Thousand-year-old traditional Chinese medicine skills stolen by the West

　　You may not know that traditional Chinese medicine is receiving more and more attention around the world, but you never expected that all of this has nothing to do with China. What concerns us is only providing raw materials to countries such as Japan and South Korea.

　　In 1949, the overall situation was decided, and Mikoyan, the representative of the Soviet Communist Party, came to Xibaipo. Although there were no delicacies, Mikoyan, who is a gourmet, was full of praise after tasting the braised fish.

　　 He smiled and said, “I believe that one Chinese medicine and one Chinese cuisine will be China’s two major contributions to the world. ”He repeated this evaluation again in 1953.

　　He would not have thought that as the birthplace of Chinese herbal medicine, mainland China's share today is only 2% of the world's herbal medicine sales, while Japan firmly occupies the top spot with 90% of the market share. South Korea and Taiwan, China account for 5%-7%. Before his death in 1980, the Japanese medical authority Otsuka Keisetsu, who was awarded the "Highest Meritorious Service Award" by the Japan Medical Association, once told his disciples: "Now we learn Chinese medicine from China, and let China learn from us in 10 years." ”Unfortunately it's true.

　　In Japan, Kampo medicines are the most popular products sold in supermarkets and pharmacies. Even Chinese tourists will buy them in large quantities when they come here and take them back to give to their relatives and friends.

　　After drinking a cup, you will feel better after a while. It has been several years now and there has been no recurrence. ”A Chinese engineer who travels all year round in Japan told reporters.

　　The leading companies producing Kampo medicines are concentrated in the hands of a few companies such as Tsumura. They specially set up a pharmaceutical company in Shenzhen to deal with traditional Chinese medicine preparations. They hired retired pharmacists from Chinese pharmaceutical companies at high salaries to serve as technical guidance, involving more than 500 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine raw materials and traditional Chinese medicine preparations such as ginseng, cinnamon, and bupleurum.

　　There is also no shortage of "undercover" agents in the United States. A person in the pharmaceutical industry told reporters that a few years ago Americans came to Yuncheng, Shanxi Province as a tour group to treat tuberculosis. There was an old Chinese doctor there who had unique skills. He once publicly said: "Which of your hospitals says it can't be cured and finally issues a critical illness notice, you can send it to me. I promise to get better in one month and be discharged in three months. ”The American patients came here just to get his prescription for treating tuberculosis.

　　Another example is coronary heart disease, which is now the number one killer of mankind. The current situation is that Chinese people now regard foreign stents as treasures. You must know that stents only temporarily solve the stenosis problem, and subsequent stents are more likely to cause thrombosis. As everyone knows, among the special skills our ancestors left us, there is a special skill for treating coronary heart disease. Unfortunately, we picked up the sesame seeds and lost the watermelons.

　　In 2008, relevant U.S. departments allocated another 5 million yuan to Peking Union Medical College Hospital, entrusting the hospital to help it understand the resources and development and utilization of Chinese medicinal materials in my country.

　　Nowadays, Chinese senior traditional Chinese medicine doctors in their 60s and 70s may enjoy the special preferential treatment of "open green cards" when they go to the United States.

　　A professor of traditional Chinese medicine cannot open a pharmacy in China, let alone a hospital - he is a teacher, has no way to become a licensed physician, and does not have the right to prescribe. To open a hospital, you must have an area of ​​100 square meters, equipped with inspectors, pharmacists, and more than 5 doctors. At the age of 63, he traveled across the ocean. In the United States, I live directly in my son’s home for medical treatment.

　　In order to leave some food for other doctors, his rule is to only see 30 patients a day. In order to avoid the disaster of inferior medicinal materials, medicinal materials are specially imported from Hong Kong. The monthly income is more than 90,000 US dollars, and after paying taxes, there is still more than 60,000 US dollars. In the United States, you can buy a house for $100,000. “There is nothing required to open a clinic in the United States, but there is only one thing. The health department will come to check the prescriptions every other day. They want to learn something. ”

　　Chen Yong, an associate professor at Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, wrote an article titled "The Hot Sales of Chinese Herbal Medicine in the U.S. Market, Reflections and Suggestions on Chinese Herbal Medicine Research in my country" based on his investigation in the United States. This article, sent from the other side of the ocean, is currently on the reporter's desk. He said in the article: "In 1994, the United States passed a regulation that supplements such as Chinese herbal medicines can directly enter the U.S. market and be sold in organic food stores without FDA approval. I am really happy and ashamed to see the shelves of organic food stores in the United States filled with various Chinese herbal preparations. I am happy that Chinese herbal preparations are so popular in the United States and there is hope for the development of traditional Chinese medicine. What is shameful is that among the dazzling array of Chinese herbal preparations, none are made in China. ”

　　In April this year, Chen Yong's niece was diagnosed with inflammation in her nose and was prescribed antibiotics. His daughter refused and went to an organic food store to buy a pure Chinese medicine spray produced in Germany. Once sprayed, it was effective and her nose stopped flowing immediately. A side effect of using diapers for babies is that they are prone to diaper inflammation. Apply a pure traditional Chinese medicine ointment produced by California Baby Company, and the red inflammation will disappear within 10 minutes.

　　my country's ancient prescription "Liu Shen Pill" was modified by Japan to develop the "Xinjiu Xin Dan", which was once popular all over the world and was hailed as the "life-saving miracle drug" with annual sales of more than 100 million US dollars. Japan’s old Kampo medicine “Shōro Pills” has also been sold back to China. Among the countries that have applied for TCM patents from China, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and Germany are the most enthusiastic. At the end of 2006, the National University of Porto in Portugal officially opened the major of traditional Chinese medicine and enrolled the first batch of 27 students. Among the foreign students who come to China to study natural sciences, the number studying traditional Chinese medicine ranks first.

　　Traditional Chinese medicine is receiving more and more attention around the world, but all of this has nothing to do with China. Our country’s contribution is only to provide raw materials for Kampo medicines in Japan, South Korea and other countries.

　　In China, we have become accustomed to "three vegetables and one soup". The so-called three-sugar-one decoction refers to a combination of antibiotics, hormones, and vitamins, and glucose injection is added for intravenous administration. “"Three ingredients and one soup" has become a "common prescription" for treating diseases in many hospitals. The consequence is that it causes bacterial resistance and is not conducive to the treatment of diseases. And the system of the Chinese people is getting worse and worse.

　　This is our current situation. I don’t know how you feel after reading this. I guess you feel uncomfortable in your heart! So who will save ourselves? The answer is ourselves! Only we can save ourselves. I hope this article can inspire the Chinese people, and I also hope that more Chinese people can read it.