Chapter 23 (1/2)

The two elders came to Ding Ning's ward with their notebooks on time early in the morning, sat like primary school students, devoutly recorded Ding Ning's every sentence, then expressed their views and discussed seeking common ground while reserving differences.

The three became friends at first sight, but in the face of academic issues, they would also quarrel because of different views. The most intense one was that old Zhang and old Hu stroked their sleeves, blew their beard and glared, and almost fought. Under Ding Ning's painstaking persuasion, they turned fighting into friendship, and soon became elated and talked and laughed.

Ding Ning shook his head and smiled bitterly. The two old men were like old urchins. They had a pure heart, no distractions, noble medical ethics and their own faith and persistence.

These are two old people who really have the kindness and selflessness of doctors, which is why Ding Ning is willing to give them everything.

The decline of traditional Chinese medicine is closely related to the self-esteem of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. Each school has a serious concept of teacher inheritance, firmly grasp its own medical skills in its hands, and will not be easily spread.

The old concept of inheritance has been deeply rooted, coupled with environmental pollution and the extinction of rare Chinese herbal medicines, some good prescriptions can't find alternative Chinese herbal medicines at all.

So that some half hanging traditional Chinese medicine began to swagger and deceive, exaggerating traditional Chinese medicine and using its myths to defraud property.

What's more, traditional Chinese medicine focuses on nutrition. It doesn't work as fast as western medicine. Usually, we should pay attention to living habits such as diet, work and rest, and get rid of bad habits such as smoking and drinking.

This is obviously inappropriate for the efficient and fast-paced work and life in modern society.

Over time, the real traditional Chinese medicine was crowned with the name of pseudoscience and lost the trust of patients. When they were sick, they would rather see Western medicine than believe in traditional Chinese medicine, which led to the decline of traditional Chinese medicine.

”The medical treasures left by our ancestors have not been carried forward and used to save the world and people, but have been nailed with the label of pseudoscience. This is the sin of our descendants.”

”Speaking of this, I feel very sad. Mr. Hu and I once organized and held an exchange meeting on traditional Chinese medicine to exchange needs, learn from each other, discuss with each other, promote everyone's common progress and change the current situation of traditional Chinese medicine, but many people only have interests in their eyes. A good academic exchange meeting has become a commercial cocktail party to climb power and attach importance to you, make contacts and sign sales contracts, which is now popular What's the matter with people? In this way, the things left by our ancestors will slowly disappear in the long river of history. Even Koryo Bangzi without any cultural heritage knows to vigorously develop Korean medicine. Fusang's research on Chinese patent medicine ranks among the top in the world, but our Shenzhou country is clearly the birthplace of Chinese medicine, but now it can't even compare with Koryo and Fusang, Do we still have our own medical culture in China? ”

”I began to learn traditional Chinese medicine when I was a child. At that time, when my master accepted apprentices, he had to test his character and medical ethics before he was qualified to start. But what about people now? All are mercenary and put interests first. If this goes on, even if we die, how can we face our ancestors!”

Speaking of the current situation of traditional Chinese medicine, the two old people beat their chest and feet bitterly, and their mood was depressed.

These words had a great impact on Ding Ning. To tell the truth, he liked to treat patients and save people. He liked to see dying patients get new life in his hands.

He doesn't care about the gratitude of the patient. He enjoys the fun of robbing people with death, which fills his heart with a sense of achievement. The decline of traditional Chinese medicine has nothing to do with him.

But the selfless feelings and noble morality of the two old people deeply moved him and made him aware of his narrow mind.

Yes, if the whole traditional Chinese medicine industry has no breeding ground in our own land, is banned and blocked, even if it has strong medical skills, how can it cure the disease and save people?

Even the whole traditional Chinese medicine industry has become a street mouse called by everyone. Who will believe his authentic traditional Chinese medicine? Who will let him see a doctor?

On the other hand, western medicine entered China and gained the trust of Chinese people. Is this not a cultural invasion?

Ding Ning thought carefully and was terrified. He felt a strong sense of mission. He firmly believed that the stone man activated his power, which itself was a sign of great responsibility.

Could it be that the power was actually produced to make me a savior of traditional Chinese medicine? Ding Ning thought narcissistically.

”By the way, elder martial brother, do you have a Chinese Medicine Practitioner Certificate?” Old Hu suddenly asked.

Ding Ning is also very helpless about the title of senior brother. Two old men in their 70s and 80s have to say that there is no order in learning, and those who reach it are teachers.

After he refused to accept his apprentice's request, the two old people insisted on calling him senior brother, which made him uncomfortable and felt that he was getting old.

He shook his head with a bitter smile and said, ”although I am an ancestral traditional Chinese medicine, in fact, I have been practicing medicine illegally, and what I studied in medical school is the clinical practice of Western medicine. Where did I get the qualification certificate of traditional Chinese medicine?”