Hot Interpretation ｜ On the first day of the supreme leader’s inspection in Henan, he realized the profound meaning of ＂keeping integrity and innovating＂

△ Exclusive video General Secretary of the Supreme Leader visited Nanyang, Henan Province.

Nanyang city is a famous historical and cultural city in China, which has nurtured historical and cultural celebrities such as Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage". Zhang Zhongjing’s Treatise on Febrile Diseases is a household name.

In June, 2020, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader specifically mentioned this classic book when talking with experts and scholars, and highly praised the combination of Chinese and Western medicine and the combination of Chinese and Western medicine as a major feature of epidemic prevention and control. At the same time, he stressed that the combination of Chinese and western medicine and the combination of Chinese and western medicine "is also a vivid practice of inheriting the essence of Chinese medicine and keeping integrity and innovation."

Inheriting the essence, the development of traditional Chinese medicine can go back to ancient times; The development of traditional Chinese medicine will be clear and turbulent only when it is upright and innovative.

In October 2019, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader made important instructions on the work of traditional Chinese medicine, demanding to follow the development law of traditional Chinese medicine, inherit the essence, be upright and innovative, and accelerate the modernization and industrialization of traditional Chinese medicine.

At the new historical starting point, it is the general secretary’s test and mobilization to implement the new development concept and closely follow the high-quality development of Chinese medicine to go to Nanyang to specially inspect the development of Chinese medicine.

At the Medical Shrine in Nanyang City, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader carefully read Zhang Zhongjing’s prescription for treatise on febrile diseases, and also looked at an acupuncturist in the Eastern Han Dynasty for a long time. This pottery man is covered with acupuncture points, which has high academic value.

△On May 12th,General Secretary of Supreme Leader’s Investigation in Nanyang, Henan Province.

General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly called Chinese medicine a treasure, which is an important carrier of excellent traditional culture.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the development of Chinese medicine has ushered in a new historical opportunity, and the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader attaches great importance to it.

In 2016, he visited Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. He specially inspected the product production line and drug display of Jiangzhong Medicine Valley manufacturing base. In 2018, in the Guangdong-Macao Cooperative Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park in Zhuhai, he had a cordial exchange with researchers, encouraging them to dig deep into the essence of Chinese medicine and let Chinese medicine go global; In 2019, he visited Huaxi Village, Zhongyi Township, Chongqing. He listened to Ma Peiqing, a local poverty-stricken villager, introducing the planting situation of Polygonatum sibiricum … …

During this inspection in Nanyang, the Supreme Leader General Secretary asked for the further development of Chinese medicine: "We should develop Chinese medicine, pay attention to the interpretation of the principles of Chinese medicine with modern science, and take the road of combining Chinese and Western medicine."

The development history of Chinese medicine is a history of innovation. From Huangdi Neijing to the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine, to the emergence of pestilence in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and then to the birth of modern artemisinin … … Innovation is always the fundamental driving force to promote the development of traditional Chinese medicine.

When the epidemic struck in 2020, Chinese medicine widely participated in the treatment of COVID-19, deeply involved in the whole process of diagnosis and treatment, and became an important part of the "China method" against the epidemic. After that, China took the lead in controlling the epidemic, resuming production and realizing positive economic growth … … Handed over a number of answers that made people all over the world sit up and take notice.

"Adhere to both Chinese and Western medicine and promote the complementary and coordinated development of Chinese medicine and Western medicine." General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has profoundly expounded the health and healthy development model with China characteristics, and pointed out the direction for doing a good job in traditional Chinese medicine in the new era.

Today, Huangdi Neijing and Compendium of Materia Medica are listed in the Memory of the World List by UNESCO. Traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture and Tibetan medicine bath method are listed in the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage respectively; Inspired by the classics of traditional Chinese medicine, Tu Youyou, a pharmacist in China, used modern scientific and technological means to extract artemisinin, thus winning the Nobel Prize. By April 2021, Chinese medicine had spread to 196 countries and regions.

All people share health, and the world shares health. Promoting the inheritance, innovation and development of traditional Chinese medicine is a key to open the treasure house of Chinese civilization.

It is the common responsibility of the whole society to inherit, develop and make good use of the precious wealth left by our ancestors.

(Central Radio and Television General Station CCTV Network)