The people know that Chinese medicine is often effective in treating diseases without more prescriptions, and the efficacy is good. Over time some patients with chronic diseases are too lazy to queue up for medical treatment, but hang a general number to go straight to copy the prescription, sometimes a formula ate is half a year. But “copy prescription” in the end is good? We consulted with Dr. Zhang Cang of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dr. Zhang said: “Copy prescription” and “effective not to change the prescription” are two different things. The “effective prescription” is to continue to take the same medicine after the doctor’s consultation, while the “copy prescription” is to take the previous medicine without the doctor’s guidance. From all angles, copying prescriptions has fewer advantages and more disadvantages. In short: there are six disadvantages: 1. increase the risk of medication Many people think that Chinese medicine is non-toxic. In fact, it is not. As early as in the Zhouli, it was pointed out that drugs have their own bias. Although Chinese medicine has fewer side effects compared to Western medicine, it is important to know that Chinese medicine is also made up of various compounds, and if the same drugs are taken continuously for a long time without a doctor’s guidance, there is a risk of accumulation of poisoning. The Xiao Chai Hu Tang incident in Japan and the Gentian and Liver Pill fiasco in China are both consequences of long-term improper use of medication. 2, reduce the efficacy of drugs The most important feature of Chinese medicine is the diagnosis and treatment. What do you mean by “treating with evidence”? It is to adjust the prescription according to different situations. This is now often referred to as individualized treatment. The patient saves a little waiting time, but may not be taking the most appropriate medicine for several days or weeks afterwards. This is actually an initiative to give up the enjoyment of Chinese herbal medicine flexible and flexible, according to the strengths of the individual, the result of the Chinese medicine, but the patient can not benefit from it. In medical services, patients are consumers and have the right to be respected. However, most patients do not know much about Chinese medicine and think that Chinese medicine is one kind of medicine for one kind of disease, so they repeatedly ask doctors to prescribe the same medicine: in fact, Chinese doctors will prescribe different medicines for different people suffering from the same disease, in different stages and under different conditions. It is never as simple as one medicine for one disease. Patients should trust that doctors are knowledgeable, ethical, and willing to cure their illnesses, and not try to save time and omit normal treatment procedures. 4. Causing waste of medicine People who often ask for prescriptions are wage earners and are chronically ill. They have access to medical insurance or publicly funded medical care. On the one hand, they consider taking medicine as their important welfare, and on the other hand, they have no time to wait for consultation due to work pressure. So they only have to copy the prescription. However, it is important to know that drugs are different from food, they are biased and improperly used, they are bound to be harmful. If you take herbal medicine as Chinese medicine without a doctor’s consultation, the efficacy is bound to be low. For this reason, patients will increase the amount of medication or extend the time of taking medication, which will certainly cause unnecessary waste. From a certain perspective: Chinese herbal medicine is a non-renewable resource and medicinal plants are a fragile system. Reviewing the trend of decay of Taoist herbs, we have reason to believe that: non-stop blind copying of prescriptions will one day eat up all the Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine is a fusion of humanities and natural sciences. In the process of diagnosis and treatment of diseases, the communication between doctors and patients plays an important role in the alleviation and healing of diseases. Blindly copying prescriptions destroys this communication (which generally accounts for about 30% of the total efficacy) and replaces it with a simple relationship of buying and selling medicine, which is really not a wise choice. So know this: time is tight, but health is more important. Chinese medicine, although relatively safe, needs to be applied under the guidance of a doctor. If you really value your health, we believe that you are able to schedule your visits to the doctor. If you really don’t have time, you must also know: it is better to blindly copy the prescription than not to take the medicine.