Chinese medicine: from rural hospitals to top three hospitals in Kyoto

Chapter 990: Brother 2's Acupuncture (Part )

As usual, Su Yunxue translated what Chen Yang said to Evans and others.

However, the meaning of these words was already distorted after being translated. This kind of words is difficult to translate, and Evans was completely confused.

"Let's go to the consultation room."

After saying that, Chen Yang stood up, said a few words to David, and then went to the consultation room with everyone else. Evans and others also followed him to the consultation room.

Evans promised Chen Yang that he would not interfere, but he still wanted him to attend as an observer, even though he didn't understand.

"Everyone, please speak up."

After entering the consultation room, Chen Yang said to everyone with a smile.

"The core of this syndrome lies in 'the deep lurking of cold evil, the decline of true yang, the suppression of yang to the outside, and the fusion of cold and heat.' It is by no means a simple cold syndrome, nor a simple heat syndrome."

Gao Anliang was the first to speak. "If we only see that the patient is afraid of cold, has cold limbs, and has a weak pulse, and we blindly give them warming and hot tonics, we may only increase their false heat, trigger liver wind, and aggravate muscle spasms and tremors. If we see that the patient is irritable, has red cheeks, and has a yellow tongue coating, and we mistakenly use cold and cooling purgatives, it will be like adding insult to injury, directly damaging the remaining yang, and in an instant, the danger of a separation between yin and yang will arise! This is the most difficult part of TCM diagnosis of ALS. If you are not careful enough to distinguish between true and false cold and heat, you will lose everything."

Xun Jiahong, Lin Yi and others nodded repeatedly with admiration on their faces.

Gao Anliang is worthy of being a famous doctor in Shu. His words hit the nail on the head and perfectly unified many seemingly contradictory symptoms under the complex pathogenesis of "true cold and false heat, mixed cold and heat".

Evans in the corner still didn't understand a word, especially the specific Chinese medicine terms.

However, Evans still asked Su Yunxue patiently, and Su Yunxue tried her best to use words that Western medicine could understand, such as "yin and yang imbalance", "energy failure", "deep cold and surface false excitement", etc., to make Evans understand as much as possible.

Although Evans still didn't understand most of the content, he could roughly judge that the analysis was logically rigorous and self-contained, incorporating all the patient's seemingly contradictory symptoms into a unified explanatory framework, which in itself was a powerful thinking force.

You know, logic is a very important thing. Whether it is reasoning, lecturing, or writing novels, logic is very important.

It is necessary for the logic to make sense, form a complete system, and be self-consistent.

Just like some scammers who deceive others, it is precisely because they have rigorous logic that people are easily convinced.

When reading a novel, whether the logic makes sense is also a basic criterion for readers to judge the author's level.

"Director Gao is right."

"Ah."

Xun Jiahong nodded and said, "Judging from the pulse and symptoms, Director Gao's analysis is correct, but this disease is very difficult to treat..."

"Ah."

Chen Yang nodded. "Dean Wen told me this before, and I've been looking up relevant information lately. Traditional Chinese Medicine has some precedents for treating this type of condition. It's possible to alleviate and delay symptoms, but a cure is very difficult."

ALS is also an irreversible condition clinically. The patient's condition will gradually worsen over time, starting with just the fingers or arms and eventually spreading to the whole body. Complications such as difficulty swallowing will also occur.

In the end, except for the patient's eyeballs, almost no part of the body can move until death.

This is why this disease is called a terminal illness.

In recent years, many such patients have naturally sought help from traditional Chinese medicine, but the general results of traditional Chinese medicine treatment are to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life, nothing more.

This is also the reason why people found this disease difficult to treat before.

Su Yunxue continued translating and listening to the discussion of Xun Jiahong and others. Evans felt that this reaction was normal.

How can this disease be cured so easily?

"Healing is definitely a long and drawn-out process, so let's take it one step at a time."

Chen Yang's voice drew everyone's attention back. "What Director Gao just said is correct. Therefore, our treatment should focus on 'breaking Yin and restoring Yang, connecting the heart and kidneys, guiding fire back to its origin, and clearing stagnant heat.' We must not only strongly replenish the True Fire of the Mingmen to expel the deep-seated Yin and cold, but also guide the floating false Yang (false heat) back to its source (the kidneys). At the same time, we must also clear the meridians blocked by cold and dampness, and gently clear the stagnant heat to prevent it from disturbing the mind, tendons, and veins."

Everyone nodded.

David came to China to seek medical treatment, but he didn't dare to hold out hope for a cure. As long as the symptoms could be relieved or improved, it would be good enough.

So now we don’t consider whether the problem can be cured or not, but solve it step by step first.

"We will use both herbal remedies and acupuncture for treatment."

Chen Yang looked at Wen Haodong and said with a smile, "Second brother, you will be fully responsible for acupuncture."

Hearing Chen Yang's words, everyone was stunned again.

Everyone has no problem with using a two-pronged approach of acupuncture and prescriptions to treat this disease, but should Wen Haodong be responsible for the acupuncture?

Can Wen Haodong treat such a disease?

"Ah."

Wen Haodong nodded: "I understand."

My second brother has been practicing for so many days and is now eager to try it.

Su Yunxue looked at Wen Haodong in surprise. Is Wen Haodong's acupuncture the best among everyone?

For such a disease, the acupuncture level must not be bad. Not only must it not be bad, it must be very strong.

"This condition is gravely dangerous, the separation of yin and yang is imminent, like a candle in the wind. Precision is crucial in acupuncture and medication; even the slightest error can lead to a huge error."

Chen Yang reminded: "We must boldly break the Yin, but also carefully protect the Yang. I plan to use 'Tongmai Sini plus Pig Gallbladder Decoction' as the base formula, and modify it to tonify the Yuan Yang, breaking the Yin and restoring the Yang."

"In acupuncture, the most important thing is to focus on the Ren and Du meridians to harmonize the sea of yin and yang. This acupuncture is of utmost importance and must be performed with caution."

"I understand." Wen Haodong nodded, his expression becoming much more serious.

"Take the medicine today and start acupuncture tomorrow." Chen Yang said.

After formulating the plan, everyone walked out of the consultation room together. Wen Haodong followed behind Chen Yang. As they walked, Wen Haodong asked, "Chen Yang, can I really do this?"

"Have confidence."

Chen Yang said, "I'll write down the acupuncture points and needles later. You can look at it again tonight."

"Okay." Wen Haodong nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you."

Just now, Wen Haodong felt Su Yunxue's surprised gaze.

This time he must make everyone look at him with admiration.

Wen Haodong followed Chen Yang to the office. Chen Yang wrote down the acupoints and key points and handed them to Wen Haodong.

Wen Haodong took it and looked through it, then said with a smile, "Basically, these are what I've practiced these past few days. I'll go practice some more."

With that, Wen Haodong left in a hurry. The acupuncture was for tomorrow, and he could still practice for a while today.

I don’t know what’s going on, but these past few days I’ve been making rapid progress, as if I’ve been on a fast track.

If he continued at this speed, Wen Haodong felt that it was not impossible for him to surpass Chen Yang.