May Chinese medicine bring us more beautiful tomorrow

â–¡Reporter Cui Fangâ–¡

From 2010 to 2011, from the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” to the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, every step taken by the Chinese medicine business is closely related to the lives of ordinary people. There are "Chinese medicine Chinese medicine" to send authoritative knowledge to the door of the home, but also Zhang Wuben, Li Yi, Liu Fengjun and other "masters" often flickered; there are Chinese medicine techniques, soup into the medical insurance, there are small plaster drugs decline, drug prices rose non-stop ... ... At the end of the year, we interviewed readers interested in the Chinese medicine business. Through their personal experiences, we examined the history of the Chinese medicine business yesterday and today, and the Chinese medicine business will bring people a better tomorrow.

■ Let more people use ethnomedicine Meng Zhixing, MD, of the Mongolian New Mongolian Medicine Research Institute of Liaoning Province, is the object of envy among foreign counterparts. “We started new in January last year and we can use Mongolian Medicare for reimbursement.”

Xing Zhiyang claims that there are many requirements for reimbursement, such as reimbursement of only medicine, not reimbursement of decoction pieces; reported only locally or in the hospital's production of medicine or hospital preparations, not reimbursed real estate medicine; only reimbursed inpatient medication, do not reimburse outpatient medication.

Although there are many rules and regulations, it seems to Xing Zhiyang that after all, it is an improvement: "Compared with many local ethnic medicines, we cannot reimburse them. After all, we have taken the first step."

The policy has taken a small step, but it has brought great changes to the Institute of Mongolian Medicine where Xing Zhiyang is located. “In the past, I did not consult medical insurance patients. Since last year, I have been receiving more and more medical insurance patients. Now, the magical effects of Mongolian medicine have been well-received in our local area.” The level of doctors treating patients using Mongolian medicine is naturally high, and a virtuous cycle in which doctors and patients promote each other begins to form.

Xing Zhiyang’s wish: “I hope that more national medicines will be included in the medical insurance, not only as medicines but also pieces and techniques, not only as local medicines, but also as well-known national medicines throughout the country, not only for inpatient medicine but also for outpatient medicine. A small step has been taken to promote the development of national medicine, and the people's medical care choices and health level have taken a big step forward." (Next Version 2) (Continued from the first edition)

â–  "Medical insurance overstated, wages make up a little more"

Dr. Cai is an internal medicine doctor in a county-level traditional Chinese medicine hospital in northwestern Henan province. It is not a mistake to go to work every day. Good doctors have low-cost attitudes and work requirements, and Dr. Cai is a good doctor in the eyes of patients and hospital leaders.

However, Dr. Tsai was also very distressed: “I put a needle for the patient for 14 yuan and a medication for a few yuan to more than a dozen yuan. The patient feels for granted, because the needle does not cost any more, and the decoction is essentially a grass. Needle this herb can not be casually bared and casually eaten, it is necessary to have my years of study and clinical experience to protect it!"

"In a conscience, if this goes on, Chinese medicine practitioners will continue to reduce the level of diagnosis and treatment using traditional Chinese medicine thinking. The TCM characteristics of Chinese medicine hospitals will become more and more light, and ultimately the patients will suffer losses." Cai said, because there is no financial subsidy, he And the wages of colleagues and colleagues rely entirely on their own earnings. “Everybody thinks that acupuncture and moxibustion require high medical skills and low incomes. They have long since given up this thankless method of seeking treatment, and instead, like the doctor of western medicine, let patients do examinations, perform operations, and take medicines. Because they haven’t practiced for too long. With more and more hands, many colleagues are now not able or willing to make needles and cut pieces. Hospitals are constantly 'westernizing'. I'm insisting on this now, and it's somewhat silly to look at people."

Because he will not “slaughter” patients, Dr. Cai’s salary can only be made 60% over the years. The same is a high-professional title, the monthly salary of local public teachers is generally more than 2,000 yuan, while Cai Taifu only 1100 yuan. Compared with doctors of Western medicine hospitals of the same age, the income is “one heaven, one underground”.

Dr. Tsai’s wish: “My hope for tomorrow is to continue to give full play to the unique advantages of Chinese medicine for patients, but the rewards of these services are best reflected in my value. Of course, I still hope that ordinary people can see the disease, which requires medical insurance. Overstate one's salary and pay more."

â–  Chinese herbal medicine prices do not rise again. Zhou Lei, director of the Professional Committee of the Chinese Medicines Market of the Chinese Traditional Medicine Association, has been busy accepting media interviews for two days.

“They are all interviewing about the price increase of medicinal materials.” Zhou Lei said, “Rising prices are the result of years of accumulation. The reasons for price increases include reduced production, more exports, more domestic demand, natural disasters in production areas and illegal traders’ hype.” Reporter, Zhou Lei is very fast and very sophisticated. “The latter two are the incentives under special circumstances and will not play a leading role.”

In Zhou Lei's view, this wave of price increases for Chinese herbal medicines that began in 2009 lasted for a long period of time, involved many species, and spread widely. Because the country did not appear to stabilize, prices are not expected to fall in the short term.

"The things we did last year were 'grasping the roots' and figuring out how the upswing was in the end." Zhou Lei said, "According to the survey, the overall price increase rate is about 15%, still below the warning line (more than 20% above). Individual species are rising in prices under the combined effect of natural disasters and speculation, and the rate of increase is not normal. It is expected that the supply will stabilise and the prices will fall back in the coming year. However, most of them may increase with the increase in CPI."

Zhou Lei’s wish: “First of all, I hope to establish national reserves for common Chinese herbal medicine varieties in the future so as to stabilize the price level and ensure the normal medical treatment for the masses. Second, I hope to establish a baseline collection of long-term supply and demand data for the medicinal herbs market. The release mechanism allows all aspects of the production of medicinal materials to be targeted and more standardized."

■ I would like to know that “God Doctor” is really a fake family who lived at the foot of the Laoshan Mountain in Jiangxi Province and had spent 60 years. Since she retired a few years ago, she has been immersed in health care.

At the beginning of last year, she watched TV and discovered that Zhang Wuben, a "well-being master", was quite powerful. However, he hadn't had time to register with the Supreme Court. He heard that "Master" was a big liar. In the summer, I heard that Taoist Li Yi’s health classes and celebrities went to lectures and were inquiring about registration methods. “Master Li” also had an accident. Just a few days ago, Auntie was still urging her husband who had had diabetes for many years to go to Beijing to “get a cure for cancer with a few popsicles.” Liu Fengjun turned to discover that “Liu Shen” was exposed by CCTV. Light……

Auntie, who has lost her health, is now physically and mentally exhausted: "I want to know right now whether those 'therapists', 'masters', 'secret tips', and 'coups' are true or false."

My aunt's wish: "I want to keep my eyes open. I also hope that the health information on radio, television, newspapers, and on the Internet is true. If you want to check it, someone will take care of it."