《红楼梦》书中用了约127味药物、45首方剂，多合乎医理，选取精当，不仅讲究有一定的季节性，而且还随证变化，读之颇多启迪。书中第三回黛玉刚到贾府，贾母问她，身体瘦弱在服什么药？她说自己在服用人参养荣九。而在第二十八回中，那位鲍太医诊治她的病情以后，给用天工补心 “Dream of Red Mansions” uses about 127 flavors of drugs and 45 prescriptions. Most of them are medically appropriate. Selecting the finest ones not only pays attention to certain seasonality, but also changes with the permits and read many enlightenments. The third time in the book, Yu Yugang came to Jia, Jia mother asked her, what kind of medicine is the body thin and weak? She said she is taking ginseng and raising ninth. In the 28th time, after Bao Taiyi diagnosed her condition, he used Tiangong to make up his mind.