'Medicine' Hua Tuo - the first physician to practice anesthesia

Dubbed as one of the four great Chinese names, Hoa Da was the "miracle" of the famous reputation from the late Dong Han China with great contributions to traditional medicine. In particular, he is considered the first physician to perform anesthesia surgery.

Portrait of "god of medicine" Hoa Da.(Photo: Xuehua).

According to Xuehua, Hoa Da came from a poor family in Dong Han. He was very interested in medicine and spent his life practicing medicine to help people.

With sophisticated medical knowledge, Hoa Da has found valuable remedies and secrets for people like Ngu Cam Hi and Ma Phi Can , a medicine that helps create anesthesia surgery.

In the Three Kingdoms of Expression, there was the Guan Gong story when beating Judge Cheng was poisoned in the arm. Due to the strong toxin, Hua Tuo had to peck at the bone of Guan Gong. However, the bones have turned green, need to be scraped off without any pain medication or anesthetic.

In this situation, Hua Tuo spent many days researching and making Ma Duol. Taking this medicine mixed with alcohol, the patient will comatose during the surgery, which helps the operation take place smoothly.

Ma Phi can be especially effective for cases of major surgery such as tumor removal, stomach suture. The main ingredients of the drug include the umbrella cell, the contemplation, the male crystal.

Later, Western medicine also made some types of anesthetic for opioid surgery, chloroform.

With the article Ma Tuoi nearly 2,000 years ago, Hoa Da became the first person to perform anesthesia surgery.