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The early morning breeze swept across the fields of Jiayingguan Township, Wuzhi County, Jiaozuo City, carrying the moist scent of soil. At the Xinhuahe Shopping Plaza in Liucun Store, the banner for the free clinic organized by Zhengzhou Langyi Biotechnology Co., Ltd. had long been neatly hung. Treatment beds, health manuals, and pure traditional Chinese medicine pain-relieving patches were arranged in order — a “health protection campaign” tailored specifically for empty-nest elderly in rural areas kicked off amid the villagers’ expectations. As a high-tech enterprise focusing on non-pharmaceutical TCM conditioning, Zhengzhou Langyi brought professional services and caring products to the grassroots this time, practicing the grass-roots implementation of the “Healthy China” strategy with concrete actions.
Focus on Special Villages: Aligning Health Services with the Most Pressing Needs
Liucun is a representative rural sample. Different from traditional farming villages, it lacks vast farmland. A large number of young and middle-aged people have gone out to work or do business, leaving mostly elderly people over 60. According to staff from the village committee, elderly people over 60 account for more than 40% of the total village population, many of whom are empty-nest elderly. Their health management has become a key challenge in rural governance. “My children are not around. When my shoulders and waist hurt, I just endure it. It takes two transfers to see a doctor in the county town, which is really inconvenient,” said 72-year-old Grandpa Wang, voicing the thoughts of many elderly people.
It was precisely by identifying such pain points in demand that Zhengzhou Langyi chose Liucun as the first stop of this “Health Care to the Countryside” campaign. “Elderly people in rural areas are a weak link in health services, especially in such villages where young and middle-aged people have migrated out. We need to bring professional health services to their doorsteps, so that they can enjoy high-quality care without traveling long distances,” said Huang Chengbin, the person in charge of the activity, adding that this is also a concrete practice for the enterprise to implement the concept of “promoting TCM culture and safeguarding national health.”
Warm Services Put into Practice: Massage Combined with Effective Remedies to Relieve Chronic Pain
At the event site, the busiest area was undoubtedly the pain management zone. Staff from Zhengzhou Langyi brought professional massage tools and checked the shoulder, neck, waist and spine conditions of the elderly one by one. Grandma Zhang, 68, had suffered from lumbar muscle strain for years. The staff massaged and relaxed her with gentle techniques while explaining daily waist protection tips, and then applied the pure traditional Chinese medicine pain-relieving patch developed by the company. “It felt warm as soon as I put it on, and the tightness in my waist relaxed a lot immediately. It’s much more comfortable than the ordinary plasters I used before,” Grandma Zhang touched her lower back and smiled.
According to the staff, this pain-relieving patch is one of the company’s core products. Supported by 39 patented technologies, it extracts active ingredients from a variety of Chinese herbal medicines such as camphor, menthol, and angelica root through precise processes. Through transdermal absorption technology, the medicinal effect directly reaches the lesion, achieving the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dispelling wind and eliminating pathogenic factors. To ensure the elderly use it correctly, the staff also made illustrated manuals, marking in detail the application time, replacement frequency and precautions. For elderly people with poor eyesight, they read the contents to them word by word.
Health Concepts Take Root: Scientific Knowledge Builds a Solid Protective Barrier
In addition to on-site diagnosis and treatment services, the popularization of health knowledge was another focus of this activity. Aiming at common health problems of rural elderly such as hypertension, arthritis, and osteoporosis, the health lecturer from Zhengzhou Langyi explained preventive points in easy-to-understand dialect: “Don’t sit up suddenly when you get up in the morning; get up slowly to prevent dizziness; keep your knees warm when going out in cold weather to avoid cold air invading the bones; eat less salt and less oil; home-cooked meals are the most nourishing.”
At the consultation desk, the staff patiently answered various health questions. “My blood pressure fluctuates. Do I have to take medicine all the time?” “Can I take a bath when wearing the plaster?” Faced with the elderly’s consecutive questions, the staff responded carefully one by one, and at the same time distributed health maintenance manuals and guidelines for common family medicines. “I used to think that physical discomfort was just an ‘old problem’. After listening to the explanation, I realized that many problems are caused by bad living habits. I must follow these methods in the future,” Aunt Li, who had just finished consulting, carefully put the manual into her portable cloth bag.
Sticking to the Original Aspiration and Moving Forward: Contributing to a Healthy China
According to statistics, this free clinic served more than 200 villagers from Liucun and surrounding villages, distributed more than 150 free pure traditional Chinese medicine pain-relieving patches and 300 health manuals, newly detected 23 potential health problems such as hypertension and lumbar disc herniation, and established simple health records for these villagers to facilitate follow-up guidance. At the end of the event, many elderly people held the staff’s hands and were reluctant to let them go: “We hope you can come often. Such activities are more considerate than giving rice, noodles and oil.”
This “Health Care to the Countryside” free clinic not only allowed villagers to experience the unique charm of non-pharmaceutical TCM therapy, but also rooted the concept of scientific health in rural areas. Zhengzhou Langyi Biotechnology Co., Ltd. stated that Liucun is just the starting point. In the future, it will establish a long-term mechanism for “Health Care to the Countryside”, successively enter more villages in Jiaozuo City, and at the same time open a health consultation channel through online platforms, so that grassroots people can obtain professional health services anytime and anywhere.
From urban laboratories to rural plazas, from patented technologies to caring services, Zhengzhou Langyi measures the grassroots context of a Healthy China with its footsteps. As the slogan on the event banner reads: “Bits of care warm the countryside, and we walk hand in hand with health to protect people’s livelihood” — this kind of protection is always on the way.
