The reasons for the decline of traditional Chinese medicine are too many and complex, and there are a lot of simple examples.

For example, if you look at a common illness and a cold, according to the way of Western medicine, take medicine and inject injections and hang the bottle, one trick is more effective than the other, and Chinese medicine is dwarfed.

Another example is that it is too easy to adulterate all kinds of medicinal materials, but it is much more difficult to argue the truth.

But Western medicine is not foolproof, and a vaccine may also encounter a very low probability of unlucky things and become a vegetative person. The slightest accident in a large sample means 100% misfortune for the individual.

Another factor that cannot be ignored is that traditional Chinese medicine is an important part of traditional Chinese culture, and it is natural to be suppressed by one's own people and opponents for various purposes, and scum who swagger and deceive are endless.

Such black sheep will soon swarm out on the mainland with the reform and opening up, and with the wave of craze, they will overdraft the already worse and worse influence of traditional Chinese medicine, qigong, Zhou Yi, and so on.

In the most high-sounding words, traditional Chinese medicine lacks the means of modern science to regulate and develop, and cannot be controlled by precise figures, which is pseudoscience.

But then again, what is science, can science solve all the questions of mankind, and at present the United States and the Soviet Union are not secretly studying all kinds of supernatural phenomena.

In Tang Huan's view, the essence of TCM may not be a science in the current sense, but some of the TCM theories can be studied and developed with appropriate modern scientific methods.

Even if TCM is "not a science", it cannot deny the efficacy of TCM, and it has demonstrated better advantages than Western medicine in terms of adjuvant treatment.

Using the posture of "either black or white" to categorically deny Chinese medicine is itself unscientific.

In addition, this kind of strong suppression of the weak, who knows if there are economic interests at work in it.

After all, the world's top pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and GlaxoSmithKline have been extremely profitable, and even with the notoriety of using unethical means to conduct experiments in the less developed regions of the world, they cannot stop their expansion.

In their previous lives, these predators were also researching traditional Chinese medicine, and even began to acquire compound Chinese herbal medicine projects in addition to focusing on extracting single compounds from traditional Chinese medicine.

Not blindly touting, not maliciously scandalizing, and moderately giving Chinese medicine a gentle and tolerant development space, can only be a good wish now.

Human society is too complex, and the problem of Chinese medicine is too big for Tang Huan to give a complete solution, what he can do is to help Chinese medicine expand some positive influence in the world, so that some Chinese people have more employment opportunities. Because just like Chinese food, it is not so easy for Westerners to master the methods of Chinese medicine, and it is often the Chinese who perform better.

In addition, taking advantage of the information asymmetry brought by foresight, Tang Huan also wants to join in the fun in the research and development of Western medicine, anyway, the grassroots are subject to high drug prices, and no one is powerless to change this pattern, so it is better to take advantage of himself.

However, Tang Huan has a specialization in the art industry, and Tang Huan can control the progress of the project freely in IT, but he is not able to catch it in the pharmaceutical aspect, such as Viagra, which made Pfizer fame and fortune in his previous life, he has no way of knowing when it will come out.

Fortunately, the direction of research and development is clear, and there is enough time difference in the middle, Tang Chao does not have to worry about falling into his house, as long as the people below work hard.

Tang Huan never added unnecessary troubles to himself, and after listening to Tang Wenhuan's report, he is now enjoying massage to eliminate the physical discomfort caused by the combination of hangover, travel, jet lag and other factors.

The name of Dirk Angel Ridge Gage Hospital, which contains three names, is a little troublesome to call, so Tang Huan named it Treasure Hospital in Chinese.

Although the hospital building has not yet been built, the staffing has begun to be planned, and this matter is not too professional to start, Tang Wenmao can recruit a suitable president in the name of Shennong Foundation. Once you have a professional leader, the rest of your work will be more and more organized.

If these things are still a vision, then the newly opened TCM Health Department of Treasure Hospital, not far from the US headquarters in Cupertino, Silicon Valley, is the immediate result.

Zheru's engineers, but they can bring Tang Huan a treasure bump, in case of arthritis, cervical strain and other problems, how can they work overtime?

In order to have a good body, it is essential to do a good job in daily health care, and traditional Chinese medicine as an auxiliary means is undoubtedly a more economical way, after all, the United States does not have universal health insurance like some other Western capitalist countries.

In the companies in Silicon Valley, there are mostly young people, and they come from all over the world, so they don't have so many stubbornness and prejudices, so in the face of the Chinese food and traditional Chinese medicine health benefits given by the boss, they all enjoy it very nourishingly, and Tang Huan is queuing in.

"My grandfather's ancestors ran a pharmacy, and I also studied Chinese medicine with my master for a few years, and after coming to the United States, I originally planned to get an acupuncturist license, but the process was too troublesome, and I finally gave up. Tang Huan chatted with the middle-aged Chinese.

"It's really not easy, but fortunately, it's a formal job recognized by American law, and I can barely make ends meet. And luck has come, the owner of this company, Mr. Tang, can afford this industry and specially invited us. As a result, the income is much more stable than before. The other party replied with a smile, obviously he didn't know that the young man who had just registered the work card of Zheru Company on the computer was the boss Tang he was talking about.

California was the first state in the United States to legislate to regulate "acupuncture" and began issuing professional licenses to acupuncturists as early as 1976.

In English, the word "Acupuncture" or "Acupuncturists" means "acupuncturist", which means "Chinese medicine" and "Chinese medicine practitioner".

In California, for example, according to the definition of the Business and Professions Code, an "acupuncturist" is a professional who provides acupuncture, electric acupuncture, Chinese massage, acupressure, moxibustion, cupping, breathing therapy, exercise therapy, heat therapy, cold therapy, magnetic therapy, nutrition therapy, dietary therapy, herbal therapy, phytotherapy, animal therapy, mineral therapy, dietary supplement therapy, etc., for the purpose of improving, maintaining and restoring health.

It can be seen that from a legal point of view, an "acupuncturist" in the United States is a "traditional Chinese medicine practitioner".

Since modern science has not yet discovered the existence of qi, meridians or acupuncture points from the aspects of histology and physiology, and some contemporary acupuncture users do not practice according to the traditional theoretical system, acupuncture lacks sufficient modern medical experiments to confirm its effectiveness, and is generally only listed as an alternative therapy in western developed countries.

At the same time, the United States has a very strict acupuncture licensing system.

Applicants are required to take acupuncture-related courses ranging from 1,700 to 4,000 hours and have 950 hours of clinical practice experience at an acupuncture school accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education before they can be allowed to sit for the acupuncture licensing examination.

In addition, the holder of the acupuncture license is required to renew the acupuncture license every year or every two years, otherwise the acupuncture license will be revoked.

The procedure for renewing an acupuncture license, in addition to updating the information, also requires the acupuncturist to provide evidence of continuing education, which is usually dozens of hours of professional continuing education courses per year, so that the renewal can be obtained.

If a person does not have a valid license but claims to be a professional acupuncturist, or provides TCM treatments, their actions constitute a criminal offense and are subject to imprisonment and a fine.

Although traditional Chinese medicine has been constrained by various rules and regulations set by the United States, it can be regarded as a certain degree of recognition, and the Chinese have one more choice to make a living, but the process is not so smooth.

The first TCM program in the United States was born in Nevada on April 20, 1973, and was initiated by Arthur Steinberg, a New York lawyer-turned-real estate tycoon.

The man made a lot of money by going back and forth between New York and Las Vegas for more than 20 years, and later bought the property of the largest casino in Las Vegas and relocated his family to Las Vegas.

Steinburg's wife, Bia, is a Chinese who has been suffering from migraines for many years, has seen many doctors, but has not found an effective treatment, and the explanation given by Western medicine is that she is too nervous.

In the summer of 1972, Stein Bo and his wife traveled to Asia, and during their stay in Hong Kong, they visited the famous acupuncturist Lok Yee Kung, who was diagnosed by Chinese medicine and treated with acupuncture, and Bia's migraine was significantly improved.

Steinberg was so impressed that he thought acupuncture was a good thing for the United States, so he made a 150-minute documentary film about acupuncture treatment, which he brought back to Nevada in August 1972.

However, the American medical community is not interested in this, and the more big-name doctors are, the more dismissive they are.

Steinberg was very determined to legally introduce "acupuncture and moxibustion" into the United States, and he decided to bypass the American Medical Association and break through one by one starting with Nevada, because the United States has medical licenses under the management of each state, while Nevada is not large, has few voters, and is easier to communicate, and the legislators of the state Senate and House of Representatives are also very close to the voters.

But the American Medical Association, which uses snakes as its symbol, explicitly opposed this, and a magazine at the time called the legislative battle a "dragon and snake war" between the dragon of traditional Chinese medicine and the snake of Western medicine.

The various open and secret battles in the whole process are difficult to describe, and Lu Yigong's demonstration in the United States is more convincing, and even many lawmakers have personally participated in this treatment.

Rep. Bennett, a black Democrat from Las Vegas at the time, said, "Mr. Speaker, this proposal that we're going to discuss is very special. Witnesses who supported this proposal illustrated the benefits of this therapy from their own experiences. This is the hope of the patient, the dream of the poor, and I strongly demand that it be passed. ”

It is not difficult to see that the United States has an inherent demand for economical and practical acupuncture, and it is inevitable that legislation will be passed under many resistances.

The U.S. side thinks about profits, while acupuncture relies on curative effects to win respect, which is the true face of the world.

This middle-aged physician is very good at talking, and seeing that Tang Huan is interested, he tells some stories about the legalization of traditional Chinese medicine in various states in the United States in recent years.

After the massage, the other party further supplemented the file for Tang Huan, which is the regulation of the treasure hospital, Chinese medicine can only develop for a long time by keeping pace with the times, and the collection of various sample data is the most basic work.

Tang Huan observed and found that although this Chinese was not very skilled in operating computers, he had already entered the door.

"Do you still need to enter the information you wrote into the computer?" Tang Huan asked the doctor who was recording on paper.

"Yes, the hospital has to be assessed, and Zheru Company has specially developed a software for this. The other party replied.

Tang Huan nodded, said goodbye, walked to the street outside, looked back, and glanced at Zheru's office building again, and said in his heart that this company eats Chinese food and enjoys traditional Chinese medicine health care, which can be regarded as its own brand from another aspect.

Tang Huan, who was refreshed, entered the office building with light steps, and deliberately went to the development hall to take a turn, only to see a cheerful programmer asking a few people nearby, "When you go to massage, is the soles of your feet very painful? What does kidney deficiency mean?"

After Tang Huan heard it, he couldn't help laughing, "Mike, don't ask others, go back and ask your girlfriend if she is satisfied with your performance in bed, and you'll know what it means." ”