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Mr. Sun was stunned when he heard Locke's answer. Instead of being happy, he looked hesitant and drank the medicine slowly.

I just saw that Locke could easily use the flying needle technique after watching it once. I was shocked by his talent, and then I spoke subconsciously.

But when he thought of the miserable situation of Chinese medicine in the United States, he realized that he was a little rash, and he didn't expect Locke to actually agree.

In the United States, acupuncture, along with yoga, is managed by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).

NCCAM is a subsidiary agency of the National Institutes of Health. Its main job is to conduct research and analysis on complementary and non-mainstream medicine to see which complementary medical technologies can become part of "alternative medicine". member.

For example, yoga, massage, qigong, meditation, physical therapy, acupuncture, etc., all belong to alternative medicine.

Therefore, acupuncture is not considered a medical treatment in the United States.

Traditional Chinese medicine is not regarded as medicine in the United States and is classified as a "dietary supplement."

"TCM dietary supplements" marketed in the United States do not need FDA approval, nor do they need to prove effectiveness and safety.

Similarly, traditional Chinese medicine is not allowed to promote its functions and curative effects.

Therefore, many traditional Chinese medicine doctors take advantage of opportunities, take advantage of loopholes, and ignore the claims of efficacy. As a result, traditional Chinese medicine has a bad reputation in the United States. It is often warned by the FDA and its credibility is greatly reduced.

For example, the famous Lotus capsules are banned from entering the United States because they contain ephedrine.

The reason why ephedrine was banned was because an American professional baseball player died of heatstroke during training after taking a "dietary supplement" containing ephedrine. The autopsy report showed that ephedrine played a key role in this sudden death.

In the United States, Chinese medicine practitioners are not doctors, they are just regarded as physical therapy technicians, and their status is obvious.

An acupuncturist earns about $5 a year, while Sister Feng, an Internet celebrity from China, can earn $4 a year doing manicures in New York.

This is the situation of Chinese medicine practitioners in the United States.

The average annual income of real doctors in the United States, those with USMLE licenses, is $19.6.

Therefore, TCM has no future in the United States.

None of the descendants of the Sun family have studied Chinese medicine, and no one wants to inherit the traditional Chinese medicine inheritance passed down from their ancestors.

Mr. Sun put down the medicine bowl and had already made up his mind. In the end, he still did not want the inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine in his family to be cut off. After all, a genius as gifted as Locke was hard to come by, and Locke was not going to rely on this to make a living anyway.

He asked: "How much do you know about Chinese medicine?"

Locke really didn't know much about traditional Chinese medicine. He only found acupuncture videos on the Internet before, so he repeated Li Bo's words in the morning.

After hearing this, Mr. Sun nodded with satisfaction and said to Li Bo with emotion: "You still teach well! My grandson puts Chinese medicine and witchcraft together, and is more willing to learn IT and AI..."

Li Bo said with shame: "It's okay, it's okay..."

Mr. Sun calmed down and frankly told the real situation of Chinese medicine in the United States, saying: "If you are really just a hobby, then it is not impossible to learn..."

Li Bo was dumbfounded. He did not expect that Chinese medicine would be in such a situation in the United States.

The propaganda he saw was that Chinese medicine is very popular in the United States, and all the good Chinese medicine doctors are in the United States.

Mr. Sun just used yoga as an example, saying that there are at least 3000 million people practicing yoga in the United States, accounting for 13% of the adult population in the United States, but only more than 300 million people have tried acupuncture, accounting for only about 1% of the adult population.

Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine is not as popular in the United States as advertised!

This was somewhat difficult for him to accept. After all, in his heart, traditional Chinese medicine is something that represents Chinese culture and heritage.

Locke was also stunned. He had not thought that the reputation of traditional Chinese medicine in the United States was like this. If he wanted to use the long history and heritage of traditional Chinese medicine to promote his medicine, wouldn't it be a waste of money?

However, there is good news. Traditional Chinese medicines are classified as "TCM dietary supplements" and do not need to obtain FDA approval.

This means that his medicine can skip various development cycles of clinical drugs, and the difficulty of going to market will be greatly reduced.

Well, of course, this means that the potion cannot be sold on a large scale.

However, after weighing it, Locke felt that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages. By selling it as a "traditional Chinese medicine dietary supplement", he would be able to avoid competing with big pharmaceutical companies and develop in a wretched way.

Locke said seriously: "Mr. Sun, I want to learn!"

When Mr. Sun saw that Locke knew the situation of traditional Chinese medicine and still wanted to learn it, Lao Huai was pleased and immediately demonstrated more mysterious and magical aspects of acupuncture on Locke.

For example, acupuncture can make his arm numb, and changing the location can cause severe pain in his arm.

Sun Lao explained kindly: "As you just said, Chinese medicine and Western medicine are completely different concepts. If you want to learn acupuncture, you must learn the meridians and acupuncture points of the human body. Haha, does it sound like a martial arts novel... …”

Although Locke didn't understand what meridians and acupuncture points meant, he was shocked by what Mr. Sun just demonstrated, and he was horrified in his heart.

Just acupuncture can actually make the limbs immobile and make people miserable.

Then what kind of anesthetics or drugs are needed to force a confession?

Locke has determined that Spike probably only learned a little bit about acupuncture and did not learn the essence of acupuncture. This was completely a stupid operation of picking sesame seeds and throwing watermelons.

Mr. Sun solemnly told Li Bo and Locke that because Locke did not know how to practice medicine, the relationship between them was not considered an inheritance.

He will only think that Locke is an acupuncture enthusiast, and how much he can learn depends on his own destiny.

Then Mr. Sun gave Locke a doll with meridians and acupuncture points all over his body. "In addition to remembering these meridians and acupuncture points, you must also read books. These books can be purchased in China, such as "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" and "The Difficult Classic" , "Yellow Emperor's Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion", "Huangdi's Neijing Taisu", "Qianjin Essential Prescriptions", "Qianjin Yifang", "Waitai Secret Essentials", "Jinlan Xunjing", "The Fourteen Classics"..., uh , I’ll write it to you, you probably can’t remember it…”

As he spoke, Mr. Sun wrote down all the books that Locke needed to read on a piece of paper, "After you have read these books familiarly, come to me again. Remember, don't take the needle at will without my guidance. By the way, Can you understand Chinese characters?"

Seeing that there were more than a dozen unheard of books written on the paper, Locke couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling and replied: "I can understand it!"

He hesitated for a moment and asked: "Mr. Sun, in addition to acupuncture, I also want to learn how to prepare Chinese medicine..."

Mr. Sun looked up at him, with a flash of sadness in his eyes. He shook his head and said, "There is no need to learn this. Chinese medicine has no future in the United States. You can't even buy medicinal materials..."

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Half an hour later, Locke followed his father out of the Huichun Hall with the acupuncture doll in his arms. Compared to the chatter he had when he arrived, Li Bo was very silent on the way back.

Seeing that Li Bo was looking a little down, Locke asked him what was wrong.

Li Bo said with a sigh: "I never knew that the status of traditional Chinese medicine in the United States was so low. Locke, since you are interested, you should study hard. Although Mr. Sun didn't say it clearly, as long as you study seriously, he will definitely treat him I will teach you all the inheritance..."

Locke nodded and said, "Got it!"

In fact, he now wants to learn Chinese medicine, but depending on what Mr. Sun wants, he has to learn acupuncture first.

Li Bo hesitated for a moment and then said: "Locke, with your IQ, you will definitely be able to learn acupuncture. I hope that one day, if you have the ability, you can rectify the name of Chinese medicine!"

Locke was startled, wondering if his expectations were too high. How could he...

Well, he reacted instantly, nodded solemnly and said: "dad, I will..."

Perfect!

The story of his future research on traditional Chinese medicine is perfectly closed.