The first town, the National Higher School of Medicine.

Ernst inspects the new school, where the school leader gives a briefing on the new school, accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Health.

"Your Highness! Why doesn't this so-called medical school have our business? I don't think our technology is bad! ”

"Well, you're?" Ernst looked at the person in front of him who suddenly raised doubts to him with some confusion.

"This is a member of the Far East Medical Corps, Mr. Li Ji, who is now an adviser to the East African Ministry of Health." Health Minister Belgrade said.

"No wonder! Mr. Li Ji, you can raise any questions you have, and if they can be solved, then I will naturally help you solve them. ”

Li Ge said: "The contribution of Far Eastern medicine to East Africa in recent years can be said to be obvious to all, although we can't say that it must be better than Western medicine, but the results are definitely not bad, but why does this school not even adopt our Far Eastern medicine at all?" ”

So that's what happened? Ernst smiled and reassured: "Mr. Li Ji, do you know about medicine?" ”

Li Ji: "That's nature, it's what I eat." ”

Ernst: "Can you explain the principles of medicine in the Far East with science?" ”

Li Ji: "This ...... Your Highness, you are embarrassing me, the origin of our Far Eastern medicine is completely different from Western medicine, and naturally it has nothing to do with the so-called science. ”

Having stayed in East Africa for a long time, Li Ji also knows what science is, it is a whole set of theories, but Li Ji cannot use the five elements of yin and yang to forcibly correspond to the so-called science in the West.

Ernst shook his head and said: "You are wrong about the concept, in fact, whether it is Western or Eastern medicine, there is no scientific concept at the beginning, it is all from the experience of the primitive witch doctors, and in terms of state, traditional Western medicine even retains more religious elements, such as the concept of qi, the crow mask, the theory of evil spirits, etc., but now a new medical system has been born in the West." ”

The concept of "qi" is not Ernst nonsense, this is the theoretical basis of phlebotomy, Europe has been following the medical theory of the ancient Greek physician Galen, Galen's theory believes that life comes from "qi", so on this basis, Galen believes that blood is exported from the heart to all parts of the body, rather than circulating, and it is precisely because of this that Galen does not think that the amount of blood in the human body is limited, so he also invented bloodletting therapy, this fallacy has killed many people.

"This new medical system started with Harvey, Harvey not only confirmed the theory of blood circulation through experiments, but he also pioneered the research methods of modern physiology and medicine, of course, I say this is controversial, it is likely that European doctors do not agree, they may take the ancient Greek Hippocrates as the origin, this is actually confusing concepts, forcibly binding modern medicine and Western traditional medicine, you give him him to explain blood circulation, I am afraid it will be a fantasy."

This is also the old routine of the West, you can always find omnipotent masters from ancient Greece, in fact, this is a kind of traditional forces have to do for the ancient restructuring means, of course, it may also be to add some historical color to yourself, add historical heritage, but East Africa can not be this set, Ernst said that Harvey is the father of modern medicine, then Harvey is the father of modern medicine in East Africa, even if he is an Englishman, just as East Africa cannot deny Newton, will not deny Harvey.

Ernst's words about Li Ji are full of mush, what blood circulation theory? What Hippocrates......

Looking at Li Ji and the others' confused looks, Ernst could only explain like this: "All in all, that is, now there is a new force in medicine, and it is burying all traditional medicine, and these traditional medicines, no matter where they are in the world, are facing a crisis, unless you can also use science to explain the part of traditional medicine, but obviously, you can't do it now." ”

"How do you understand this science?"

"Observation, speculation, experimentation, confirmation, application, summary." Ernst said.

"......" Li Ji thought that the crown prince had something to talk about, but he didn't expect it to be like this? So he said: "But Your Highness, this does not seem to conflict with traditional Eastern medicine, we are also observing, speculating, as for experiments, we also have them, that is a clinical problem, and finally confirmed, applied and summarized." ”

Ernst pondered, as if Chinese medicine did come from this way, no wonder it was so difficult to kill, it could always be popular, then it would be better to solve the problem.

He said to Li Ji: "You see, since the core of traditional oriental medicine is the same as modern medicine, then you, as oriental medicine, should combine oriental medicine with modern medicine to form a new oriental medicine system." ”

Ernst continued: "I know that in the East, some people who claim to be masters of medicine are outrageous, they may not have any level at all, they can only fool, but as long as you question him, he will use metaphysical things to explain the problem, what is medicine in the end, then there must be convincing evidence, such as the masters of modern medicine, they all confirm their theories through experiments, of course, limited by the development of science and technology, their experiments may also be wrong, but at this stage that is the truth, If you TCM can reconstruct the theoretical basis of TCM through evidence and experiments, then I will build a specialized TCM school. ”

At present, Li Ji can be said to be the official representative of traditional Chinese medicine in East Africa, but in order to maintain the status of traditional Chinese medicine, it is necessary to use so-called experiments and evidence to prove the importance of traditional Chinese medicine.

However, these traditional Chinese medicine in East Africa is only a second-rate level in the Far East, and it is difficult to engage in theoretical research, not to mention the science that has never been contacted, and the Far Eastern Empire is still too conscientious in this regard to send those simple liars to East Africa.

Li Ji: "Your Highness means that Chinese medicine must be reformed?" ”

Ernst: "It depends on how you choose, I can only say that East Africa only recognizes science, if you can prove that Chinese medicine is scientific in the future, then we will naturally promote its development, otherwise it can only be wiped out by modern medicine like traditional Western medicine." ”

Ernst's words made Li Ji feel a deep sense of crisis, he did not feel a crisis about the status of Chinese medicine in East Africa, but about the status of Chinese medicine in the world, East Africa is a foreign country no matter how it is said, and the Far East, the motherland of Chinese medicine, will also be replaced by the so-called modern medicine? If this really happens, then these Chinese medicine disciples are too bad things!

No, we must make a new breakthrough in traditional Chinese medicine in the new era, Chinese medicine cannot die in their own hands, Li Ji suddenly found that he was under endless pressure and a sense of responsibility, and at the same time there was a sense of excitement, of course he was not a top Chinese medicine, but if Chinese medicine in his own hands could turn the tide and come back to life under the impact of the new era, what kind of glory would it be?

"Your Highness, we know what to do!" Li Ji said solemnly.

From this moment on, East African traditional Chinese medicine took the lead in embarking on a different path, that is, the road of combining traditional Chinese medicine and science, but this road is also the most difficult, Li Ji led the Chinese medicine scholars, in the Far East are only second-rate level, so they have to continue to learn the way of traditional Chinese medicine, but also to learn the so-called science.

Therefore, it is destined that Li Ji's generation cannot complete the construction of a new scientific system of traditional Chinese medicine, but it will take several generations to work together to catch up, which forms a new modern medical system with the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, which is essentially the same thing as modern medicine, but with the color of oriental culture, it has become a part of the East African medical system.

(End of chapter)