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Today, I will first talk to my friends about traditional Chinese medicine. Of course, I am not a doctor. What I call “talking about traditional Chinese medicine” is actually conveying the descriptions of traditional Chinese medicine from various authoritative materials to friends.
I want to talk to my friends today about the traditional Chinese medicine of ephedra. The traditional Chinese medicine Ephedra originates from a plant called Ephedra, which belongs to the Ephedraceae family.
What is the effect of ephedra? The above information states:
Activating lung qi to induce sweating, relieving external symptoms, relieving asthma, regulating the passage of water to the bladder, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, warming, dispersing cold, clearing obstruction, and dispersing nodules.
These expressions of traditional Chinese medicine may make us nod a bit. However, it doesn’t matter. I’m not talking about traditional Chinese medicine, I just want my friends to know that ephedra is a single medicine that can treat diseases. That’s all.
Ephedra is not yet an ordinary medicine, it is also a famous traditional Chinese medicine. As a traditional Chinese medicinal herb, Chinese people have been using ephedra for over 4000 years. Several thunderous doctors are using ephedra to treat diseases, such as the ephedra soup in Zhang Zhongjing’s “Treatise on Typhoid Fever”, which is used to treat typhoid fever; In the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao’s book “Preparation of Urgent Thousand Gold Medicinal Prescriptions” listed the Yinqi Tang, which was also used to treat diseases with ephedra. In the “Compendium of Materia Medica” written by Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty, there are also prescriptions for ephedra.
The most famous information about ephedra is that Zhang Zhongjing’s “Treatise on Febrile Diseases” states that the ephedra soup made from ephedra is the first famous prescription in China for treating epidemics.
What is an epidemic? No more explanations. COVID-19 is a disease.
After the occurrence of COVID-19, Zhang Boli, an academician of the CAE Member, and Professor Liu Qingquan, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Capital Medical University, summarized the treatment of COVID-19 and developed Xuanfei Baidu Granule, a traditional Chinese medicine, which was listed in the national Diagnosis and Treatment Plan for novel coronavirus Pneumonia. And the core drug of this traditional Chinese medicine is ephedra.
This Xuanfei Baidu Granule is derived from several classic Chinese medicine formulas, including Maxing Shigan Tang, Maxing Yigan Tang, and so on. The core traditional Chinese medicine in these formulas is Ephedra. These famous formulas come from traditional Chinese medicine classics such as “Treatise on Cold Damage” and “Synopsis of the Golden Chamber”. According to media reports, during the epidemic, doctors observed 280 cases of this drug in the shelter of Jiangxia in Wuhan, and none of them became critically ill.
This is the achievement of the medicine ephedra.
If you think it is far from you to use ephedra to treat COVID-19, let’s say another disease that is nearest to us is cold. Many cold medicines contain ephedra, such as phenols, methamphetamine tablets, pseudoephedrine tablets, or aminoephedrine tablets.
In this way, many of us may have unknowingly used ephedra to treat illnesses. Because of the COVID-19, few people have ever been positive. Many people have used drugs made of ephedra to treat diseases. Even if you haven’t been positive during this epidemic, or if you don’t use ephedra in it after being positive, then you have always had a cold, right? Usually, when we get a cold, we go to buy medicine. It’s uncertain which time the cold medicine you buy contains ephedra.
Having said so much, what fact do I want to tell my friends? Is it about traditional Chinese medicine? Of course not, because I am not a doctor. I just want to tell my friends the most basic and common reality is that ephedra is a medicine that can treat diseases. It’s that simple.
Speaking of this, you will definitely say that you are wasting our time. We all know that ephedra can treat diseases.
So let me tell you another piece of information, which may not be something all friends know:
Ephedra is the most important raw material for the production of the very famous drug – methamphetamine. The main ingredient in methamphetamine is extracted from the substance called ephedrine, also known as ephedrine, which is contained in many cold medicines. The extracted chemical is called amphetamines.
Simply put, ephedra is closely related to our lives, and many, many people have taken drugs containing ephedra. However, ephedra is also a raw material for making methamphetamine—- In fact, some unscrupulous individuals may even purchase a large amount of cold medicine, extract ephedrine from the cold medicine, and then turn it into a drug called methamphetamine.
This is ephedra.
Some friends may say, is this okay? What are you trying to say today?
Next, I want to raise a somewhat brainy question for my friends. Please note that I used the word ‘brain damage’.
What is my somewhat brainy problem? It’s like this, please listen carefully, friends:
Although ephedra can treat diseases, many cold medicines contain ephedra. However, since ephedra can also be made into methamphetamine, should we arrest those who sell ephedra or cold medicines containing ephedra?
From a different perspective, describe the problem of brain disability level again:
Ephedra can be used to make methamphetamine, and even extract the ephedrine in cold medicine, which can be made into methamphetamine through chemical reactions. Therefore, should we arrest those who sell ephedrine or cold medicine containing ephedrine?
I admit, this is a brain disability level issue.
I believe that no one would arrest those who sell ephedra or cold medicines containing ephedra because it can be used to make methamphetamine.
So what exactly do I want to say today?
I want to say today that applying this level of intellectual disability logic to Americans is worth discussing. The logic of this level of intellectual disability usually does not need to be elaborated on, but in the face of some practices in the United States, it is necessary to elaborate on the logic of this level of intellectual disability, and even discuss it. Why?
On April 14th, the United States announced sanctions against two entities in China: Wuhan Shuokang Biotechnology Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Xiaoli Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd.
Why did the United States sanction these two entities in China this time? Is it because they have mastered high technology? The answer is: No.
Why is that?
The answer is: because after the ordinary chemicals produced by these two companies were sold to Mexico, Mexican drug traffickers treated them into the drug fentanyl and sold it to the United States.
My chemistry knowledge is basically returned to my chemistry teacher. I don’t want to share with my friends what chemicals are sold to Mexico by two entities in China. In short, this chemical is a regular chemical that can be used for multiple purposes, including one that is similar to ephedra and can also be used to make drugs. It’s just that ephedra can be used to make methamphetamine, while the chemicals produced by these two entities in China can be used by Mexican drug traffickers to make fentanyl in Mexico.
So, the United States imposed sanctions on two Chinese entities.
At the press conference on April 14, United States Attorney General Garland also pretended that they were cracking down on a large-scale trafficking of fentanyl.
It sounds like they are quite aggressive, but as a result, they have used their power to sanction two entities in China, and the chemicals produced by these two entities can be used for various purposes. The bad guys can make drugs with them, and the good guys can benefit society with them. Just as bad people can make methamphetamine with ephedra, ancient famous Chinese doctors Zhang Zhongjing, Sun Simiao, Li Shizhen, modern famous doctors Zhang Boli and Liu Qingquan can treat COVID-19 and colds with ephedra.
The bad guys in Mexico used ordinary chemicals produced in China to manufacture fentanyl and sold it to the United States, and the Americans imposed sanctions on the Chinese people.
This is how the United States prohibits drugs.
This is how the United States sanctions others.
My friends now feel the purpose of my laborious discussion with them about the problem of mental disability in the first half of today?
I really want to ask Americans, Mexican drug dealers still use water when making fentanyl. Are you going to send special forces to blow up their wells or the rivers that fetch water?
I also want to ask Americans that in 2022, a total of 44186 people in the United States died from gun violence. Simply put, in 2022, 44186 Americans were shot dead in China, and producing guns requires the use of steel. So, are you going to sanction the steel mills that produce steel?
I would also like to ask the Americans. The chemicals produced by two Chinese entities that were sanctioned by the United States on April 14th were used to manufacture fentanyl in Mexico and then transported to the United States. Americans believe that China has harmed the United States, leading to the proliferation of drugs such as fentanyl in the United States. However, these two Chinese entities are located in China, and according to the general law of things, they sell the ordinary chemicals they produce to China, Is it more likely to be made into fentanyl by Chinese villains? However, there has still been no large-scale abuse of fentanyl in China to this day.
I don’t know if Americans have the basic logical ability to think about such a problem that is close to being mentally disabled?
If they can’t even answer such brainy questions, I provide Americans with a message:
On May 1, 2019, China officially listed fentanyl like substances in its first global category. However, the United States has not done this until now.
In other words, China’s way to fight against drugs is to fight against drugs, while the American way to fight against drugs is not to fight against drugs, but only to fight against the raw materials for drug production – and these raw materials can also have many other uses that are conducive to society, just as ephedra can treat COVID-19 and colds.
More importantly, the United States has not sanctioned American companies, but has crossed the vast ocean of scales and sanctioned Chinese companies.
This is the anti drug policy in the United States.
This is the sanctions imposed by the United States.
Not only that, they also hyped up in public opinion, saying that “China will import a large amount of fentanyl into the United States”. Please note that when describing the situation, their public opinion does not mean that China has exported the raw materials for producing fentanyl, but directly states that China has exported fentanyl. In fact, since September 2019, the United States has never seized fentanyl from China.
This is the trick used by the American media to switch sides.
This routine is like Zhang San selling ephedra or cold medicine containing ephedra, and Li Si using these things to make methamphetamine. Therefore, the media said that Zhang San sold methamphetamine.
If you are a pharmacy owner who sold cold medicine containing ephedra last month and the media said you sold methamphetamine next month, how would you feel?
How do Americans create fake news? This is a classic routine.
Before the story was over, they switched sides and began to play up their emotions, saying that China was “retaliating against the Opium War”. Hehe, they also know that the background of the Opium War was the export of drugs from Western countries such as the United States to China. It’s almost two hundred years now, and they finally admit it.
And the latest script is that this statement from American and Western media has spread to Mexico. Some Mexican media have cited Western reports and further exaggerated their portrayal of the entire process of the so-called crime. This becomes more and more mysterious, known as the “Hollywood movie style” plot and plot by Chinese media.
This is actually the direct reason why I am writing this article today.
But today I don’t want to analyze how Americans should solve their drug problem. I just want to introduce to my friends the absurd logical chain of Americans slandering China.
I did this for another reason. Recently, a friend said during a discussion with me that some of my evaluations of the United States are too subjective and arbitrary. This makes me reflect on why some friends have such thoughts.
After thinking about it, I believe that I may have made a mistake in the past, which was that I did not carefully sort out the logical chain of some absurd American practices, but instead came to a conclusion directly. This leads some kind-hearted Chinese people to always intentionally or unintentionally consider issues from the perspective of the United States, so they feel that the United States is a bit bad, but not as bad as I said.
So today I will focus on clarifying where Americans are bad. I used to think that a problem like this with a mental disability level was not worth wasting time discussing in detail. But reality forces me to elaborate on this level of mental disability.
Finally, let’s end today with the absurd reason that the United States has imposed sanctions on Chinese companies in another field.
On January 14, 2021, then US President Trump was about to step down in 7 days, but he still signed a decree to include 9 Chinese companies on the so-called “Chinese military industry enterprises” list, including Chinese mobile phone and small home appliance manufacturer Xiaomi.
So, why did they include Xiaomi as a so-called “Chinese military enterprise”? Why did Xiaomi become a military enterprise when it was clearly producing mobile phones and some small household appliances?
Later on, we got the answer. Because Xiaomi refused to accept the lawsuit filed in the United States, the US Department of Defense must respond and explain the reasons for blacklisting Xiaomi as a so-called “Chinese military enterprise”.
Do you know what the reasons provided by the US Department of Defense in court are? Two:
Article 1: Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun was awarded an award by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2019.
That’s it, it’s over.
Lei Jun received a certificate from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which became the reason why Xiaomi is known as a “Chinese military industry enterprise”. Do you still remember the word “brain damage” I said at the beginning of today? Do you think the US Department of Defense is mentally disabled?
Let’s reiterate the second reason why the US Department of Defense blacklisted Xiaomi as a so-called “Chinese military enterprise”: Xiaomi has an ambitious investment plan to develop advanced technologies such as 5G and artificial intelligence. That is to say, Xiaomi is obsessed with high-tech development. The reason why Xiaomi is a so-called “Chinese military industry enterprise” is that it is obsessed with high-tech. Therefore, Xiaomi was included in the so-called “Chinese military industry enterprises” blacklist and will be subject to sanctions.
Some kind-hearted Chinese people believe that Xiaomi may have a connection with China’s military. Let’s not say whether there is or not yet. Even if there are, do you Americans need to provide evidence? Aren’t you governing the country according to law? In the hearts of many Chinese who worship the United States, the United States is a model of rule of law and a beacon of the world! You see how evidence is emphasized in American movies when things go wrong. In American movies, evidence is more important than the lives of Americans.
However, the evidence presented in the US defense court is only that Xiaomi wants to engage in high-tech, and Xiaomi’s founder, Lei Jun, has received a certificate from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. With this, Xiaomi was included in the so-called “Chinese military industry enterprise”.
I am introducing this situation like this. I don’t know if those kind friends still believe that Americans have a little bit of reason to do things? I have to say, he often has no reason at all, no reason at all! I just want to make things so absolute. In terms of reasoning, the United States is currently at the level of intellectual disability.
That’s why I always feel outraged when I mention the United States many times.
Yes, I have seen shameless people before. I really haven’t seen such shameless people before. Opening history books, I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shameless people.
This is my evaluation of the United States.
If some kind-hearted Chinese feel that my words are too heavy and may not be in line with reality, then please come back and have a good taste of the absurd American logic I shared with my friends today.