China News Service Yinchuan, May 4 Telegram: Zhu Bin, the winner of the "China Youth May Fourth Medal"

  China News reporter Yang Di

  "I want to sow the seeds of traditional Chinese medicine in Benin." Zhu Bin, the winner of the "May Fourth Medal of the Chinese Youth", said in a telephone interview on the 4th.

  China and the African country Benin are thousands of miles apart. In 2018, a medical assistance mission made Zhu Bin and the people of Benin have an indissoluble bond. In November of that year, Zhu Bin was selected as the 23rd batch of China (Ningxia) aid medical team to Benin and went to Benin to perform a one-year medical assistance mission.

  During his assistance to Benin, Zhu Bin learned that the people of Benin are accustomed to using heavy objects on their heads, combined with the humid and hot climate. Cervical spondylosis, low back pain and periarthritis have become common local diseases. Has been effectively improved. As the only Chinese medicine doctor who assisted the Benin medical team at the time, Zhu Bin realized: "Chinese medicine is promising in Benin." He set a goal and was determined to establish the first long-term traditional Chinese medicine in Benin. The diagnosis and treatment center provides better medical services to local people and promotes the culture of traditional Chinese medicine.

Zhu Bin carried out acupuncture treatment for Benin patients. Photo courtesy of interviewees

  However, the establishment of a Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment center was not smooth. Benin is one of the least developed countries identified by the United Nations, and its medical conditions are very backward. "The diagnosis and treatment area arranged by the aided hospital is less than 6 square meters, with only one chair and one diagnosis bed." Medical devices such as cupping and silver needles were all brought from China by Zhu Bin.

  People's ignorance of Chinese medicine has also brought difficulties to the establishment of Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment centers. "When I heard about the need to pierce the silver needle into the body during treatment, the local residents instinctively developed a sense of rejection and fear." In order to dispel the concerns of the patient, Zhu Bin used himself as a model and proficiently pierced the silver needle into his Acupuncture points, and to explain to the local people the relationship between acupuncture points and physical functions, the number of patients willing to try Chinese medicine has gradually increased.

  After successfully curing several patients, the TCM diagnosis and treatment center created by Zhu Bin gradually gained fame through word of mouth among the patients. He himself was also respected by the patients as "Chinese doctor", and the aided hospital also provided him with An independent medical clinic carries out TCM treatment.

  However, Benin only had one year of assistance. In order to continue the operation of the Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment center after he left, Zhu Bin decided to find a "successor" in Benin. Soon after, a female rehabilitation teacher in Benin ’s aided hospital became Zhu Bin ’s apprentice. Zhu Bin carefully demonstrated and explained the process of TCM treatment to the apprentice, and translated and translated the norms of TCM treatment for common diseases in Benin into French. Its familiar reading and silent recitation. Subsequently, he actively recommended to the Chinese Embassy in Benin and sent the apprentices to the Chinese Medicine Training Center for 3 months of standardized training. After more than half a year of professors, Zhu Bin ’s apprentices have been "out of the teacher" and can independently carry out acupuncture, cupping, scraping and other traditional Chinese medical treatment services.

  Today, Zhu Bin has returned to China, but the seeds of Chinese medicine he has laid down in Benin have taken root and thrived. The Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment center he has established is now functioning normally, and is playing the role of Chinese medicine treatment and spreading Chinese medicine culture. (Finish)