Inheriting the quintessence of traditional Chinese medicine, "refining" is like a paste

Traditional Chinese medicine has always been known as the treasure of Chinese traditional culture and the key to opening the treasure house of Chinese civilization. The development of traditional Chinese medicine must be inherited and innovated. As one of its characteristic treatments, how to keep up with the pace of the times and achieve the same Keeping pace with the times and being inclusive, what valuable experiences are worth sharing in the clinical treatment of ointment prescriptions? How can the health care concept of ointment to treat disease before it can benefit more people?

 

       Modern people cannot live without traditional Chinese medicine

 

The ointment has a long history and originated in the Han and Tang Dynasties. There is a record of the ointment in the "Emperor's Internal Classic". In the Tang Dynasty, what was called ointment was taken either internally or externally, and its role was mainly for treatment; what was called decoction was mostly taken orally, besides being used for treatment, it has also been used as a bait tonic for health preservation. In our country's traditional Chinese medicine, it embodies the profound philosophical wisdom and the Chinese nation's thousands of years of health and wellness concept and practical experience. However, with the advancement of modern medicine, there are more and more doubts about Chinese medicine. Will Chinese medicine be ruined by Chinese medicine? Will Chinese medicine be replaced by Western medicine, making it withdraw from the modern medical stage...

 

In the face of all kinds of doubts, Professor Guo Yinglu, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, did not recognize it. "I am not only very 'friendly' to Chinese medicine, but also respect and like Chinese medicine. The fact is that the Chinese have survived for thousands of years without Chinese medicine?" he said.

 

Shi Dazhuo, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice president of Xiyuan Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, believes that on the basis of the traditional yin and yang dialectics, traditional Chinese medicine has been repeatedly practiced by physicians of the past 2,000 years, and has formed certain laws and norms through practice, and has been controlled in the past dynasties. Effective methods have been accumulated in the fight against diseases. "Traditional Chinese medicine is a developing science, and it is not a discipline that remains stagnant, nor is it a medical method that stops moving forward." Referring to the future development of traditional Chinese medicine, Shi Dazhuo said that inheritance, development and innovation , 3 aspects are indispensable. To protect and promote traditional Chinese medicine, it is necessary to prevent traditional Chinese medicine from becoming "museum medicine".

 

In fact, a lot of modern health care knowledge is reflected in ancient Chinese medicine books, but it is often ignored by modern people. According to Ma Guansheng, director of the Nutrition and Food Department of Peking University School of Public Health, "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" is an earlier dietary guideline. On the one hand, the dietary guidelines for Chinese residents have done a lot of publicity, but traditional Chinese medicine theories, health care knowledge and theories are not. It has been well promoted and publicized, which is also a challenge faced by modern scholars when conducting science popularization. "In the newer version of the dietary guidelines, many basic things still do not leave the "Huangdi Neijing", such as grain-based, diverse food, eating dynamic balance, etc., you can find traces of many basics back then."

 

       Strong demand for ointment prescription traditional Chinese medicine

 

In recent years, people's awareness of ointment health preservation has been further improved, and more and more people regard it as a fashion choice for pursuing health. Ointment, a bright pearl in ancient Chinese health preservation culture, has gradually become the pursuit of modern people. A symbol of high-quality life, it has also become a holy product for women's health that is sold overseas.

 

The reason why the ointment "flowers inside the wall and smells fragrant outside the wall" is mainly due to the wide recognition of Chinese medicine abroad. According to Sun Yongzhang, director of the International Exchange Department of the Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, at present, Chinese medicine has spread to 183 countries and regions. There are more than 100,000 Chinese medicine clinics all over the world, and more than 300,000 overseas practitioners. Sun Yongzhang said: "I have been working in the International Department of the Chinese Association of Chinese Medicine for 10 years, and I have found that different regions of the world have different needs for traditional Chinese medicine, especially in Southeast Asia, including the Arab region, where there is a very high demand for ointment or nourishing traditional Chinese medicine. exuberant."

 

The popularity of the ointment is inseparable from the quality and efficacy of the ointment. The ointment is the benevolence effect of rainwater on the soil. The ointment of traditional Chinese medicine is a fluid ointment that moistens the human body. The application of the ointment is very wide. A large number of ancient and modern practices have proved that its indications are multi-faceted.

       Ingenuity and craftsmanship draw on the inheritance of ancient methods

 

It is not easy for Chinese medicine to boil ointment. To make a really good ointment is a technical job and a conscience job.

 

Taking Qihuang paste as an example, from the small copper pot to the stainless steel pot to the aseptic workshop of Tongshan, we always adhere to the ancient handwork. Different from the previous methods of temperature control and assembly line processing, the ancient method of boiling the paste is a complicated process. The flag yellow paste is impregnated for 12 hours, extracted for 3 times, concentrated for 4 times, gelatinized for 48 hours, heated for 3 times, and collected in a slow fire. The ointment has undergone 8 processes of selection, preparation, washing, soaking, frying, secreting, filtering, and collecting, which retains the essence of the traditional ointment process to a large extent.

 

The essence of Chinese medicine should be inherited, but the profoundness of Chinese medicine should not be used as a gimmick to show off, and a stove and a copper pot should be boiled on the street. In his view, the result of doing so can only be counterproductive.

 

The really good ointment has no burnt smell and no peculiar smell, but has a faint medicinal fragrance, and there is no crystallization of sugar. The quality of ointment is closely related to the ability of the ointment maker. Wen Changlu said that in the history of the application of traditional Chinese medicine, ointment prescriptions have gradually entered the common people from the medicine lists of royal families, rich families, and tonic families. But it should be noted that the ointment can neither be regarded as a panacea, nor can the ointment be mistakenly regarded as a dispensable sweet cream, an innocuous diet, or a panacea that can be used for all diseases. Ointment is only a dosage form of traditional Chinese medicine preparations, and eating ointment is only one of many treatment methods, which must be carried out under the guidance of a doctor. Wen Changlu specially reminded that sellers of ointments should be conscientious medicines, and those who introduce ointments should speak conscientious words. Only in this way can Chinese medicine make progress and the ointment industry can develop healthily.