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I am a pharmacist.
I work at the HuaQiao hospital Chinese Medicine office.
I know a lot of ingredients.
At home, I also grow traditional plants and medicines.
This one can clean your body.
Here below is Aloe. Aloe can be used for the skin, for cosmetics and to calm burns.
This one is Bidens Pilosa. White Flower Bidens Pilosa. Kids use it to play.
This is a coffee tree. It's not ready yet.
Yes, I use them for me. And I eat some!
Nowadays, things are getting expensive. I grow those here for my own consumption.
Herbs cost 50 yuan, it's expensive!
I prepare medicine.
Yes, I create medicines. I make sure the different steps of creation are right.
I went to China Medical University. I graduated in Chinese medicine.
Both. I worked for the National Taiwan University Hospital, and for middle size pharmacy.
I even worked for the Chinese Medicine Hospital.
Western department won't give you Chinese drugs, and vice-versa.
Only old people. Young people don't understand how it works, they don't like it.
Why?
They don't like the taste of Chinese medicine.
Yes, because of how it looks like.
So today we also use capsules that are more convenient-it's called herbal.
Most are made from plants.
We use vegetals, minerals, and animals, but really plants are the most common.
How to learn? You have to become an apprentice.
You have to look for a master.... otherwise you can... learn on Google.
They don't ask me for specific recipes. They don't know what to ask.
For example, If you can not sleep or if it hurts, you just tell me:
Ah, so you say...
If you cannot sleep or have pain,
I say "I see, maybe a liver problem. I will give you a medicine".
Insomnia.
Stomach pain.
Teeth pain.
Headache.
Also...catch a cold.
Of course I like my work! Otherwise, how could I still do it at more than 50?
Thank you!
You're welcome.
Can I ask you what is your name?
You want my chinese name or English name?
You choose! It's all OK.
So my english name. It's more convenient. Narita. N-A Na. Narita.
Thanks.
Oh, my name is Chen.