以近百年来中国社会历史为背景，以一个中医药世家的真实故事为蓝本，以不动声色的幽默和感性流畅的语言，讲进一部神奇诡秘的家族史：处处体现对兴衰、爱恨以及病态与健康、人性与自然的透视。故事是家旅的也是民族的，是私秘的也是社会的，是虚构的也是真实的。（With the history of Chinese society over the past century as the background, the true story of a family of Chinese medicine as the blueprint, in the latent humor and sensual and smooth language, a magical and mysterious family history to be explained: the perspective into rise and fall, love and hate, as well as pathology and health, humanity and nature, is embodied everywhere. The story is at the level of both family and nation, is both private and social, and is both fictional and real.）