The Profound Chinese Medicine

             When i studied at high school, i was majoring in politics( in guangdong, senior 2 student had to choose one subject to be his major, while the policy had been changed now). We read a lot and exercise a lot about current affairs. I still clearly remembered that there was a time when many so-called experts called for the cancellation of Chinese Medicine.

             I have to say that i feel sick about this kind of theory, it is known to all that Chinese Medicine is a part of the profound chinese culture. And even taking a thousand steps backward to say that Chinese Medicine is not good enough as the Western Medicine, there is no need to cancel it, since it has its reason to exist. So sometimes i doubt that this conception well illustrates the fact that people think Chinese Medicine is a threat of Western Medicine.

             I have a good friend who studies medicine and she says it is definitely a pity that many medicine schools has cancelled the major courses about Chinese Medicine,which shows people's neglect of Chinese Medicine.

             Well, i feel sad about this,too. In reality, i have a weak constitution and i am always sick, especially when in high school. But you know, "expensive hospital" is one of the 3 main characters of chinese basic conditions,so i dare not go to hospital, especially after you get the point that, it is not the worst to find you have to take medicine of all kinds, but that you find it worthless even you take all the medicine.

              Well, for instance, i go to hospital and be examined by the doctor, he makes a conclusion that there is something wrong with my intestine and stomach. Of course, along with injections and many pills. And day after day, year after year, the situation turns to be worse and if i get rid of medicine i get painful again. The worst time was when i was sick i just went to the hospital....say to the same doctor directly " get me an injection as usual,please~~"

             I was really disappointed then, and tell you a secret, i hated the doctor from the bottom of my heart, i hated him a lot ,for he didn't take my illness seriously and didn't get it well.

             I have a turnaround until i my family found me a herb doctor——those who do well in medical herb and cure patients in Chinese Medicine way. But you have to take a risk...because many doctors of this kind don't work in hospitals. They are just folk doctors and their reputation is spread through people's mouths.

             But i trust him, just like i trust Chinese Medicine. Yes, he doesn't have any medical certificates recognized by the professional organizations. But so what ? He has been recognized by his patients !

              Of course, the medical herb worked and i got better after taking the medicine soup...but i have to admit that the soup was really bitter.....sometimes you just want to vomit when smelling the smell.....not to mention the taste...... Apart from this , he also did the acupuncture for me.....

              But i still remember what the herb doctor told me..."medicine can not cure anything...and you should master the way how your body works and take care of yourself...." he told me something about "the five elements" which is called " Jin、Mu、Shui、Huo、Tu" and encouraged me to learn that so that i can get rid of the hospital one day and control my body, making it working perfectly.

              Now i am finding ways to helping myself...i don't mean that we should abandon  Western Medicine extremely, because it really works for some people. I just want to show u a real story and tell you that Chinese Medicine is an amazing thing——profound and magical ! We should not abandon it after all and should bring it to a great height of development.

             I am not studing Chinese Medicine now, i may not be a doctor to help my patients in the future, but i can help myself, my family, my friends, just my surroundings, which will make a difference.
                                                   

                                                                                       Juliet Partridge