Fang Shan, a Chinese medicine doctor, has been setting up a clinic near Sydney's Chinatown for more than 20 years. Most of the patients are from the mainstream Australian society. During the outbreak, the clinic was allowed to continue to open as required, but due to restrictions, the number of visitors was reduced by half. However, Fangshan still insists on opening the door every day. When there was no patient, he used his many years of experience in medicine to make some Chinese medicine that was helpful to fight the epidemic.

"In Chinese history, traditional Chinese medicine has fought against more than 100 plagues. Zhang Zhongjing's treatise on febrile diseases was written after summarizing these experiences. I believe that Chinese medicine can also help in the fight against the disease in Australia. " Fang Shan said.

In 2012, TCM was incorporated into the same registration management as western medicine in Australia. Although the government has not let TCM enjoy the public medical treatment of Western medicine, more and more people begin to accept TCM. Novel coronavirus pneumonia is a major achievement of the Chinese medicine. Ma Anyang, general manager of Beijing Tongrentang Australian company and President of the Australian Pharmaceutical Industry Federation, believes that the comprehensive involvement of Chinese medicine in Wuhan's fight against the new crown pneumonia has achieved good results. This successful experience with Chinese characteristics has added a foundation for overseas Tongrentang and TCM people.

In the early days of the epidemic in Australia, traditional Chinese medicine was popular and snapped up. From March to April this year, when the epidemic is most serious in Australia, everyone hopes to find a way to prevent it. Ma Anyang realized clearly that he must help the government and the people to fight against the epidemic on the premise of being reasonable and legal and adapting measures to local conditions. The head office organized the team of Tang zuxuan, a master of Chinese medicine, and issued the "No.24 prescription for strengthening health and avoiding plague" according to the cultural, seasonal and climatic characteristics of Oceania. According to this, Tongrentang, Australia, formulated a "seasonal medicine tea bag" to carry out early symptomatic intervention for susceptible people or those who are at the beginning of the disease. At the same time, for the people who come to see a doctor and buy medicine, in addition to doing a good job of professional anti epidemic interpretation, they also urgently opened online dispensing, online consultation and other services. In the face of the shortage of drug sources and high prices, we should urgently arrange air transportation, at any cost, to find ways to ensure that all the drugs needed by patients are matched, so as to make patients feel at ease.

Time: June 18, 2020

Source:http://www.cntcm.com.cn/2020-06/18/content_77227.htm