Chengmai: Taoist Medicine in the Human World

2019, Chengdu. Internet product manager Shen Chengan's father suddenly fell ill, and modern medicine was helpless. In desperation, a doctor from West China Hospital privately handed him a note with an address and an unfamiliar word - Taoist doctor. In an ancient house deep in Qintai Road, 72-year-old Chen Daoyi refused Shen Chengan's request for help: "If you don't believe it, I won't treat you." From questioning to trying, from resisting to becoming a disciple, Shen Chengan stepped into a world he had never imagined. There are ancient acupuncture and alchemy medicine here, as well as internal strife among teachers, business intrigues, and institutional difficulties. When tradition collides with modernity, and when inheritance is questioned, he must find a way between his father's life, his master's entrustment, and his own conscience. This is not a legend of a miracle doctor, but a true story about the inheritors surviving in the cracks. The essence of Taoist medicine is neither technique nor prescription, but heart and virtue.