou Pill" in the "Curious and Effective Prescription" written by Fang Xian of the Ming Dynasty, which is one of the famous Taoist health preserving prescriptions. The first four herbs, aloes, cassia, neem, and aurantium aurantium, are commonly used to regulate qi, while leek seeds can tonify the liver and kidney, strengthen yang, and consolidate essence.
In addition, several drugs in the second prescription are stir-fried with green salt to make them enter the kidney, while leek seed wine is soaked to make them enter the liver. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that human sexual ability is not only related to the kidney, but also related to the liver's catharsis function. Pu Yi married five times until his death, and the formula above should have been adopted by his fourth or fifth wife. After receiving treatment, although his impotence improved, his sexual ability improved, and he was able to live as a husband and wife, he ultimately failed to have children. Pu Yi lived to 61 years old, and taking the above two prescriptions should be in his fifties. At this time, his physical function is no longer as good as in his youth, so it should be said that he has missed the best opportunity to treat infertility
(Intern Editor: Wu Weijie)
