Tian Cai didn't even need to think about this question. "I think they each have their own strengths. Western medicine has advantages for treating common and frequently occurring diseases, such as clear diagnosis, easy-to-understand explanations, targeted medications that are effective quickly, and convenient use. However, for difficult and unexplained illnesses, the long-term efficacy is poor."
"Traditional Chinese medicine is just as effective as Western medicine in treating acute illnesses. It's more preventative, and any slight functional change in the body is considered an imbalance of yin and yang by traditional Chinese medicine, requiring appropriate adjustments.
Moreover, Chinese medicine emphasizes treating the root of the disease. When a problem is discovered, the root cause of the disease must be found and the disease must be eliminated fundamentally, so that the body can return to normal.
Traditional Chinese medicine also emphasizes the concept of wholeness, believing that man and nature are a unified whole, and that the impact of changes in nature on the human body cannot be ignored; the human body itself is an indivisible unified whole, and if there is a disease in one part of the body, the root cause is not necessarily there. Most of the time, it is the result of an imbalance in the functions of two or three organs or meridians.
Therefore, Chinese medicine can detect diseases early, treat them thoroughly, cause no harm or little harm to the body, and is better in the long run.
But I think it would be better if Chinese medicine could cooperate with Western medicine!"
"How do we cooperate?" Doctor Hong's eyes lit up more and more as he listened. He felt alternating heat and cold in his heart. The cold air hissed out of his mouth, while the hot air rushed straight to his face. He couldn't help but ask.
"Because Traditional Chinese Medicine can also use Western medicine's auxiliary examination equipment, this way, comprehensive judgments can be made, and the symptoms of the disease can be quickly analyzed and treatment prescriptions can be prescribed. Well, it can be said to be more accurate and faster."
Hong Siqing felt as if he had met a close friend. He felt that the vague thoughts in his heart had finally found resonance, but no one had ever expressed them so clearly to Tian Cai.
Since traditional Chinese medicine has existed for so many years in history and is the main treatment method of our ancestors, it must have its significance. People should learn from its strengths and overcome its weaknesses, rather than blindly abandon it.
Those people don't think as clearly as a little girl.
With these remarks, he looked at Tian Cai with even greater respect. He felt that he had met a treasure during this trip to the countryside. Moreover, seeing that the girl had deliberately spoken in a low voice just now, he was afraid that she also knew the current situation of traditional Chinese medicine.
So he said with a pleasant face, "If you have any questions, you can always ask me. This class is all about the basics, and you already know them. There's no need to waste your time listening."
"Then I will bring the medical books from home next time, and I will sit in the back and read them." Tian Cai was overjoyed. He did not expect to receive such treatment. He hurriedly thanked Dr. Hong and happily helped him heat up the food and brought it over.
In the afternoon, Tian Cai was still sitting in her seat, but she was not listening to the class. She sorted out the problems she had encountered during this period on a piece of paper and planned to use the break time to ask in detail.
Dr. Hong patiently answered all the questions asked by Tian Cai. Sometimes, when the class ended early that day, the two of them would go to the nearby mountains to dig herbs together.
Then Dr. Hong discovered that Tian Cai had a very clear understanding of the smell, appearance and even preparation methods of medicinal herbs. She would not make mistakes with several medicinal herbs that were often misidentified or confused.
Moreover, when it comes to the preparation methods of medicinal materials, Tian Cai knows them like the back of her hand. After all, she has read many medical books on this subject, and there are detailed records in the pharmacopoeia. Cai Ping has shown her many medical books of the Cai family over the years. Those are all passed down from generation to generation by the Cai family's ancestors, and outsiders cannot learn them at all.
"Cai Cai, what are you and Dr. Hong busy with every day?" Luo Xiuyan originally planned to be with Tian Cai every day, but several times she was kept by Dr. Hong even though the class was over.
"I'm studying medicine!" There was nothing to hide about this. Everyone in the village knew that Tian Cai relied on pills to treat illnesses, and she had only used acupuncture on Sister Qiu Ju. "All the questions I didn't understand before, now Doctor Hong has helped me answer them!"
"I think you know everything." In Luo Xiuyan's view, Tian Cai was already very amazing. None of the villagers who came to see a doctor could stump her.
"You think too highly of me. That's because people in our village only have minor ailments." Tian Cai couldn't help but grin. She had benefited greatly from what she had learned from Dr. Hong during this period, and she no longer had the heart to complain about food and accommodation.
Occasionally, when she was not in class, Dr. Hong would take her to see patients and give her some difficult questions. Tian Cai would first prescribe medicine and give her acupuncture according to her own ideas, and then show them to Dr. Hong.
The two then discussed her prescription and acupuncture method.
Sometimes Dr. Hong would praise the prescriptions prescribed by Tian Cai, and sometimes he would refute them, but he would always explain the reasons for his refutation and propose a treatment method that would be more suitable for the patient's condition.
"You're doing it wrong. After inserting the needle, you should rely on your own feeling to see if the needle feels tight or slow, rather than asking the patient about their feelings. Even if you don't insert the needle correctly, the patient will still feel soreness and swelling, which can lead to misdiagnosis."
Tian Cai nodded in agreement and said seriously, "I've got that."
Hong Siqing nodded in satisfaction. "The key to acupuncture is practice. You'll get the feeling after a few more acupunctures."
In this way, Tian Cai is also growing rapidly through discussions.
What surprised Dr. Hong the most was that the prescription that had stumped her the day before was no problem at all the next day, and no matter how the prescription was changed or what kind of person it was suitable for, she could always find the right one.
Liu Chuanbao would occasionally come over to listen, but he had always studied Western medicine. Listening to the two people discussing the medicinal properties, pulse conditions, and acupoints was like listening to a foreign language. Gradually, he came less and less, but that didn't stop him from looking at Tian Cai with worshipful eyes.
On his days off, Doctor Hong did not go home. Instead, he took Tian Cai and Liu Chuanbao to a remote production team. Sometimes it took most of the day on the road, plus the time for seeing patients. They often fell asleep as soon as they got there. It didn't matter whether it was a big bunk bed or not. As long as there was a place to sleep, their lives were very fulfilling.
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