A few days ago, an article caused a sensation. The title was probably: Traditional Chinese medicine will die due to traditional Chinese medicine. Friends often ask me what I think. I think it is not that serious. Chinese medicine is not good, and there are acupuncture, cupping, scraping and massage. Chinese medicine will not die. However, Chinese medicine really needs to be taken seriously.
I didn't pay much attention to traditional Chinese medicine before, and felt that there was no problem with the general situation, so I often said: as long as the medical skills are good, using high-quality Chinese medicine can also cure diseases.
However, later I changed my previous opinion, that is, the second-best traditional Chinese medicine, which is beyond my imagination.
According to my method, some patients recovered after using ordinary herbal medicines to no avail, and finally bought high-quality medicines from time-honored brands, and they recovered. So I reminded me: Mr. Luo, please pay attention to the quality of medicines, otherwise it will be harmful to your own reputation. Influence.
In this way, I began to pay attention to the quality of medicinal materials, and found that there are many articles in it, which makes me even use a lot of energy to participate in this matter now.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the land, climate and other conditions in different places are different, and the medicines produced also have different medicinal properties. Through practice, the ancients summed up which medicine and where it has the best medicinal properties. The ancients took care of this. It is called "genuine medicinal materials", such as what Sun Simiao said: "The medicine must be based on the land".
In fact, we can conclude that in the initial stage of the emergence of traditional Chinese medicine, the regional characteristics are already very obvious. For example, in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", the name of the medicine has many regional characteristics, such as: Croton, Morinda officinalis , Shujiao, Shuqi, Qinjiao, Qinpi, Evodia, Daizheshi, etc., the first characters in them are all ancient place names. Let’s see, isn’t this a very interesting thing?
In later generations, there will be more such medicinal materials, such as Huai Yam, Huai Achyranthes bidentata, Chuan Achyranthes bidentata, Chuan Fritillaria, Zhejiang Fritillaria and so on.
In fact, many traditional Chinese medicines are produced all over the country. The ancients praised authentic medicinal materials with better medicinal effects. However, if conditions do not permit, it is also possible to use medicinal materials from other places, but the medicinal effects are slightly different.
For example, the loamy yam in Jiaozuo, Henan Province, this kind of loamy soil is found in Wenxian County, Jiaozuo, and it was deposited from the old course of the Yellow River. The yam produced in this kind of loamy soil has good medicinal effect. The Japanese used to analyze the loam, and then imitated the ingredients to make "loam", but the yam they planted was still not good. As for yams from other places, they do not have such an effect. This is the charm of authentic medicinal materials.
So, since I paid attention to this matter, I started to go to various places when I had the opportunity, go deep into the folks, and investigate authentic medicinal materials. As a result, the conclusion I got surprised me. I now think that even in the origin of authentic medicinal materials, moral conscience, It is also the most important part.
For example, Huai yam, even if it is produced in an authentic place, it is common practice to smoke it with sulfur after slicing, and spray it with your own "secret" potion, and then dry it in a machine, which looks very beautiful. There are also sliced sandy yams, dried and sold as loamy yams. There are also bought yams from Hebei and Shandong, dried and powdered, etc. The price is very cheap, and consumers don't know it and think they have picked up a bargain. This is bad money driving out good money.
For example, Longjing tea, the best one is produced in Longjing village, but now almost all the people in Zhejiang claim to call themselves Longjing tea. Then the price is much lower than yours, and then they say that Longjing Village is expensive, but mine is cheaper, and the situation is probably the same.
Another example is Sanqi. The origin of Panax notoginseng is Wenshan, Yunnan. I went to Yunnan many times for investigation, and I am very familiar with Wenshan. For Sanqi, traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is better to have fewer heads. For example, the medicinal effect of twenty-five heads of Sanqi is better than that of eighty heads (the number of heads is the number of Sanqi in a catty). However, after investigation, I found that in actual operation, there is a situation where bad money drives out good money. You have used 40 heads of powder in the normal way, and honestly tell everyone that my 40 heads of powder are actually very good. quality too. But they use 80 heads of powder, and then add some leftovers after cutting, claiming that what they sell is 15 heads of powder, which is cheaper than you. How do consumers understand?
There are many problems here, and I can’t finish talking about it in a few days. I will talk to you again when I have time. In short, after in-depth field investigation, I discovered to my embarrassment that the Panax notoginseng I bought for my parents before was also of poor quality, which made me extremely ashamed. So later I visited Yunnan many times, and after I basically became a half-ginseng expert, I went back to my parents with satisfied panax notoginseng. So I swear that I will go to the origin of authentic medicinal materials to learn more in the future.
I have come to the conclusion that among the authentic medicinal materials, the moral integrity of the merchant is also the first, otherwise, authentic authentic medicinal materials will be even more harmful. If such problems are not taken seriously, there will be a situation where "Chinese medicine dies because of traditional Chinese medicine, and Chinese medicine dies because of lack of morality".
I have also traveled to Huazhou in Guangdong. I investigated Huazhou Juhong, which is a good thing for clearing the lungs and dispelling cold and relieving coughs. I also learned a lot of knowledge about ginseng in Jilin, Northeast China. The place to go is Xinhui in Guangdong. Xinhui tangerine peel is a traditional authentic medicinal material. In fact, the word authentic also includes the processing method. The medicine is processed at the appropriate temperature and humidity with the appropriate method. , Xinhui tangerine peel is the representative here. The production of Xinhui tangerine peel, because I am familiar with it, and my friends from Phoenix Satellite TV have also been filming, so it is just a field investigation.
Among the list I want to investigate, the one I want to get in touch with now is Baizhu from Zhejiang. Baizhu is almost always used in the prescriptions for nourishing the spleen. This medicine is very important. In Zhang Xichun's prescriptions, it is mentioned repeatedly that Yuqian's Atractylodes atractylodes in Zhejiang Province is called Yushu, which is an authentic medicinal material. Dear friends, if anyone is running authentic Yushu, you can contact me. I will go to the field for inspection. Generally, I will visit many companies before choosing. Once the inspection is confirmed, I will continue to help you recommend it, so that everyone can know about it. good stuff. And the conditions I set out are very simple, even if it is for my own use, I will pay for it. This is my consistent rule, because I respect labor. But my condition is: the medicinal materials I use for my parents must be the most authentic top grade.
I hope that there are local planting and operation friends who leave a message at the end of the article and contact me.
I once thought that when I retire one day, I will open a small shop specializing in selling authentic things from all over the world. You can imagine: once you enter your store, everything you use, touch, and see is the most authentic product on the land of China, with the fragrance of Xinhui tangerine peel and the mellow fragrance of Yu Qianbaizhu. It is the essence of a place of water and soil, wandering in it, what kind of happy feeling is that!
