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Chien Chen also known as Jian Zhen, was an outstanding Buddhist monk who studied medicine. During his time, many local as well as far away folks would come to the monastery to seek blessing as well as treatment to cure their illness. Being a devoted monk, he ask for no monetary reward and because of his kindness, he received many praises. He was invited to Japan where he shared his knowledge and soon Traditional Chinese Medicine flourished. Even in Japan, he was also well known for his generosity, hard work and unselfish teaching of the art of Traditional Chinese Medicine to the Japanese. Buddhism and TCM flourished in Japan even till modern time.
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