Word: banlangen
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...ragged team of barefoot doctors, who often have little more than an elementary-school education. Wei Guo, a second-generation barefoot doctor in the village of Shuiqu, says he knows what to do if he encounters any SARS cases. He will prescribe a popular traditional remedy called banlangen, a dose of antibiotics and perhaps an herbal tonic that promotes a patient's yin to counter an imbalance of yang. With much of the nation depending on such ill-informed care, the killer virus looks set to spread even further into China's underdeveloped interior...
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