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Opium flowed into China in the early 19th century... During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Yang Jitai from Guangji, Hubei (today's Wuxue City) came from a medical family. His father, Yang Shaoshan, was a famous doctor at that time. At that time, opium was already very powerful, and the government and foreigners colluded to harm the Chinese people. The old man who wanted to develop anti-addiction drugs could not stay in the city, so he had to return to the countryside, treating diseases and saving people while developing it. After his son failed in the exam and decided to inherit his legacy, he actually tried drugs and smoked opium. In the end, he failed and left with hatred. There is a reputation among the people that "Lin Zexu in the south can cut off the source of poison, and Yang Jitai in the north can eliminate the root cause of the disease." Yang Jitai took up the important task of developing drug addiction treatment without hesitation. In order to eradicate tobacco addiction, he went through a lot of hardships. Because he fundamentally affected the "business" of foreigners and Yue Haishan, he was framed repeatedly, imprisoned several times, and tortured. His wife and daughter were killed one after another, but he still remained determined. Although he was able to take revenge in the end, due to the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government, the Opium War failed, the capitulation faction gained power, and Lin Zezhu, who advocated the ban on smoking, was dismissed from his post and investigated. Naturally, Yang's medical clinic was not spared and was closed down. The drug treatment drug he spent his whole life developing also unfortunately died.