Chen Xia has already made up his mind. If the pharmaceutical factory can be successfully established, he will use the advantages of the space pharmacy to produce some of the least difficult "compound medicines" first.

A "compound medicine" refers to a mixture of two or more drugs, which can be Chinese medicine, Western medicine, or a combination of Chinese and Western medicine. A "single prescription" refers to a single medicinal preparation.

The preparation is very simple, almost a bit deceptive. There are ready-made Western medicines in Chen Xia Space Hospital, and you can just add a few Chinese medicines and it will be OK.

For example, taking "Compound Licorice Tablets" as an example, it is based on licorice, a single herbal ingredient for treating cough, plus two or more auxiliary herbs.

It contains both Chinese and Western medicines, and the ingredients listed in the instructions include licorice fluid extract, opium, camphor, star anise oil, sodium benzoate, etc.

Licorice fluid extract, opium, camphor, and star anise oil are traditional Chinese medicines, while sodium benzoate is a Western medicine.

For example, Gan Kang, a commonly used medicine for treating colds, is composed of acetaminophen, amantadine hydrochloride, artificial bezoar, caffeine, chlorpheniramine maleate and other ingredients.

The acetaminophen, amantadine hydrochloride, and chlorpheniramine maleate in it are authentic Western medicines, while the artificial bezoar is a traditional Chinese medicine.

As to whether these compound medicines ultimately exert their effects from the traditional Chinese medicine ingredients or the Western medicine ingredients, opinions vary.

In later generations, both the "anti-traditional Chinese medicine" and "traditional Chinese medicine fans" sides fought fiercely, each arguing that their own arguments were reasonable. Of course, in the end the arguments often turned into personal attacks.

Chen Xia believes that Chinese medicine and Chinese herbs are still effective, and that thousands of years of traditional medicine cannot be simply summarized as "witchcraft."

But whether it is effective or not has a prerequisite, that is, "real Chinese medicine and real Chinese medicine."

In his previous life, countless people used traditional Chinese medicine to defraud money, including many Chinese medicine practitioners in public hospitals. They made Chinese medicine look like a "miracle drug" that could cure all diseases.

There is an unspoken rule in the medical system: the more exaggerated a person's words are, the more likely he is to be a liar.

There are many such scammers not only in the underworld, but also in government. The ones who take the most kickbacks are definitely not Western doctors, but rather the inconspicuous Chinese doctors.

Of course, this is only a part of the story. The vast majority of Chinese doctors are good and we cannot generalize them. (The author has a strong desire to survive)

The dark side of traditional Chinese medicine is simply too numerous to list.

Things like selling inferior products as good ones, passing off fake products as real ones, using chemical substances to soak herbs, spraying large amounts of pesticides, excessive amounts of heavy metals, and price speculation on traditional Chinese medicines have made the traditional Chinese medicine market as discredited as the antique market.

Therefore, in his previous life, Chen Xia was not against traditional Chinese medicine. On the contrary, he believed that the reason why traditional Chinese medicine would eventually die out was not the "anti-traditional Chinese medicine" group, but some people engaged in the traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine industry.

What they did has crossed the bottom line. They have abandoned humanity for the sake of money and ultimately destroyed this traditional medicine.

However, in 1981, these problems did not exist. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners were still virtuous and talented, Chinese medicine was still naturally grown, and its efficacy was still certain. The "anti-traditional Chinese medicine army" was still in its infancy.

Moreover, in 1981, because the entire country had just embarked on the track of reform and opening up, drug supervision in all aspects was not so strict, and there were still many shortcuts to take.

So Chen Xia wanted to set up a pharmaceutical factory. The process was actually not complicated. For example, as for the source of drug prescriptions, Chen Xia could involve the Fourth Hospital and use the hospital's credit as a guarantee.

In the 1980s, there were few pharmaceutical factories in China, and it was inconvenient for hospitals to purchase medicines, or the director of the pharmacy department was unable to obtain the medicines, so domestic hospitals generally had a "preparation room."

Some common and uncomplicated medicines can be produced and prepared by the hospital preparation room and then sold to patients, which is cheap and affordable.

This not only solved the contradiction of tight drug supply, but also allowed patients to save some money. There was always some efficacy, but it was not formal after all, and it also caused many problems. Later, the country did not allow it.

Chen Xia planned to go to the hospital's preparation room to look through some prescriptions, and then after "careful research" by Chen Xia Pharmaceutical Factory, he could create a new drug.

Of course, the ingredients are both Chinese and Western medicine. As for which ingredient is more effective, what does that have to do with Chen Xia?

In the battle over routes, is making money important?

As for the approval of pharmaceutical factories, there was no Food and Drug Administration in those days, and the approval process was not as complicated and rigorous as it is in later generations.

Every drug application requires the formulation and production process, qualitative identification, content determination, stability test, quality standards, pharmacodynamics, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, acute toxicity, long-term toxicity, special toxicity, local drug toxicity, allergy test, irritation test and drug dependence test, etc.

In the 1980s, neither theory nor clinical trials were given much attention, and specific reference was made to the hospital's homemade medicines.

All we need then is approval from the Health Bureau, the Industry and Commerce Bureau, and registration with the Tax Bureau. Disagree? What? Farmers want to set up a village-run factory to serve the Four Modernizations, and you actually won't approve it?

As for whether the medicine is effective or what the side effects are, Chen Xia is not worried at all.

It’s not that he doesn’t pay attention to the safety of drugs, but which of the drugs he wants to take out from the space has not been strictly approved by the drug regulatory authorities of later generations, and has not been a classic drug left after years of clinical application?

These medicines have ready-made instructions. Chen Xia only needs to copy them, and they will definitely be safe and effective.

The biggest headache for Chen Xia right now wasn't the approval process. He was going to build a pharmaceutical factory, but what if he didn't have the machinery? He could train workers, hire engineers, and even tinker with the raw materials himself, but the machinery was a challenge.

He had no foreign exchange and it was impossible for him to import from abroad. The 150,000 yuan in his pocket was not enough.

Those foreigners are so smart that they have already raised the selling price very high, and the maintenance costs in the future will be sky-high, which is not something a village factory can afford.

Chen Xia was not in a hurry. Setting up a factory would take time. Under such circumstances, it would not be a big problem to set up the factory a year or two later. If it really didn't work out, it would still be in time to wait until private enterprises could set up factories.

After the Chinese New Year, the school season started and Chen Chun and three other female college students returned to school.

One morning, Chen Xia received a call from her elder sister.

"Oh, registration starts tomorrow? Do I have to show up in person? Okay, I'll come over tomorrow then."

Registration for the correspondence college course at Zhijiang Medical University in the provincial capital has started. Chen Chun went to inquire in advance and learned that he had to be present in person, so he called Chen Xia and asked her to come over quickly.

Chen Xia thought that since the General Affairs Department didn't have much to do recently, it was a good opportunity to go to the provincial capital to visit Xu Rui and Xu Yuan.

Especially beautiful women, they always make people miss them endlessly.