Chapter 218 Xinglin Pharmacy
Zhang Yang didn't know much about Chinese medicinal materials. He thought about it and then took out his mobile phone and dialed Zhou Xiaomei's number.
"Little sister, what are you doing? Are you familiar with Chinese medicinal materials?"
"Brother, what else can I do early in the morning? Work as a cow and horse in your company..."
"By the way, why did you suddenly ask about Chinese medicinal materials?
I had taken ‘Chinese Materia Medica’ and ‘Medicinal Botany’ as electives in college before, but I only had a superficial understanding of them. ”
“It’s enough to know a little bit about it!”
Zhang Yang pretended not to hear the naughty tone of Zhou Xiaomei's words, took a breath and continued:
"Come to my office now and accompany me."
"Now? Go out now?"
Zhou Xiaomei's voice on the other end of the phone was obviously a little surprised, and she said hurriedly:
"Brother, I'm in the laboratory now. There are a lot of experimental tasks today. If I can't finish them, I have to work overtime."
"Besides, if I go out temporarily, I have to ask for leave from Dr. Fang. You know Dr. Fang is very cruel, and I will be reprimanded again!"
"How about I go with you at noon."
"No."
Zhang Yang smiled and decisively refused:
"I don't care, I'm going to see you in my office in fifteen minutes anyway."
"Okay, that's it, bye."
After saying that, Zhang Yang hung up the phone without waiting for Zhou Xiaomei to speak, and a long-lost smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Of course he knows that the various project teams of the institute have heavy daily tasks, especially the sixth project team under Dr. Fang Hanliang's strict requirements.
Just,
He just wanted to see Zhou Xiaomei's deflated appearance.
really.
Ten minutes later, Zhou Xiaomei came to the office wearing casual clothes.
"Brother, can you stop being so domineering!"
"Fang Bo asked me for a long time what I was doing when I asked for leave. It wasn't until I said I was going out with you that he allowed me to ask for leave."
“Before I left, I was reminded to finish today’s experiment before leaving get off work!”
"Haha!"
Zhang Yang couldn't help laughing, and then gently pinched Zhou Xiaomei's face.
"You deserve it, I made you say you would work as a cow and horse in my company early in the morning!"
"Okay, brother, I was wrong."
"Well, this is so good!"
After a short period of fun, instead of quarreling, the two became more harmonious.
Zhang Yang no longer delayed, turned around, picked up the car keys from the table, and said:
"Okay, let's go."
"I just checked on the Internet. The largest wholesale market for Chinese medicinal materials in Chengdu is in the 'Lotus Pond'. Let's go there and have a look now."
Zhou Xiaomei hummed softly, then became curious.
"Brother, why are you suddenly so concerned about Chinese herbal medicines? We don't seem to have any Chinese herbal medicine business except 'Feiduqing Granules', right?"
"Yeah."
As the two walked, Zhang Yang told Zhou Xiaomei everything he saw when he went to He Ping's place yesterday.
Zhou Xiaomei understood it as soon as she heard it:
"So brother, do you want to go to the wholesale market to take a look at the actual situation of Chinese medicinal materials on the market, and see if it is true that ordinary people cannot buy good medicinal materials as He Ping said?"
Zhang Yang nodded:
"Almost, I believe He Ping."
“I just want to have a clearer and more detailed understanding of the quality of the Chinese herbal medicines on the market today.”
"If it's true as He Ping said, I might... I might build a 'Qingshan Pharmaceutical Chinese Medicinal Materials Planting Base'."
"Chinese medicinal material planting base?"
While talking, the two of them came to the parking lot and got into a car. About thirty minutes later, Zhang Yang's car arrived at the Chengdu Lotus Pond Traditional Chinese Medicine Wholesale Market.
The Lotus Pond Traditional Chinese Medicine Wholesale Market has been newly renovated in recent years. The entire market covers an area of 2,090 acres. There are about 56,000 shops in the market, covering more than 1,900 categories and more than 430,000 product types.
It is no exaggeration to say that the Hehuachi Traditional Chinese Medicine Wholesale Market has radiated the medicinal materials trade in the entire southwest region. Almost all traditional Chinese medicine clinics in major cities, counties, districts and towns purchase their goods from here.
It was also the first time for Zhang Yang to come here. At ten o'clock in the morning, the entire medicinal materials market was bustling with people. There was an endless stream of medicinal materials dealers, purchasers, and retail investors from all over the country.
He held Zhou Xiaomei's hand and walked slowly in the long and narrow market passage. The merchant doors on both sides of the passage were filled with a dazzling array of medicinal materials. Some shop owners who were not too busy occasionally asked customers to come in and take a look.
Zhang Yang looked a little dizzy, but Zhou Xiaomei beside him stopped from time to time to pick up the medicinal materials and take a look and smell them.
The shop owner on the side saw this and hurriedly greeted:
"Two bosses, come in and take a look. What medicinal materials do you want to buy?"
Zhang Yang glanced at the chubby, slightly blessed boss in front of him and stopped immediately.
Yesterday, he personally saw a variety of medicinal materials used in the "Fei Du Qing Granules" at the Hehua Pharmaceutical Warehouse, and was particularly impressed by Astragalus membranaceus.
Then he said:
"Does the boss have astragalus for sale?"
"Yes, yes! There is plenty of astragalus! Come in and take a look."
With that said, the fat boss warmly greeted Zhang Yang and the two of them into the store, then quickly walked to the place where the astragalus was placed and grabbed a handful in his hand.
He spread his hands, revealing the astragalus slices in his palms, his face full of pride.
"Boss, our astragalus is of high quality. Take a look."
Zhang Yang was looking forward to it when he heard it, but the next second, he recognized it at a glance. It was obviously smaller than the three-year-old Astragalus he saw at Hehua Pharmaceutical yesterday.
This is a sophomore—medium grade!
After a moment, he shook his head:
"Boss, this is a two-year-old astragalus, right? Do you have a three-year-old one?"
The fat boss was stunned for a moment, a little surprised, and then put the astragalus in his hand back into the medicine bag.
He shook his head:
"There are no three-year-old astragalus! Boss, how can there be any three-year-old astragalus sold in the market now!"
"I still had some inventory in the past few years, but it was all taken away last month. Now, the three-year-old astragalus has long been gone on the market, and it is no longer available."
As he said that, he immediately grabbed a handful of astragalus from the medicine bag and spread it out in front of Zhang Yang, and advised:
"Handsome guy, don't worry, the astragalus I sell is definitely the best on the market! Most of the ones used in ordinary pharmacies and hospitals are not as good as mine."
"Furthermore, there is no difference between two-year-old and three-year-old astragalus. The effects are the same, so don't worry."
Zhang Yang didn't refute, just a wry smile on his face.
The fat boss was talking about business, so naturally he said this to sell his medicinal materials.
In the past, ordinary people might have believed it upon hearing it, but yesterday he truly understood the huge gap after personally tasting three-year-old or even four-year-old astragalus.
The difference is huge!
"Thank you, boss. We just want to buy some three-year-old astragalus. Since we don't have it, are there any 'fangfeng'?"
Fangfeng is also a traditional Chinese medicinal material and is also used in "Fei Du Qingmao Granules".
It has the effect of relieving the surface and dispelling wind, and resisting wind evil. It is mostly used in cold granules.
"We have 'Fangfang', how much do you want?"
"Is it produced in Inner Mongolia?" The fat boss stopped instantly and looked at Zhang Yang again.
Shaking his head:
"There are no windbreaks in Inner Mongolia. They are basically exported to Japan and South Korea. We have very few inland areas. If you want to buy one, you may have to visit the place of production."
"I only have products from Shaanxi Province here."
After saying that, the boss took two or three windproof samples from the displayed medicinal materials and handed them to Zhang Yang.
After a while, he couldn't help but sigh:
"Handsome guy, I really didn't realize that you are quite knowledgeable at such a young age."
“I have to say that Inner Mongolia’s Fangfeng is indeed of the best quality, especially the three-year-old Fangfeng which is definitely the most authentic product.”
"In other places, whether it is Shaanxi or Gansu provinces, firstly, the land is not so fertile and the sunshine hours are not long enough; secondly, the climate is not cold enough, which is not very suitable for windproof production."
"In short, the effect of the medicine is really not that good."
"It's just that the windbreak production in Inner Mongolia is basically ordered by Japan and South Korea. In addition, the price is twice as expensive as that in other provinces. We have very few inland. Take a look, you can buy some from this place in Shaanxi Province if you think it is suitable."
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Zhang Yang looked at the parsnip in his hand, and then handed it back to the fat boss.
"Thank you, let's see again."
"Okay."
With polite greetings, Zhang Yang and Zhou Xiaomei exited the store.
Next, Zhang Yang asked several Chinese herbal medicine owners in the market and several other medicinal materials. The situation he got was almost the same as what He Ping said.
Except for a few medicinal materials that can be purchased as high-grade medicinal materials, other medicinal materials are basically not available in the market. They are obviously at least one grade lower than the high-grade medicinal materials seen in the Hehua Pharmaceutical warehouse yesterday.
Gradually, more than an hour passed, and Zhang Yang and Zhou Xiaomei walked out of the market.
Standing at the entrance of the Lotus Pond Chinese Medicine Market, Zhang Yang sighed softly, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.
"Little sister, this is the largest Chinese medicinal materials market in the southwest!"
"You can't buy high-quality Chinese medicinal materials here. Where can the people in cities, counties, and towns buy good medicinal materials?"
"It can be seen that everyone usually uses medicinal materials, and the decline of traditional Chinese medicine is natural."
Zhou Xiaomei walked around and realized the dilemma faced by Chinese medicinal materials.
He smiled bitterly and comforted:
"Brother, don't worry too much; the current situation is something that must be experienced in the development process."
"Presumably in a few years, traditional Chinese medicine will be taken more seriously, and everyone's economic conditions will get better and better, and good medicinal materials will definitely reappear in the market."
Zhang Yang nodded:
"Well, let's go back. Today is almost over."
"Okay."
After that, the two gathered themselves and walked slowly towards the parking lot.
But as soon as he arrived at the parking lot, Zhang Yang suddenly stopped.
Zhou Xiaomei looked curiously at Zhang Yang and saw a large pharmacy open on the street two hundred meters away.
The name is Xinglin Pharmacy.
Like Tongrentang, Chenliji, and Ye Kaitai, which are well-known nationally-known chain time-honored traditional Chinese medicine pharmacies, Xinglin Pharmacy is also a chain of traditional Chinese medicine pharmacies.
It is mainly opened in the Sichuan and Chongqing areas, and its main business is also to provide consultations with traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, prescribe prescriptions, and decoct traditional Chinese medicines.
Zhou Xiaomei saw through Zhang Yang's thoughts at a glance.
"Brother, should we go to the pharmacy and have a look?"
"This kind of national chain pharmacy may have different purchasing channels, and may have high-quality medicinal materials."
"Okay."
Zhang Yang nodded.
The two of them immediately crossed the road and walked directly to the "Xinglin Pharmacy".
After a while, he walked into the pharmacy and saw several people lined up in front of the counter waiting to get medicines, and inside the counter, two or three pharmacists were busy grabbing medicines.
Zhang Yang also walked quickly to the counter, but just as he was about to ask the salesperson, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared next to him and said urgently to the salesperson:
"Doctor, please help me see if I can get all the medicine. I'm a little anxious."
Zhang Yang simply stopped when he saw this. After a while, the middle-aged man quickly took out a prescription from his bag and handed it to the young pharmacist at the counter.
After just a few seconds, the female pharmacist at the counter suddenly frowned:
"You can get all these herbs, but the three-year-old Bupleurum root, Ligusticum chuanxiong from Chongzhou, and wild Acorus calamus... which are mentioned in your prescription are not available in our pharmacy."
"Our Bupleurum seems to be two years old, Chuanqiong is from Wenjiang, and there are really no wild Acorus..."
"Do you think we should arrest him?"
Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing by chance.
He looked at the middle-aged man aside, and saw that the middle-aged man's eyes suddenly became disappointed, and he said in despair:
"Doctor, don't you have any of this?"
"No, but you can go to the medicine market next to it. There may be some in it."
"There is none in the market either."
The middle-aged man sighed, his eyes becoming even more disappointed:
"I just went to the market and looked, and they didn't have it!"
"Someone suggested that I come to your place to take a look. They said that you are a chain store and may have these medicinal materials. I didn't expect... you don't have them either."
Seeing this, the young female pharmacist shook her head again:
"Then do you still want to take medicine?"
"No more arrests!"
The middle-aged man slowly put away the prescription and said to himself:
"This prescription was passed down by an old Chinese medicine practitioner in the 1980s to treat tinnitus."
"My old father had tinnitus a month ago, so he asked me to give him this medicine. The medicine I used at that time was also ordinary medicinal materials. After taking it for more than half a month, I barely got better..."
"My father also knows a little bit about Chinese medicine and asked me to buy older medicinal materials to try. But I didn't expect that it is so difficult to buy good medicinal materials now!"
"Hey!"
Hearing this, Zhang Yang couldn't help but shook his head.
He looked at Zhou Xiaomei beside him, and saw that she could not help but pouted.
At this time, there were many patients waiting to get medicine in Xinglin Pharmacy. The middle-aged man's emotion successfully aroused everyone's approval.
After a while, the waiting crowd started talking.
"That's right, what this brother said is right. In the past, Chinese medicine was still very strong after three or four times of boiling it. Now, after two or three times, the soup is clear and watery, and the taste of the medicine is obviously not as good as before."
"Hey, all the good medicinal materials are exported to little Japan. I heard that Japan pays more attention to Chinese medicine than we do! Many pharmacies sell Chinese medicine!"
"Yes, but why are good medicinal materials exported to Japan and South Korea? Can't they be used in China?"
"Why else? China has always exported good things and kept bad things at home! It has always been like this."
Zhang Yang frowned, but at this moment, an old lady in the crowd suddenly said:
"You can't say that. I heard that there is a company that is really serious about making Chinese patent medicines."
“Their proprietary Chinese medicines all use top-quality medicinal materials!”
(End of chapter)