What’s going on with the “Abolition of Traditional Chinese Medicine Case”?

The case of abolition of traditional Chinese medicine during the *** period. The most cruel discrimination and torture against traditional Chinese medicine is *** ***.

In February 1929, the Nationalist Congress held the first Central Health Commission meeting and passed the "Abolition of Old Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine) to Remove Obstacles to Medicine and Health" proposed by Western medicine doctor Yu Yunxiu and others. The "Request for the Abolition of the Old Medical School Case" was submitted to the Ministry of Education, and stipulated 6 specific measures to eliminate traditional Chinese medicine: 1. Implement the registration of old medical schools, and grant licenses before they can operate. The registration period is one year.

2. Train old doctors for a period of five years. After the training is completed, a certificate will be given.

Those without this certificate will cease business.

3. Since 1929, former doctors who are over 50 years old and have been operating in the country for more than 20 years are exempted from supplementary education and given a special business license, but are not allowed to Diagnose and treat notifiable infectious diseases and issue death certificates, etc.

This special business license is valid for 15 years and cannot be used upon expiration.

4. It is prohibited to introduce old doctors in newspapers.

5. Check news magazines and prohibit non-scientific medical propaganda.

6. It is prohibited to establish old medical schools.

This is the infamous "Abolition of Traditional Chinese Medicine Case" in history.

Yu Yunxiu, who studied in Japan to study Western medicine, is a representative figure of the abolitionist school of traditional Chinese medicine.

He has always attacked and belittled Chinese medicine, equating Chinese medicine with witchcraft, and even pointed out that "Chinese medicine is the culprit of murders" and wants to abolish it and then expedite it.

His approach to traditional Chinese medicine is to "discard medicine and save medicine". Traditional Chinese medicine is abolished, but traditional Chinese medicine can still be used as medical research materials.

Yu Yunxiu’s four reasons for “abolition of the case of traditional Chinese medicine” are: (1) The theories of traditional Chinese medicine are all absurd; (2) The pulse method of traditional Chinese medicine is based on the study of Wei Hou, which is self-deception; (3) Traditional Chinese medicine is incompetent Prevent epidemic diseases; (4) The pathogenic theory of traditional Chinese medicine prevents scientificization.

He explained many times that the proposal was intended to gradually eliminate traditional Chinese medicine within fifty years. The first was to allow traditional Chinese medicine to die of old age and die naturally; the second was not to allow schools to operate, leaving no successors.

Therefore, Yu Yunxiu was ridiculed by the world as a "slave of Eastern and Western medicine" and became a sinner through the ages.

On February 26, 1929, Shanghai "News" first disclosed the matter.

When the news came out, the whole country was shocked and people's blood boiled. The Chinese medicine community showed unprecedented unity and awakening, setting off a massive anti-abolition wave across the country.

The Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Association first initiated a joint meeting of Shanghai pharmaceutical groups, inviting representatives from more than 40 traditional Chinese medicine groups such as the China Medical Federation, the Chinese Medical Federation, Shanghai Chinese Medical College, and the Medical Chunqiu Society. Discuss countermeasures (Petition Report of National Medical and Pharmaceutical anizations Chronicle of Medical Field, 1929, 34: 48. National Medical Association *** Report, Medical Field Spring and Autumn, 1929, (34): 48).

The meeting discussed and decided to organize the Shanghai Federation of Pharmaceutical Groups to take unified action, and decided to prepare for the convening of the National Pharmaceutical Group Congress, scheduled for March 17.

On August 17, 1923, the National Congress of Pharmaceutical Groups held its opening ceremony at the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce venue.

In order to show support for the conference, the traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine circles in Shanghai were closed for half a day. Many eye-catching slogans were posted in front of pharmacies, such as "Supporting traditional Chinese medicine is to maintain the quintessence of our country", "Banning traditional Chinese medicine It will lead to the death of the sick people", "Oppose the Ministry of Health's resolution to ban traditional Chinese medicine", etc.

Huge couplets "Promote Chinese Medicine to Prevent Cultural Invasion" and "Promote Chinese Medicine to Prevent Economic Invasion" were hung at the venue. aggression".

The conference was attended by representatives of 132 groups from 15 provinces including Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, and Shanxi***262 people.

The important proposals passed by the conference include: (1) *** issues, the resolution is handled by the Executive Committee.

Xie Liheng, Sui Hanying, Jiang Wenfang, Zhen Cunren, and Zhang Mei'an were elected to form the Jinjing *** delegation to submit their speeches to the Third National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the National People's Congress, the Executive Yuan, and the Legislative Yuan respectively. , the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and other units***, demanding the withdrawal of the proposal to abolish traditional Chinese medicine.

(2) Regarding construction issues, request traditional Chinese medicine schools to join the school system, allow the case to be filed, and establish traditional Chinese medicine schools in various provinces.

(3) March 17 is designated as the National Medical Day, a day for unity and prayer in the Chinese medicine community.

"Medical Spring and Autumn" sponsored by Zhang Zanchen, a famous Chinese medicine doctor in Shanghai, published the "Struggle of Chinese Medicine Industry", exposing the conspiracy of Yu Yunxiu and others.

On March 2, the "Social Medicine News" edited by Yu Yunxiu openly published the "Abolition of Traditional Chinese Medicine Case" that had not yet been announced.

This is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire. The two sides are at war with each other and are facing each other head-on.

Within a few days, countless letters and letters of questioning from traditional Chinese medicine groups from various places flew to the Nanjing ***.

On March 17, 1929, 281 representatives from 242 groups and 17 provinces and cities across the country gathered in Shanghai to convene the National Congress of Pharmaceutical Groups.

Huge slogans such as "Promote Traditional Chinese Medicine to Prevent Cultural Invasion" and "Promote Traditional Chinese Medicine to Prevent Economic Invasion" were hung at the venue, and slogans such as "Oppose the abolition of Traditional Chinese Medicine" and "Long live Chinese medicine" were shouted.

The Congress established the "National Federation of Pharmaceutical Groups" and formed a delegation to Beijing to demand that *** immediately cancel the bill.

The Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine community fully supports the conference, *** half a day and provides all transportation.

At the same time, the National General Chamber of Commerce, China *** Commodities Maintenance Association, Medical Newspaper, and representatives of overseas Chinese in Nanyang called to save the Chinese medicine.

Public opinion also supports the traditional Chinese medicine community, and has put forward slogans such as "Banning traditional Chinese medicine will make people sick and die" and "Oppose the Ministry of Health's resolution to ban traditional Chinese medicine."

For a time, the public was furious, and the wave of the movement was quite similar to the "May Fourth" movement on the issue of traditional Chinese medicine. This shows how abolishing traditional Chinese medicine goes against the will of the people.

In order to commemorate the victory of this struggle and hope that traditional Chinese medicine can be promoted in China and even the world and benefit mankind, the medical community designated March 17 as "China's National Medical Day".

The National *** did not expect such an uproar***. It was the time when the Third National Congress of the Communist Party of China was being held. Ye Chuqian, Li Shizeng, Xue Dubi and other dignitaries personally received it* ** On behalf of and expressing condolences.

This forced the Ministry of Health to publicly state that there was no discrimination against traditional Chinese medicine, and agreed to the representatives: although the proposal was passed, it will not be implemented for the time being; Chinese medicine should be renamed national medicine; and it agreed to establish a "Traditional Chinese Medicine Society."

Although this struggle has achieved a certain victory, the Communist Party’s anti-TCM policy has not changed at all, and the abolition of TCM has been carried out in disguised ways.

Soon after, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health issued an order prohibiting traditional Chinese medicine practitioners from using western medicine and equipment; traditional Chinese medicine schools were downgraded to traditional Chinese medicine training centers or traditional Chinese medicine societies, and the name of the school was not allowed to limit the training of traditional Chinese medicine talents; The hospital was converted into a medical office, etc.

The purpose is still to gradually eliminate traditional Chinese medicine, and the National Federation of Medical Groups is especially hated by the Nanjing ***.

The association has strong human, material and financial resources. It frequently reaches the whole country and has strong appeal. It is a powerful organization for the traditional Chinese medicine community to fight against the Nanjing ***.

In January 1931, the Central Executive Committee of *** ordered the association to be disbanded because it did not comply with the law.

This once again aroused the anger of the Chinese medicine community.

On February 1, the traditional Chinese medicine community held an interim congress in Shanghai, attended by 457 representatives from 17 provinces and cities, as well as 223 groups including Nanyang and the Philippines.

At this time, the Chinese medicine community has clearly realized the importance of administrative status, so it clearly proposed equal treatment of Chinese and Western medicine, Chinese medicine participated in health administration, Chinese medicine was renamed Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine dictionaries and textbooks were compiled, and Send representatives to Beijing again to attack.

The scale and momentum of this uprising were greater than the previous one, alarming Chiang Kai-shek.

He first promised the representatives in a serious manner to ask the Civil Service Office to withdraw the two announcements.

However, this was just a delaying tactic. As soon as the representatives withdrew, Chiang Kai-shek, who was also the Minister of Education, immediately overturned his promise in the name of the Ministry of Education.

In March 1930, it was proposed by Jiao Yitang and others to establish the Central Traditional Chinese Medical Center in Nanjing, following the example of the National Martial Arts Museum, and set up branches and branches in various provinces and overseas.

It is responsible for formulating academic standard outlines, unifying disease names, editing and reviewing teaching materials, and has an academic collation committee and an editorial review committee.

People are wondering, are the people suddenly becoming enthusiastic about Chinese medicine? In fact, it is to alleviate the anger of the Chinese medicine community.

The financial source of the Chinese Medical Center is nominally the monthly payment of 5,000 yuan from the National ***, but the payment was reduced by half from the second month, making the Chinese Medical Center unable to run publications. , cannot afford to open training classes, and must rely on support from branch libraries and the traditional Chinese medicine community in various places to maintain it.

This is a special organization that is half official, half civilian, and half academic. It is a deformed institution established under special circumstances.

Its establishment once made the Chinese medicine community rejoice. However, due to the manipulation of the Communist Party, the Chinese Medical Center was called an academic institution but was actually a tool of the Communist Party.

Therefore, the Chinese Medical Center did not do much after its establishment and was in name only. It has been sharply criticized by the traditional Chinese medicine community.