Jilin, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- "Generation Z" African guys love traditional Chinese medicine: use this medicine to benefit more people.
**Reporter Cang Yan Shi Hongyu.
Jilin during the winter solstice is very cold, which makes Siyang from Africa a little uncomfortable. As soon as he has free time, Siyang goes to the Chinese medicine experience hall to "soak", and he is very interested in cupping in Chinese medicine.
Siyang, 26, came to China from Ghana in 2018 and is currently studying at Jilin University of Medicine. The young African often talks about cupping with his relatives back home, and he plans to buy a cupping device that sells well in the Chinese market and mail it to his family in Ghana.
So far, Siyang has been interning at the hospital for more than three months, and like local office workers, he takes the bus to "commute" every day.
In school, Siyangxue's major is clinical medicine, which also has courses in traditional Chinese medicine. To this day, he still remembers his first TCM class vividly: the teacher used PPT to show ancient books such as "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", and introduced the concepts of acupuncture and cupping to the students.
Chinese is broad and profound, and in order to understand relevant professional books, Siyang will spend a lot of time going to the library or looking up materials from the Internet. "The grammar used in the book seems to be 'different' from what I learned, but fortunately, the Internet in China is very well developed and can help me. Siyang said with a smile that the ancient books contain a lot of "secrets" for healing.
In the past few years, Siyang has never taken leave to miss a TCM class, and attaches great importance to this course. He casually told reporters: ginseng soaking in water can replenish qi and strengthen the spleen, and deer antler velvet has the effect of nourishing yin and blood. "I also mailed ginseng to my family and told them to take it on time and in the right amount to improve their immunity. ”
Siyang climbs the mountain with his Chinese friends. (*From ***.)
In his spare time, Siyang mostly "consults" with doctors in TCM clinics. "The doctor saw that I was a foreigner, and when he communicated with me, he would explain more about the principles of treatment. "Siyang usually likes to play football, and occasionally strains. At this time, the miraculous effect of traditional Chinese medicine is reflected, and acupuncture has a very good effect on the ** after injury. ”
Outside the window, the playground was covered with heavy snow, white as jade, such a beautiful snow scene that Siyang had never seen in his hometown. In this northeastern Chinese city, he learned to ski, skate, and learn a few words in the local dialect: "What are you gaha (for)?"Today's weather quacked (very) good. ”
Siyang, who came to China across the ocean, did not feel that he was in a foreign land. "The Chinese are very warm to 'strangers', regardless of each other, just like the people of Ghana. This African guy believes that "tolerance" is a common virtue of the people of Canada and China.
Siyang said that after finishing his internship next summer, he will continue to study in China, strive to learn more knowledge of Chinese medicine, master the application of Chinese medicine, and return to China in the future to become an excellent doctor, so that Chinese medicine can benefit more people. (ENDS).
Author: Cang Yan Shi Hongyu.