Marrying into the Guo family and taking on important responsibilities
"Are we not going to do things that our ancestors have never done? As long as it is beneficial to our career, we can do it. Go, you not only have to be literate , I still need to take medicine!"
In 1926, 20-year-old Gao Yunfeng married Guo Canruo, the fifth generation successor of Pingle Guo Family. The secular concept not only requires her to play the role of a good wife and mother, husband and child, but also the specific family situation requires her to take on the important task of inheriting Pingle Guo's bone-setting business.
Her husband was suffering from an illness, and Gao Yunfeng sought medical treatment everywhere, but with little success. Guo Canruo was afraid that his skills would be lost in his hands, so he broke through the feudal shackles of "passing on men but not women" and supported Gao Yunfeng in learning bone-setting medicine. From then on, she withstood the pressure of public opinion on the feudal morality of male superiority and female inferiority, shouldered the important responsibilities of the family, used her intelligence, wisdom and hard work to write a legendary life of "a great doctor with sincerity and selfless dedication", and became the key to the leap-forward development of Pingle Guo's bone setting. pioneer.
Studying hard will eventually lead to positive results
“The patient’s bones are all in the flesh. Even in broad daylight, it’s like being in the dark. You can only grasp it by feeling. So. , I turned out the light!"
Only by learning to "touch the bones" can you "set the bones." To master the essence of Pingle Guo's bone-setting medicine, one must be familiar with the shape and structure of human bones. This is an extremely boring job. However, her unremitting efforts and persistent belief enabled her to quickly master the essentials and techniques of Pingle Guo's bone setting. In the absence of advanced imaging equipment such as X-ray machines at the time, she used "tables, chairs, beds, and boards" as the With the tools, he can skillfully and accurately judge and repair various fractures and dislocations, especially the difficult old shoulder and hip dislocations. He has quick recovery, few sequelae, and less pain. There is an endless stream of patients coming to see him.
Learning and inheriting bone-setting medical skills was undoubtedly extremely difficult for Gao Yunfeng, who was still "illiterate" at the time. Gao Yunfeng worked as an assistant next to her husband during the day, and at night he took the commonly used Chinese patent medicines "Astragalus" and "Angelica" that her husband wrote and copied them. A few years later, she not only learned to read and memorize pharmacy skills, but she was also able to diagnose and prescribe patients.
Selfless contribution to overcome obstacles
"I think, child, we have also disclosed our ancestral secrets to the world. Whoever wants to learn, we will teach. Since we I believe that the secret recipe of the Five Dynasties passed down by us will be beneficial to the common people, so why don’t more people participate?”
In 1948, Luoyang was liberated. The Chen Geng and Xie Fuzhi Corps of the People's Liberation Army posted a notice at the door of Guo's house "Protecting the medical heritage of the motherland - Pingle Guo's bone setting". Gao Yunfeng personally felt the care and warmth of the Communist Party of China. But when she told her family about her idea of ??offering the prescription, she was strongly opposed by the clan forces. They said that the family relied on secret recipes handed down from ancestors to support the family. If it were made public, others would soon master these techniques, which we depend on for survival. The iron rice bowl will be lost, and its own unique technical advantages may no longer exist. However, in order to carry forward Pingle Guo's bone-setting medical skills and benefit more people, she broke the stereotype of proprietary technology and posted 14 ancestral secret recipes such as "Zhangjin Dan" and "Jiegu Dan" on the cross streets of Luoyang's old city, selflessly The land was dedicated to the people. From then on, Pingle Guo's bone setting techniques spread all over the country.
Complete and summarize rigorous academic research
"San's traumatic and old fractures combined with hip dislocation and Cai's mother-in-law's illness are all very typical medical records. I would like to summarize, See if it can be included in "The Essence of Guo's Bone Setting" ”
From being diligent in studying ancient teachings to being well-read and rigorous in studying, Gao Yunfeng’s hard work and sweat are unimaginable to ordinary people. . The responsibility of her family, the benevolence of doctors, and the expectations of patients inspired her to constantly summarize and explore new knowledge. Reading and studying gradually became one of her "hobbies", which influenced her lifelong pursuit of medical practice. When the rooster crows, she gets up and washes herself, then sits down to read a book for an hour; in the dead of night, she still sits at the table and lights up the night to read, summarizing.
In the 1959 article "Innovation in Orthopedics", Volume 10 of the "Journal of Orthopedics", she combined typical medical records to discuss in detail the treatment of hip joint reconstruction, mandibular fracture treatment, post-fracture splinting and lumbar spine fracture protrusion. The experience still has important reference value for today’s patients with orthopedic injuries. She also kept writing and writing books, and successively compiled "Guo's Bone-setting Science" and "Lecture Notes on Bone-setting Science". As an expert in orthopedics of traditional Chinese medicine, her thoughts are not rigid, and she advocates the contention of a hundred schools of thought and learning from the strengths of others. In 1958, she published an article "Learning from the Strengths of Western Medicine and Compensating for the Shortcomings of Traditional Chinese Medicine", proposing that scientific research should "focus on traditional Chinese medicine and combine traditional Chinese and western medicine." The views have been widely praised by the industry.
Practice and teach experience
“The more people learn, the more people will benefit. Let all sick people in the world be able to see a doctor and take medicine. This is our Guo family It’s an ideal practice to practice medicine!”
Based on Pingle Guo’s characteristics of multiple bone-setting operations, high skills, diverse syndrome differentiation, and flexible medication, and combined with the specific conditions of his apprentices, Gao Yunfeng developed a method that focuses on clinical practice. The method of simultaneous teaching and clinical practice enables students to practice and learn at the same time in clinical practice, step by step, and gradually improve. She asked students to master the "Nine Ones", which are "one look, two touches, three notes of medical records, four spreads of plasters, five acts as assistants, six massages, seven lectures on manual techniques, eight first easy ones and then difficult ones for guidance, nine Independent clinical exploration”. Implement "five combinations" during systematic teaching to make up for the shortcomings of clinical learning, namely: the combination of systematic explanations and on-the-spot demonstrations, the combination of master teaching and apprentice mutual teaching, the combination of lectures and hard practice, the combination of operation and drawing, and the combination of class and clinical practice. combined.
"When repairing a Corriet's fracture, you should press the broken end with your hands. You can't just rely on strength, but use skill." Zhang Zhengyun, a disciple of the opposite sex and a veteran expert at Luoyang Orthopedic Hospital in Henan Province, still remembers Mr. Gao Yunfeng's words and experiences vividly.
In 1958, the Ministry of Health decided to establish my country's first orthopedic university, Pingle Osteopathic College, in Luoyang, and appointed Gao Yunfeng as its dean. From then on, the history of "Pingle Guo Family" ended with an armchair and a wooden bed under the locust tree. The party and government established the Affiliated Hospital of Henan Pingle Osteopathic College next to Baima Temple. In addition to daily treatment of patients, Gao Yunfeng takes on the important task of cultivating a large number of osteopathic medical talents for the country. As of 1966, she presided over 13 osteopathic study classes with 91 students, trained 134 undergraduate osteopathic students, 101 junior college students, and brought out 21 apprentices. She made great efforts and made great contributions to the cause of osteopathic medicine in New China. Outstanding contribution. The party and government gave her great honors, and she was elected as a deputy to the National People's Congress, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and an executive member of the All-China Women's Federation.
Establishing a hospital to benefit patients
"Mr. Matteo Ricci, I think we should be down-to-earth and build a hospital in China first, make it big, run it well, and gain experience, and then Go to your Italy.”
Gao Yunfeng had the idea to expand the size of the clinic not long after the founding of New China. At that time, there were already many patients from all over the country, and the existing family clinics were far from meeting the needs of patients. She actively supported and publicized it on different occasions, expressing her desire to establish public hospitals and implement public-private partnerships. In 1956, as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, she was cordially received by Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou in Beijing. Chairman Mao encouraged her: "Take more apprentices and serve the people well." With the care and support of governments at all levels, the Luoyang District Osteopathic Hospital (now the predecessor of Luoyang Osteopathic Hospital in Henan Province) was established in Pingle Village, Mengjin County. From rural villages to the palace of science, they have become the main force on the stage of traditional Chinese medicine bone setting, making due contributions to benefiting the people and promoting the development of traditional Chinese medicine.
In his more than 40 years of medical career, Gao Yunfeng has adhered to the concept of "hanging a pot to help the world, and a great doctor to be sincere", using his persistent belief, diligent efforts, broad vision, unremitting pursuit, selflessness and His dedication interprets the magic of life and becomes a generation of great doctors who are famous for their virtues and skills.
With the popularity of "Great Chinese Medicine", more people will understand Gao Yunfeng and Pingle Guo's bone setting, thereby understanding and loving Chinese medicine culture. It will also contribute to the development of Chinese medicine and the promotion of Chinese medicine culture. Rejuvenation, the health of the people, and the dissemination and exchange of traditional national culture play a certain role in promoting.