The fortune teller in a dream of red mansions said that the East Room was sick.

Why are most of the women in A Dream of Red Mansions sickly?

Many women in A Dream of Red Mansions are sickly, and the reasons for their illness are different, some are congenital and some are acquired. Let's classify and explain.

First, people who are weak and don't know how to maintain them. Such representatives are Lin Daiyu and Wang Xifeng. Lin Daiyu's parents are sickly. When she came out of the womb, she was born with a congenital defect. She needed peace of mind and rest, but when she got to Jia's house, she was so worried that she cried all day and died at a young age. Wang Xifeng is also a' congenital deficiency of qi and blood'. She is young and doesn't know how to maintain her. He has been competitive all his life, and his heart is even worse. He is also plagued by diseases, even affecting his children.

In addition, Baochai, who was born with toxic heat, Jia, who was born with a serious illness, and Miaoyu, who became a monk, were also born with illness. However, both of them nursed back to health with care, and Baochai got the fairy formula, so she was healthy later.

Second, people who get sick the day after tomorrow and lose care. Some people are healthy, but they get sick for various reasons and eventually die. Representative figures are Qingwen, Qin Keqing, Xiangling, Si Qi, Xiren and Yuan Chun. Qingwen was in good health, but she caught a cold because she wanted to scare the musk deer on winter nights and keep warm on cold nights. Later, he became angry with the girl and mended Baoyu's hair at night, making him even sicker. Later, Mrs. Wang drove her out of the Grand View Garden, adding to her illness and not asking the doctor to delay the medicine. Finally, she died of injustice. Qin Keqing, who is extremely beautiful and clever, thinks too much. One small reason is that he died through hearsay. Xiangling was tortured by Xia Jingui after being tortured by kidnappers for several years. Eventually it became a kind of xerosis.

In addition, some people lost their aftercare and were misled by quacks. The representative is Sister You. Second Sister You was in good health, but after being picked up by Wang Xifeng, she had no food and clothing, and was even criticized and sarcastic by girls such as Qiu Tong and Shanjieer. Later, the quack doctor Hu Taiyi misjudged pregnancy and gave birth to a boy. Finally, he lost love and committed suicide by swallowing gold.

In fact, in A Dream of Red Mansions, not only many women are sickly, but also men, such as Jia Zhu, Jia Baoyu, Qin Zhong and Lin Ruhai. But there are many healthy and beautiful girls, such as Tanchun, Yingchun, Xichun, Xiangyun, Pinger and Yuanyang.

Of course, the weakness of those weak children is also related to their acquired environment and medical conditions at that time. I won't describe it here.