Japanese times: Hong Kong's popular "new traditional Chinese medicine clothing"

In Hong Kong, a young woman poured a bag of brown powder into a glass of hot water, stirred it and waited for the dark mixture to settle She hopes this traditional Chinese medicine will cure her cold Liu Sufei, a paediatric nurse, lives in Hong Kong, a modern and fast-paced city But when she deals with her health problems, she prefers traditional treatment Despite its long history, among Hong Kong's 7 million residents, traditional Chinese medicine is still flourishing, not stagnating, the report said More and more university graduate practitioners advocate to provide traditional treatment programs with modern and industrial efficient methods Ms Liu, 25, said she felt it would be more natural to use traditional Chinese medicine "I've tried western medicine, but I often feel weak after taking it," she said Even if I can recover quickly, then I will get sick again "But I can't just sit in front of the stove and watch the herbs cook for 8 hours I still have work to do If we have to cook the medicine soup as before, maybe I won't consider taking the traditional Chinese medicine." According to the report, when traditional Chinese medicine is used to taking hours to make a traditional Chinese medicine decoction, practitioners will now prescribe the medicine that has already been made Today, complex manufacturing processes have been outsourced and can even be delivered home via the Internet Thousands of years ago, the era of traditional technology has passed, and modern cities are witnessing the new development of traditional Chinese medicine trade According to the report, with the growing population, in 2011, Hong Kong's imports of traditional Chinese medicine reached 2.3 billion Hong Kong dollars, an increase of 37% over 2009 Now, the medical insurance plan usually includes the cost of diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine In the late 1990s, universities began offering such courses, bringing new ideas to the industry Now there are 6500 practitioners in this field, nearly half of Hong Kong's regular doctors Dennis o, 31, opened his first clinic in 2008 after a five-year medical career and now has four more branches with 20 employees Most of his patients are between 20 and 40 years old, and many people are surprised that the clinic staff are so young, but Mr Wu said that it is the most important to push the whole industry forward Here, he offers drugs to take directly, rather than lengthy prescriptions "We don't change the concept of traditional Chinese medicine, we just change the form of traditional Chinese medicine." "This kind of revolution is necessary," he said in the interval of consulting patients "If traditional methods continue, traditional Chinese medicine will disappear." Some critics also believe that traditional Chinese medicine is unscientific, the report said Although most of the drugs are plant-based, in the west, the use of animal ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine, such as rhinoceros horn, gives it a bad impression Even though China had a ban in 1993, the use of such materials continued However, according to the report, international research has recognized some components of traditional Chinese medicine Hong Kong's health sector is now working with the World Health Organization to establish a classification system David Tang, who set up the Hong Kong Traditional Chinese medicine service six months ago, works with 10 employees to cook and pack medicines online, and they can deliver them to subscribers the next day "We are a modern Chinese medicine store, although traditional prescriptions are used." "We're like old wine in new bottles," said don