Chapter 185: The Rise of Chinese Medicine (I)
It takes time for the peace treaty to be signed, but the trade of medicinal materials has begun to be in full swing, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory Chinese herbal medicines, not to mention the plague, have a certain prevention and control effect on any epidemic disease, and for many diseases, there are also large or small therapeutic effects, detoxification and blood activation, can also be barely regarded as a panacea, right?
The plague that made the military doctors at a loss was quite effectively curbed after taking the detoxification and blood activating decoction powder, of course, this is also related to the Eight-Nation Alliance's change of clothes, cremation, and isolation and residence.
In any case, after using traditional Chinese medicine, the plague in the Eight-Nation Alliance was really contained, and the death time of many patients was also delayed, and even a few people with strong physique who had just contracted the disease were miraculously cured after taking the decoction.
With these facts in front of us, who would dare not believe in the anti-epidemic effect of traditional Chinese medicine? For this reason, the British minister Sa Daoyi specially brought many gifts to Guishun's mansion to express his gratitude, if it weren't for Guishun who gave 10,000 doses of blood detoxification soup in vain, the Eight-Nation Alliance still doesn't know how many more people will die?
Gui Shun got gifts and thanks, the little Japanese minister Komura Shoutaro has not been very good recently, not only is he a cold bystander, because of the small Japan's concealment, all countries have paid a considerable number of casualties, it is rumored that because of this reason, the village in a party in the embassy area, suffered a good meal of foreign devils' old punch, but this is just a rumor, whether there is such a thing, but also let the recently disappeared main village to confirm.
With the passage of time, with the big sales of the Plague Tang Blood-Activating Antidote and Blood-Activating Antidote Tablets, as it was spreading at that time, there were frequent reports of good news that the plague had been suppressed in Southeast Asia, India, and Laos. and a few sporadic miracles of healing.
During this time, the ministers of various countries were beaming, but the Russian minister had a depressed face, and it was difficult to guess what the expression of the little Japanese minister who was hiding his whereabouts was.
Lao Maozi lost a lot of money this time. The armies that entered the three eastern provinces of Koudong were killed and wounded like the coalition forces, and the order in the Far East was in chaos, and chaos may still be considered an obscure statement, and there was no order in the Far East under the shadow of the plague. It's hard to say.
It's not that Tsarist Russia didn't think about buying traditional Chinese medicine in the south, it's not that it can't be bought, but the price paid is too great, and the plague hall is also doing its best to target the old Maozi of Tsarist Russia. No money, no goods, only gold, gold should be according to the proportion of gold and silver in the Qing Dynasty, not to mention the price of medicinal materials, only the difference in the exchange rate, every time a batch of medicinal materials is bought, the Russian merchants will not be able to paste tens of thousands of taels of exchange rate difference.
The price of medicinal materials is too expensive, and the plague hall is a large package of 10,000 doses for each country. A package of medicinal powder is more than 300 catties, and it costs 33,000 taels of silver, if it is filled with a boatload of medicine. At least tens of millions of taels of silver, a transaction of about a million taels, a little difference in the exchange rate, will lose tens of thousands of taels of silver, the larger the number of transactions, the more Tsarist Russian merchants will suffer.
Ship elsewhere. Who has the money to buy goods at this time? I can buy it. It is also people with ulterior motives who buy goods from Tsarist Russia at half price or lower. It's all Li Cheng's people, and now they are rich, who isn't hoarding medicinal materials?
Bartering is too much to lose, and the empty ship has to lose a considerable amount of freight to transport gold? It's easy to say, but I'm afraid that all the gold reserves of Tsarist Russia will be used up, and it may not be able to support the needs of epidemic prevention.
Buy from the merchants of other countries, and who can sell them at this time?
The dilemma of the Tsarist Russian merchants made the Tsarist envoy have to come to Gui Shun to negotiate with him, and Gui Shun's answer was also simple, guns and warships could be exchanged for medicinal materials at a low price, which was also an unacceptable condition for Lao Maozi.
Using force, under the shadow of the plague, does Lao Maozi's army dare to enter the three eastern provinces or two? Even if it comes, throwing a few corpses around the army is another disaster!
The low temperature in most places in Tsarist Russia has a certain inhibition of the plague, but this effect is not large, once the crowd gathers, the plague will still break out, and the effect of epidemic prevention drugs is very different from that without epidemic prevention drugs, Tsarist Russia has made a typical example for all countries in the world, when some port cities in Southeast Asia, India, and Laomei have curbed the plague, the plague on Lao Maozi's side is still spreading and raging, which also improves the status of traditional Chinese medicine in the medical community.
Does TCM play a vital role in epidemic prevention? In the view of Li Dacheng, the mastermind behind the plague, this is just a coincidence, and the blood detoxification soup has a certain effect on epidemic prevention, but this role is not absolute, without traditional Chinese medicine, it may not be impossible to prevent the epidemic!
Why is this so? Time! Time is of the essence! The physical epidemic prevention method is the key to curbing the plague, no cremation, no mask, no amount of anti-epidemic drugs, can not curb the spread of the plague, before the arrival of traditional Chinese medicine in Hong Kong, many countries have been carrying out epidemic prevention work.
After the corpse began to be burned, the plague was still very tyrannical, but without the corpse as a source of infection, this tyranny was already the end of the crossbow, supplemented by the means of covering the mouth disease, even if there was no epidemic prevention drug, the plague would slowly subside.
Why has Chinese medicine become the key to epidemic prevention in the eyes of all countries? The time difference is the most important part, from informing countries to use physical epidemic prevention methods, to the arrival of the medicinal materials in the plague hall to countries around the world, one month is almost enough, this month's time is very critical, when the medicinal materials arrive in Hong Kong, the plague has been retreating, at this time the use of traditional Chinese medicine epidemic prevention, the time is just right, and the results of traditional Chinese medicine epidemic prevention in the eyes of everyone are immediate.
Li Dacheng estimates that most of those miracles that have been cured are physically strong, and the plague is beyond their control.
Li Dacheng also has a point of view, that is, Western countries have experienced the Black Death, and there should be some antibodies in the genes, with these antibodies, supplemented by antibacterial and anti-inflammatory Chinese herbal medicines, the results are naturally immediate, but this point of view can only be speculation. I can't count them!
In addition to him Li Dacheng, there may be many people who will question the role of Chinese medicine, and most of them should be Chinese medicine practitioners. We know that although traditional Chinese medicine has been passed down for a long time and spread in an orderly manner, there are many unreasonable, unscientific and incorrect aspects.
The most important one is the use of medicine, which has a lot to do with Confucianism, which has been passed down for thousands of years. Traditional Chinese medicine cannot keep up with the times.
If it cannot be combined with modern medicine and modern chemistry, there will be no way out of traditional Chinese medicine, the essence needs to be retained, the dross needs to be abandoned, the deficiencies need to be made up, and the good places need to be carried forward, which are all problems that need to be solved urgently in the development of traditional Chinese medicine, and these cannot be solved. Traditional Chinese medicine can only be crowded out by Western medicine and slowly wither.
Today's timing has a decisive role in the development of traditional Chinese medicine, with this traditional Chinese medicine prevention and treatment of plague, even if there is no deliberate promotion, traditional Chinese medicine will slowly combine with Western medicine, and the east is not bright and the west is bright. That's what I'm talking about, when the medical elite and chemistry elite in the European and American world focus on traditional Chinese medicine. It also means that Chinese medicine is on the rise.
Even if Chinese medicine in China has declined, as long as the West has made certain achievements, it can still catch up, and there are too many places where Chinese medicine can be combined with Western medicine, and now Chinese medicine is dominant. Because the drugs and treatment methods of Western medicine are far less abundant and comprehensive than those of later generations. And the current Chinese medicine is not inferior to the Chinese medicine of later generations, as long as the Western elite combines Chinese and Western medicine. The great development of traditional Chinese medicine can also be expected.
Traditional Chinese medicine is carefully used, there are many kinds of drugs, and there are various treatment methods, but the extraction of medicines is very defective, and the understanding of the structure of the human body is still in the initial stage; There are too few types of Western medicine and few treatment methods, but the extraction and utilization of drugs are very advanced, and the understanding of human body structure is second to none; These are just a few points where Chinese and Western medicine complement each other, and they are not enough to promote the development of Chinese medicine.
Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to recuperation, which is the key factor for the great development of traditional Chinese medicine in the Western world, and the key to cultural invasion is the key to the invasion of culture, and it is also the key to the great development of a culture and a kind of science, and traditional Chinese medicine that focuses on recuperation can cater to the ruling class, elite class, and wealthy class in the West.
In terms of recuperation, Chinese medicine has both slow and fast methods, and when the elite of the West taste the benefits brought by Chinese medicine, it is easy for Chinese medicine to become popular in the world.
Don't dare to try? After this TCM epidemic prevention, how many people dare to question TCM? When TCM recuperation has once again achieved results in the Western world, how many people dare to question it?
The qiē needed for the rise of Chinese medicine has been satisfied after a plague, and the rise of Chinese medicine is unstoppable, whether active or passive.
Just for the rise of traditional Chinese medicine, Li Dacheng wants to give up the destruction of the plague on Western countries and even neighboring countries? Wrong, cultural aggression is the key! One of them also contains great benefits!
Today's Chinese are not only inferior people who work hard in the eyes of the Western powers, but also look at the Chinese in the poor places of South America; Today's China, in the eyes of all countries in the world, in addition to a little bit of mystery, is still backward and ignorant, with the wide spread of traditional Chinese medicine, this qiē, will be overthrown in a very short time.
If a foreigner wants to learn Chinese medicine, can he do it by translation? Absolutely impossible, Chinese to understand foreign culture, learn the language, can slowly understand, learn Chinese, just think about learning Chinese medicine, this is a joke?
Without Master's words and deeds, even if you can understand medical books, you may not be able to learn medical skills, and without a considerable foundation in ancient literature, it is difficult to understand medical books, let alone learn medical skills.
If you want to learn, foreign devils have to invite the master, the master of traditional Chinese medicine is only one of them, the master of ancient literature is also needed, and after learning these, you will learn the culture of China for two thousand years, and many things will change imperceptibly, and the Confucian saints play cultural aggression, God is probably not an opponent, this is also confirmed by the history of China for two thousand years, not before the Song Dynasty, just talk about the Mengyuan and Manchu Qing, right?
Meng Yuan is not convinced, how about it? A Meng Yuan, who could go on an expedition to Europe and still have a reputation as a Tatar iron horseman, was beaten back to the steppe and now can only surrender to the feet of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which has submitted to Confucian culture.
The Manchu Qing who started as a horse archery were convinced, so what? After entering the customs for more than 100 years, the cavalry of the Eight Banners has become a waste, and the Eight Banners of the Eight Banners who have laid down the great rivers and mountains are not as good as the Green Battalion soldiers.
Although Li Dacheng also looked down on Confucianism, Li Dacheng was also convinced by the assimilation of Confucian culture, and many of his habits were also based on Confucianism.
Why cultural aggression? Is Huaxia really a big place? No! Although the land is large but the material is not abundant, China also needs the world, resources are the most fundamental, without the recognition of the world, it is difficult to invest in foreign mining, even if the investment is successful, it will be resisted by the aborigines, with Chinese medicine is different.
Except for Western countries, the major colonies are not much better than the current Qing Dynasty, when a Chinese medicine practitioner who can cure all diseases has won some prestige in the local area, will the boycott be so fierce? Without fierce resistance, the next step is to slowly integrate, step by step erosion, from culture to economy, with a considerable economic foundation, it is time to enter the political circles.
The Qing Dynasty now has a bit of a conflict between population and land productivity, there are too many poor people, and the rest of the world, especially the colonies, are often vast and sparsely populated, and the combination of cultural, economic, and population offensives makes the interests so great that they are boundless.
Regardless of the raging plague, giving up the rise of traditional Chinese medicine is the real short-sightedness! (To be continued)
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