Lin Jueming studied traditional Chinese medicine courses in France for five years. Yet he quickly realized that in France, TCM often felt more like an "intellectual system"—he learned through textbooks about the natures, flavors, and meridian tropisms of herbs, and memorized their actions and indications, but he had never actually touched the herbs with his hands or smelled them with his nose. "In France, I already had a basic understanding of traditional Chinese medicine. Only after coming to China did I begin to understand the culture and philosophy behind it. Traditional Chinese medicine is not merely a medical practice; it is the way the Chinese people perceive the world."

　　At Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lin Jueming headed for the hundred-drawer cabinet. His fingers traced across the labels—"Goji Berry" "Chrysanthemum Flower" "Chinese angelica"—before finally rested on "Cassia Seed". He pulled open the drawer, took out a small handful, cupped it in his palms, and breathed in its scent gently. "In France, it was a paragraph in the textbook. Here, it is something real and tangible." He recalled the line he had memorized over the past five years—"Cassia seed is cold in nature and enters the Liver meridian"—and only now did he truly understand it: he had smelled its fragrance, seen the soil where it grew, and grasped why the Chinese say it "clears the Liver"—for in this culture, the "Liver" is not merely an organ, but a vessel for emotion.