一切經音義 32.39

32.39

Medicine (醫藥: the upper character has the fanqie 於其 [yī]. The Guangya states: "A physician (醫) is a shaman-healer (巫)." The Lüshi chunqiu states: "Shaman Peng invented medicine." The Zhouli states: "The Chief Physician takes charge of the administrative orders concerning medicine." It also says: "Physicians take charge of treating the illnesses of the myriad people." The Kaosheng states: "One who cures sick people; [also means] an intention (意). In curing illness, one must use liquor, hence the character takes 酉 [liquor]." The Shuowen states: "A master of curing illnesses. Derived from 酉, with 殹 as phonetic; 殹 has the fanqie 烏計 [yì]").