Chinese Herbs

Modern medicine is saving millions of lives with such wonder drugs as penicillin and the mycin s and such advanced techniques as radioactive treatment . At the same time, more and mor e Chinese and a growing number of westerners place greater confidence in the prescriptions of herb medicines and acupunctur e ther apy .

He rbs used in the aromatic but often bit ter brews ar e not limited to the vegetable kingdom . Mate rials and animal substances are also ingredients . Mor eove r , not all the concoctions are to be drunk . Many medicines a re in the form of pills , oint - ments and powders .

Hundred s of millions of people in China , East Asia and ove rseas Chinese communities have been cur ed of diseases which weste rn pr escriptions failed to do so .

He rbal medical tr ea tment is mild and tonic , and its cur ative processes slow . The objective is to find the seat of the trouble or obst ruction and then work to counte ract its effects .

Surprisingly enough , Chinese her bs also include such strange thing s as insects , deer horn , tiger bones , cicada shells , frogs , and toads . Liquid concoctions a re usually thick , brownish or black , and often taste bit ter .

A proverb says“ Efficacious r emedies a re bit ter in the mouth but beneficial to the body , ”and I think Chinese herbs bear the best proof .

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CET6六级作文结构分析：

· Paragraph 1———概述现代医药引出中药和中医
· Paragraph s 2 5———中药材料、特点、疗效
· Paragraph 6———“ 良药苦口利于病”

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CET6六级作文内容分析：

本文是一篇说明文, 文中第一段从西药到西医治疗引出中药和中医治疗, 以下用四小段介绍了中药的特点、成份以及惊人的疗效。最后用一句谚语“ 良药苦口利于病”结束全文。本文除一些专门名词外, 结构比较简单, 可供四、六级学生学习。

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CET6六级作文万能句型：

herb n . 药草
penicillin n . 青霉素
mycine n . 抗生素
radioactive tr ea tment 放射治疗
place confidence in 对⋯⋯有信心
prescription n . 处方
acupunctur e ther apy 针刺治疗
a romatic but of ten bitter , brews 芳香但常带苦味的汤料
veget able kingdom 植物范畴
ingredient n . 成份
concoction n . 药剂
pills , ointments and powders 药丸、药膏和药粉
be cur ed of 治愈⋯⋯
fail to + v . 不能⋯⋯
mild and tonic 温和和固本
curative processes 治疗过程
objective n . 目标
find the seat of the t rouble or obstr uction 找出病灶
counter act its effects 抵消其作用
insects , deer horn , tiger bones , cicada s hells , f rogs and
toads 昆虫、鹿角、虎骨、蝉蜕、青蛙和蟾蜍
brownish a . 略呈棕色的
prove rb n . 谚语
“ Efficacious r emedies a re bit ter in the mouth but beneficial to the body”“ 良药苦口利于病”
bea r the best proof 是最好的证明