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Chinese Traditional Culture 国学, 2015, 3(3), 40-47 Published Online September 2015 in Hans. /journal/cnc /10.12677/cnc.2015.33009 History and Story on Chinese Buddhist Doctor from Poetry of the Tang Xican Li School of Chinese Materia Medica, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou Guangdong Email: lixican@126.com th th th Received: Aug. 26 , 2015; accepted: Sep. 9 , 2015; published: Sep. 15 , 2015 Copyright © 2015 by author and Hans Publishers Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). /licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract As an ancient religious group, Chinese medical Buddhist monk has emerged since Eastern-Han Dynasty in China. This group was formally named in Tang Dynasty and well recorded in some an- cient books such as Poetry of the Tang. The present study, however, tries to describe and analyze it based on Poetry of the Tang. It was found that Chinese medical Buddhist monks in Tang Dynasty mostly were local Han Chinese, and minor of them were foreigners. They usually used traditional Chinese medicine to treat the patients, and the therapeutic tools included operation, acupuncture, pharmacotherapy, and food therapy. Most of the treatments have been reported to be effective. In addition, they also devoted themselves to Chinese Herbal Medicinal planting, collecting, processing, decocting, and storage. Some of them were also engaged in charitable activities, medi- cal communication, and medical heritage. In short, Chinese medical Buddhist monks have greatly contributed to ancient China in Tang Dynasty. Therefore, they were highly trusted and honored. The so-called “doctor-patient relationship” in T