I can talk to my internal organs

Chapter 95
At 06:30, Lu Jiu got off work.

Although there were still people who were unwilling to leave, Lu Jiu had no energy to go to see a doctor at the moment, so he could only ask them to come back tomorrow afternoon.

Because for half a day in the morning, Lu Jiu had to accompany Lu Shuang to the Chaohua Festival.

Lu Jiu was afraid that someone would not know, so he printed out a notice and posted it outside the medical hall.

"Doctor Lu, is it convenient to have a meal together?" Tang Yi followed up with the doctor for a long time, and he wanted to chat with Lu Jiu for a long time.

"Okay, since you paid a lot of money to see me today, I'll treat you to a meal to make up for your loss." Lu Jiu smiled.

"Don't, don't, I'm asking, I'm asking, I'm asking you for advice, how can I cost you money." Tang Yi said quickly.

"It's all the same." Lu Jiu smiled and didn't bother with this question any more.

The two didn't pay much attention to food, so they found a restaurant on the side of the road, ordered two or three small dishes, and then chatted about Chinese medicine.

"Doctor Lu, are you a family heir?" Tang Yi asked.

"Well, I have been studying since I was a child, and it has been more than 20 years." Lu Jiu said.

"But why do I feel that you still have a taste of academic school?" Tang Yidao.

"Hehe, I studied at Jinling University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and it's been a year or two since I graduated." Lu Jiu smiled.

"No wonder, I said that you must have attended a Chinese medicine university, eh? Dr. Lu, since you have studied all of them, what do you think is the difference between the family tradition and the Chinese medicine students who come out of the college?" Tang Yi asked.

"Family inheritance pays more attention to the foundation. Whether it is the foundation of syndrome differentiation or the foundation of traditional Chinese medicine, it will be more solid than those from the academy. The academic school pays more attention to skills, and the grasp of the foundation is not very solid."

"However, there is no way to do it. Even five years of Western medicine can only be considered as an introduction, let alone Chinese medicine. I have studied Chinese medicine for more than 20 years, and I still feel that I know too little." Lu Jiu said.

In a medical university, if you only study for an undergraduate degree, hospitals in first- and second-tier cities will not even accept you. If you want to enter a good hospital in this line of work, you basically start with a master's degree.

That is to say, seven years of continuous undergraduate and master studies, three years of regular training, and a full ten years have passed before you can have the opportunity to sit on the job independently.

This is why good doctors are basically in their 50s and [-]s. After all, you are almost [-] when you have no clinical experience.

"That's right, I don't even have a license to practice medicine now, so I can only let the re-employed old Chinese medicine practitioners in the hospital take me to the clinic," Tang Yi said. But that's only because his school is better. Whether he can practice medicine depends on whether he has a license. As for his level, that's a matter for the future. "Doctor Lu, I think you can prescribe prescriptions and acupuncture, and your level is not low. It should be the foundation laid by your family."

Lu Jiu nodded, "That's right."

Tang Yi asked, "Then do you have any tricks in learning Chinese medicine?"

Asked this, Tang Yi's eyes lit up.

Lu Jiu smiled and said, "The trick is to familiarize yourself with the classics, Huangdi Neijing, Shennong's Herbal Classic, Dacheng of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Treatise on Febrile Diseases, and Synopsis of the Golden Chamber. These five books must be learned and memorized."

"As long as you have mastered these five books, you don't need to read other medical books at all, especially the textbooks in colleges. In those five years, I just dealt with the exams and never read them carefully. It was useless."

What Lu Jiu said is a bit big, but it is also true. Compared with the ancient classics that have been passed down for thousands of years, the school textbooks are not only complicated and obscure, but also have little gold content. Some authors of the textbooks have never seen a doctor.

What can I learn from this?
The difference between traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine in this respect is that western medicine is constantly developing, and it needs to carry out scientific experiments constantly, and then deny its previous wrong views.

Not Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine developed to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, the era of Zhang Zhongjing, it was already a very complete medical system, there is no need for any innovation, the ancestors have already explained everything that can be said.

Therefore, to learn Chinese medicine, you must read ancient books.

Tang Yi scratched his head, "After graduation, I only read Treatise on Febrile Diseases. I haven't read the other books much. I always feel that the effect is not particularly great."

Lu Jiu shook his head, "You're wrong. If you don't read the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic, how do you know what a normal person is like? Where does the disease come from? Yes, after reading the Treatise on Febrile Diseases, you can judge the patient's condition based on the syndrome differentiation of the six meridians. It is indeed more practical, but the Treatise on Febrile Diseases actually does not fully explain why he got this disease."

"It's the same reason that you learn Chinese medicine and read Shennong's Herbal Classic but have never seen what those Chinese herbs look like with your own eyes. You don't recognize, smell, or taste Chinese medicine. It is difficult for you to grasp its function based on the description in the book, and you may even not be able to tell the real Chinese medicine from the fake."

"Take Poria as an example. Many prescriptions contain this medicine, but in the Chinese herbal medicine market, its counterfeit rate can be ranked among the top three. In some hospitals, if the people who purchase Chinese herbal medicines do not understand medicinal materials, it is very easy to buy counterfeit products. However, this counterfeit product will not be life-threatening to patients, but it will not have any curative effect."

"I said this to tell you that learning Chinese medicine is not about following the scriptures. You need to know what it is, and even more so, so that you can be confident when you see a doctor."

Tang Yi nodded, "Doctor Lu, you should be familiar with these five books."

Lu Jiu smiled, "I'm just getting started, when I master the Five Luck and Six Qi, I'll be able to achieve something."

Is this still called just getting started?

Tang Yi watched the whole process today, and only came to one conclusion, that is, if Lu Jiu was in the hospital, his level would not be lower than that of those director-level doctors, and many people might not be as good as him.

If this is just getting started, then what is he?
An uninitiated apprentice?
"Doctor Lu, do you have to learn the Five Lucks and Six Qis to be considered a real Chinese medicine doctor?" Tang Yi asked.

He knows the five lucks and six qi, but it is only in the category of knowing.

Hearing this, Lu Jiu shook his head, "It's not just the five lucks and six qi, you have to learn everything about Chinese culture, especially the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. You don't need to delve too deep into it, but you must understand something."

Tang Yi was a little confused, "Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism? Does this have something to do with Chinese medicine?"

Lu Jiu laughed, "Of course it has something to do with it. Confucianism talks about self-improvement, Buddhism talks about self-evidence, and Taoism talks about nature."

"Self-improvement is the relationship between man and society. Self-certification is the relationship between man and the heart. Nature is the relationship between man and the world. The reason why people get sick is nothing more than related to themselves, society, and nature."

"If you understand Confucianism, you will be able to cure social and family diseases. If you understand Buddhism, you will be able to cure psychological and emotional diseases. If you understand Taoism, you will be able to cure diseases that are caused by the spirit of heaven and earth."

"If you don't understand these things and only understand the principles of medicine, then you can become a doctor. If you are sick, you can be a Chinese medicine doctor. If you understand it, you can become a Chinese medicine doctor. You can look at the patient's problem comprehensively, and you can treat the symptoms as well as the root cause. After that, you can go to the doctor. That state is not something you or I can reach casually."

Confucianism is self-improvement, Buddhism is self-certification, and Taoism is natural.

Tang Yiwan seemed to be enlightened, and his vision was suddenly opened up a bit.

Yes, Chinese medicine is a carrier of Chinese culture, so how can one truly understand Chinese medicine without knowing the root of Chinese culture?
In the past, he thought Chinese medicine too narrowly.

"Doctor Lu, which floor are you on?" Tang Yi asked.

"Go to the doctor." Lu Jiu said.

"No, I see that you are clearly regulating the patient's emotions, shouldn't you be at the level of Chinese medicine?" Tang Yidao.

"I'm not very proficient yet, and I don't understand the medical theory deeply enough, so I can't talk about traditional Chinese medicine." Lu Jiu said.

This is not because Lu Jiu is modest, he is indeed far from the real realm of Chinese medicine.

However, in Tang Yi's eyes, this was not the case. He felt that Lu Jiu's understanding of Chinese medicine was better than some of the teachers he met when he was in school. At least no one had ever explained to him the relationship between Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Chinese medicine.

"Today's trip is worth it, hehehe." Tang Yi smiled.

"Next time you want to come to me to talk about Chinese medicine, you don't have to bother. You can see me for a diagnosis. Anyway, there are so many people in the hospital that you are not bad." Lu Jiu smiled.

"Doctor Lu, don't you think I'm a bit abrupt today? Besides, we didn't know each other at all before, and you came just to talk about Chinese medicine, and you allowed me to go often. This..." Tang Yi himself felt a little embarrassed.

"Hehehe, I have a problem. I like to be a teacher. I always like to tell people something about Chinese medicine. Since I can meet someone who understands Chinese medicine, it is also a kind of learning for me to communicate with you." Lu Jiu smiled.

Tang Yi was taken aback when he heard the words, and then his expression became serious, "I have been taught."

Lu Jiu waved his hand, "Everyone is the same age, don't be so serious, and now that we know each other, there is no need for Dr. Lu to come and visit Dr. Lu, just call me by my name."

Tang Yi refused, "No, why don't I call you Brother Lu."

Lu Jiu didn't force it, "Okay, it's all the same."

Tang Yi smiled and said, "Brother Lu, do you know the news that our Jianghan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine will establish a Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine?"

Lu Jiu said, "I've heard of it."

Tang Yidao, "It is said that Dean Qi really wants to support Chinese medicine, and the treatment he gives us is very high. It is estimated that it will take a year to build the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine into the strongest department in the hospital."

Speaking of the latter, Tang Yi himself became excited.

Lu Jiu said, "Just listen to this, don't believe it."

Tang Yidao, "Brother Lu, don't you believe it? This time it was ordered by the central government to reverse the situation of Westernization of Chinese medicine. With official endorsement, I'm afraid it won't work?"

Lu Jiudao, "There are policies at the top, and countermeasures at the bottom. For now, Chinese medicine can't play the leading role. Even in Chinese medicine hospitals, your efforts must be valuable, but it's not now, and it's not a year from now. So, don't have too much expectation."

Tang Yidao, "Brother Lu, do you think Chinese medicine can't do Western medicine?"

Lu Jiu said with a smile, "That depends on how you look at Chinese and Western medicine. There is no one saying that they have done the other. They are all to solve the patient's pain and suffering, but the way is different. But I think the two medicines will eventually come together again, because the way Western medicine is now is to constantly verify whether Chinese medicine is correct and scientific in the microcosm. Of course, this verification process will cause many people to suffer unnecessary injuries and even die, just like appendicitis."

"If you give me [-] patients like this now, I can guarantee that within an hour, these [-] appendicitis patients will be exempted from surgery, and there will be no sequelae after the cure. But there is no way, the patients will not come to you, and you are not qualified to challenge authority, because the treatment of appendicitis surgery is protected by the state and is a legal medical method."

"I don't know if you've read the news. It's roughly that there is a team of scientists at Eagle Emperor. They have discovered that the appendix has a secondary immune function. In addition to catalyzing immune cell reactions, it can also stabilize the intestinal flora. Once the appendix is ​​removed, the intestinal function of the human body will be seriously affected."

"It's a pity that even if I finish this, I still can't question those who cut off the patient's appendix and throw it into the trash can are practicing medicine illegally, even though the national law clearly states that it is illegal to mutilate people's lives and organs."

"Brother, this is the reality. Many things will not be recognized by the mainstream medical community until they are proven to be scientific, but our efforts are not meaningless. At least in this verification process, we can save one person at a time. How much we can save depends on the level of those of us who study Chinese medicine."

"Come on, learn Chinese medicine, stay optimistic, but also be sober enough. In the future... maybe it will depend on you and me to do our best!"

(End of this chapter)