The key words mentioned here: "folk", "old traditional Chinese medicine" and "traditional Chinese medicine" respectively mean that they are well-known in a certain area, treat more patients and have effective treatment; "Old" refers to older patients who have been engaged in diagnosis and treatment for a long time and have seen a large number of diseases, so they are inferred to have experience; "Chinese medicine", no matter which school of Chinese medicine belongs to, its main treatment method is Chinese medicine theory. PS: First of all, let's talk about how folk Chinese medicine is learned. They followed master from the beginning, learning theory while practicing medicine and reciting Chinese medicine. Maybe this has caused two people of the same age. Folk Chinese medicine needs so many years in clinic. Maybe that's how it came about. But this is a misunderstanding in itself, not that folk Chinese medicine is better than regular professors, but the most fundamental thing is to look at ability.
As the saying goes, "Ginger is old and spicy, and wine is old and fragrant". Ordinary people and patients belong to the weak side of asymmetric balance of medical information, and they don't know about diseases, but they all know that disease diagnosis and treatment is an empirical science. At the same time, in the face of young hairy boys and white-haired doctors, most people think that they are subjectively more willing to believe and choose more experienced ones, that is, "old".
But age is not absolutely related to medical skills, or it must be in direct proportion (just as a 28-year-old boy can earn more every month than a 40-year-old greasy old man). PS: Therefore, "old" and "Chinese medicine" are not necessarily standard, but often the psoriasis advertisements you see on telephone poles are standard for old Chinese medicine practitioners/old military doctors (this is the basic embodiment of the popularity of routines).