In Chinese mythology, Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs

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History & Culture
In the Chinese mythology system, there is a person who is clearly human, but is revered by the Chinese people as God.
He is the Shen Nong Ji who started the Agricultural Civilization of the Chinese Nation, one of the founders of the Chinese Agricultural Civilization.
5000, it is said that in ancient times, the newly civilized man did not know the grain.
What is herbal medicine? Sometimes after accidentally eating poisonous wild fruits or weeds, will die a very painful death.
If you get caught in the rain, you get sick. That's even worse. Can only rely on their own immunity to fight off the virus.
If you survive it, you live. But many more do not have access to effective treatment. He was tortured and died.
Shen Nong could not bear to see his subjects suffer. So he decided to taste all the plants in the world.
Identify and record the shape and performance of different plants and trees. Every time I go, I find new vegetation.
Shen Nong would pick it off and taste it for himself. And keep a record of everything you taste.
He kept detailed records of every kind of flower and grass, which will satisfy hunger, which can cure diseases, which can detoxify and so on.
One day, he found a special plant in the mountains. The fruit on top will fill you up.
So he took the rest of the seeds back with him. Humans began to learn to grow their own crops.
The standard of living has greatly improved. But Shen Nong did not stop the pace of exploration. Instead, keep going.
Find more plants that benefit the people. But walking in the unexplored mountains. Danger is everywhere. Tigers. Leopards.
Snakes and insects often appear to attack him. Fortunately, he always manages to save the day.
Shen Nong walked all the way and tasted all the way. He is said to have tasted flowers, grass, roots, leaves and other plants.
There are 398,000 of them. In the process, Shen Nong was also often poisoned. But he found a cure.
Until one day, he found a vine clinging to a tree. Blossoming small yellow flowers. The leaves are one fold. Very strange.
Shen Nong picks its leaves again. Put it in your mouth and chew. Who knows this is a highly poisonous plant. Gelzea myomelegans.
It is colloquially called cut your guts. Shen Nong was too late to find a cure. Die like this.
The people commemorated his achievements. So he named him the god of medicine.
For the admiration of all who receive his grace in future generations.
