Failure to win the Nobel prize does not mean lack of achievements of Nobel prize level. Let's have a look at the "miners" in China's pharmaceutical industry

This year's Nobel Prize came as scheduled as in previous years, but unlike in previous years, this year's Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has some controversy because Chen Liping and others did not win it, especially no Chinese won it, which has brought some loss to our people more or less However, after careful analysis, in fact, there is no lack of research results at the Nobel prize level in China For example, Zhang Tingdong, a "miner" in the pharmaceutical industry who studies "arsenic treatment of cancer", is considered to be a candidate for the Nobel Prize Here, the author does not want to express his regret that Zhang Tingdong has not won the Nobel Prize, but mainly wants to talk about mineral drugs with Chinese characteristics Mineral medicine is an important kind of traditional Chinese medicine, including natural minerals, biological fossils, mineral processing products and mineral chemicals It has a long history of use in China, for example, cinnabar, arsenic and other mineral drugs have been recorded in the spring and autumn Shanhaijing; 21 kinds of mineral drugs, such as realgar and dansha, have been recorded in the 52 disease prescriptions unearthed in Mawangdui; 44 kinds of mineral drugs have been recorded in Shennong Bencao Jing; 55 and 139 kinds of mineral drugs have been recorded in the newly revised Bencao of Tang Dynasty and the zhenglei Bencao of Song Dynasty respectively By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, "compendium of Materia Medica" and "compendium of Materia Medica collection" recorded up to 222 kinds of mineral drugs, 260 kinds Therefore, mineral medicine has been playing an important role in the treatment of drugs in China Here, I would like to talk about some representative mineral drugs The Prime Minister of arsenic wants to mention arsenic, which is known as the "king of poisons" The drug is mainly arsenic trioxide, and is often known as Xinshi, heding red, etc As we usually know, arsenic is highly toxic, which can cause bleeding, liver damage, respiratory failure or even death after entering the human body But arsenic, as a drug, has also played a huge role in the treatment of many diseases, and not only in China, but also in many countries in the world For example, Hippocrates, a famous Greek doctor, used arsenic to treat diseases; in the 19th century, Australian farmers used to take a certain dose of arsenic to enhance their physique In China, arsenic has been used to treat malaria, chronic bronchitis, lymphotuberculosis, tumor and other diseases, of which the most obvious effect is for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia, with the advantages that other drugs can't match Zhang Tingdong is the founder of arsenic in the treatment of leukemia, so he is considered to be "the nearest to the Nobel Prize" Cinnabar is followed by cinnabar, which is also called cinnabar, Chidan, etc it is a kind of medicine with mercury sulfide as the main component In efficacy, cinnabar not only has the effect of sedation and hypnosis, but also can be used to detoxify, inhibit or kill bacteria or parasites The functions recorded in traditional Chinese medicine include: clearing the heart, calming the nerves and detoxifying, used for palpitation, insomnia and dreaminess, epilepsy, dizziness, aphthous ulcer, larynx arthralgia, sore and swelling toxin, restlessness, palpitation and insomnia, epilepsy, convulsion, sore and swelling pain, sore throat swelling pain, sore mouth and tongue, etc Realgar, gypsum, Glauber's salt, sulfur, in addition to the familiar mineral drugs, realgar, which is often mentioned in the TV, is also used in the treatment of various diseases such as cancer and scabies, and gypsum, Glauber's salt, sulfur, etc are often mentioned Chinese drugs, playing an important role in the history of human drug treatment If the "miners" of these mineral medicines in China are all alive, including Zhang Zhongjing, the "doctor" and Li Shizhen, who are not the hot candidates for the Nobel Prize?! Another example is Zhang Tingdong, a contemporary "miner", who is not short of Nobel Prize candidates in China We need not lose confidence in China's research!