Introduction: The Development and Reform Commission recently revealed that 10.4 billion bottles of medical infusions were administered in China in 2009, equivalent to 1.3 billion people who received 8 bottles of fluids each, far higher than the international level of 2.5 to 3.3 bottles. In Western countries, infusion is the “last resort” for emergency patients, critically ill patients and patients who cannot eat; in China, infusion has simply become a medical culture, as if there is no cure without infusion. The system of the pharmaceutical industry has led to a long-term misguided perception of medical care, resulting in most people suffering from “infusion disease”. In July 1991, the People’s Daily – Overseas Edition published a story about a Chinese man in the United States who sought medical treatment for influenza. When the patient approached the doctor and asked the hospital to give him a fever-reducing injection and an infusion, the doctor said, “This is only done in China, there is no fever-reducing injection in the United States. The key to dealing with fever is to diagnose it rather than rush to give fluids to reduce it, but some people are too obsessed with anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics, which is the result of the long-term misinformation of the domestic medical system. Infusion sends drugs directly into the bloodstream, satisfying patients’ eagerness for quick success Infusion has become a unique medical culture in China, and is a gradual process. However, because infusion is a continuous intravenous injection, it does have the advantage of fast efficacy and short course compared with oral drugs and subcutaneous injections. Oral drugs into the stomach, there is a process of absorption and acceptance of the body, the safest; injection is the injection of medicine into the muscle, gradually flow to the bloodstream, to produce the effect; and with the infusion method, into the body of the drug without the process of receiving oral drugs to take effect slowly. In addition, because of the muscle needle and there are some obvious defects, for example, for adolescents whose hip muscle development is immature, if the more times the injection will lead to muscle fiber necrosis, contracture is serious, serious cases will affect bone development, so when considering treatment options doctors will choose to infusion of this both fast-acting and looks relatively safe therapy. The reason why infusion is fast is that the drug can directly enter the human bloodstream, but it is also this advantage that becomes a risk that the patient is not aware of. China’s antibiotic use rate is three times higher than that of the United Kingdom and the United States, which has become the driving force behind the boom in infusions Also related to the fact that most of the drugs injected are antibiotics, it can be said that the popularity of infusions in China is inseparable from the abuse of antibiotics. The threshold for buying and using antibiotics in China is very low, and people have been accustomed to using antibiotics as a family standby for a long time, so much so that people have to use antibiotics for the slightest headache or fever. The World Health Organization’s recommended rate of antibiotic use in hospitals is 30%. In the United States, the United Kingdom and other developed countries, the in-hospital use rate is 22%-25%, in the last five years in China’s hospitals, the use rate is between 67% and 82%. Antibiotics plus infusions bring a momentary quick and less painful, so that more and more people give up taking medication, intramuscular injections and other means of treatment, and even in hospital visits will directly specify the doctor to prescribe antibiotic infusions with drugs, which often puts doctors in a situation where they are easily misunderstood. There are many safety risks associated with infusions “The infusion method will result in no receiving process for the medicine entering the body, omitting the humoral immunity as well as cellular immunity link, and the medicine entering the heart directly through the blood. If there is an injury, it will immediately flare up and be very dangerous. According to the National Center for Monitoring Adverse Drug Reactions of the Ministry of Health, China currently has 2.5 million patients hospitalized each year because of adverse drug reactions. Long-term infusions can lead to a number of health hazards and, in serious cases, cancer.” Injectable particles can accumulate in the body, often infusion body will grow “granuloma” Any good quality injectable can not reach the ideal “zero particles” standard. A hospital in Beijing found that in 1 ml of 20% mannitol solution, 598 particles with a particle size of 4-30 microns were found in the inspection of the “hanging bottle”. In 1 ml of 50% glucose solution with penicillin, 542 particles of 2-16 microns in size could be detected, and there would be 200,000 particles in 500 ml of solution. As the diameter of the smallest capillaries in the human body is only 4-7 microns, if you often take “suspension”, the particles of more than 4 microns in the medicine will accumulate in the capillaries of heart, lung, liver, kidney, muscle, skin, etc. If this continues, it will directly cause microvascular thrombosis, bleeding and increased venous pressure, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis and Cancer causing. The accumulation of micro particles can also cause local blood supply deficiency, tissue ischemia, hypoxia, edema, inflammation and allergy. The large number of particles that enter the body with the infusion are engulfed by macrophages, which can enlarge the macrophages and form granulomas. One scholar performed an autopsy on a cadaver that had been infused with a 40-liter “bottle” during its lifetime and found that the cadaver had more than 500 granulomas and a large number of microvascular blockages in the lungs alone. Because infusion is also a kind of stimulation to blood vessels, long-term infusion often leads to inflammation of veins, redness, pain, local temperature increase, and even sclerosis. Infusion of drugs directly into the bloodstream, easy to bring viruses and bacteria into the body Among the several ways of drug delivery, the drip is the most dangerous. The drip penetrates the skin barrier and feeds the medicine directly into the bloodstream, which requires strict sterile processing. If the solution is contaminated during production or storage, or if disposable needles are not used, or if the skin at the site of needling is not properly sterilized, it may allow viruses and germs to enter the body, causing local inflammation in mild cases, or in severe cases, the pathogens may spread throughout the body with the blood and cause sepsis, which can be life-threatening. If the medical environment is not completely sterile, it can lead to cross-infection. Adverse reactions to infusion drugs are strong and can lead to shock or even death in severe cases An IV is also more prone to adverse drug reactions, especially allergic reactions, than oral drugs. If taken orally, impurities in the drug that can cause allergies may be digested in the digestive tract or may not be absorbed by the body, but these impurities enter the bloodstream directly when administering an IV, which can cause anaphylaxis or even death in severe cases. Recently, there have been frequent media reports of patients suddenly dying from the use of Chinese medicine injection, which is caused by this reason, and there was also a media report of a hospital finding black flocculent in the infusion bottle. A doctor said “adverse drug reactions are ultimately the cause of the drug itself, but the intravenous drip has led to the exacerbation of such adverse reactions.” Oral drugs can be absorbed through the stomach and intestines first, which can reduce the chance of adverse reactions. Injections, such as intramuscular injections, are less likely to cause adverse drug reactions because the dose of the drug given is smaller. There is no “fever shot” in the U.S. “The World Health Organization has established the principle of rational drug use: oral not intramuscular, intramuscular never intravenous. But this in the country should not cause us to pay attention to; and even infusion, the United States hospital also has a strict operating procedures.” The United States strictly adheres to the “oral not injectable, injectable not infusion” U.S. doctors are very cautious about the use of drugs and attach great importance to the issue of drug side effects. Generally, doctors do not give infusions to patients unless they have to. There are four main reasons for this: first, infusion is more likely to produce adverse reactions; second, cross-infection; third, to reduce the patient’s pain when administering drugs; fourth, to avoid patient resistance to drugs. Among them, the fourth point is the most considered. For common colds and fevers and other diseases, U.S. doctors also strictly in accordance with the World Health Organization’s regulations “can be taken orally as much as possible to require oral medication, intramuscular injections not intravenous fluids”, and do not use antibiotics; in U.S. hospitals, patients are not seriously ill or emergency resuscitation, do not advocate patients to inject or drip. Even for infusions, U.S. hospitals have strict operating procedures, such as thorough sterilization of equipment and the use of disposable needles. The U.S. does not even have “fever reducers”, and generally advocates non-pharmaceutical treatments, such as rest and better nutrition. Many Americans are surprised to learn that Chinese people have to take fluids whenever they have a cold or fever, because when they are sick, doctors just say to rest and drink more water. And generally when the patient’s body temperature is below 38.5 ℃, only then take drugs or use ice bags to physically reduce fever; when the body temperature exceeds 38.5 ℃ fever does not go down or the patient is seriously dehydrated resulting in fluid electrolyte disorders, intravenous drip to reduce fever is the choice of last resort. Conclusion: Obviously, the vast majority of minor illnesses like colds and fevers do not need to be solved by infusion. The Chinese people’s eagerness for speed and effectiveness in treating illnesses is actually based on the background of a medical system with Chinese characteristics. Nowadays, misinformation has been created, and the alliance of interests between “doctors” and “drugs” allows the superstition of infusion to continue. Under such circumstances, a national medication classification standard is particularly important.