The Great Nation’s Medicine Merchant
大国药商
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.5M Words
- Genre
- Urban
- Subgenre
- Urban Life
- Updated
- 4y ago
- English
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Why does traditional Chinese medicine seem to be declining in popularity now? First, the cause of the disease There are too many strange and unusual diseases emerging in modern times, many of which are purely caused by human recklessness. There aren't enough patients or enough time for experienced traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to conduct experiments and research.
The decline of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has many reasons, and I'll just mention a few. TCM emphasizes meridians and Qi (vital energy), two concepts that Western medicine doesn't acknowledge, considering them unscientific. Our country is also using Western medical theories to evaluate the pharmacology of TCM, and some have indeed been successful, such as artemisinin.
Nowadays, people usually only turn to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) when hospital treatments fail. Let me share my own experience: Two years ago, I had acute pancreatitis. I spent five days in the ICU, endured the pain for three days, and was then observed in a regular ward for over ten days before being discharged. The total cost was nearly 100,000 yuan.
The cheat system design is a failure! In an industry like Traditional Chinese Medicine, the cheat system is designed to be too gamified, completely destroying the serious charm of the industry and failing to showcase its greatest appeal. It's a failure!
To determine whether Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is scientific, we must first understand what science is. Science, originally meaning the study of different subjects, later refers to the gradual formation of a complete knowledge system through the detailed classification of various kinds of knowledge, such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry.
Here's a suggestion: now that pharmaceutical companies have the money and the scientific and technological foundation, it's time to use scientific methods to thoroughly analyze and interpret the theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine. By conducting human trials to fully elucidate how the medicinal properties of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) work in the human body and the mechanisms by…
It feels like traditional Chinese medicine is complacent and resting on its laurels. In the past, people tasted hundreds of herbs to create Chinese medicine. Now, with such advanced transportation, there are countless herbs from all over the world, yet they haven't been systematically incorporated into the Chinese medicine system.
I once saw a video where a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner said (the following is his original statement): "I have discovered that the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic and the Treatise on Febrile Diseases contain a great deal of wisdom that transcends time and space." For example, he said at the time:
Personally, I think the biggest challenge restricting traditional Chinese medicine is raw materials. Many Western medicines can be synthesized, but traditional Chinese medicines cannot. Wild herbs are effective but scarce, while artificially cultivated herbs are abundant but not effective enough. Moreover, with the aggravation of environmental pollution, their efficacy will decrease.
Is this about to become a novel about a miracle doctor? Can't you just focus on developing the pharmaceutical company? Mass-market pharmaceuticals would benefit the general public, but the last 10 chapters have all turned into stories about treating the rich and powerful. It's all the same old formula; hardly anyone likes reading that.