The military, agriculture, industry, commerce, education and other parts of the People's Army-ruled areas are all developing rapidly, but there is only one field that gives Fang Nan the most headache, that is, medicine, and the development of medicine in the People's Army-ruled areas is very slow.

People are born, old, sick and die, "disease" is very important, there is no one who has never been sick in the whole world, mild diarrhea, cold, serious body vital organ lesions.

It doesn't matter if people encounter a minor illness, if they insist on persevering, they will be cured quickly, but once they are seriously ill, it is not as simple as persisting, and they are likely to die directly.

From the royal family to the common people at the bottom, the most feared thing is to get seriously ill, the royal family has a highly skilled imperial doctor, but for most of the serious illnesses can not be cured, at most it is a little relief, to see if the sick people can survive themselves.

Even the most common thing like giving birth to a child is a life-threatening test for women, and even the royal family often has one corpse and two lives, let alone the people.

Fang Nan divides medicine into traditional medicine and modern medicine, traditional medicine is the so-called Chinese medicine, and modern medicine is the so-called Western medicine.

Just like the development of science and technology, medicine should not be divided according to geography, but according to time, even if Western medicine is not introduced to the land of China, given enough time, it can slowly develop from traditional medicine to modern medicine, but under the rule of the feudal dynasty, this time will be very long.

Traditional medicine was born in the primitive society, the theory of traditional medicine in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period has been basically formed, there is a division of anatomy and medicine, and the "four diagnoses" have been adopted, and the treatment methods include stone, acupuncture, decoction, moxibustion, guidance, cloth qi, and blessing.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "medicine and Taoism are connected", and this influence can be traced back to the classic book of Huang Lao Taoism - "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing", which is one of the four classics of traditional Chinese medicine, and is also the earliest medical classic in the treasure house of medicine in the land of China, and is also a medical masterpiece that studies human physiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment principles and pharmacology.

"The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" theoretically established the "Yin and Yang Five Elements Theory", "Pulse Theory", "Tibetan Elephant Theory", "Meridian Theory", "Etiology Theory", "Pathogenesis Theory", "Disease", "Diagnosis", "Treatment", "Health Maintenance", "Luck" and other theories in traditional medicine.

Later, on the basis of pre-Qin Taoist thought, traditional medicine and health care began to explain human physiology with the five elements of yin and yang, and medical workers, golden needles, and copper keys appeared.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the famous medical scientist Zhang Zhongjing appeared, who already had an understanding of the "Eight Principles" (Yin and Yang, Appearance and Interior, Void and Reality, Cold and Heat) and summarized the "Eight Laws"; Hua Tuo is known for his proficiency in surgery and anesthesia, and also founded the fitness gymnastics "Five Bird Opera".

In the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao summarized the theories of his predecessors and summed up his experience, collected more than 5,000 prescriptions, and used syndrome differentiation treatment, because of the highest medical ethics, he was respected as the "King of Medicine".

After the Tang Dynasty, a large number of traditional medical theories and works spread to Goryeo, Wa, Central Asia, West Asia and other places.

During the Song and Song dynasties, the Song government established the Hanlin Medical College, which was nearly complete in medical divisions, and unified the acupuncture point disorders caused by acupuncture and moxibustion, and published the "Tujing".

After the Jin and Yuan dynasties, traditional medicine began to decline, after the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a warm disease school of Shi Fang, which gradually replaced the Jing Fang school, and Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" written in the late Ming Dynasty marked the decline of Chinese medicine pharmacology.

The development time of traditional medicine has been almost 2,000 years, and some things in traditional medicine, such as the meridians, are mysterious and mysterious, even in the era of rapid development of science and technology, the use of scientific and technological means can not find traces of the meridians in the human body.

Don't care about these mysterious and mysterious things, in Fang Nan's view, the therapeutic effect of traditional medicine is relatively poor, minor illnesses don't matter, when encountering major diseases, traditional medicine is a little confused, such as lesions of important organs in the human body, traditional medicine whether it is acupuncture or taking decoction, can not be cured, at most it is to alleviate the condition, let the patient live a few more days, and die well.

Traditional medicine is also considered medicine, and it has some effect on the symptoms, but in Western countries, bloodletting and treatment can come out, and this kind of treatment can come out, isn't this to make the patient die faster.

However, it is also because Western countries have not developed much in traditional medicine, and they directly use knives and bloodletting on people, and Western countries have developed modern medicine faster.

Modern medicine is not something that can be developed if it wants to, and at present, traditional medicine is the main thing in the areas ruled by the People's Army, and modern medicine is in its infancy.

On the one hand, most of the doctors in the entire era followed the "benevolence of the doctors" and could be called good people, and on the other hand, Fang Nan demanded that the doctors who only made minor mistakes be spared and that only the doctors who committed serious crimes be arrested.

The number of doctors is very small, and if a large number of doctors are arrested and killed, the development of medicine in the areas ruled by the People's Army will be even slower.

In order to develop medicine, the People's Military Government issued a decree that all medical centers would be exempted from taxes, and the medical centers would also receive more apprentices, and the People's Military Government would also give incentives.

Even so, the pace of development of medicine in KPA-ruled areas has been very slow, and the most important point is that it takes 10 years or more for an apprentice in traditional medicine to become an independent doctor.

Apprentices, at least to be literate, after entering the medical hall to know all the medicinal materials, but also to memorize medical skills, a complete set of apprentices can try to see patients under the care of the teacher, a little bit of experience, and finally get the teacher's approval before being able to become a teacher.

Fang Nan has the intention to establish a medical hall, so that experienced doctors can come over as teachers, so that more students can be taught at the same time, and batches of doctors can be quickly trained, which can accelerate the development of medicine.

The key is that the apprentices must be literate, the number of literate people is very limited, even if a medical hall is established, it will not be able to accept enough students, and the limited number of people will be scattered around the doctor, and a doctor will lead several apprentices, and the apprentices will be able to learn faster.

There are more than 4,000 graduates in this three-year education, the number is still a little small, Fang Nan is reluctant to invest in traditional medicine, some graduates just like medicine, but also want to continue to study biology, chemistry, and go to the direction of modern medicine.

Only when another three years have passed, and tens of thousands of graduates of three-year education have appeared, will Fang Nan devote a small number of people to traditional medicine, and then a medical school or even a medical university can be established.

Talent is the most important thing, whether it is traditional medicine or modern medicine, if you want to develop, you need enough people, literate, and even people who know some biological knowledge.