Merchant and doctor

Chapter 486 Is Chinese Medicine a Pseudoscience?

Unlike other clinics in the city, in terms of fees, Bian Mu has always insisted that he must pay a registration fee of 30 yuan, unless he feels that he can't provide any substantial help to patients, including consultation, then he will not take any money.

Including Fan Sanqiao, all the friends around did not quite understand.

Bian Mu didn't explain much, and insisted on it all the time, even if he couldn't wait for a patient for a whole day.

Since the businessman left, the popularity of "Bian's Clinic" has gradually recovered, and people coming in and out have started to look like that.

Fan Sanqiao was really happy for Bian Mu.

"Looking", "smelling", "asking", "cutting"...all patients follow the formal diagnosis and treatment procedures. Meticulous.

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It has been more than an hour since the sun went down when the last male patient was sent away.

"Brother Fan! Theoretically speaking, the 30 yuan registration fee has been accepted by the residents in this area. Are you hungry? Let's eat better today and celebrate a little!" Bian Mu said with a smile after stretching a few times. .

"It's time to celebrate, but until now, I haven't figured out why you insist on charging a registration fee of 30 yuan. Sometimes, when people come to ask for a few words, you also ask them to pay this amount, saying To be honest, sometimes, I also feel that you are a little too much. Besides, isn’t it self-destructing the customer base by doing this? Customers that other peers can’t get, we’d better just set a threshold for rejecting people. What kind of mystery is hidden?" Smiling, Fan Sanqiao sincerely asked for advice.

"In fact, the reason is quite simple. Think about it, what kind of patients would go to the clinic for treatment in a big city with a population of nearly 2000 million?"

"Elderly people? Chronic diseases? Loyal fans of traditional Chinese medicine? Medical treatment in big hospitals is too expensive, and it costs three to five hundred to treat a cold. If you come to your place, maybe a few injections and a few pairs of Chinese medicine will be enough. Are you looking for a bargain?" Fan Sanqiao replied with a smile.

Smiling and nodding slightly, Bian Mu asked back, "Brother Fan! Do you know how much the most expensive special clinic number is for Nie Yixiong?"

"Who in Lijin City doesn't know, who doesn't know? The name 'Nie Sanqian' is not called for nothing. I heard that during special times, if you put the yellow cattle on the street for frying, at the highest time, you can get 5000 yuan per number! " blurted out, Fan Sanqiao responded.

Smiling, Bian Mu continued to ask: "In our Chinese medicine field, Nie Yixiong is considered a ceiling-level master, so let's have a discussion! Assuming that Dr. Nie's medical skills can reach the perfect level, it will be full marks. 100 points, tell me, how much can I score compared with him?"

Hearing this, Fan Sanqiao couldn't help but froze there.

Considering the problem from this angle, Fan Sanqiao hadn't thought about it at all.

Fan Sanqiao is a dignified mathematician. As far as the quality of thinking is concerned, he has long been accustomed to the way of thinking that must be well-founded, accurately described, and proficient in calculation... In addition, his character has almost no flaws. , has always been the character of saying one sentence to one sentence, Bian Mu suddenly said these few words, and he, who is good at arithmetic, was stunned at that time.

"This... how do you calculate this thing! You stumped me all of a sudden!" Fan Sanqiao told the truth.

"We have been running this clinic together for some time. Based on your intuitive feeling, make a rough estimate. Don't be influenced by your profession. How accurate it is. You don't have to be responsible for the judgment you make, just chatting casually. , Just speak directly according to your intuition." Bian Mu said very forgivingly.

"Then... 75 points are definitely there! I am a typical 'science and engineering man'. Before I met you, I was a hardcore anti-Chinese medicine. From our point of view, for thousands of years, the average life expectancy of Chinese people has remained the same. Not too high. Traditional Chinese medicine is both for curing diseases and for keeping in good health. What role does it play? How long has it been since the birth of complete Western medicine? What is the average life expectancy of Westerners in the same period? , should be higher than that of our country. This is not the most important thing. The most terrible thing is that we are quite experimental and scientific. Chinese medicine seems to be particularly poor in this respect, and it cannot stand the test of repeated experiments. For example, the same is For a cold, the prescription you prescribed must be far from that of Nie Yixiong, right?" At this point, Fan Sanqiao asked casually.

"Yes, Nie Yixiong and I belong to completely different schools of traditional Chinese medicine. So far, I have not really seen the true face of Teacher Nie. According to my guess, he should belong to the complete school of all-functional type. As for me, So far, I should belong to the 'Miscellaneous Sect'. The so-called 'Miscellaneous Sect' means that I have dabbled in everything from any sect. It is all mixed up and messed around with without any distinction. To put it nicely, it is all-inclusive, and to put it badly, it is greedy. Not enough. If you take a bite of everything, you will end up with indigestion, haha... Therefore, for the same patient with the same disease, the prescriptions prescribed by Teacher Nie and I must be quite different. Even, he only needs one injection. That’ll be fine, I may just need acupuncture and decoction, you guessed it right.”

"So! I always thought that Chinese medicine is just like a wizard fooling people. Talking to people, telling lies to ghosts. In addition, I have also come into contact with other doctors of Chinese medicine. When they see a doctor, they will still prescribe various laboratory tests for you. If you take X-rays and CT scans, the whole process is not too different from that of Western medicine physicians. In the end, you will prescribe medicines, which are both Chinese and Western medicines. Moreover, if you prescribe a lot of medicines, some medicines cannot be covered by medical insurance, and patients have to pay part of their own expenses. , As for finally recovering from the disease, who can tell whether it is the traditional Chinese medicine or the western medicine that has worked?!" Having said this, Fan Sanqiao became more energetic, and his tone of voice became a few degrees higher. .

It can be seen that Fan Sanqiao still has a deep prejudice against traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.

Bian Mu was also deeply surprised by this.

Normally, Bian Mu always felt that Fan Sanqiao's absolute IQ was above the mark, and Bian Mu always thought that he had a unique understanding of Chinese medicine treatment, but he didn't realize that he was a standard hardcore anti-Chinese medicine person back then.

Seeing that Bian Mu didn't pick up on it, Fan Sanqiao went on to explain: "I'll tell you the truth, before I met you, I always believed that Chinese medicine was a pseudoscience, and I would always go to a doctor of Western medicine to see a doctor. I never went to the gate of a Chinese medicine hospital. I don’t even take a straight look, hehe... However, after getting to know you, I gradually realized that I was completely wrong. Chinese medicine is absolutely amazing. When I was alone in the store, I asked myself, is Chinese medicine fake? Is it scientific? Is Dr. Bian Mu a one-of-a-kind special case?! Later, after repeated demonstrations and repeated comparisons of information found on the Internet, I decided that it was not a problem with traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, but that most Chinese medicine doctors are too mediocre. You, Nie Yixiong, are absolutely unique."

Hearing this, Bian Mu was happy at the time.

(End of this chapter)