Although the difference is only more than 6 points, it is related to the integrity of the medical team in mainland China.
Foreign media or foreign colleagues are now looking for faults with a magnifying glass, and even the smallest problem may be magnified and attacked.
Lin Sanqi had experienced the information explosion of the Internet in later generations and was very familiar with the morals of foreign media. Lying, arrogance and fabrication of false news were their specialties.
(BBC glared: Speak clearly!)
Therefore, Lin Sanqi hopes that this clinical verification will be 100% perfect, with impeccable procedures, processes and results.
Anthony, however, did not take it seriously and advised:
"Lin, there are some minor discrepancies in the data, but that's insignificant. You also have to consider regional and racial differences. For example, among the tuberculosis patients in the Welsh hospital this time, one-third were white or black.
This is also a topic we may want to follow up on in the future: how do different ethnic groups tolerate drugs? You see, one more topic means more income for us, which is a good thing.
Professor Theodore also laughed and said:
"How can we become rich just by relying on the meager salaries we get from universities or hospitals? Research projects are our money bags, haha."
Jia Xuezhen, head of the mainland medical team, has a different opinion.
"Tou Lin, I think this 6% difference is due to Traditional Chinese Medicine."
Jia Xuezhen answered in English, and this answer made Professor Anthony and Professor Theodore frown a little.
Lin Sanqi's eyes lit up, and he gestured, "Go on."
"Head Lin, Professor Anthony, Professor Theodore, do you remember that when we treated tuberculosis in Beijing, we used a combination of Chinese and Western medicine, using both Chinese and Western medicine.
Tuberculosis is a chronic wasting disease. During the illness, it will accelerate the body's energy consumption. If you are tired for a long time, the metabolic consumption will be even faster.
This can easily lead to symptoms such as night sweats, afternoon fever, poor mental state, and loss of appetite.
Western medicine actually does not have a particularly good way to treat the above symptoms. There is no concept of "replenishment" in Western medicine. At most, it is to replenish fluids and correct some electrolytes.
However, for patients who are chronically weak or malnourished, it is not conducive to the recovery of the disease, but will affect the prognosis and recovery of tuberculosis.
This is actually not Chinese medicine being mysterious, it can be explained by Western medical theory.
For example, people with weak constitutions may have weaker immune systems, making the body more susceptible to invasion by bacteria, viruses and other pathogens, thereby increasing the risk of complications.
For example, a weak body may not be able to effectively absorb and utilize nutrients, aggravating the patient's malnutrition and further affecting physical health.
There is another reason that cannot be ignored, and that is the psychological impact.
Long-term physical weakness may have an impact on mental health, such as anxiety, depression, inferiority and other emotional problems.
The characteristic of Western medicine is to treat symptoms, treating the head if you have a headache and the foot if you have a foot pain.
For Western medicine, the only task is to treat tuberculosis, and killing the tuberculosis bacteria is considered the mission accomplished.
But our traditional Chinese medicine is different. Although it cannot kill tuberculosis bacteria, it can maintain the body's functions and make the patient stronger, so that he or she has enough energy to fight the virus.
Similarly, Chinese medicine can also provide symptomatic treatment for a series of symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis, such as low fever, excessive sputum, and liver and kidney damage caused by taking anti-tuberculosis drugs, etc. It has a good effect.
This is not just my personal opinion, but also the shared understanding of our medical team. Therefore, I believe that it is necessary to include Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the "Tuberculosis Guidelines."
Professor Theodore became anxious when he heard this:
"No, no, no, Jia, the Clinical Guidelines are based on the highest medical authority and must be extremely rigorous.
How can you include a complementary medicine that has not been scientifically studied in the guidelines? This will reduce the authority of our research group."
Jia Xuezhen is a very confident person. When facing foreign experts, he argued with reason:
“Professor Theodore, starting from Beijing and ending at Hong Kong Wales Hospital, you witnessed the entire process of two tuberculosis clinical validation studies.
I think you should admit that our treatment options in the mainland are better than those in Hong Kong.
The 6% gap means that traditional Chinese medicine plays a key role in this.
I think we doctors should be pragmatic, starting from the perspective of the disease, and not be prejudiced against traditional medicine."
Professor Theodore was clearly not convinced:
"Jia, if we were just clinicians, we might be able to draw a conclusion based on the clinical treatment results: well, a certain Chinese herbal medicine is somewhat effective.
I also agree with what you said that Chinese medicine has a certain complementary effect on the treatment of tuberculosis.
But as medical researchers, we must be rigorous and cannot just go by our feelings and say, "I think this Chinese herbal medicine is effective."
I don't care what you think or what I think. We need to provide evidence to convince each other.
Look at our conference room, there are mountains of densely packed data. This is the rigor of our Western medicine.
Each number is a piece of evidence. This is a matter of principle.
Even if it's just from the perspective of evidence-based medicine, you have to tell me which component of which Chinese herbal medicine has what effect on which part of the human body? You need laboratory reports and data.
Do you have this data? Can you tell me what the active ingredients of Chinese herbal medicine are? What are the toxic ingredients? How should we treat side effects?
Jia, our "Clinical Guidelines" and the anti-tuberculosis drugs invented by Lin are to be promoted to doctors around the world. This guideline is equivalent to an operating manual and will have legal effect in the future.
When you tell other doctors how to treat the disease, you also have to tell them what adverse reactions may occur and how we should deal with them.
You wouldn't say that a certain bark or leaf can cure a disease, and then use a certain weed to fight it when there's a problem, right?"
Jia Xuezhen was serious and said unconvincedly:
“If you don’t understand Chinese medicine, you should learn it. We cannot completely deny it just because we don’t understand a certain aspect of it.
Just like I can't fly a plane and I'm afraid of the disaster caused by a plane crash, does that mean I should deny the role of airplanes?
Professor Theodore, I am also a Western doctor, and I graduated from Oxford University Medical School and received orthodox medical education.
I don't deny the greatness of Western medicine, but I have also witnessed the role of traditional Chinese medicine. I am very sure that traditional Chinese medicine should be included in the guidelines and become the clinical guidelines for doctors around the world to treat tuberculosis."
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel over Chinese and Western medicine, Professor Anthony quickly stepped in to smooth things over:
"Jia, what you said makes sense. I have also witnessed the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine with my own eyes. I absolutely do not deny the role of traditional Chinese medicine and its clinical efficacy.
But Jia, you should understand since you have been to the West that Europeans and Americans are very stubborn, sometimes even to the point of being paranoid.
They always only believe in their own hearts and are unwilling to accept new things.
However, everyone's education, surrounding environment, and family influences are different, and their understandings are also different. We cannot force every European and American to believe in traditional Chinese medicine like the Chinese.
Similarly, the use of traditional Chinese medicine is very limited. It is only you Chinese people who believe in traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, when we formulate global "Clinical Guidelines", we should not incorporate the opinions of one country.
If China wants to add traditional Chinese medicine today, India will say it needs to add Indian medicine tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow an African will jump out and say that the witch doctors in their tribe are very effective, should we add it or not?
Now your Chinese medical team is an ally of our Harvard medical team. Our goals and interests are the same, so Dr. Jia, there is no need to argue over a Chinese medicine doctor.
The most important thing for us now is how to obtain the approval of the World Health Organization and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and obtain a "drug pass" so that we can promote the anti-tuberculosis drugs invented by Lin to all parts of the world.
At that time, you can make money by producing drugs, and we can also make money by selling drugs. In Lin’s words, this is a win-win situation.
So, Jia, give up Traditional Chinese Medicine and follow the rules of Western medicine. That will reduce the trouble." (End of this chapter)
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