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Zhengzhou, August 19th (Xinhua) - "The Most Beautiful Doctor" Ding Ying and Her Three "Miao" Plants

Xinhua News Agency reporters Wang Shuo and Tian Xiaohang

Ding Ying, a 72 year old chief physician at the Pediatric Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, often shuttles between wards, outpatient clinics, and free clinics, even though she is always busy. Opening her resume, she found that she has established key specialties and renowned departments in traditional Chinese medicine pediatrics, formulated a series of diagnostic and treatment guidelines for advantageous diseases in traditional Chinese medicine pediatrics, and led a strong team of talents in traditional Chinese medicine pediatrics... In the garden of traditional Chinese medicine, she has devoted most of her life's hard work and carefully cared for three seedlings.

Diagnosis Miao: "Doing pediatrics is a conscientious job"

The weekly consultation day is less than 8 o'clock, and Ding Ying's consultation room is already filled with children and parents from all over the country. As the assistant placed a thick stack of medical records in front of the table, Ding Ying put on her glasses and white coat as quickly as possible and began the day's consultation.

The majority of children who come to seek medical treatment from Ding Ying suffer from allergic purpura or purpura nephritis. Therefore, repeatedly explaining the life and medical precautions of the patient has become an important part of Ding Ying's diagnosis.

Ding Ying feels the pulse for the patient.

"Teacher Ding has a clear understanding of what medication every child who has seen her sick is taking and to what extent their condition has progressed." A family member of the child said, "Ding Ying is like a grandmother to the child, very dedicated.".

Graduated from a health school in 1968, worked as a grassroots doctor for 5 years, and worked hard all the way. Ding Ying knew very well that a good doctor with good medical skills and patience could give patients great hope.

In recent years, more and more patients have come to seek medical attention, but Ding Ying's treatment has been slower and slower. The meticulous pace of consultation often makes her sit until noon, and missing out on a meal becomes the norm.

"Doing pediatrics is a conscientious job, one must endure loneliness, have medical skills, and even more importantly, have medical ethics. It's okay to eat less, and patients can't miss one." This is often said by Ding Ying.

Those familiar with it know that Ding Ying's prescription has a principle: one medicine can be used without two; The therapeutic effect is the same, and if cheap drugs can be used, there is no need for expensive drugs, in order to minimize the economic burden on patients. It is Ding Ying's duty to inherit the methods and theories of treating pediatric diseases formed by medical practitioners throughout history, and promote the development of traditional Chinese medicine pediatrics in modern society.

Yan Miao: "Traditional Chinese Medicine Should Keep Up with the Step of Modern Medicine"

On Ding Ying's desk, there is a Leigong vine root. The traditional Chinese medicine Tripterygium wilfordii is another "seedling" that she has been studying for decades.

"From an academic perspective, the pediatric ward is very important as it is a battlefield for cultivating and building talents." Ding Ying and her team have set the next goal of pediatric development to develop the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment and adhere to scientific research innovation. So, Thunder God Vine entered Ding Ying's field of vision.

The treatment of anaphylactoid purpura with tripterygium wilfordii in China began in the late 1980s. The clinical treatment mainly relies on traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations tripterygium wilfordii polyglycoside tablets. Although it has been widely used in adult internal medicine, some side effects of tripterygium wilfordii once made parents of children turn pale when talking about "thunder".

Ding Ying is well aware that with proper clinical control, the side effects of Tripterygium wilfordii are not so scary. A more realistic reason is that she doesn't want children with purpura to miss out on cheap and effective life-saving drugs: a bottle of Tripterygium wilfordii glycoside tablets, with 50 tablets priced at just over ten yuan.

With the deepening of research, Ding Ying successively applied for two national science and technology support projects to study the efficacy and toxic side effects of traditional Chinese medicine combined with Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides in the treatment of pediatric allergic purpura, and the results were very ideal. She innovatively introduced Tripterygium wilfordii into pediatric clinical practice, proposed the usage plan and dosage of Tripterygium wilfordii polysaccharide tablets and Tripterygium wilfordii granules in pediatric clinical practice, and confirmed their efficacy and safety.

In the eyes of everyone, Ding Ying seemed to have an endless drive. Next, she envisions building a database of the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in treating diseases. By studying drug comparisons, as well as comparisons between pure Chinese medicine, Western medicine, and integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatments, she will use scientific methods to explain and clarify the efficacy and mechanism of action of traditional Chinese medicine.

"If the theory of traditional Chinese medicine can be combined with modern science and technology, it will further demonstrate the vitality of traditional Chinese medicine," Ding Ying said.

Cultivating seedlings: "To cultivate 'inheritors', it is even more important to cultivate' disseminators'."

It wasn't until around the age of 50 that Ding Ying felt like she had become a "basically qualified traditional Chinese medicine practitioner". In her opinion, the culture of traditional Chinese medicine is vast and profound, and young Chinese medicine practitioners often find it difficult to fully understand its connotations.

Over the past 50 years of practicing medicine, Ding Ying has continuously shared her growth path with students and young doctors: after mastering the basic knowledge of Western medicine during her school years, she delves into the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and combines clinical experience to continuously explore the profound connotation of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge - walking on two legs, walking more steadily and faster.

Ding Ying is conducting rounds.

Ding Ying, who has been deeply involved in the clinical and teaching frontline of traditional Chinese medicine in pediatrics for many years, is well aware that the inheritance, innovation, and development of traditional Chinese medicine require talents. Even though she lives a simple life, in October 2018, Ding Ying donated money to Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in her personal name and established the "Ding Ying Scholarship" fund to support traditional Chinese medicine pediatricians from impoverished families who are both academically and morally outstanding.

Now, whenever there is an opportunity, Ding Ying sends her students for further education. Over the years, batches of small seedlings she has cultivated have gradually grown.

An old hero crouching on a beam, with a thousand miles of ambition. Although she is getting older, Ding Ying still yearns to do more for the pediatric medicine industry.

"I will continue to work hard to cultivate more 'successors' of traditional Chinese medicine in pediatrics, and provide more and better services for patients," Ding Ying said.