China News Service, Yinchuan, December 31st, title: Chinese doctors as "foreign teachers": Let Chinese medicine "root and sprout" in Benin, Africa
Author Yang Di
"In Benin, an African country, the local people call the silver needles in the hands of medical team members a'magic needle'." In a telephone interview with reporters on the 31st, Zhou Shufeng, a member of the 24th batch of China's (Ningxia) medical team assisting Benin, said.
Benin is located in south-central West Africa. The climate is hot and humid. In addition, local people are accustomed to using head weights. Lumbar and cervical spondylosis have become common local diseases, and these diseases can be effectively improved by Chinese medicine treatment.
On December 15, 2019, the 24th batch of China's (Ningxia) medical aid team to Benin arrived in Benin to carry out medical assistance.
During the assistance to Benin, the medical team carried out more than 1,300 person-times such as massage, cupping, and acupuncture to cure diseases and relieve pain for many people in Benin.
For more than a year, Chinese doctors have won the respect of the people of Benin with their superb medical skills and noble medical ethics, and they have also allowed the national essence of Chinese medicine to "root and sprout" in the local area.
"The people of Benin have a high evaluation of our Chinese medicine. Walking on the street, the people of Benin will greet us cordially when they see us; they will take the initiative to help us repair when there is a water leak in our residence." Zhou Shufeng said.
But teaching people to fish is worse than teaching people to fish.
Tian Tong and Zhou Shufeng, the captain of the 24th batch of China (Ningxia) medical aid team to Benin, decided to give full play to their expertise in the field of Chinese medicine and teach Chinese medicine techniques to local physiotherapists in Benin.
"We mainly teach doctors of Benin cupping, massage methods and acupuncture treatment techniques." Zhou Shufeng said that massage and cupping are relatively easy to teach, and mainly requires students to practice more later. "But for acupuncture, Benin doctors did not dare to do it at first. operating."
In order to let Benin doctors eliminate their fear of acupuncture, members of the medical team will let Benin doctors watch while they are performing acupuncture treatments for patients.
Tian Tong introduced that when the doctor in Benin saw that the slender silver needle entered the human body and could cure the disease, he felt very unbelievable and aroused great interest in learning.
"In order to let the doctors of Benin get better started, we demonstrated them hand in hand." Tian Tong said that they will also use acupuncture point models to explain acupuncture techniques to students to deepen their memory of acupuncture points.
Nowadays, doctors from Benin who are trained in Chinese medicine can carry out simple massage, cupping, and acupuncture treatments.
It is understood that the 23rd batch of medical aid teams in Benin established the first Chinese medicine clinic in Benin, sowing the "seeds" of Chinese medicine, while the 24th batch of medical teams took over the "baton" to spread the culture of Chinese medicine and let Chinese medicine In Benin, it gradually became "rooted". "I think the prospects of traditional Chinese medicine in Benin are relatively broad, and I hope that the next batch of medical teams can continue to develop traditional Chinese medicine." Tian Tong said. (Finish)