Chinese medicine is not expensive and neither are the remedies

It's okay to compare it to western medicine if it can cure the disease. Any medicine that can't cure a disease is three times more expensive.

I can't see why now, there are a lot of links involved.

There is a situation can be referred to: more than ten years ago when I went to school, went to South Korea to lecture back to the teacher said that the situation in South Korea and our country is different - South Korea to see the Chinese medicine is very expensive to see the Western medicine is relatively inexpensive, traditional Chinese medicine doctor is very popular (China's relative Chinese medicine is declining), to see a Chinese medicine are rich (which is not the same as our country).

At different stages, people's understanding of health, prevention and treatment of disease varied, as did the society's production, processing and commercial operation of medicinal herbs.

I can relate to the fact that Chinese medicine is so expensive.

When I first graduated as a doctor, seven doses of medicine usually cost no more than two hundred dollars, and commonly used formulas for clearing heat and removing toxins and diuresis of dampness were available at a few dollars a dose, and sometimes a few dozen dollars would buy seven doses of medicine. However, I seldom used expensive herbs in those days.

Later, slowly, the price of medicinal materials began to rise, and many very common medicines began to rise in price, like honeysuckle, forsythia and other common medicines. There are also insect medicines, like scorpions, centipedes, stiff silkworms, cicada sloughs, black snakes, and so on. There are tonic medicines, like Codonopsis, Astragalus, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Radix et Rhizoma Eucommiae. Not to mention saffron, sedum, chuanbei, etc. that turn directly into super expensive herbs.

Nowadays, when prescribing, if it's just a common cold, dampness and heat, etc., you can still control the price of the prescription, I usually try not to even use honeysuckle and Chuanbei, as long as I do, the price of the prescription flies up.

Can't help but nowadays people's physique is weak, allergic to more, with some tonic medicine, wind medicine with some cicadas, stiff silkworms and so on, or insomnia sweating with some schizandra, jujube seed, prescription price is not low.

As a doctor who sees patients, I am confused as much as the average person, why are herbs so expensive? I also want to know the reason behind it.

As to whether the prescription is expensive or not, it depends on the specific disease to be treated, as well as each doctor's medication habits. If the doctor is accustomed to using worm medicine, how to prescribe, the prescription is not cheap.

So, sometimes, I prefer to use adult medicines in combination. Those that were once marketed as new medicines are at a more reasonable price point after constant price reductions, and using several medicines in conjunction with each other keeps the price in check while ensuring efficacy. After all, there are some ingredients that you simply can't afford to use with herbs.

Of course, now there are patients who are not bad money, come up and directly ask the doctor, try to use good drugs, not afraid of expensive, this is another story.

Remote mountainous areas, some farmers have a disease, do not have to spend money on medical treatment, on the ground containing grass, all the diseases to go! (The reason why traditional Chinese medicine is so expensive is probably because of the cost of transportation.)

The reason for this phenomenon is very complex, there are human factors and market reasons, do not rule out the possibility of individuals for personal gain prescribing large prescriptions, another important reason is that the raw materials of traditional Chinese medicine in the price increase, there are some market factors. It should be viewed in a comprehensive manner.

(Original) Firstly, Chinese medicine is a risky profession, a skilled profession and an experienced profession.

A good Chinese medicine practitioner is one who has worked hard for many years and has gained experience, especially the famous and old Chinese medicine practitioners, whose registration fees and consultation fees are very expensive, and such treatment is a recognition of the value of their work, the effort they have put in and their ability. This is a recognition of their value of work, labor, and ability. Especially now that prices are skyrocketing, Chinese medicine practitioners are also getting better treatment. [What is the purpose of visiting a doctor?

It is the disease that is cured completely, or recovered to a large extent. Take an example: hemiplegia, ① Western medical treatment, CT, EEG, cardiac computer, check all over, pills, infusion, finally cured, can walk, once the money, tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands of dollars, the terrible thing is that every once in a while, it recurs. Chinese medicine treatment, save the examination fee, the needle and medicine, after a period of time treatment, a few thousand dollars, cured, not rebound. Which one is better?

[aura] [aura] Don't look at the price of a single packet of pills, look at the ultimate efficacy and no rebound. Compare it that way, and you won't find it expensive.

Secondly, the international status of Chinese medicine has been enhanced.

In this year's epidemic in particular, the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine is evident to the entire nation, and the efficacy of "curable and non-rebounding" has been recognized by the world, which has led to an increase in its international status, sales volume and demand, and hence the price has gone up.

Third, the cost of herbs has increased.

Costs of Chinese medicine: seeds, seedlings, cultivation, management, harvesting and labor. Herbalists: packaging, storage, labor, utilities, rent, etc.

Fourth, the herb harvest was reduced.

This year, epidemics and flooding have increased, especially flooding, crops have not been harvested, let alone planting medicinal herbs, income is low, while the demand for medicinal herbs has only increased, so they are sold at a higher price.

Fifth, the hype component.

This phenomenon is like the train ticket "scalpers", driven by capital interests, inevitably do activities.

For example, if a Western doctor sees a cold and takes medicine for three days, the cost of an overnight infusion of medicine is three hundred dollars. In Chinese medicine, the cost of the same three doses of Chinese medicine is one hundred dollars. Is Chinese medicine expensive? The same disease can save you two hundred dollars ah!

The price of Chinese medicine is not expensive, a very rational price. The most important group wants the people to be able to afford to see the disease and to go to the root of the disease.

Influenced by the industrialization of healthcare, finding ways to make more money is the main reason. One cannot deny the factors affecting the market price of herbal medicines.