Novels About Traditional Chinese Medicine with Practical Value 中医类有实际意义的小说
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Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Path to the Pinnacle 中医:巅峰之途
To become a great physician, one must be versed in the Huangdi Neijing: Suwen, the Huangdi Zhenjing, the Mingtang Liuzhu, the Twelve Meridians, and the Three Regions and Nine Indicators. One must also know the classical prescriptions of Zhang Zhongjing, Wang Shuhe, Fan Dongyang, and others, and be able to interpret yin-yang destiny, the Book of Changes, the Six Ren method, the physiognomy of various schools, and the five signs revealed by heated tortoise shells. Only then can one become a great
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A Slow Fire: Tales from Beyond the Apricot Grove 慢火,杏林外话
Chen Zongyuan, a rural doctor in southern Fujian, continues to explore the treatment of chronic illnesses with traditional Chinese medicine, carrying the trust and hopes of the villagers. From reviewing failed cases and seeking advice from experts online to traveling all the way to Nanjing to shadow doctors in person, he breaks free from the limitations of prescribing by experience alone and comes to understand the true meaning of systematic diagnosis. Facing the villagers' doubts, complex illne
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A Doctor's Trial by Love 医路情劫
He was a once-in-a-century genius in traditional Chinese medicine, yet he stumbled from one heartbreak to another. Born into a family of TCM practitioners, Zeng Peiyuan entered a top university at eighteen, developed his own “Six Channels Differential Diagnosis Express Method,” and became the youngest attending physician at twenty-five. Before long, he had made a name for himself in the field. He and his classmate Chuyun, who also came from a family of renowned doctors, made a formidable pair, e
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Spring Deepens on the Ridge 岭上春深
When a thousand years of traditional Chinese medicine wisdom collides with a deadly conspiracy, can He Sanli solve the mystery in a race against death? The Deep Spring on the Ridge takes you into a world filled with the scent of herbs and thrilling twists. Every prescription is a clue, and every consultation is a battle of wits. Mystery fans won't want to miss this brain-teasing masterpiece, and traditional Chinese medicine enthusiasts shouldn't miss this cultural feast. Come uncover the truth!
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Seeking Immortality in Qingyuan 青源问仙
Deep in Qingyuan Mountain in Quanzhou, the spiritual veins of Hundred Herbs Valley resonate with the tides of Quanzhou Bay. Hidden among the ruins of an ancient Song dynasty kiln lies a secret scripture of the Medicine God, Baosheng Dadi. To cure his mother’s “kiln ghost yin affliction,” the young Lin Qiusheng ventures into a forbidden site at night and obtains a fragment of the Qingjiao Medical Canon: Needle Classic. Using the footwork of Quanzhou Lion Slaying to guide his needles, he accidenta
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The Fall of Fusang: Chronicle of the Ten Suns 扶桑坠:十日纪
The Fall of Fusang: The Ten Suns follows Ling Jun’s growth and records, weaving together a four-part epic about the rise and transformation of an ancient civilization. Volume One, The Ten Suns Shine Bright, focuses on the Age of the Ten Suns. Ling Jun accompanies Xi He as they climb the towering Fusang tree and explore the moon palace observatory. He witnesses the Starwatchers protecting celestial knowledge, and sees Gong Gong clash with Fu Xi over their beliefs after questioning the “barriers b
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I Am the Heavenly Physician 我是天医
Ye Qingyun had a chance to stay on at the hospital, but someone pulled strings behind the scenes. Now he faces a string of problems: should he keep practicing medicine or give it up? Just then, the System arrived!
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From Losing Money to Becoming a Giant in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Starting with a Clinic 亏成中医巨头从医馆开始
Chen Xin unexpectedly obtains the Medical Virtue and Wealth Conversion System. As long as he runs his clinic at a loss, he can earn a fortune and gain Medical Virtue Points that he can exchange for medical skills. From then on, a remarkable clinic appears in China. “Ordinary doctors at Jishitang earn a million a year!?” “That’s not all. I hear every doctor there gets sixty days of paid leave a year.” “And their benefits are incredible. They even give out dating allowances when a doctor starts se
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The Return of Medicine 药归
The mole at the corner of my left eye lets me see the spirits of every medicinal herb. Cassia Twig is a young man bathed in summer sunshine. Chinese Angelica carries seventy years of longing. Aconite, tempered through seven cycles of water and fire, can draw the fading yang energy back into someone on the brink of death. They have seen Zhang Zhongjing’s snow, basked in the sun with Sun Simiao, and followed Li Shizhen over cliffs. With this band of ancient herb spirits at my side, I run a litt
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The National Doctor Returns: Starting at a Traditional Medicine Clinic 国医归来,从中医馆开始
A tiny Chinese medicine clinic draws famous practitioners who disguise themselves to go undercover! Major pharmaceutical companies fight tooth and nail over a single secret prescription! The renowned physician Fang Jin is reborn in 1988. He is young and strong, and his wife is as beautiful as a flower. Remembering all the mistakes he made in his previous life, he decides to return to his family, open a small Chinese medicine clinic, and make enough money to live a quiet life. But before he knows
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I'm a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, and I'm Also an Expert in the Supernatural 我是中医生,玄学也精通
Physiognomy + the Four Pillars of Destiny + feng shui + Qimen Dunjia + Plum Blossom Numerology + Zi Wei Dou Shu + traditional Chinese medicine + talismans + Zhuyou healing + sorcery... The protagonist is Shen Zhuoran. He was once Shen Shaoxun, a master of metaphysics and renowned practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine during the Jiaqing era of the Qing dynasty. After being reborn through reincarnation, he transmigrated to 1996. In 2016, he enrolled in a university of traditional Chinese me
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Chief Medical Officer 首席医官
His massage techniques captivated countless people, and his acupuncture cured chronic ailments that had plagued patients for years. With his extraordinary skills, grassroots Chinese medicine practitioner Xie Dong used his deft hands and a few silver needles to carve out his own legendary story, filled with struggles through blood and tears, painful partings, and heart-stirring moments at every turn...
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I Found a Zi Wei Astrology Book at a Street Stall and Became the Disciple of a Reclusive Medical Sage 地摊捡本紫微书,拜师隐世医圣
Warning! This novel is only suitable for readers interested in traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese divination. The material on medicine and divination is drawn from the classics and covers the Five Arts: mountain, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination.
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The Superior Doctor Treats Before Illness Strikes 上医治未病
During a hiking trip through the mountains, everyone climbed to a high peak and looked down over the land and ranges below. The trail they had taken was winding and steep, yet now lay clearly before them. Their spirits soared, and the uncertainty and hardship they had felt while climbing vanished. Teacher Zeng said, “If we don't occupy the high ground of thought with sound knowledge and correct views, it will become enemy territory for false knowledge and misguided ideas.” The root of the health
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The Healer Reigns Supreme 医者为王
One needle is worth a fortune, and a single prescription is impossible to find. With miraculous skill, he can shift the stars and turn fate itself, his divine needles reversing yin and yang. A humble young doctor from an ordinary family relies on his superb skills to make Death take another route and force illness to yield. Moving among the powerful and making his way through the city, this young doctor creates an urban legend, saving lives and working miracles. With miraculous hands, he brings
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The Journey to Win Your Heart 撷君行
Time’s wheels roll ever onward into the mid-Tang era. On this land shrouded by evil spirits, the people suffer while no one comes to their aid. Only Sun A Shi, the Medicine King, leads his disciples in searching for the secret to driving the evil spirits away. Three couples among the Medicine King’s disciples, Jiang Ze and Jiegeng, Gancao and Guizhi, and Doukou and Didi, hold fast to their faith in battle and never give up in the face of hardship. Like dancers, they weave love and hate into a ma
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The Winds of Daobei 道北风云
Life is short, just a few decades. Experience the hardships of the world and savor its many flavors. After eight years in the military, Wang Min returns to civilian life. Through the ups and downs of his experiences, we'll get to share in a life unlike any other. No matter how good or bad it was, we should still pay tribute to the past.
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Two Wolves in the Wilderness 荒野双狼
A prequel to King of the Wilderness, and the first installment in the Wilderness series. Yu Zekai’s days in northern Myanmar... Half of it is true and half is fictional. Take your time reading, and you won’t be disappointed.
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Half a Volume of a Broken Book, Healing a Broken Life 半卷残书医残生
A mere scholar, he seems to have his fate laid out for him after graduation. Before he knows it, he has entered the field of traditional Chinese medicine, and under the guidance of his wife's grandfather, he eventually becomes a renowned doctor. But fate is fickle, and Xiao Dong still can't escape the destiny laid out for him.
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The Hands of a Master Healer 杏林,圣手
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God of Acupuncture 针灸之神
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Back to the 1990s: My Unrestrained Life in the Countryside 重回九零,我在农村的肆意人生
Liu Zhijie, now in his forties, has lost everything and is saddled with hundreds of thousands in debt. He plans to take the little cash he has left and return to his village to retire, but then he suffers a cerebral thrombosis. Unwilling to keep suffering, he steels himself and decides to end it all. Unexpectedly, he is reborn in the 1990s, back when his family was still prosperous and his parents hadn't divorced.
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Tales of a Traveling Doctor 悬壶江湖录
Ling Yuanzhi, heir to a family of imperial physicians, watches his father fall victim to a treacherous minister. His family is destroyed, and he is forced to wander the martial world. Amid the tides of the age and the dangers of the martial world, he remains true to the benevolent heart and healing art of traditional Chinese medicine, exploring its scientific foundations and humanistic value. At the same time, he exposes the complicated ways it has been entangled with power, profit, and martial
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Doctor: Operating on Myself Is Perfectly Reasonable 医生:给自己做手术,这很合理吧
In his previous life, Xu Qiu was revered as a national physician and a sage of medicine. He transmigrates into the body of an ordinary young doctor. What he doesn’t expect is to be rejected by three hospitals in a row from the start, while looking for a job. On his way to the next hospital, he suddenly develops acute appendicitis and is forced onto the operating table. Just when Xu Qiu thinks his luck couldn’t get any worse, the lead surgeon suddenly faints in the middle of the operation! Ta
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They Tried to Make My Interview Difficult? I Know the Ancient Medical Canon by Heart! 面试为难我?我古医典倒背如流!
[The full-cast audio version is now available. Come give it a listen!] Also known as The Right Path of Medicine. A great doctor serves the times and saves the world. Only by being selfless and free of ego can the practice of medicine follow the right path! A country boy raised in the mountains of the great northwest has studied and trained hard since childhood, determined to become a renowned doctor known throughout the land. But the world beyond the mountains isn’t as simple as he imagined. Fac
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Deep Throat 深喉
This book tells the story of reporters Xu Chen and Du Xiaoou as they expose safety hazards in the city’s water supply system and match wits with powerful factions. My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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Tales of Chejiang 车江往事
In the 1930s, the Xiang River flows quietly through Chejiang Town in Hengyang, Hunan, nourishing this ancient settlement built along its banks. The people here make their living from river transport, fishing, and farming. Life is simple, yet marked by a quiet resilience and warmth. But as the times change, the winds of modern civilization begin to blow into this secluded town, bringing new hope as well as inevitable conflict. Zhou Zhaowen, a hydrological surveyor from the provincial capital, ar
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The Medical Detective Who Chases Souls 医警追魂人
The male lead is bold and forceful. After awakening the inheritance of the Heavenly Doctor Sect, he makes it his mission to “heal people, heal the nation, and heal the heavens.” He punishes evil, champions good, and sets crooked ways right. One heroine, no padding. A divine couple who live by their own code and settle their grudges with gusto. What sparks will fly once they both fully awaken...?
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Nine Needles to Subdue Demons 九针伏魔
The Nine Needles are not only weapons, but also the key to the Diagram of Heaven and Earth's Acupuncture Points. Fuxi used the Nine Needles to open the channels of qi between Heaven and Earth and balance yin and yang, allowing the Three Realms to function. After a great calamity, Fuxi perished, and a wisp of his divine soul transformed into the Spirit of the Nine Needles and scattered across the mortal world, waiting for someone destined to reunite the needles and revive the healing arts of Heav
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Great Doctor: Dawn, Complete in Two Volumes 大医·破晓篇(全两册)
The Great Doctor: The Dawn is Ma Boyong’s brand-new historical novel, published in 2022. To save lives and preserve the nation, to strengthen the country and safeguard its people: this is a doctor’s rallying cry amid the upheavals of the late Qing. A great doctor is like a historian. With a benevolent heart devoted to helping the world, the doctor bears witness to a century of tumultuous change. A young man from Northeast China who narrowly escaped death in the Russo-Japanese War, a young man fr
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Major Crimes Unit Nine: I’m the King of Solving Cases! 重案九组,我破案之王!
The criminal investigation unit at Xingchan City Public Security Bureau has taken on a difficult murder case involving a car. Five rookie officers are unexpectedly chosen by the chief to become undercover agents in Unit Nine. Along with handling some of the most vicious cases, they must uncover a terrifying secret within the Xingchan City Public Security Bureau itself. Setting their detective badges aside, the undercover agents set out to reveal the mystery surrounding Unit Nine… Why have three
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Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事
At the end of the year, I went home for a funeral. This was the third person in our Song family to die. The strange, tragic deaths of my uncles made me sense that something was wrong. Wanting to protect my dad, I decided to uncover the truth. But I never expected that my dad wasn’t even human...
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The Troublesome Wang Xiao'er 刁民王小二
Xiangxiang: Xiao Er, the radishes you grow are enormous. Wang Xiaoer: These aren’t radishes. They’re ginseng...
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The Medical Road to Power: Rising from the County Central Hospital 官道医途:从县中心医院开始崛起
Wu Tiehan had barely had time to celebrate getting into college when he was struck by the devastating news that his father had died. After graduation, his blunt nature got him exiled to a county hospital in a poor county, leaving his future bleak. Then everything changed when he happened to save a young woman. From a humble doctor, he stepped onto the path of public service. In the vast and treacherous world of politics, Wu Tiehan rises straight to the top despite being a man of humble origins.
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A Doctor's Skill Shakes the Capital 医手遮天闯都城
College student Lin Xiaoxuan has had one misfortune after another. Framed by his classmates, he is expelled and sent home, only for his mother to be beaten by a local bully, leaving her bedridden with a shattered spine. Seeking revenge for her, Lin is instead left with a broken leg and a disfigured face, and has no choice but to become a beggar. But fate takes an unexpected turn: after a car accident, he inherits the legacy of a divine physician. From then on, Lin Xiaoxuan masters medicine and c
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The Great Immortal Doctor 大仙医
A master alchemist is reborn in a modern Chinese medicine clinic, with extraordinary medical skills and incredible luck. Beautiful women come seeking his help, and romance is always in the air for this unassuming doctor. He rises from a poor young man to a legendary physician, living a wonderful life!
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Immortal Dust and the Way of Medicine 医道仙尘
Jiang Xiao grew up living in a peach orchard with his master, learning medicine and cultivation. After his master passed away, he went alone to seek his fortune in the bustling city. His miraculous healing skills won him flattery and favor from everyone around him, and for a time, he became intoxicated with a life of luxury and excess. But an accident brought Jiang Xiao a bizarre death, and his soul transmigrated into the body of a gambler. The gambler had a beautiful, curvaceous wife and an ado
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Transmigrated as Xilai Le, I Specialize in Curing Doctors Who Brag About Their Ancestral Reputations 穿越成喜来乐我专治祖传名医不服
Keywords: medical duels, clashes of medical theories, ancestral secret remedies, battles for supremacy in medicine, face-slapping, reversals, satisfying payoffs, hooks, System progression. Medical duel system: The renowned physicians of the realm are ranked into nine grades and three tiers. Each tier has a “medical token.” The winner of a challenge claims the token, while the loser forfeits their reputation. - Medical System: Xilaile awakens the “Medical System.” Every time he treats a rare co
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As a Divine Doctor, I Have a Golden Finger 作为神医,我有一个金手指
Can traditional Chinese medicine really cure illnesses? Yes! And fast! Learn about the treatment principles in Zhang Zhongjing’s Treatise on Cold Damage and Essential Prescriptions from the Golden Cabinet. You can use the chapter titles to find out about the causes and treatments of the conditions you’re interested in. This book offers an accurate look at pathology, pharmacology, prescriptions, and treatments. Even people who know nothing about traditional Chinese medicine say it’s good. After
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Flowing Source's 27th Book 流水之源第27本书
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The Traditional Chinese Medicine Gravekeeper 中医守墓人
[No System, no cheats] Young physician Jiang Chen runs the old clinic his grandfather left him. With his peerless medical skills, he takes the Chinese and Western medical worlds by storm. The old-school doctors in the field look down on him for being young, while Western medical experts mock Chinese medicine as useless. One difficult case after another comes his way, with countless people waiting to see him shut down. Jiang Chen diagnoses and treats patients, letting his proven results face-slap
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A Traditional Chinese Doctor Who Can't Deliver Takeout Isn't a Worthy Prefect 不会送外卖的中医不是好刺史
Guo Yuze, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who grew up in modern society, failed to protect the person he wanted to protect: Huo Ze. Huo Ze died in an accident caused by human interference. After avenging him, Guo Yuze transmigrated to the fictional era where Huo Ze lived, but Huo Ze had no memories of their life spent growing up and striving together. In this new life, Huo Ze is the Protector General of the Western Regions, while Guo Yuze is a governor sent on a suicide mission. In t
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My Divine Beast Is a Cat 我的神兽是一只猫
[Medical Immortal Master + Reborn + Divine Beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas + Ruthless and Decisive + Urban High Martial Arts] Qin Xuan was a once-in-a-century genius of Medicine King Valley, able to infer much from little and blessed with extraordinary insight. In the woods... that cat, with one blue eye and one golden eye, possessed intelligence and a promise far beyond that of ordinary creatures. The cliff was deep, and Qin Xuan's body plunged rapidly downward. His senior brother
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The Secrets of Shennongjia 神农架的秘密
Lu Jiuzhang, a dropout from a university of traditional Chinese medicine, was accused of causing a medical accident after using acupuncture to save someone's life. While gathering herbs in the Shennongjia mountains, he happened upon Xue Suwen, a recluse and inheritor of the “Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate,” who passed its essence on to him. The protagonist possesses both modern medical knowledge and the legacy of ancient secret arts. Through his growth and struggles in both Chinese and Weste
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Keep Moving Forward, Young Man 少年且前行
Bearing the hopes of his disabled parents and supported by every uncle and elder in Kaoshan Village, Wang Yan arrived in Binhai carrying a fertilizer sack full of the future. He stepped onto campus and began his journey toward changing his life…
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A Daoist Doctor’s Day Job 道医打工仔
A Daoist medicine inheritor, whose skills leave even factory doctors with medical degrees in the dust, works far from home. He saves the lives of his fellow workers, treats all kinds of difficult and unusual illnesses, and steps in at critical moments to help them through one crisis after another. The story explores Daoist medicine, feng shui, talismans, and incantations, while portraying human relationships and ethics in a complex society, as well as the emotions, desires, love, and helplessnes
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Miracle Doctor of the Countryside: I Raised a Baby Dragon from the Start 妙医小神农:开局养了条幼龙
[Rural Miracle Doctor + Adorable Dragon Child + Comeback and Face-Slapping + Secrets of His Origins] Yang Ergou, the village's universally acknowledged fool, awakens the legacy of the Medicine King and becomes guardian of the dragon vein. An eagle's egg tucked into a cliffside crevice yields a golden caterpillar. Who could have guessed it was an ancient dragon spirit? It wrecks the house and steals chickens like a pro, and one spray of its pee makes a radish ginseng grow! From then on, the fool
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The Young Imperial Physician 少年御医
Lin Yi, the youngest first-year student at a traditional Chinese medicine college, awakens the birthmark on his chest while gathering herbs in the mountains to save his classmate's grandfather. The memories of time and space come rushing back, and he becomes the young miracle doctor with the finest medical skills at the college...
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I’m a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor in the Village 我在村里当中医
He graduated from Beijing Medical University, specializing in general traditional Chinese medicine, and was destined to become a rising star at one of Beijing's top-tier hospitals. But a power struggle at work sent him tumbling from the heights. Unfamiliar with workplace politics, he was framed by the head of the traditional medicine department and fired overnight. Forced to leave the cutting edge of medicine in the bustling city, he returned to a remote village. Back in his hometown, he refused
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Exiled to the Countryside: Unmatched in East and West 发配乡野,中西合璧天下无双
[Scalpel x Silver Needles, Dual Systems, A Disgraced Rising Western-Medicine Star Meets the Most Sharp-Tongued Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor] Xia Yu, a rising star in thoracic surgery, saved a patient suffering from tension pneumothorax with a single needle in the middle of a busy street. The patient later died. His family sued her: "Murderer!" She won the case, but public opinion tore her to shreds. Her career was ruined, and she was sent to provide medical aid in the remote village of Yu
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