Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 569: Chinese herbal medicine and classical herbal medicine, seemingly reasonable but bad idea (more updates with monthly tickets)
Hearing Fang Yan's words, Elder Cheng and Dean Zhao nodded and said:

“From the current perspective, it is indeed wrong.”

Mr. Cheng said to Fang Yan:

"From the Ming Dynasty to the present, the amount of traditional Chinese medicine used under his influence has basically decreased by five times."

"On the contrary, the amount of aconite you used is closer to the dosage used by Zhang Zhongjing now. It cannot be said to be excessive or out of the ordinary."

"Because according to this measurement, Zhongjing originally required the use of this much."

Fangyan nodded, now the truth was revealed.

He said to Mr. Cheng:
"So what should we do next? Should we just advertise it?"

Old Cheng turned to look at Old Ji and asked them:

"Can the comrades from the Palace Museum confirm the authority of this bronze weight?"

Old Ji turned around and said to them:

"Yes, it has been verified and is definitely consistent with the era. It can also be found in other records of copper weights."

He pointed to the 16 lines of inscriptions with a total of 117 characters and said:
"And it also says that the Minister of Agriculture, according to the imperial edict issued in the year of Wuyin, unified the weights and measures on the day of the Autumnal Equinox. Make the weights and measures of the scales accurate, calibrate buckets and other measuring instruments, and make the weighing instruments accurate. Special copper scales were made for each state, and the standards of length, weight, and volume were unified according to the Huangzhong calendar and the Nine Chapters of Arithmetic, so as to coordinate the movement of the sun and moon with the five planets of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, so that the world would follow the unified standard. On the 23rd day of the leap month, the Minister of Agriculture Cao Xi, the Minister of the Court Yu Gong, the Right Treasury Cao Yuan Zhu Yin, and Shi Hanhong were responsible for supervision. The Jin Cao Yuan Hu Ji of Shouguang County, Le'an County, Qingzhou, made it specifically."

"These records can be found by comparing them with other materials."

Hearing this, Mr. Cheng nodded and said:

"Well, since the comrades from the Forbidden City said so..."

At this time, President Zhao Xiwu interrupted:
"But this matter involves too many things. It's not something that can be accomplished by simply promoting it."

"Old Cheng, you are a researcher. There are many things we need to consider here, including the constraints of traditional concepts and the changed experience of using medicines. The Compendium of Materia Medica is a classic of Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine culture is traditional and reveres classic works. It is not so easy for Chinese medicine practitioners across the country to accept it. In addition, Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica has a far-reaching influence. The concept of measurement units has been adopted by some doctors in the past few hundred years. In clinical practice, fixed dosage habits have been formed and passed down from generation to generation. Not everyone dares to change them."

"This is a quack doctor, it's not so easy to accept."

After hearing this, Mr. Cheng thought about it for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement.

This was something he had not considered.

Academic doctors will accept your advice once you provide them with evidence and confirm that it is correct.

But the actual doctors in the martial arts world have much more to consider.

They not only need to change the prescription, but also need to be responsible to the patients.

There was nothing wrong with their previous experience with treatment, but they really didn't know what would happen after they changed the treatment and increased the dosage of the medicine.

Then President Zhao Xiwu said:
"In addition, the study of TCM dosage is complex, involving TCM theory, clinical practice, and the quality of medicinal materials. Although Li Shizhen's measurement unit conversion problem is a problem, a comprehensive and systematic study of the accurate application and promotion of ancient dosage requires a lot of scientific research work, and progress is not expected to be too fast."

"Developing and promoting accurate and reasonable dosage conversion standards for ancient prescriptions requires broad consensus and collaboration in the TCM community, but there are many TCM schools and great regional differences, so promoting unified standards is difficult."

After that, he looked at Fang Yan and said:
"And Fangyan, you have also compiled the "Chinese Medicine Processing Science" and know that the sources, quality, and processing methods of modern medicinal materials are different. In ancient times, there were many wild medicinal materials, while modern ones are mainly cultivated artificially, and the content of effective ingredients in medicinal materials is different. Changes in processing methods also affect the efficacy of the medicine, so simply converting according to the accurate dosage in ancient times may not be applicable to modern medicinal materials. Comprehensive considerations are required in clinical practice."

Fangyan admitted that what President Zhao said did make some sense, but that was only from the perspective of the country.

The dialect said:

"Actually, what you said is not a problem. We can compare the dosage of Kampo medicine in Japan. They have no problem using it, so we can change the dosage naturally."

"Since Japan has been using the dosage of the Eastern Han Dynasty, then they are fine, so naturally it will be fine here too. There is no need for testing, as they have already been put into practical use in society."

Dean Zhao Xiwu was stunned, and Elder Cheng, who had just returned from Japan, slapped his thigh:
"Yeah, what Fang Yan said makes sense."

"The Chinese herbal medicines they use are made according to the dosage of Zhongjing's classic prescriptions. Moreover, they have been sold for a long time. Basically, all their citizens have used them. It can be proved that there is no problem with increasing the dosage of classic prescriptions." Dean Zhao Xiwu nodded and said:

"If you put it that way, it seems that the logic does make sense."

After that, he paused and asked:
"But I have another question. You know, we are different from Japan. We have more than just the Jingfang School. There are many other schools of Chinese medicine. In addition to the Jingfang School, which can be confirmed by Japanese Kampo medicine, how do we solve the dosage of other schools?"

"..." Fang Yan and Cheng Lao did not speak and fell into deep thought.

What President Zhao said is also an objective fact.

At this moment, Old Ji on the side coughed lightly.

Then he said:

"President Zhao, can I interrupt?"

President Zhao said:
"Of course, you go ahead!"

Old Ji said:

"I don't know the specific situation of your traditional Chinese medicine, whether it is the academic school, the Jianghu school, the classical prescription school, or other schools. I just know that it has to be accepted by the people, and only then will it have value."

Everyone nodded, thinking that what Old Ji said was true.

Then Old Ji said:
"So, Dean Zhao, why are you considering so much? Who cares? Just announce the results. As long as the Jingfang School can accept it and the effect is better than before, won't other schools want to give it a try after seeing it?"

"Let's take a step back and say that even if they don't try and insist on using Li Shizhen's incorrect dosage, then society will naturally choose the more powerful and quicker classical prescriptions, and the others that are not very effective and are conservative will naturally disappear."

"Survival of the fittest, it's a normal situation. The change of dynasties will be nothing new to you if you are familiar with history."

Zhao Xiwu, Fang Yan and Cheng Lao, who were studying traditional Chinese medicine, were enlightened when they heard what Lao Ji, who was studying history, said.

Yes! Why do you care so much?

If you are willing to change, then change. As long as the effect is good, the people will naturally support it!

Dean Zhao Xiwu slapped his forehead and said suddenly:

"Yeah, I made the problem too complicated..."

But at this moment, Fang Yan was suddenly stunned.

He suddenly realized a problem. If this was the case, then if he carried out this matter so simply and crudely, he would make a lot of enemies for the sake of interests!
Doing this is the same as Yu Yunxiu's one-size-fits-all approach.

At this time, Mr. Cheng also reacted and said:
"No, although what Comrade Ji said is correct and the truth is true, we can never make a blanket decision so simply."

"By doing this, most traditional Chinese medicine practitioners are directly put on the opposite side."

After hearing this, President Zhao thought about it carefully and realized what was going on.

Fang Yan took over the conversation, stroking his chin and said:

"This matter can be big or small, there must be a better way."

"A silent and subtle way."

After Fangyan finished speaking, a flash of inspiration came to his mind and he thought of a solution!

The answer is in college!
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