Chapter 576 Ginseng Planting
The two sides signed an agreement, but it was not made public at Japan's strong request. East Africa was very clear about the Japanese's intentions, which was that they were still determined to gain control of the South Ryukyu Islands. However, as long as East Africa managed the South Ryukyu Islands well, Japan would have to pay a price if it wanted to take them away again.
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Province of Hohenzollern.
Although East Africa has little desire but no ability to develop the pharmaceutical industry, it still tries to develop traditional Chinese medicine according to its own characteristics and advantages, or to reduce the cost of traditional Chinese medicine treatment.
This is a topic about freeloading. The West focuses on patents, but there is no such thing in the Far East. Of course, we cannot say that doctors in the Far East are generous. Many of these skills are passed down through family and apprenticeship systems, which is actually quite selfish and there is a risk of them being lost. Of course, it is understandable, after all, it is a skill that you can rely on to make a living.
Moreover, the Far East does not necessarily attach much importance to the development of medicine. This can be seen from the social status. Doctors and lawyers were very important professions in the United States in the past, but both are very money-intensive industries.
However, the main idea of 19th century medicine was that one's destiny is in one's own hands, and Ernst could not be assured of its effectiveness. Therefore, he paid great attention to health issues and tried to reduce the risk of illness.
At present, modern medicine in East Africa needs the existence of a founder to drive it, or a complete system to be formed spontaneously, or advanced equipment and new methods to promote its development. East Africa does not have any of the above three conditions.
The traditional Chinese medicine system is relatively mature, and it will take time for new Chinese medicine to make a breakthrough, nor will it have any significant impact on East Africa's current medical system.
Therefore, East Africa can only vigorously develop the medicinal herb planting industry based on traditional Chinese and Western medicine. No matter which ancient medical system it is, it cannot do without the support of medicinal herbs, and this is also the case in East Africa now.
During this era, Europeans and Americans were indifferent to Chinese medicine, so they directly demonized it. Japan was rushing towards "leaving Asia and joining Europe", so except for East Africa, no one had any ill intentions towards Chinese medicine, and the Far Eastern Empire was now also numb in this regard.
After all, Europe and the United States look down on it, so much so that even they themselves are somewhat skeptical of their own traditional industries, and many regular Chinese medicine practitioners are increasingly being questioned.
As for getting Chinese herbal medicine for free, although the Far East does not have a patent, growing Chinese herbal medicine is a technical job, and most of them need to be imported from the Far East by East Africa.
Chinese herbal medicine is still mainly based on grass. Although East Africa has a tropical savannah climate and there are many types of grass, the level of development of medicinal herbs by Africans is very low.
Therefore, the native medicinal herbs of East Africa are mainly based on the original Arab medicine in Africa, inheriting and absorbing the medical traditions of the Swahili people and the Arabs on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in the north.
In fact, blacks also have their own witch doctor system, but the witch doctor system has naturally been declared extinct as the black forces have been completely controlled by East Africa. Although blacks exist, African witch doctors are different. Even in the most backward Africa, there are knowledge barriers.
Before the colonization of East Africa, the original black forces in East Africa were not well developed, and the same was naturally true for medicine, which had to be tied to the beliefs of ghosts and gods.
This makes curing illness a metaphysical issue. If the patient is cured, it means that the gods have not abandoned their people. If the patient is not cured, it means that the patient is not pious enough and has been abandoned by the gods. This also solves the problem of medical disputes.
Even if the death was really caused by medical errors, the ruling class has already pushed the responsibility onto the gods. The problem is that your heart is not pure, and it has nothing to do with your own treatment.
Witch doctors in Africa belong to the ruling class, because these so-called doctors are mostly tribal chiefs, priests or other high-ranking officials.
Of course, this kind of deceptive method also requires technical content. Ghosts and gods cannot always take the blame, and lies will be exposed one day.
This witch doctor system generally does more harm than good to East Africa, because it is still mainly in the primitive society stage and its version is too backward.
The most mature traditional medicines are Far Eastern medicine and Arabic medicine. One has a long history and is becoming increasingly complete, while the other has the advantage of geographical location, where the East and the West meet and thus is able to gather the strengths of hundreds of schools.
East Africa has chosen traditional Chinese medicine, so naturally it has to use Chinese medicinal materials. However, most of the growing environments of Chinese medicinal materials are not available in East Africa, or there is no way to promote them at present, so a large amount of money is needed to import them from the Far East. However, this is much cheaper than many Western medicines with unknown side effects.
However, the trial planting and promotion of Chinese herbal medicine in East Africa has not been very effective, especially for some commonly used medicinal materials, such as the panacea ginseng.
The Hohenzollern Province is one of the trial planting bases for ginseng, mainly in the shady river valley areas.
"This ginseng planted in Shanyin can indeed mature, but I wonder how its quality and efficacy compare to those of the Far Eastern Empire?"
"We have selected four ginseng planting bases in the country. From the finished products, it seems that the ginseng in Hesse grows the best and is the largest, which is most in line with the characteristics of Far Eastern ginseng. Of course, we still need to observe the specific efficacy, which requires more samples and clinical trials."
"Hesse is mainly based on mountainous terrain. Although the finished products grown here are of excellent quality, they are not suitable for large-scale promotion. I think we should try to grow them in the South African Plateau in the southernmost part of East Africa."
"Kels, what do you think?"
"I mainly consider it from the perspective of light. I heard that the most suitable areas for ginseng cultivation in the Far East are at relatively high latitudes. The highest latitude in East Africa is the three southern provinces, which are already subtropical."
"You're taking it for granted. Although the temperature in the South African plateau is suitable, it is not humid, and ginseng prefers a humid environment."
"Of course I know this, so I suggest choosing the location in the former Kingdom of Swaziland, where the rainfall should be relatively abundant and there is a relatively large terrace."
"But many of us have never been to Swaziland, so we don't know if what you said is true."
"Of course, you don't know me yet, so what good would it be to lie to you? Swaziland is now a prefecture-level city, and the indigenous population has basically been relocated. The population is very small, but there are troops stationed around to guard against the Portuguese, so there is absolutely no problem with safety."
"Then Kyles, how about giving this task to you? You take a team to Swaziland to conduct experiments first, and then report the results at each stage."
"Dean, I can't do that. You know me well. Although I like plants, my education level is limited. It is definitely not possible for me to lead the team, unless you assign Mars to me as an assistant."
Mars said with a smile: "If I go to Swaziland, I will be the team leader, and it won't be your turn. Besides, I have to go to Hesse Province for an inspection in a few days, so the task will still fall on you."
“But I really have no experience!”
Dean: "Kels, don't worry. In fact, you just need to do what you do every day here in Swaziland. How about this, Hou Tu has a new intern. I will send him to you when the time comes. He is a returnee from Europe. With his assistance, I believe you will have no problem!"
Kyles said helplessly: "This is the only way."
(End of this chapter)
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