A long epic novel with the cultural inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine as the core and integrating medical wisdom, human nature entanglements and historical changes. Through the fate of five generations of a family of traditional Chinese medicine, it shows the inheritance, dilemma and rebirth of the thousand-year wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine in modern society.
Character setting
Core family: Lu family of Jiangnan Xinglin family "Baicaotang"
First generation: Lu Jishi (1890-1965)
· A famous doctor in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, who was proficient in the "Huangdi Nei Jing" and "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases"
· Real case prototype: Refer to Zhang Xichun, a famous doctor in the Republic of China, who used "Gypsum Japonica Rice Soup" to treat plague
Second generation: Lu Shouren (1925-2003)
· A pioneer in the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, who used traditional Chinese medicine to treat the wounded during the Anti-Japanese War
· Real case: using acupuncture anesthesia to assist surgery (refer to the first public announcement of traditional Chinese medicine anesthesia in 1958)
Third generation: Lu Mingyuan (1962- )
· Contemporary Chinese medicine faces the dilemma of the impact of Western medicine and the marginalization of Chinese medicine
· Conflicting personality: both adhering to family traditions and longing for recognition from the times
The fourth generation: Lu Xiaoyue (1995- )
· The successor of traditional Chinese medicine born in the 1990s, returned from studying abroad
· Innovators: Using modern technology to interpret traditional Chinese medicine theory
Fifth Generation: Lu Xiaocao (2025- )
· The new generation symbolizes the future possibilities of traditional Chinese medicine
key supporting role
· Chen Xilin: Western medicine expert, from questioning to cooperation
· Lin Suwen: Chinese herbalist, guarding ancient cooking techniques
· Wu Qiming: drug dealer, representing the conflict between business and medical ethics
