pingnan is a typical small town in south china. it is style is both traditional and modern. it is busy, lively and active. the local people are young but not conservative. like any normal morning in pingnan many people do exercises on the street. dr. huang is one of them. he likes running before he start working and the fresh smell of morning,
which fills him with energy. he always runs to the centre of the bridge he likes to watch the river going far. it is the third largest river in china. he told me he has seen the town and that the river has changed, every thing is changing, including his business. as a respectable doctor huang’s pharmacy is usually full of patients in the morning. like many doctors in chinese pharmacies,
dr. huang provides the option of traditional or modern medicine to patients. this old woman chose to use chinese medicine. why is it that some people prefer chinese medicine and the others choose modern drugs? huang:why do people wants to take modern medicine? because it is convenient, you just take it with water, and the effect is quick. some people prefer chinese herbs, it is usually the elderly,
because it has fewer side effects. the young prefer not to take it, unless they are suffering from a particular condition a chinese herbal medicine prescription is made up of different kinds of herbs it needs time to be prepared. then these herbs are boiled for 30 to 60 minutes in a boiler. many people don’t want to spend much time preparing a herbal remedy, especially young people.
the appearance of the herbs doesn’t look attractive and they taste strong and bitter. this is why people don’t like it for dr. huang, purchasing herbs is one of the most troublesome chores he has to face in the past, but things are now changing. now i purchase the herbs form a local medicinal agency. it is owned by a big herbal company.
the government encourages us to use these agencies, so that traders like me do not go to the herbal market, especially for these doctors in pharmacy. this is because herbs in these agencies are check by government department huang welcomes these new rules for medicine stock, because these rules allow him to save a lot of time. it only takes him 5 minutes by motorcycle to get to the local agency. in the past, it took 5 hours by car to get to
the original herbal market, which is in another city. huang said the change is due to the development of economy. huang shows us how the appearance of the town was changed. he said these changes are good for the town. the pier has become the flood control embankment it is in progress now, once it is finished, the town will be safer huang and the manager are friends, due to huang’s regular purchases from the store. what huang needs to do is give his shopping list to the manager,
he only need to make sure that he gives some stock detail so that the manager will prepare everything well. manager: xia gu herb, what i can give you now is xia gu ball; huang: xia gu ball is fine for me as well, i need ball, i am using it now huang: this is chuang mu ga the manager: you want to buy the hard one or the soft one? huang: you can make the choice for me the manager:with leaves or without leaves? huang: with leaves;
the manager:the one with leaves is a bit more expensive. huang: the hard one is cheaper? the manager: yes, it is cheaper. ok, no problem. there are hundreds of herbal medicine on the shelves, the assistant ming told us that they are all come from different places. ming: these materials are from different places, every area has its own product it decided by the local environment who supervises the quality and safety of these medicines?
ming： there are many department responsible for medicine sales and safety test. these include the medicine control department, medicine test centre and business management they all supervise these medicines huang takes some of the stock back to the pharmacy; these are herbs he needs immediately. the manager will deliver the rest of them within 12 hours. huang heard that the original herbal market will be closed at the end of this year. so at the following day, dr. huang decided to visit the market again,
the market he has been visiting for 20 years. this may be the last time he visit the market, this market is the biggest herbal market in the south china, all pharmacies and hospitals purchase herbs from this market. i used to wake up at 6 am and take 5 hours bus journey to get there. i need to bargain( with dealers) check and deliver (herbs) by myself the whole processes would mean spending an entire day. it was hard huang hasn’t been to the market for 2 years since the local agency was established.
huang'assistant the market doesn’t change too much, does it? huang:no, it doesn’t. it will be changed soon this herbal market was built in 1988 it is the oldest herbal market in china, and it is also the biggest in the south. but now the government is going to demolish it and replace it with a modern herbal exhibition centre which will be built nearby. this is the trading network of the market.
this network covers all over the country, including shangdong, fujian and xinjiang, far to tibet huang:hey, how much is it? fey:how many do you want to buy? huang:how much will it be if i want to buy 10 kilograms? fey:15 rmb (per kg) huang:what about this? fey:this values 22 rmb. i offer you 22 rmb. huang:that’s expensive. can you lower the price on this?
fey and her sister yun are from gansu, a north china province. it takes 4 days by train from their home to this city. they’ve run this store for 6 years. huang:you plant mass herbs by yourself in your hometown , don’t you? fey:yes, i plant herbs on a huge scale. we don’t plant wheat in my hometown, we plant herbs. huang:it is like a planting base? fey:yes, it is like a base. we make a living by planting herbs.
these herbs are definitely cheaper than those from the agency. because the agency will treat and pack the herbs, these herbs are original materials andwithout treatment and packaging, this is why they are cheaper,you have to treat them yourself, you have to check the quality yourself, if you think they are good enough, you can then use them. in order to control the safety of herbs, the new herbal centre will require companies to re-register with the medical department,
and the herbs will have to be package well. but all the cost for these processes must be paid by the store owners. how will fey deal with new centre’s policies? will she stay or leave? fei:we will go home, the cost is too high, you know, you need to employ more workers(for packing medicine). we will go home and then decide what we can do. i can’t afford the cost in the past, huang was busy for buying stock. but this is the last time dr. huang visits this market,
so he decided to have a look in some of the stores which he had never been in before this is the high-end medicine store. this store sells rare medicines, they are very very expensive. this is caterpillar fungus. it worths 3000 british pounds per kilograms this is a type of epiphyte. it is ascospore. in winter, it is an insect in summer, the herb will be born from the insect. the herb is leafy, has a seed in summer, it becomes insect in winter, it moves.
this herb is very rare this is glossy ganoderma. this is quanchong. it is from the deep mountain; this is dried placenta the market manager: they all are rare medicine. the source of some medicine not clear, they may be from deep mountain, or from some underground channels, i don’t know some of them.
the government doesn’t encourage selling them, but doesn’t ban as well. some of these medicines are difficult to re-register and package, what will the store owner do after the market close? the owner doesn’t have an answer. dr. huang is looking forward to the market’s move. he is happy that he no longer has to travel so far, and will have worry less about the quality of the herbs, but he also feels nostalgic when he looks back at his hard work over the past 20 years.
after leaving the market, huang goes to an herbal exhibit store nearby. this store is established as the model of herbal exhibition centre in it. there are hundreds of herbal medicines and health-care products. all these products must be checked by medicine control department, which means that they were need to go through strict production processes and packaging well. look, here are the health-care products, which are packed. they are little a bit more expensive(than in the market), but not too much, just a little bit. because it was packed already, the quality is guaranteed.
this is longan, my town’s product; it is from my home town. dr.huang decided to buy some packaged medicine, he says the patients like the herbal medicine which are packed well. it looks beautiful and safe. some medicines can be used directly without prescription and here they are popular. the chinese herbal medicines have exist for more than 2000 years, over times, many traditions have been lost. what happens to the future of new herbal market? no one knows.
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