In ancient China, due to the deep-rooted feudal ideology, women generally did not have the right to study medicine and practice medicine, but there were indeed a few female doctors and heroines in history that were remembered by later generations.

Shande

Yi was a famous female doctor in the Western Han Dynasty. According to legend, when she was young, she was very interested in herbs and often went up the mountain to collect medicines to treat villagers. If there are any passing practitioners, Yiyi will humbly ask them for medical skills. Over time, Yiyi's medical skills have become very powerful. Legend has it that she once cured a dying patient with a strange stomach disease with powder and silver needle. After Yi Kui's medical skill was learned by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, she was invited to the palace to become a female doctor, specializing in the Queen Mother.

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Ge Hong was a famous alchemist in Jin Dynasty, who wrote Bao Puzi and was also a famous physician. Influenced by Ge Hong, his wife Bao Gu is also proficient in medical skills, especially acupuncture, and is good at treating tumors and warts. She and her husband have been practicing medicine in Luofushan, Guangdong for a long time. It is said that "Elbow Emergency Prescription" was co-written with her husband. After the death of Baogu, Lingnan people built Baogu Temple at the foot of the mountain to show their gratitude.

A young lady

Zhang Xiaoniang, a native of Henan, was a famous doctor in Song Dynasty. Excellent surgeons in ancient China were rare. Zhang Xiaozi didn't come from a medical family and didn't marry a doctor. Why did she become a surgeon with excellent medical skills? There is an allusion here. It is said that one day a traveling doctor passed by Zhang Xiaozi's door and asked her for water. Zhang Xiaozi is an outstanding old man with silver hair and beard, so he invited him in to treat him well. Seeing that she was clever and diligent, the old man gave her a medical book called Different Prescriptions when he left, and taught him many surgical secrets of surgery and pharmacy. After continuous study and practice, Zhang Xiaozi finally achieved something and became a well-known female surgeon. All the patients with sores and swelling came to see a doctor, and after her diagnosis and treatment, there was no miraculous effect.

Tan Yunxian

Tan Yunxian was a famous gynecologist in Ming Dynasty. Her grandparents are proficient in medical skills. Fei Ming, a female doctor, mentioned her in her biography. Tan Yunxian has been exposed to the medical field since she was a child. Over the years, her grandparents set an example and taught her a lot of medical knowledge. Shortly after marriage, Tan Yunxian suffered from qi and blood disorder. She was not discouraged. She took her illness as the research object and prescribed medicine. Finally, she really cured her illness. Later, her grandmother passed on her medical skills before her death. After years of study and polishing, Tan Yunxian became a famous gynecologist. She is famous in gynecology. At that time, a lady got gynecological diseases, because medical ethics were inconvenient to see her. Her Miscellaneous Words of Female Doctor has been handed down to later generations.

Jamson Zeng

Zeng Yi was a famous female doctor in the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, the west wind was spreading eastward, and conservative doctors blindly rejected foreign ideas. However, Yico Zeng thought it was necessary to learn from others, so she also learned a lot of western medicine classics, learned from others, and wrote the famous "Gu Huan Shi" series at that time. She often advises patients to save energy to protect their brains, breathe more fresh air to protect their lungs and do more exercise to promote blood circulation.