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What is the fundamental reason why Chinese medicine does not perform surgery?

Because Huatuo's formula of hemp boiling powder has long been lost. Few people can undergo surgery without anesthesia. Hua Tuo can perform craniotomy on Cao Cao because he has hemp boiling powder. After the formula of Mafeisan was lost, there was no way to continue the research on surgical treatment of diseases in traditional Chinese medicine, and a set of theories was formed and passed down.