古人把行醫叫做『懸壺』。那麼,行醫人懸的什麼壺呢?
現代有些插圖,有畫成茶壺的,有畫成藥罐的,其實都錯了。古文中『壺』通『瓠』,也就是葫蘆。如《詩經》有曰:『七月食瓜,八月斷壺』,這個被斷(摘)下的壺就是葫蘆。今人常說:「不知葫蘆裡賣的什麼藥?」,此葫蘆即那「壺」也。
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