Governor Tao spoke first: "Let me talk about the situation during this period. At present, our Chinese herbal medicines have been planted and have begun to sprout. Basically, the success rate can reach 80%. At present, there seems to be no major problems in planting. We just need to wait for the harvest. Some of them grow fast, like mugwort, and we expect to harvest the first batch next month."

"In terms of community promotion, we hold lectures and free TCM clinics in different communities every weekend. We don't charge any consultation fees. People can get a 10% discount by taking our prescriptions to TCM hospitals. Recently, there has been a surge in patients willing to try TCM, and the response has been good."

"Congratulations, Uncle Tao. All these things are in our plan." Gu Shanzhi was also very happy. His efforts in training doctor volunteers back and forth during this period were not in vain.

Governor Tao went on to say, "What I mentioned before is that we can make Chinese medicine into corresponding products and distribute them to the elderly in need. We have also done this. Currently, the elderly come to the hospital to inquire about the products. However, I found that most of the people who support Chinese medicine are the elderly, and the proportion of young patients is very small. So I wonder if we can carry out similar activities for young people or students and children to strive for universal popularization."

Gu Shanzhi thought that Governor Tao's proposal was very good, and it was obvious that he was someone who really wanted to accomplish this: "Uncle Tao, do you have any better ideas?"

"I want to include similar science activities in the spring and autumn tours for students in North City, so that they don't just play around like before. But I'm worried that it's too boring and students won't want to do it, so I want to ask Dr. Xia Gu if there's a better way."

Gu Shanzhi thought for a moment and said, "For senior students, we can use some experiments to let them do the extraction of Chinese herbal medicines by themselves, and then make finished products. This part is also related to junior high school chemistry. Basically, students in grades five and six can do it. To carry out such operations, we can select some medicines with relatively short growth cycles. We must first arouse their interest, and then make common finished products that they can take home and use. It won't seem so empty. I believe that this way of combining education with entertainment will be liked by parents."

"What medicinal herb has a short growth cycle?" Governor Tao really didn't understand.

Gu Shanzhi also thought about it and said, "The wormwood we just mentioned can grow all year round. Basically, a batch of it can be grown in more than a month. It can be used to extract wormwood essential oil and make soap, lipstick, hand cream, eye mask, etc. Of course, there are also dried ginger and roses that students can make some products containing ginger essential oil or rose essential oil by themselves, and they can also experience the combination of scented tea by themselves. We just need to let experienced doctors next door to assist and guide. The students will be allowed to pick this dried ginger, wormwood and roses by themselves, and then take them to experience the whole process, including drying, extraction, and distillation. The whole experimental operation."

"I believe that hands-on experiments like this will be interesting for both boys and girls. It will save students from going to the same amusement park every spring and autumn to play amusement rides. In fact, students will get tired of it. By arranging a different project every year, different grades can participate."

"For children in lower grades, we can let them experience picking herbs, and then make some mosquito repellent sachets and the like, and let them hang them on their bodies and take them away. This is also a good experience. We need to let them realize that many common things in life can be used as Chinese herbal medicines. We should learn from them subtly and not rush for quick results."

After listening to Gu Shanzhi's words, Governor Tao suddenly had an idea: "This is just a very good idea. Thank you, Dr. Gu. I will contact the experts from the Education Bureau and the hospital to work out a plan in this regard. In time, we will be able to popularize traditional Chinese medicine in Beicheng."

"Uncle Tao, you are too polite. This is what I have always wanted to do. Thanks to Uncle Tao, I have this opportunity to realize it. I should thank Uncle Tao. In fact, many things in daily life can be used as medicine. These are presented in the form of interesting experiments. Children are young and don’t understand, but they should know that Chinese medicine is not worse than Western medicine. Our Chinese medicine is also very powerful. There is no need to blindly worship foreign medicine. If it is a sudden illness, Western medicine may be better, but for most diseases or conditioning, Chinese medicine is definitely more suitable for the physique of our people than Western medicine, at least the side effects will be lower. Western medicine is mainly antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, which only treats the symptoms but not the root cause."

Governor Tao nodded in agreement, and the two continued to discuss some details. Two days passed unknowingly.

Gu Shanzhi looked at the time and said, "I'll go check grandma's pulse and see if the prescription needs to be changed while I still have some time."

"Then I'll trouble you, Dr. Gu. My mother will definitely be very happy. She's happy to see you. These past two days, she's started trying to walk more on her own. Although she's using a cane, she's obviously more energetic and spirited when she's taking a walk than before."

"Really? That's great. Grandma recovered so quickly, all thanks to your careful care. This way the treatment will be more effective."

"Doctor Gu, what you said is true. If it weren't for your good prescription, my mother wouldn't have recovered so quickly. I'll go make the arrangements first. We'll meet in the parking lot downstairs in ten minutes."

Gu Shanzhi nodded, and Governor Tao left the meeting room with his assistant.

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