Traveling through time with spatial abilities, the scientific research genius is a little sweet.

Chapter 78 The Advantages and Disadvantages of Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine
When Shen Yuan returned, he saw the two people, one big and one small, sitting on the sofa quietly reading.

Su Nuannuan heard a noise at the door, looked up, and saw Shen Yuan standing at the door with two elderly people with gray hair.

Upon seeing this, Su Nuannuan quickly stood up.

Xu Xiaotian felt Su Nuannuan's movement, raised his head, saw the person, and his face lit up with surprise. He dropped the book in his hand and ran towards the two elderly people.

"Grandma, Grandpa, you've come!"

The two elderly people were delighted to see their grandson and bent down to touch his little face. However, they didn't spend too much time being affectionate with him. Instead, they focused their attention on Su Nuannuan.

Upon seeing this, Shen Yuan began to introduce the two to each other.

"Nuan Nuan, these are my parents. You can call them Grandpa and Grandma from now on. Dad, Mom, this is Nuan Nuan who saved Xiao Tian. Xiao Tian has already recognized her as his god-sister."

After Shen Yuan finished her introduction, Su Nuannuan spoke first.

"Hello, Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen."

The two elderly people already had a good impression of Su Nuannuan, and now that they saw her gentle and polite demeanor, their good impression of her only grew stronger.

Therefore, the two were very amiable and friendly towards Su Nuannuan.

Grandma Shen, in particular, felt a pang of sympathy for Su Nuannuan, who had left her hometown to study at such a young age. She pulled Su Nuannuan aside and began to ask her about her life at school.

Su Nuannuan could feel Grandma Shen's pity for her, and obediently answered her question.

"Nuan Nuan, if you have any difficulties, just go to Yuan Yuan and He Yi. Don't be shy, they will help you solve them."

Su Nuannuan nodded. She felt incredibly lucky; everyone she'd met since coming into this world had been kind, and their kindness towards her was entirely selfless. The Chu family was like that, and so were the Xu family. Su Nuannuan felt it wasn't that she was particularly likable, but rather that they were genuinely good people.

Grandpa Shen, who was sitting to the side, also spoke up.

"Your Grandma Shen is right. Now that Xiaotian has recognized you as his older sister, you are a daughter of the Xu family. If you need any help, just come to us."

Xu Xiaotian then raised his little hand and spoke up enthusiastically.

"And me! And me!"

Seeing this, Grandma Shen and the other two laughed.

Su Nuannuan cupped Xu Xiaotian's face in her hands and answered earnestly.

"Understood, Comrade Xu Xiaotian."

Seeing that the group was having a good time, Shen Yuan went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.

Xu Heyi hadn't finished get off work yet. However, he knew Su Nuannuan would be coming over to cook dinner today. Therefore, he asked the factory for the afternoon off after finishing his work in the morning.

The factory initially wouldn't approve it. This was because the factory manager had been traveling out of town frequently for the past few days and needed someone with him. It was only after Ji Lan lent the factory manager her secretary that Xu Heyi was able to request leave.

However, Xu Heyi had to hand over his recent work to Ji Lan's secretary first. Therefore, he would return later than usual.

At the Xu family home, after getting to know Grandpa and Grandma Shen, Su Nuannuan became even more affectionate towards them.

Especially after learning that Su Nuannuan's university major was clinical medicine, he started to discuss Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine with her.

"Nuan Nuan, what's so good about Western medicine? It's all foreign stuff. How can it compare to the traditional Chinese medicine passed down from our ancestors?"

As soon as Grandpa Shen spoke, Su Nuannuan knew he was a stubborn individual with extreme hostility towards Western medicine. In fact, many people resisted Western medicine when it was first introduced to China. However, as Western medicine proved more effective and faster-acting, people gradually let go of their prejudices.

As time goes by, people have become increasingly reliant on Western medicine. The rise of Western medicine has led to a decline in the popularity of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Consequently, some leading figures in the field of TCM have become uneasy. They don't believe Western medicine is inherently better; while it is indeed faster-acting, it also has significant side effects. Furthermore, Western medicine often uses single-ingredient drugs, requiring multiple medications in combination to treat diseases, which the body cannot tolerate due to the side effects.

Furthermore, Western medicine is controlled by foreigners. China spends a huge amount of money every year importing these drugs from abroad. This is something some veteran traditional Chinese medicine practitioners strongly resent. They believe that instead of giving this money to foreigners, it would be better to allocate it to them to support traditional Chinese medicine.

Su Nuannuan also knew about the differences in diagnosis between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. People who study Western medicine think that traditional Chinese medicine lacks logic and is incomprehensible; people who study traditional Chinese medicine feel that Western medicine is not an indigenous product and therefore distrust it.

Clearly, Grandpa Shen was one of the latter.

Su Nuannuan didn't know how to explain this either. At that time, the concept of integrating traditional Chinese and Western medicine hadn't yet emerged; each approached treatment separately. Moreover, China was still in the exploratory stage regarding Western medicine, and many important techniques hadn't yet been introduced to the country. Furthermore, Western medicine was several times more expensive than traditional Chinese medicine, so many people at the bottom of society still preferred traditional Chinese medicine when seeking treatment.

This has resulted in a situation where traditional Chinese medicine is slightly better than Western medicine.

However, Su Nuannuan knew that this situation was only temporary. In a few years, traditional Chinese medicine would be labeled as feudal superstition, and only then would Western medicine gradually catch up with it.

After thinking for a moment, Su Nuannuan decided to answer Grandpa Shen's question truthfully.

"Grandpa Shen, I actually agree with your point of view. However, I have some of my own opinions."

Grandpa Shen was pleased to hear Su Nuannuan agree with his point of view. Later, when he heard that Su Nuannuan had her own insights, Grandpa Shen's expression became serious.

"Please tell me in detail."

Su Nuannuan was not intimidated and began to express her opinions.

"I think Western medicine has its advantages, and traditional Chinese medicine has its wonders. Western medicine has a great advantage in rescuing patients. Western medicine works quickly and is suitable for the rescue of acute diseases. However, the side effects are also obvious. The advantage of traditional Chinese medicine is that it will not cause great damage to the patient's body, but the drugs take longer to take effect and the treatment is slower, so it is only suitable for the treatment of chronic diseases."

Su Nuannuan didn't talk about the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, but instead explained the advantages and disadvantages of both.

After hearing this, Grandpa Shen looked at Su Nuannuan differently.

Although he looked down on Western medicine, its effectiveness was undeniable. He also agreed with Su Nuannuan's view. Take the soldiers guarding the country, for example; treating their illnesses still required Western medicine.

If a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner were to treat them, the person might die before the medicine is even prescribed. Therefore, while these older practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine may feel resistance or disdain towards the spread of Western medicine in China, they won't stop it. Because there is indeed a group of people who are still waiting for Western medicine to save their lives.

Grandpa Shen's impression of Su Nuannuan improved even more. He had initially thought Su Nuannuan was just a naive young girl, but he hadn't expected her to speak so logically and reasonably when discussing medicine. He thought to himself: No wonder she's a student from Beijing University!

He suddenly realized that the solution the little girl had suggested was to save his grandson.

So he asked.

"Nuan Nuan, what method did you use to save Xiao Tian? Can you tell me in detail?"

(End of this chapter)