Since 2019, the Japanese company has launched MMC, or metabolic management centers, a kind of health convenience store that mainly help patients with daily chronic disease screening services, such as high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis and pulmonary ailments.

自2019年以来，这家日本公司推出了MMC或代谢管理中心，这是一种健康便利店，主要帮助患者提供日常慢性病筛查服务，如高血压、动脉硬化和肺部疾病。

Doctors and nurses from UFH will be stationed at the first aid locations to help visitors deal with injuries and provide first aid for common ailments such as heat stroke and allergies, assist the resort with transporting visitors with severe health conditions to hospitals, and provide health education and management for the employees of the resort.

UFH的医生和护士将驻扎在急救地点，帮助游客处理受伤情况，并为中暑和过敏等常见疾病提供急救，协助度假村将健康状况严重的游客送往医院，并为度假村员工提供健康教育和管理。

During this year's CIIE, Omron Healthcare also signed strategic cooperation agreements with Jiangsu Dazhong Pharmaceuticals Group for its MMC, or metabolic management centers, health convenience stores that mainly help patients with daily chronic disease screening services, such as high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis and pulmonary ailments.

在今年的CIIE期间，奥姆龙医疗还与江苏大中制药集团签署了战略合作协议，建立MMC或代谢管理中心、健康便利店，主要帮助患者提供日常慢性病筛查服务，如高血压、动脉硬化和肺病。

Omron Healthcare also signed agreements with seven chain pharmacies, including JD Health, to launch MMC, or metabolic management centers, and health convenience stores, which mainly help patients with daily chronic disease screening services, such as high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis and pulmonary ailments.

But the new regulation has made it very clear that doctors are only allowed to provide online medical advice and e-prescriptions to patients with chronic or minor ailments for follow-up treatment, which will help reinforce industrial ethics, she said.

The e-commerce giant announced this week that it would roll out a service under Ali Health to solve the problem of finding prescription drugs for numerous ailments.

They should not be taken as a wide-ranging crackdown for the sake of cracking down on private companies, but prescriptions for certain persistent ailments.

Furthermore, the report showed that functional rice varieties such as blackberry rice rich in anthocyanin, low-glycemic-index rice for diabetics and low-protein rice for those with kidney ailments are inevitable trends.

"In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, mung bean can dispel internal heat and relieve hot weather ailments," she said.

The robot not only offers holistic treatment but also provides specialized, digitally-driven therapy for specific ailments.

"When we didn't feel well, because of a cold or some other common ailment, the elders would always grab a handful of leaves from storage and brew a hot cup of comforting tea for us," recalled Tan, now 62.

Between March 1 and May 31, 111 Inc had offered drug services to 35,000 patients in Shanghai, involving nearly 50,000 orders, covering nearly 400 ailments.

Technology saves time for those with chronic ailments, frees up hospital staff for other tasksWith development of information technology, the digitization of China's healthcare sector is embracing a brighter future that will bring more benefits to patients, industry experts said.

Patients of common ailments and chronic diseases should be able to see a doctor online, and the service fee should be included in the national healthcare insurance fund," said Sun Wei, a deputy of the 13th National People's Congress and honorary director of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, during an interview with Qilu Evening News.

"To reduce risk exposure and obviate the need for physical meetings between patients and health providers, many Chinese have opted to use online healthcare platforms to mend their ailments since the outbreak of the disease," said Wang Yifu, an analyst with the company that has headquarters in both Beijing and Shanghai.

"More than 33 percent of the respondents believe online healthcare are more suitable for minor ailments or chronic disease treatment and management, according to the report.

The guideline said chronic and non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes account for 88 percent of all deaths in China, and those ailments account for more than 70 percent of the total disease burden.

"Heatstroke and other symptoms such as gastric discomforts are quite common in Africa, and they believe Chinese medicines that can relieve such ailments will be very popular there," Wang said.

Most popular titles include immunity-boosting medicine, drugs that mitigate diseases and relieve symptoms common in tropical regions, such as heatstroke and gastric ailments, or that can improve sleep, according to Liew.

Many African countries are currently experiencing a rapid wave of urbanization and are thus plagued by "urban ailments" such as traffic congestion and air pollution.