Chapter 134 Ancient Medicine Movement
The matter of traditional Chinese medicine was a big deal in the newspapers and attracted the attention of the people. Even rural people know about this.
Compared to urban people, rural people believe in traditional Chinese medicine more. Now that medical conditions are not good, health centers can only be set up in rural areas. There are only one or two doctors in the health center, which cannot provide medical services to the entire township.
In the 1970s, due to the increase in domestic population, there continued to be a large number of medical talents. Therefore, under the call of the country, a group of barefoot doctors appeared. These people have received some medical training and have become unorganized grassroots doctors.
In addition, there are some strange people who have one or several prescriptions in their hands that specialize in treating certain diseases.
There is such a strange man in Liu Hongmin's village. The recipe he masters is specially for connecting ribs. After the fracture patients have their bones reattached, they only need a few doses of medicine to allow their ribs to heal, and they can basically go back to work. And there are no side effects. The only disadvantage is that the traditional Chinese medicine required is very expensive, costing five or six yuan a piece. After the illness, the savings in one or two years are gone.
Odd people have never thought of making money through this recipe. They are not qualified to practice medicine. However, many of them became interested in traditional Chinese medicine, and then studied under teachers and eventually became traditional Chinese medicine doctors. Many rural Chinese medicine practitioners came here this way.
Because there is no systematic study, the level of rural Chinese medicine is limited, and some or even many diseases cannot be understood. But they are still experts in certain fields. Many diseases that cannot be treated in hospitals can be cured with just a few doses of medicine.
When we arrived in the city, it was another situation. Traditional Chinese medicine trained in schools has relatively solid basic knowledge and is very comprehensive. Unless they take an old Chinese medicine practitioner as their teacher, they will not be particularly good at it. Almighty equals omnipotence, which is the portrayal of these Chinese medicine students.
So, we often hear that a certain rural Chinese medicine doctor is very effective at treating certain diseases, and travels thousands of miles to see a doctor.
The criticism in the newspapers made these Chinese medicine practitioners very angry.
Some people rushed to the capital immediately. Didn’t they say that the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association was Liu Hongmin’s money-making tool?
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners take practical actions to prove the existence of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association.
They brought the formulas treasured by their masters. Some Chinese medicine doctors even dedicated their housekeeping skills, and all donated the formulas to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association.
In just one month, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association received more than 1,700 precious prescriptions. These prescriptions cover all aspects, and some are prescriptions recorded in lost medical books. Now that they have been lost and recovered, Professor Mei and others are extremely happy.
Some prescriptions are very strange and contain many poisonous medicinal materials. If a normal person eats it, there is a high probability that he will be poisoned to death. But if the right person takes it, it is a good medicine.
Professor Mei decided to verify all these prescriptions. After the verification is completed, these prescriptions will be published in a book to serve as a reference for Chinese medicine practitioners with more than 20 years of medical experience.
Some of these prescriptions are too poisonous and may kill someone if they are used by beginners.
Liu Hongmin donated 1 million yuan to provide funding for traditional Chinese medicine doctors. Professor Mei used his connections to contact the military construction unit and built a seven-story ward building in the hospital of traditional Chinese medicine.
The military construction unit was very fast, and it only took half a month to build the building. With simple decoration inside, wards can be placed to accommodate patients.
So, with the capital as the center, veteran Chinese doctors took action. They went to surrounding counties to find qualified patients and brought them to the capital for prescription verification.
These patients have signed clinical contracts, and the traditional Chinese medicine hospital will reduce the cost of medicines, and will treat problems if they arise. However, if the patient dies, the family is not allowed to hold the traditional Chinese medicine hospital responsible, but they can receive a compensation of 10,000 yuan. However, compared with clinical trials of Western medicine, Chinese medicine is much safer. At least, traditional Chinese medicine will adjust the dosage of medicine according to the patient's condition, and only increase the dosage after the symptoms are met.
The first batch of 127 patients were admitted to the Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the end of July. Professor Mei and others formed ten teams to treat these patients and provide 24-hour monitoring. Many patients come here after they are terminally ill, with the idea that they can leave some money to their families even if they cannot live.
However, after drinking the medicine, everyone's condition improved. On the seventh day, some patients were ready to be discharged.
In fact, these ancient recipes have undergone a lot of verification and are very safe. The reason why we conduct such a clinical trial is that we are afraid that someone with malicious intentions will donate fake prescriptions or deliberately misreport the symptoms.
This is a recipe that needs to be promoted. Once it goes wrong, it will cause a huge blow to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association.
The current public opinion situation faced by traditional Chinese medicine is terrible, and another fatal mistake may cause traditional Chinese medicine to collapse.
In order to cure people, Chinese medicine practitioners jointly formulated a pharmacopoeia. In the pharmacopoeia, many prescriptions that use very strong medicines are castrated. This results in many diseases that cannot be completely cured or that are ineffective with medication. Gradually, this resulted in the argument that traditional Chinese medicine is useless.
But if there is no pharmacopoeia, the situation will be worse. Once a TCM doctor's medical skills are not perfect and someone dies due to excessive use of medicine, the blow to TCM medicine will be even greater.
In the same way, if these ancient prescriptions cannot be used by suitable Chinese medicine practitioners, castration will also be performed to prevent eating dead people.
When the last patient was discharged from the hospital, the first batch of patients verified 26 ancient prescriptions, all of which were safe and effective. Chinese medicine practitioners immediately began recruiting a second batch of patients to experiment with other ancient prescriptions.
The media in Beijing reported on this matter, and people from all walks of life were very concerned about it. Many people with better family conditions have extended a helping hand and made donations to traditional Chinese medicine hospitals or traditional Chinese medicine associations.
In just one month, the Chinese Medicine Association received donations of more than 100,000 yuan. Although Liu Hongmin has not donated as much as Liu Hongmin alone, it is still a good start.
The country also paid attention to this time and specially allocated materials to help various traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in the capital to build inpatient departments.
With the ward in place, Professor Mei and others immediately expanded their scope from surrounding provinces to the north. He also joined forces with traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in the south to establish the Hunan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association in Hunan Province.
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in Hunan Province are also collecting ancient prescriptions, even earlier than here in the capital. It's just that they don't have a "financier" like Liu Hongmin, so their development speed is not as fast as that of the capital. However, the traditional Chinese medicine doctors in Hunan Province do not seek fame and fortune. In accordance with the standards of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, they selected more than 1,200 ancient prescriptions and sent them to the capital. Moreover, they also pay attention to collecting patients, and if the patients agree, they will be sent to the capital to participate in clinical trials.
The entire activity is in full swing across the country. The media named this event the "Ancient Prescription Movement", saying that the "Ancient Prescription Movement" laid the foundation for the rise of traditional Chinese medicine.
I went to the hospital yesterday
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