In 1950, Chairman Mao Zedong made a speech in support of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) which was influenced by political necessity. Zedong believed he and the Chinese Communist Party should promote TCM but he did not personally believe in TCM and he did not use it.
Yes. The ammonium ion has a formula of NH4+ and has a positive charge so it is a cation.
A cation is an ion that has a net positive (+) charge as opposed to an anion which has a net negative (-) charge. It can have a single charge or multiple charges.