Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

So Chen Changan asked, "Mr. Pu, please tell me what happened. At least I should be mentally prepared. I don't think you came to me so late just to apologize to me, right?"

Pu Lao nodded and began to talk, "Actually, this infectious disease is not serious. It's just ordinary measles.

I encountered this situation many times when I was practicing medicine in the southwest in my early years. I had to deal with it many times. For some old Chinese medicine practitioners, it is a bit troublesome, but not too difficult.

However, after discussions among several of us Chinese medicine practitioners, we concluded that Western medicine currently does not have any good way to treat it, and we can only use antibiotics.

For people who already have poor health, the treatment effect will be poorer.”

At this point, Pu Lao hesitated for a moment. What he said next would damage the image of traditional Chinese medicine. But after thinking about what that person had told him about Chen Changan's situation, Pu Lao finally decided to tell the truth.

We Chinese medicine practitioners have been treated unfairly and suppressed. So at that time, some people suggested that Chinese medicine practitioners should not take action during this epidemic.

Of course, there are not many people who can help. Some people think that since they are doctors, they should put patients first and should not take their anger out on patients just because they are treated unfairly.

As soon as this statement came out, it was immediately opposed by several old Chinese medicine practitioners who were severely suppressed. They insisted on not taking action, which was to embarrass Western medicine.

Most of these people have been suppressed by Western medicine. If they offend the traditional Chinese medicine community, they may not be able to survive in this circle in the future.

They were all old friends who had known each other for many years. Under the strong insistence of the other party, many doctors who cared about the patients had no choice but to reserve their opinions, neither supporting nor opposing. Among these people was Mr. Pu.

After hearing what Pu Lao said, Chen Changan was a little angry, but he could also understand them.

After practicing medicine for decades, he was called a miracle doctor wherever he went. He saved the dying and the wounded all his life and was respected all his life. But when he got old, he was called a liar by a bunch of young people.

That's fine, after all, I don't understand Chinese medicine, and I'm not in the same circle. I won't bother with you if you say something like this.

As a result, the other party became more and more excessive, I lost my position, my benefits, and my patients decreased.

Is this still possible? Isn't this just destroying people's jobs? But Chinese medicine has no way to fight back. There is no other way. Go and talk to others about the five elements and see if anyone believes you.

So after Chinese medicine discovered this epidemic, it thought that since it was not serious and could provide a safety net, it wanted to teach Western medicine a lesson.

Didn't you say we were liars? Aren't you scientific? What's the point of just talking? When you couldn't cure it and were at a loss, we Chinese medicine practitioners came in and cured it.

What else can you say? You still say we are liars? Liars can cure diseases, but you can't. You are worse than liars.

Chen Changan can only say that although Chinese medicine does not take patients seriously, measles is not a serious infectious disease, and Chinese medicine is confident that it can treat it. It is because it has been suppressed too much by Western medicine.

My job is about to be lost. This is a matter of life and death for Chinese medicine. I don’t have time to care about so many things.

Only when Chinese medicine solves the problem of life and death can it take care of treating patients. So Chen Changan understands them very well.

So Chen Changan asked, "Then you came to see me tonight and told me about this. Aren't you afraid that I would tell on you?"

"Don't be afraid." Pu Lao said with a smile.

"Because our Chinese medicine team has decided to treat the patient first."

"Really?" Chen Changan was surprised. Although he didn't know why, the Chinese medicine practitioners changed their original decision.

But for motorcycle factories, or patients, this is a good thing.

"But we have a condition, and we hope Director Chen will agree to it. In order to repay Director Chen, I have many old friends who are willing to come to the motorcycle factory's clinic to work as long as you agree."

Chen Changan thought about it after hearing this. Pu Lao's friend was probably an old Chinese doctor with good medical skills. He was probably suppressed so badly that he was discouraged and didn't care much about his position.

Find a place where I can focus on treating patients and chatting with good friends. This is where I can spend my retirement.

But Chen Changan welcomed it. After visiting the clinic today, he felt that it was not compatible with a large factory like the motorcycle factory with 10,000 employees. It was far from it.

We were planning to renovate and expand the clinic, and these old Chinese doctors were just about to arrive.

This is a good thing, so he said, "Of course you are welcome to come here, but please tell us your requirements first.

My thin arms and legs may not meet your requirements."

"There is an imperial physician among us. He heard that you are very good at giving advice. So he would like to ask you to give some advice to us Chinese medicine practitioners.

Even if we don’t change the current situation of being suppressed, at least we should have something to show for it. To prove ourselves.”

Seeing Chen Changan's thoughtful expression, Pu Lao continued, "At present, Western medicine asks us, Chinese medicine, to produce evidence to prove ourselves. Western medicine does not recognize any of the evidence we have produced.

They do not recognize the most basic ancient books such as Huangdi Neijing and Shanghan Zabing Lun. They even do not recognize the acupuncture points in our traditional Chinese medicine.

He said that through human anatomy, the so-called acupuncture points in traditional Chinese medicine cannot be found. This is ridiculous. I gave him a needle and half of his body was numb, but he refused to admit that there are acupuncture points.

Seeing Pu Lao's angry look, Chen Changan could imagine the scene. A group of old Chinese medicine practitioners with gray beards were arguing with younger Western medicine practitioners. However, the other party sneered at the old Chinese medicine practitioners' arguments, thinking that they did not understand science, were ignorant and stupid.

Chinese medicine practitioners talk about wind evil, and Western medicine practitioners asked the old Chinese medicine practitioners to use a microscope to prove what wind evil is.

You said your medicine can cure diseases, please prove it with a chemical equation. What is the active ingredient?

Aconite is poisonous, especially when taken in large quantities, it can cause death. If you use a large amount of aconite to save a life, but you fail to save the life, is it because you overdosed?

As for the five elements attributes of the internal organs, let's not even talk about it. There is no need for proof. They are all tricks of feudal society to mystify things.

Orthopedics was somewhat capable, but that was before science was developed. There was no other way. I don’t know how many experiments I had to do before I understood the structure of each joint. It was just a result of the experiments.

Only with scientific instruments can we correctly relieve patients' pain, so there is no need for traditional Chinese medicine to exist at all.

You think these veteran Chinese medicine practitioners who have been practicing for a lifetime would not fight back when hearing such words?