The legend of Hedyotis diffusa

The legend of Hedyotis diffusa

A long time ago, there was a famous doctor who was praised far and wide. He was invited to treat a terminally ill person. The patient had an abnormal low fever, vomited foul pus, and had chest and back pain. He had seen many doctors but his condition did not improve. After the famous doctor examined him, he still couldn't find a good treatment. He felt a little tired, so he took a nap. In his dream, he saw a woman in white clothes who looked like a banished fairy floating down and talking to him. The general meaning of the words was that the sick man was a kind person who had saved a little snake from a snake seller, and asked the famous doctor to save him. After hearing this, the famous doctor consulted the woman in white. The woman took him outside and then left gracefully. There was a white snake where the woman left, and clusters of grass appeared wherever the snake stuck out its tongue.

Just as he was feeling extremely surprised, the famous doctor was awakened by the sound of footsteps. It turned out that the patient's family wanted to invite him to have dinner. The famous doctor took them outside to investigate without having time to eat. Sure enough, he found grass growing on the ground that looked just like the one in his dream, so he picked some and gave it to the patients to take. After taking the medicine, the patient felt a little better in his chest. He took a lot more the next day and was cured. The famous doctor then searched everywhere for the origin of this little grass, but could not find any trace of it in the records of medicinal herbs. He sighed and wrote a poem, and this is how the herb got its name.