Chapter 1769: Shennong Tastes a Hundred Herbs (Asking for Flowers, Asking for Subscription)
Li Lao said: "Jia Dong is right, our own medicines, almost all of them come from the so-called ancient prescriptions, and the major pharmaceutical companies and our media have spared no effort to use this 'ancient' or 'old' word as a selling point, and try their best to sell this awareness to people. On the other hand, Western countries can spend a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to develop and produce various new drugs, which is really a bit sad for a country that is proud of its 5,000-year-old civilization. β
Vice Premier Wan said: "Medicine is not an ordinary commodity, it is related to people's lives and health, and must be strictly supervised throughout the process. However, the whole process from the R&D clinical trial of the drug to the listing of the effectiveness and safety of Western medicine has undergone strict animal testing and clinical verification, and it is still relatively reliable. β
Lu Lao said: "I said everyone, isn't it? Haven't those Chinese medicine prescriptions been tested by hundreds or even thousands of years of history? How do you say it's unreliable? β
Zou Jiadong said: "Lv Lao, the effect and safety of drugs are not simply tested by time, but need to be verified by rigorous analysis and research tests using modern means. β
Lu Lao said: "I said Jiadong, aren't you talking nonsense? The ancient people didn't understand chemistry, and they didn't have modern scientific instruments, how did you ask them to analyze, research, experiment, and verify? β
Zou Jiadong said: "Therefore, our traditional medicine is actually an empirical medicine, and the medicinal properties and efficacy of drugs mainly rely on the experience of doctors to artificially judge, such as using the tongue to lick and test plants to determine whether it is a drug, and determine the medicinal properties and efficacy. The so-called legend of 'Shennong tasting herbs' that we often hear vividly shows the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine. This kind of characteristics and methods, do you say it is reliable? β
Wang Lao said: "Of course it's not reliable." Shennong tastes a hundred herbs' says that Shennong made two large pockets, one hanging on the left side of the body and the other on the right side of the body. Every time he tasted something that he thought was edible, he put it in his left pocket and gave it food to men. If you think you can cure the disease, you put it in your right pocket and use it as medicine in the future. The question is, although the tongue can taste sweet and sour, but things with sweet and sour tastes are not necessarily medicines, right? Taking a step back, even if he can taste the medicine, can he taste its medicinal properties and effects with his tongue? I. So, I seriously doubt the correctness of this legend. β
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Vice Premier Wan smiled: "Haha! I said, Elder Wang, do you have anything to do with Shennong? Besides, the legend says that Shennong is the god of the cow's head and the human body, since he is a god, of course, people can taste what medicine is, and they can also taste the medicinal properties and medicinal effects of drugs. β
Yu Qiuli said: "If Shennong is a god, he still needs to risk the danger to taste the herbs?" As soon as the fiery eyes come out and the fingers are counted, don't you know everything? Besides, since Shennong is a god, how could he be poisoned and die due to tasting the broken intestine grass? It can be seen that this legend must be groundless. β
Minister of Finance Wu Po smiled: "Haha! I said everyone, since you know that this is a myth and legend, don't take it too seriously, listen to it, and have fun. β
Zou Jiadong said: "In fact, in the classics of traditional Chinese medicine, there are too many unreliable evidence, I once carefully read the famous "Compendium of Materia Medica", almost half of the content is full of a large number ......of such as animal feces, urine, dirt, knees, wax, earwax, nails, menstrual blood, hair, pubic hair, human flesh, saliva, semen, sweat, tears, filial piety, clothes, hats, widows' clothes, bedside, gray walls, soil, etc. β
"I said Jiadong, you should stop it quickly, if you continue to say more, we will all vomit." Li Lao said.
Zou Jiadong continued: "In fact, the ignorance of the ancients is understandable, because science was underdeveloped at that time, people's level of understanding had certain limitations, and it was normal to do some ridiculous things. Now that science, especially medicine, has been very developed, we should use scientific methods and standards to re-examine and standardize these ancient things, remove the dross, take the essence, and let these ancient things glow with new brilliance. Otherwise, the thousand-year-old consistent system, clinging to the tradition unchanged, will result in decline, and there can be no other way. β
Mr. Li said: "What Jia Dong said is very reasonable, the times are developing, science is progressing, and traditional Chinese medicine should also keep pace with the times, and work hard in pharmacological research, clinical verification, and standardization. Otherwise, it will be difficult for traditional medicine to compete with modern medicine, and for the development of traditional Chinese medicine, the relevant state departments should come up with measures to solve this problem as soon as possible. β
Zou Jiadong said: "In fact, the relevant state departments have long been aware of the problems existing in traditional Chinese medicine and have begun to solve this problem. But what people did not expect is that the measures taken by the relevant departments are contrary to science, they clearly stipulate that traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical companies are allowed to do not indicate the toxic side effects and adverse reactions of drugs in the drug instructions, this way of protecting and supporting traditional medicine, as expected, is to solve the problems of traditional Chinese medicine, revitalize the traditional medicine of the Chinese country, but rather to dig the grave of the precious traditional medicine of the Chinese country. β
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Lu Lao of the Moon Enemy Star Institute of the Enemy and Enemy Science Institute said: "I said Jiadong, aren't you talking nonsense? The ancient people didn't understand chemistry, and they didn't have modern scientific instruments, how did you ask them to analyze, research, experiment, and verify? β
Wang Lao said: "No wonder many traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceutical companies mark the two columns of 'adverse reactions' and 'contraindications' as 'not clear' in their drug instructions, which was originally allowed by the state? Think about it, if the side effects of the drug are not labeled, how can the doctor prescribe the drug to the patient? The well-known Chinese patent medicines, Gentian Liver Pill and Yunnan Black Medicine, have the side effects of serious kidney damage, resulting in kidney disease in thousands of patients. Such disregard for the health of the people by the management should not only be condemned, but also held administratively and legally responsible. In addition, if the masses are harmed by the drug problem, there is every reason to sue the state, because the state allows the pharmaceutical companies to do so. β
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