Chapter 186 Is Acupuncture Still Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Leading the group was a serious woman with a square face, slicked back hair, wearing glasses and a Lenin suit.

Zhao Shuping from the Chinese Medicine Association walked beside him, making way for him, and introduced him as he walked: "Leader Zhu, our Beijing Chinese Medicine Association has been committed to promoting the Chinese medicine culture in our country."

"In terms of acupuncture, we also established a special acupuncture committee and acupuncture training classes very early on to help Chinese medicine doctors improve their acupuncture skills."

"The New Acupuncture and Moxibustion that you compiled and published last year has always been the direction of our efforts to learn."

"New Acupuncture" was published in March 1951, with inscriptions by Zhu and calligraphy by Dong.

"Yeah." Leader Zhu couldn't deny it.

A young man from the Acupuncture Laboratory nearby suddenly interrupted and asked, "What courses do you offer in your acupuncture training class?"

"Western medicine courses on bacteria, disinfection, anatomy, physiology, and diagnosis are all available."

"Oh?" "Leader, should we support them in their teaching? To prevent them from going astray?"

"Ah."

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw several Soviet comrades walking out after finishing their physical treatment. The young man immediately went to greet them and fluently greeted them in Russian: "Dear Davarich!"

"How do you feel after acupuncture?"

Several hairy Soviet comrades gave thumbs up and said, "Excellent!"

"Haha!" The young man laughed and immediately gave up his seat to show Leader Zhu behind him. He introduced: "This is Leader Zhu from our National Acupuncture Therapy Laboratory. The New Acupuncture that she edited was translated into Russian at the first opportunity. At the same time, the Soviet Union also arranged for medical experts to come to our laboratory to study and exchange ideas."

"Oh, thank you, Leader Zhu, for all you have done for us!" The Soviet comrades exclaimed, "We have to say that Chinese medicine is great. It has given us a sense of physical vitality that we have not felt for a long time."

After the young man translated, Leader Zhu smiled faintly and said, "Soviet comrades have selflessly come to support our country's construction. It is our responsibility to ensure your health."

After shaking hands, several Soviet comrades expressed their gratitude repeatedly and left.

The kitchen at the first courtyard is now used for making medicine, and the whole courtyard is filled with the aroma of medicine; the second and third courtyards are divided into small rooms, with wooden beds with white sheets, bedside tables, meridian maps and acupuncture point maps hanging on the walls, and stoves in all of them.

Some of the rooms are covered with white curtains.

Zhao Shuping introduced: "This is a room specially used for Soviet female comrades to recuperate, and it is also managed by my disciple, Yan Runming."

Although it was close to noon, through the window, one could still see several half-naked, hairy Soviet gay men receiving acupuncture;

Some people even carried thermoses and poured black stuff into the teacups of the Soviet comrades from time to time.

Leader Zhu frowned and asked, "What did you give the Soviet comrades to drink?"

Zhao Shuping quickly explained: "This is a Chinese herbal decoction that we specially prepared based on the constitution of Soviet comrades. It is very popular among Soviet comrades."

Leader Zhu frowned even deeper.

The young man immediately stood up and asked, "Just do acupuncture properly. Who told you to give Soviet comrades herbs that have no scientific basis?"

"If a Soviet comrade drinks the Chinese herbal medicine you irresponsibly brewed and gets sick, who will be responsible?"

"Can you take on this responsibility? You're just playing the piano!"

"Ah! But" Without waiting for Zhao Shuping to explain further, the young man waved his hand and said, "Stop using all Chinese herbal medicines immediately! Right now, right away!" Zhao Shuping and others looked at each other. They never expected that the leader would come to such a conclusion when he came to inspect today. Doesn't acupuncture belong to the category of traditional Chinese medicine?

Seeing the hesitation of Zhao Shuping and others, the young man asked in a hasty and stern tone: "Who made this decision?"

"If a Soviet comrade who comes to see a doctor is unwell and affects the friendship between China and the Soviet Union, it would not be an exaggeration to kill him!"

Ah. Is it that serious?
I originally wanted to notify Wang Deming to rush over from Xiaoshun Hutong and show his face in front of the leader, but if I let him come now, he will become the one to take the blame.

Zhao Shuping smiled bitterly and said, "I am the president of the Chinese Medicine Association, and I made the decision."

The young man righteously rebuked: "Comrade Shuping, you are now a cadre in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the Ministry of Health. You must fully understand and learn to reform the old medicine."

“We must use the scientific Marxist-Leninist materialist world outlook and dialectics to transform the old, traditional feudal medicine into medicine that serves the people.”

"You have done a good job in acupuncture, which shows your progressiveness; but the large amount of herbal medicine that has not been scientifically verified shows your feudalism!"

Zhao Shuping could not hold back after being criticized by a young man who was much younger than him. He retorted loudly, "Isn't acupuncture part of traditional Chinese medicine? Doesn't acupuncture use the twelve meridians in the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine to treat diseases?"

"Ridiculous!" The young man was furious: "New acupuncture is based on the advanced nervous system theory discovered by Comrade Pavlov of the Soviet Union. It stimulates the human nerves to make subtle adjustments to the human body to achieve the effect of health care and treatment!"

The young man turned to Leader Zhu angrily and said, "Leader, our Acupuncture Laboratory must provide them with more detailed guidance to help them have a higher understanding of acupuncture!"

"Ok!"

The rest of the tour ended hastily, especially in the fourth courtyard, which was converted into an acupuncture training classroom. I saw that the anatomical diagrams hanging on the wall did not even correspond to the acupuncture points, and even accused the acupuncture training class of selling dog meat under the guise of sheep meat.

Before leaving, Zhu encouraged the Chinese Medicine Association in Qinlao Hutong: "Comrades have made many contributions to promoting the health care and treatment effects of acupuncture and moxibustion, and have won wide praise from Soviet comrades. This is worthy of recognition. But..."

"Comrades are still shackled by tradition and have not kept up with the development of the times and scientific discoveries. This needs to be further strengthened in the future."

"Later, our Ministry of Health will send someone to provide guidance at the acupuncture training class."

Zhao Shuping continued to explain: "Leader, the Chinese herbal medicine we prepared has also won wide praise from Soviet comrades."

Unfortunately, the leaders had already gotten into their cars and left, leaving behind only the black exhaust fumes from incomplete combustion of gasoline.
Zhao Shuping and others were speechless. Today's facts were beyond their imagination. How could acupuncture not be Chinese medicine?
"What should we do next?"

"Go ask Deming! Alas."

Wang Deming, Diana and Alexei are enjoying the meal.

The steamed dumplings served by the waiter had thin skin and large fillings, with twenty-four folds and the fillings were pork and green onions.

"Wow, this is simply a work of art! I can't bear to eat it." Diana exclaimed and took two bites of it. "It's so delicious!"

Wang Deming secretly rolled his eyes at the woman who said one thing but meant another. He introduced the dishonest dish while eating: "Du Yichu requires four steamed buns to have a filling of 1 liang 0.5 and a skin of 24 liang . The skin is mm thick in the middle and mm thick at the edges. The edges must be hammered out with folds, symbolizing the solar terms in China."

"As for these fried triangles, poke a few holes in them with chopsticks first and wait for the steam to come out before eating, otherwise they will burn your mouth."

"Uh-huh!"

Diana and Alexi didn't even look up, they just kept eating, and it was unclear whether they heard what Wang Deming said or not.

Tsk tsk, it's like playing the lute to a cow!

　There are not many acupuncture doctors in China, but there are many more acupuncturists abroad. In the 70s, Western acupuncturists had medical certificates. In the 70s, painless surgery was available, which was actually acupuncture pain relief. In 72, a reporter from Mr. Ni who came to China had acute appendicitis and underwent painless surgery with acupuncture.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)