Start with a photographic memory and build a memory palace

Chapter 1: Memory Palace, Pharmacy Edition
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Tang Dynasty, Wude period.

Chang'an, Wannian County, Zhujia Village.

At the west end of the village, there is an independent courtyard surrounded by a fence.

On the open space in the courtyard, many bamboo racks are arranged in an orderly manner, and various herbs are dried in winnowing baskets.

A short and thin figure, wearing a gray linen shirt and a pair of straw sandals, was turning over the herbs under the scorching sun to allow them to dry more evenly.

Whenever he picked up a herb with his little hands and shook it over, he would whisper the name and effect of the herb:

"Honeysuckle clears away heat and detoxifies; dandelion reduces swelling and resolves lumps..."

"Plantago, diuretic and stranguria-relieving; Artemisia argyi, warming the meridians and dispelling cold..."

His name is Wu Wen, and he was originally an outstanding young man in the 21st century.

But half a month ago, for some unknown reason, I was inexplicably transported here and turned into a teenager who was almost starving to death.

Fortunately, he was rescued by Zhu Jiuye, an old village doctor in Zhujia Village.

Seeing that he was smart and could read a few words, Jiu Ye took him in as a medicine boy.

At this time.

An old man with a hunched back and a limp walked slowly out of the house. He was none other than Zhu Jiuye, the old village doctor who had rescued Wu Wen.

"Master Jiu!" Wu Wen greeted respectfully.

"Ok!"

Master Zhu Jiu nodded slightly in response, walked forward, and asked, "How is the medicine book I gave you?"

"Master Jiu, I have memorized them all."

Wu Wen answered confidently with a smile on his face.

"Really?"

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed across Zhu Jiuye's face.

Over the past half month, he had seen that Wu Wen had been performing well, being diligent and eager to learn, so four days ago he decided to teach him some medical skills. He handed him a herbal medicine atlas that he had written himself, which detailed the pictures, names and effects of various herbs, and asked him to memorize them.

Unexpectedly, in just four days, Wu Wen said he had memorized all of them.

"Well, let me test you."

Master Zhu Jiu looked at the herbs drying in the yard, picked up one from a winnowing basket, and placed it in front of Wu Wen for him to identify.

"what is this?"

Wu Wen took a look, thought for a moment and answered: "This is the root of daylily, which is cool and toxic. It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling..."

"Yeah, great, so what is this?"

Master Zhu Jiu put down the daylily root and randomly took out a herb from another winnowing basket for him to identify.

Wu Wen continued to answer.

"This is……"

He named seven or eight kinds of herbs correctly, and Master Zhu Jiu nodded with satisfaction.

Since coming to this world, Wu Wen has discovered that he has an exceptionally good memory, to the point of being able to remember everything he sees.

He only flipped through the illustrated book of medicinal materials given to him by Master Zhu Jiu and memorized everything.

"Since you have memorized all the medicine books, you can help me do other things besides sorting the herbs."

As he spoke, Master Zhu Jiu led Wu Wen into the pharmacy.

There is a huge wooden medicine cabinet on the wall of the room, with at least forty or fifty small drawers densely packed on it. Each drawer has a label with the name of the medicinal materials stored inside.

Master Zhu Jiu turned to Wu Wen and said, "Put the dried and properly organized herbs into these medicine cabinets. Remember their locations and don't mix them up. From now on, I'll let you be in charge of getting the herbs."

"Okay, Master Jiu!"

Wu Wen nodded seriously and agreed.

Cough~
Master Zhu Jiu coughed lightly and continued, "Don't think that sorting out the herbs seems simple. In fact, there are many details involved."

“First, medicinal materials should be arranged according to their efficacy so that they can be found quickly and easily.

Secondly, we need to consider the shape and volume of the medicinal materials, placing the light ones on the upper layer and the heavy ones on the lower layer.

Furthermore, commonly used medicinal materials such as licorice and angelica should be placed in a prominent position. Also, to avoid confusion, medicinal materials with similar appearance or similar names but different effects should be stored separately.

Finally, some special medicinal materials, such as poisonous ones, should be kept in special counters..."

Master Zhu Jiu told Wu Wen a lot of key points about the storage of medicinal materials, and he nodded slightly and took note of them.

After finishing his talk, Jiu Ye kept Wu Wen and told him to study the medicine cabinet carefully, then turned and left.

"Danggui...Licorice...Dog treasure..."

Starting from the first row and first column, I silently memorized the names of the herbs and their locations.

After writing down all the herbs, Wu Wen once again glanced at the complicated medicine cabinet in front of him. He couldn't help but fall into deep thought and touched his chin involuntarily.

As a person who has received nine years of compulsory education, he knows very well that learning cannot be done by rote memorization, but one must be flexible and adaptable.

We must know the reasons why they are so.

Otherwise, if the question is just slightly changed, the problem will disappear. What will happen then?

Moreover, there are so many kinds of medicinal herbs in the medicine cabinet. Even if he wrote them all down, he still had to recall them bit by bit when looking for a certain herb.

This is less efficient.

He had to find a way to speed up his thinking.

Otherwise, as the amount of memory increases, he will become slower in recalling information.

Wu Wen recalled what his teacher had taught him when he was in school: that one needs to pay attention to methods when reciting a text.

It is stupid not to start memorizing from the beginning every time you are asked to write the context of a sentence.

You can use the understanding and memory method, first deeply understand the content and ideas of the poems and articles, and grasp the main ideas and internal logic.

Or you can use the keyword memorization method and grasp the key words in the poems to memorize them.

You can also try the method of scene imagination to recreate the scenery or characters in the poem in your mind.

Segmented memorization: divide the poem into several segments and memorize them one by one.

Make notes, organize the key points of the poem into notes, and use charts, induction and other methods to make complex content simple and intuitive.

Sudden.

Wu Wen's mind suddenly popped up the content about "Memory Palace" that he had seen on the Internet.

The Memory Palace method, also known as the "Mind Palace" or "Memory Palace technique", is a memory method that is both efficient and creative.

This method utilizes the human brain's excellent memory ability for space and images to construct a virtual and orderly spatial environment "memory palace" to better organize and store information.

It is a memory method strongly recommended by many memory masters of the new era.

Human memory can be roughly divided into three types:

One is mechanical memory, which forms long-term memory through repeated reading and recitation.

The second is logical memory, which achieves the effect of remembering without remembering by finding and compiling the logical connections between information and things.

The third is image memory, which converts the memory information into images and then stores them in the mind.

The memory palace method is a perfect combination of mechanical memory, logical memory and image memory.

"Fantasy, association, logical connection..."

Wu Wen thought that maybe he could try this method.

In your mind, imagine a pharmacy through spatial construction. Transform the information you need to remember into specific objects and place them there.

In this way, it was like a search engine was installed in his mind.

Whenever he wanted to recall a memory, he only had to imagine himself walking into this pharmacy and finding the corresponding item.

It's like searching for keywords, which can quickly evoke related memories and the corresponding information will immediately come to mind.

"Awen."

"coming."

Jiu Ye's voice was heard outside the door. Wu Wen immediately came back to his senses from his thoughts, answered the call, and trotted out.

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　The new book is launched, the quality is guaranteed, the previous style is continued, and it is very imaginative!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)