A doctor who travels through two eras

County Magistrate Fang clinked glasses with Lin Sanqi before slowly saying:
"Our Shaanxi Province has a profound cultural heritage. It is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization and traditional medicine, and one of the provinces with the richest biodiversity in China. It has been an important suitable area for the growth of Chinese medicinal herbs since ancient times."

The Qinling Mountains stretch from east to west, encompassing the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, the Guanzhong Plain, and the Qinling-Bashan Mountains in southern Shaanxi. It spans three climate zones: temperate, warm temperate, and northern subtropical, and is rich in species and medicinal resources.

The province currently has 3291 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, including 2730 kinds of plant-based medicines, accounting for more than 30% of the country's medicinal material varieties. There are 283 key varieties, accounting for 77.7% of the national total.

Seven varieties, including Salvia miltiorrhiza, Gastrodia elata, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, and Polygonatum sibiricum, are produced in the largest quantities in Shaanxi Province. Meanwhile, 18 varieties, such as Salvia miltiorrhiza from Shangluo, Astragalus membranaceus from Zizhou, Coptis chinensis from Zhenping, Fritillaria cirrhosa from Taibai, and Rheum palmatum from Zhenba, are unique to Shaanxi Province.

Oh, and there's also the Qin musk deer, whose musk is renowned as "Qin fragrance." Over 90% of the musk in China comes from Shaanxi Province. Minister Lin should know this best; I remember most of the musk was given to you.”

Lin Sanqi smiled awkwardly:
“Indeed, almost all the musk in the country is in my possession. How many lives have I taken, how many musk deer have I killed? So from now on, please stop killing musk deer, and I will no longer purchase them.”

Lin Sanqi only learned later that the musk deer had been slaughtered so horribly that they were almost extinct in Shaanxi Province.

Although Lin Baiyi loves money, he doesn't want to be nailed to the pillar of historical shame and be despised by future animal rights activists.

He even wanted to invest money to establish a musk deer conservation base so that the musk deer could breed and thrive.

Wait a minute, when did I become a hypocritical, heartless capitalist? Killing Lin She for money first, and then pretending to protect her—that's so ruthless.

Of course, the reason why Lin Sanqi did not intend to purchase musk deer was that the national output in the 1960s, including the stock from the previous hundred years and the output overdrawn by the hunting of musk deer nationwide, was all in his hands.

He obtained almost all the production output within a span of 150 years.

With these 20-plus tons of musk, Lingnan Hall has more than enough. It's time to let the musk deer roam freely and reproduce.

If it's not enough for one day, we can always continue in the future, cough cough, pick some...

When have unscrupulous capitalists ever kept their word?

Lin Sanqi inwardly condemned himself, while County Chief Fang continued to boast:

"I'm not bragging, but Shaanxi Province has long been known as a 'natural medicine storehouse,' 'the land of Qin has no idle herbs,' and 'the hometown of Chinese medicinal herbs,' forming a unique local medicinal herb with distinctive Shaanxi characteristics—Qin medicine."

"Qin medicine?"

Lin Sanqi was puzzled again. He had heard of Tibetan medicine, Mongolian medicine, Uyghur medicine, Dai medicine and Miao medicine in China, but he had never heard of "Qin medicine".

County Chief Fang seemed to have expected Lin Sanqi's surprised expression.

"Yes, it's Qin medicine, the most famous of which is the Seven Medicines of Taibai."

Speaking of the Taibai Seven Herbs, it is a combination of seven traditional Chinese herbal medicines unique to the Qinling Mountains region of Shaanxi Province. It has unique regional characteristics and medicinal value, and is often used in folk medicine to treat rheumatism, sprains and bruises.

These include Taoerqi (for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis), Changchunqi (for dispelling wind and dampness), Jinniuqi (for relieving cold and pain), Zhushaqi (for clearing heat and detoxifying), Hongmaoqi (for reducing swelling and dissipating nodules), and Qiaomaiqi (for strengthening the spleen and aiding digestion).

There is also a herb with the same name as Minister Lin, which is called Taibai Sanqi, and can stop bleeding and promote tissue regeneration. The prescription composed of these seven herbs is very classic and effective.

Other areas in Shaanxi Province, including Xi'an and Lintong, have a wide variety of Chinese medicinal herbs. But when it comes to Chinese medicinal herb production bases…

County Magistrate Fang shook his head and sighed, saying:
"The situation in China is not very good right now. A few years ago, the city's population was completely cleared out, which led to a significant drop in sales. After all, fewer people are seeking medical treatment, and the sales of traditional Chinese medicine have also decreased."

Another issue is that there are still too few hospitals in China, and a large number of traditional Chinese medicine doctors have been dismissed and sent back to their hometowns.

Especially now that some people are advocating for Western medicine, believing that only Western medicine can save China, this has led to a further decline in the sales of traditional Chinese medicine.

Putting everything else aside, Minister Lin should have heard of veteran traditional Chinese medicine doctors like Xiao Longyou and Shi Jinmo, right?

Lin Sanqi nodded without saying much, thinking to himself that these were his true masters, whom he was currently secretly raising. Of course, he wouldn't publicize this, as the country was about to enter a turbulent period, and he needed to keep a low profile. In a few years, he might not even dare to leave Bao'an County at will.

County Magistrate Fang then continued:
"Even those leading figures in traditional Chinese medicine are struggling to survive, so it's even harder for other lesser-known and ordinary practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine."

Therefore, due to various factors, the use of traditional Chinese medicine is decreasing, which has also led to a decline in the business of our traditional Chinese medicine base.

Nowadays, medicinal herb farmers—or rather, workers—are almost all idle.

At the time, I was in charge of this work at the Agriculture Department. The higher-ups intended to carry out a cleanup, closing some medicinal herb planting bases and sending some workers back to their hometowns. This process should be underway now.

This is a nationwide effort, and there's nothing we can do about it. The Northwest is even poorer, and there are even more employees who need to be laid off.

But Lin Sanqi's eyes lit up, clearly she had found inspiration, so she asked another question:
"County Chief Fang, do you use pesticides or fertilizers on the herbs grown at your medicinal herb planting base in Shaanxi Province?"

All the local Shaanxi provincial officials present chuckled.

County Chief Fang laughed so hard he almost choked on his Xifeng liquor, waving his hand while coughing:
"Minister Lin, we would like to use chemical fertilizers and pesticides, but we can't get the supplies. Right now, our Chinese herbal medicine cultivation is entirely dependent on the weather; at most, we can use some cow dung or human excrement."

Lin Sanqi thought to himself, "Isn't this just 'organic Chinese medicinal herbs'? It's pollution-free and harmless."

"You mean that all the Chinese medicinal herbs in Shaanxi Province are grown using traditional methods?"

County Chief Fang laughed and said, "It's not just Shaanxi Province, it should be the same all over the country. Chemical fertilizers should be used for precious grain production, not for planting Chinese medicinal herbs."

Lin Sanqi's eyes darted around, then she looked at Director Sheng beside her:
"Old Sheng, I have a preliminary method here that might alleviate the pressure on your health system and also create some economic benefits for your local area."

Director Sheng knew that Lin Sanqi had a great reputation as "a timely rain in the health system," and he had long hoped to receive support.

Otherwise, why would a high-ranking official like him accompany Lin Sanqi on a grassroots research trip?
Although Lin Sanqi's rank was one level higher than his, they were not theoretically in the same system and had no superior-subordinate relationship. Sending a deputy director to accompany him was already a great honor.

"Minister Lin, please speak. We will fully cooperate with anything that benefits our Shaanxi health system!"

Lin Sanqi put down his chopsticks and said seriously:

"My visit to the grassroots level for research was not a whim, but rather because I was thinking about what kind of medicines our Bao'an County Pharmaceutical Factory would produce next, which would be more beneficial to the national health system and to patients across the country."

Working in isolation is unacceptable, and I also found inspiration from Dean Zhang's conversation just now.

First of all, our healthcare system is currently lacking not only hospitals, but also doctors. Even if I gave you an X-ray machine for free, it would be useless without doctors who know how to operate it, right?
I can choose not to deliver the machines, but once I return to Bao'an County, I will immediately begin large-scale production of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and pain relievers/fever reducers needed by grassroots hospitals. This will be the focus of my subsequent work.

"Dean Zhang, rest assured, I will definitely ensure that your Lintong County Hospital has a large quantity of Western medicine this year, and it's possible that it will include several antibiotics with efficacy far exceeding penicillin and sulfonamides. You can wait and see."

Director Sheng thought to himself, "Your provision of medicines to grassroots hospitals doesn't really benefit our Shaanxi health system much."

He was somewhat disappointed, thinking that Lin Sanqi would generously give them hundreds of thousands of bottles of penicillin.

Lin Sanqi then spoke up:

"As for helping the Shaanxi health system, here's what I'm thinking: I have some secret recipes, and the special pills I make sell very well, but I've been supplying them in limited quantities before."

He was to supply these secret medicine formulas to Lingnan Hall in Hong Kong in the 1960s, and to Lingnan Hall Chinese Medicine Clinic in 2016.

In particular, the Lingnan Hall Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic in another time and space has seen its four secret formula medicines become its flagship products, and they are famous throughout the country.

Putting everything else aside, who wouldn't want "Angong Niuhuang Wan," made with authentic ancient methods and formulas? (End of Chapter)