When you get sick, you have to go to the hospital to see a doctor. Sometimes when you get sick, you often get confused about whether to see Western medicine or Chinese medicine. No, I caught a cold some time ago. My throat hurts, my throat is itchy, I always feel like coughing, I can’t finish blowing my nose, and my eyes water. Are you going to see a Chinese medicine doctor? Or see Western medicine? My wife advocated seeing Western medicine, and the medicine produced quick results. My mother asked me to see a Chinese medicine doctor. Taking a few Chinese medicines can get rid of the root cause of the disease. In order to reduce the pain, I went to see a Western doctor. The doctor prescribed nine packs of medicine for three days, as well as several boxes of antibiotics with strange names. After taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor, the symptoms were slightly relieved, but there was still no fundamental improvement. The cough became worse than before, and the spitted phlegm changed from white phlegm to yellow-green sticky thick phlegm. When that didn't work, I went to see the doctor again. This time the doctor prescribed intravenous drips for several days, one dose for three days, but it still had little effect. Why is a cold so difficult to treat in this day and age? When I caught a cold in those years, I boiled some scallion, whitehead and ginger soup and drank a few times and it was cured. Now I take medicines and injections. I spent so much money, took so long, and suffered so much, but I still haven't been cured. My mother said to me again: "It's better to see a Chinese medicine doctor. You will be fine after taking a few Chinese medicines." I went to the hospital and directly registered the Chinese medicine clinic number. The doctor on duty at the clinic was a doctor who was recruited not long after graduating from the College of Chinese Medicine. He greeted me warmly, asked me to sit down and took my pulse, first with my right hand and then with my right hand. At the same time, he asked me about the symptoms of the disease and then prescribed a prescription. I just discovered that doctors now no longer use pen and paper when writing prescriptions. They turn on the computer and enter the symptoms. Several prescriptions to choose from are displayed on the computer screen. Then he selects one and adds or subtracts the dosage of some medicinal materials. From the Internet to the Chinese medicine pharmacy, the pharmacist will mark the price of the medicine, and I will pay for the medicine. After taking two sets of Chinese medicine, my cough still wasn't cured, so I became a little worried. Is there something wrong with my lungs? I quickly went to the county hospital to take a X-ray, and the diagnosis was that I had bronchitis. After returning home, my mother said: "You have been coughing for too long and your lungs are weak. You need to replenish your lungs. I have kept a list of medicines that your grandfather prescribed to me in those years to treat persistent coughs. I picked up two pairs and tried it. "I went to the drugstore and took two pairs and it worked. My cough was cured.
From now on, I never dared to look down upon the old medicine lists again. I quickly asked my mother to find out all the old medicine lists she had collected and re-write them one by one in a new notebook. Most of these traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions were prescribed by my grandfather when he was treating my parents in the 1970s. My father was a careful person, and there were special notes on the diseases to be treated under the prescriptions. It turns out that my grandfather was already over 80 years old in the 1970s. He was the most famous doctor of traditional Chinese medicine in the area. He had been attending the hospital in the commune (now called the town) and often visited patients’ homes at their request. At that time, transportation was inconvenient, and all medical visits were done on foot. For such an older person, his eyesight was not blurred, his ears were not deaf, and his back was not stooped. Even young people felt stressed when walking. When he goes to the clinic, he carries a yellow schoolbag, which contains a flashlight, silver needle box, two medical books and a blank prescription. He wraps them very flatly with a piece of white cloth. There are also two pens in the bag. He often walks on the country roads. The villagers all know him and greet him when they meet. Anyone who is unwell or has a disease in the family does not refuse to ask him to see a doctor. When he sits down at home, he takes out the medicine from his bag. White cloth bag, ask the patient to roll up his sleeves and put his wrist on the bag. When he sees a patient, he first takes the pulse without asking about the symptoms, looks at the tongue coating, the color of the face and the meridians of the palms, and then discusses the patient's symptoms based on the pulse, and the patient who speaks directly nods in agreement. Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to distinguishing the disease, which one belongs to wind, fire, dampness, heat, cold, etc., and then prescribes the right medicine, prescriptions, and precautions. He is paid, and there is no charge for medical treatment. The medicine he prescribes can often cure the disease. For decades, he had no concept of commuting to and from get off work. He took the pulse to write prescriptions, took the pulse to write prescriptions... He relieved so many people from their illnesses and extended their lives through the countless prescriptions he issued. Everyone respected him. Some cadres and their families in the county, and even the county party committee secretary and county magistrate, suffered from intractable diseases. As soon as they heard that he was in the county, they came to my home to ask him to see a doctor. My grandfather raised ten children. After they all got married, every family had to ask the elderly to take care of them if they got seriously ill. I remember when I was a child, my second brother had a high fever. Injections and medicines didn't work, which made my mother extremely anxious. My father was not at home. I was only twelve years old at the time, so he asked me to walk more than 20 miles to my grandfather's house. Ask him for diagnosis and treatment. When I got there, I told him about the situation. He picked up his bag and stuffed a steamed bun into my hand, and hurried to my house. He walked fast and I followed him. That time really exhausted me. . When we arrived, he first saw a doctor for my brother, then looked at the prescription for the medicine he had taken, and said, "Don't take this medicine. This baby has taken so many medicines and still has a high fever. This is measles. We need to hurry up." To change the soup, you need to use the medicine that comes out of the table. I will make an order and pick up a pair of medicine first. The medicine is made from fresh spring tree bark. Use cypress flowers to diffuse the inside of the house. Don’t let anyone in, and ventilate it. " We followed his request, and my brother's fever subsided after two doses of medicine, and the measles also appeared. The prescription was changed the next day, and his illness was cured a few days later. That time, if my grandfather hadn't been called in for diagnosis and treatment in time, my brother's illness would have been almost missed. My grandfather was very accurate in taking the patient's pulse, and he was also good at calculating when the disease would start and worsen. Based on the pulse, he could accurately predict the death date of a terminally ill person. For a pregnant woman, he can tell from the pulse how long she has been pregnant and whether she is pregnant with a boy or a girl.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival in the late 1970s, I went to see a village party secretary. It rained heavily that day. On the way home, my feet were slippery and I fell. I was in the medical practice where the last prescription was issued. On the road, he completed his life.
Traditional Chinese medicine doctors still have to talk about experience. Old Chinese medicine practitioners are rich in experience. They do not use computers, but they have profound traditional Chinese medicine theories and solid basic skills in Chinese medicine. They have also inherited the medical practice experience of their predecessors. The medicines they prescribe have quick and good results. It is a pity that there are fewer and fewer experienced traditional Chinese medicine doctors. Young people studying medicine have gone to study Western medicine and do not want to learn traditional Chinese medicine. Moreover, the training model of traditional Chinese medicine doctors in colleges of traditional Chinese medicine is very different from the traditional master-apprentice training model. Famous teachers produce good apprentices. I believe that when studying Chinese medicine, the master-apprentice model can better cultivate good Chinese medicine practitioners. The shortage of Chinese medicine talents is really a problem!
Some diseases cannot be cured by Western medicine, but Chinese medicine can. It is said that the side effects of Western medicine taken regularly for chronic diseases are much greater than those of traditional Chinese medicine.