In ancient times, this was very taboo. What did the doctor do when he saw the princess?

This is a scene that we often see in TV series. Because men and women are not close, the imperial doctor in the palace can't directly contact the concubine in the harem with his hands, but only through a silk thread. The eunuch puts his hands on the curtain of the concubine, ties them to the hands of the empresses, and then leaves the other end in the hands of the imperial doctor outside the palace.

But in fact, these are all to deceive some people who watch TV dramas. In fact, it is impossible to feel the pulse by hanging silk. They just take a form. Then you may want to know how ancient doctors treated princesses. In fact, they have bribed eunuchs and maids around the princess in advance. Through some living habits of the princess and the phenomenon mentioned by the maid-in-waiting, they have clearly known the illness. At that time, the false pulse-taking was just to think quietly about what to do.

For example, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi was ill in bed and invited a physician to treat him. At that time, the doctor just took the pulse and wrote down the prescription directly. He asked the maid-in-waiting to tie a colored silk thread to Empress Dowager Cixi's hand and hold the other end, pretending to think quietly while prescribing medicine. But what makes people feel amazing is that after taking a few pills, Empress Dowager Cixi really cured the disease and was happy for a while.

But in fact, as we just said, matchmaking and pulse-taking are all false. He just bought off the palace eunuchs around Cixi in advance. Even if Hua Tuo is alive, it is impossible to get a matchmaker and feel the pulse. It's just that the physician knew in advance that Empress Dowager Cixi had indigestion three days ago because she was greedy for snail meat, so she created such a fake scene and made Empress Dowager Cixi think that she really had this magical power.

You may say that this is too fake, but there is no way to do it in ancient times. From many ancient rules, we can see the embarrassment of the emperor and his concubines when they see a doctor and the difficult situation of their own survival.