'After studying medicine they go into sales'

BEIJING - Wang Chunchun, 23, has decided to quit traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) after she completes her internship at a Beijing hospital.

"Throughout my internship, I have been stuck in the pharmacy making Dashanzha pills, a medicine to cure indigestion. I did nothing to heal sick patients," said Wang, who is a final year TCM student in a college in Beijing.

After she graduates next year, Wang said she will probably switch over to threpsology, the study of nutrition.