I run a clinic in the United States

Chapter 256 The seeds of traditional Chinese medicine sprout slowly
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Hefang Street was crowded with people.This was once the "Imperial City Root" of the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. Although the Song Dynasty was humiliated, the economy was prosperous. After moving south, it was still intoxicated.

The warm wind made the tourists drunk, making Hangzhou a Bianzhou.

Hefang Street has been a lively and noisy place since ancient times.

Yang Xuejun's face was pale and sallow. Because she was still menstruating, she was a little weak, so she didn't wander around. Instead, she found a small restaurant nearby, ordered a few delicious dishes, and sat in a corner to rest quietly.

The mutton siomai in this shop is quite good. The skin is thin and the filling is big. When you bite into it, the juice overflows and the flavor lingers on your teeth and cheeks, but the size is too small.Yang Xuejun is a typical Jiangnan Xiaojiabiyu with a small cherry mouth, but he can still eat more than half of this kind of Shaomai in one bite.

It lacks the boldness of the north, but has more of the delicacy and aftertaste unique to Jiangnan cuisine.

The portions of Jiangnan delicacies are relatively small. Yang Xuejun ate a whole cage of mutton shaomai, drank a steaming bowl of haggis soup, and made two plates of snacks. After eating and drinking enough, he felt much better.

It must be said that food is really a great way to heal the soul.

Many people are unable to lose weight because, when they are in a bad mood, they quickly eat a meal to calm their nerves and soothe them.

A little later in the afternoon, Yang Xuejun arrived at Clinic 3 of Hu Qingyutang Famous Medical Center 306 minutes early as scheduled.

Dr. Xu, an old expert, had a kind face and waved her over to sit down. Then he closed the door and started preparing to give her acupuncture.

Dr. Xu took out a set of silver needles, picked out a filiform needle about three inches and six minutes long, and gently wiped it with an alcohol cotton ball to disinfect it.

For ordinary acupuncturists, it is actually better to use silver needles than stainless steel needles because stainless steel needles are harder and tougher, while silver needles are too soft and can easily break into acupuncture points if not handled properly, causing medical accidents. Moreover, silver needles are The cost is also higher.

But Expert Xu is a well-known doctor, and he has learned the art of differentiating yellow from his ancestors. He has been accustomed to using silver needles since he was a child, and he still works well with silver needles.

"I'm going to give you nine acupuncture points, and the first one is Baihui." The old expert began to use needles on her Baihui points, twisting them gently, and applying the method of smoothing, assisting and calming diarrhea.

Baihui is located at the intersection of the midline of the human head and the line connecting the tips of the two ears.It was first seen in "Acupuncture Classics A and B" and belongs to the Du Vessel, also known as "Three Yangs and Five Meetings". "Ai Cai Bian" says: "Three Yangs and Five Meetings, Five Words and Hundreds", which means the place where hundreds of meridians are connected.

Baihui point is one of the most commonly used acupoints in clinical practice and is the main acupoint for various diseases.

Soon, Yang Xuejun felt the warmth on the top of her head, as if there was a weak but comfortable breath lingering there. She couldn't help but secretly marvel in her heart. After all, this was her first time to experience acupuncture.

Little did she know that when others did it, they rarely felt this way.

How can the "sense of Qi" be experienced so easily?Others may feel numbness, warmth or coolness at most, and some may not even feel it at all.

It is also the technique of many experts, but the patient's own feelings vary from person to person.

If we have to dig deeper, we can only attribute it to "talent" and "sensitive constitution of traditional Chinese medicine".

Traditional Chinese Medicine Seeds are the first to experience the therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine, and they are naturally unique.

Of course, this is also because Xu experts are highly skilled. If it were an ordinary acupuncturist, no matter how "talented" Yang Xuejun is, he would not be able to get such a strong "qi feeling".

The emergence of this strange experience aroused Yang Xuejun's surprise and interest in traditional Chinese medicine. At this time, the gears of fate began to rotate slowly.

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After the acupuncture at Baihui acupoint, the veteran expert asked her to take off her coat and lie down on the bed. The air conditioner in the room was turned on very warmly. She took off her coat and put it on again when going out, which would make it less likely to catch a cold.

In addition, it has less clothes and is easy to operate.

After Yang Xuejun lay down, the old expert lifted up her shirt and gently rubbed her Qihai point with his hands.

This acupoint is located in the lower abdomen of the human body, that is, the lower abdomen.If you draw a straight line above the navel and pubic bone and divide it into ten equal parts, about three-tenths of the way down from the navel is the Qihai point.

Relatively speaking, because it is close to the vagina, this acupuncture point is relatively sensitive to touch.

Fortunately, the doctor was an old woman and there were no outsiders at the scene, so Yang Xuejun was very relaxed.

"Your disease is not simply excessive menstrual bleeding. If you use modern medicine, it should be functional uterine bleeding caused by ovulation disorder." The old expert rubbed it for about a minute, then turned around and took out a thick moxa stick. , said while lighting the fire.

"Ah? No ovulation? Then can I have children in the future?" Yang Xuejun was shocked. She was still looking forward to giving birth to several babies for Zhou Qiao.

Last time, she had a drink with Zhou Qiao at the barbecue restaurant, and she even thought of some particularly nice baby names.

Now that I can’t ovulate, isn’t that depressing?

No wonder my skin was bad. It turned out that it was not only anemia, but also ovulation dysfunction.

No inspection in this area had been done in Zhuhai County before.

The old expert smiled and said comfortingly: "Am I not treating you? Don't worry, after my acupuncture and later Chinese medicine conditioning, there should be no problem with normal ovulation."

While talking, expert Xu pointed the lit end of the moxa stick at Yang Xuejun's Qihai point and performed moxibustion treatment.

Yang Xuejun suddenly felt the alternation of hot and cold, and soon, the "heat" in her lower abdomen became more intense, and the mysterious "qi" came again.

A strand of heat as thick as a hair lingered in the Qihai Cave. Gradually, the heat became more and more "powerful" and became as thick as a finger. Of course, this was just her feeling.

The specific "qi" is invisible.

Not long after, Yang Xuejun felt that the whole womb was so warm that he couldn't help but want to moan softly.

Of course, that kind of scream was too shameful, so she pursed her lips and held back!

"Acupuncture is really amazing!" Yang Xuejun couldn't help but admire in her heart. She had heard about traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture since she was a child, and she had seen a lot of it on TV, but she had never thought that such an experience would actually exist in reality.

It was as if the door to a new world had opened, opening her eyes!

Expert Xu didn't know that Yang Xuejun felt like this. She just used her superb medical skills to treat patients.

If she knew, she would probably be shocked. As a veteran Chinese medicine practitioner, she would naturally be able to feel the sense of Qi, but that was the sense of Qi that she only captured after practicing Chinese medicine for many years and under the careful guidance of her father.

When administering acupuncture to a patient, it is necessary to "get qi". Without "deqi", it cannot affect the body's meridians and qi mechanisms, and it will be ineffective, and it will be a random injection.At most, it is a barbaric way to relax tense nerves. Although it is effective, it is at a "low and superficial" level.

When Yang Xuejun experienced acupuncture for the first time, she felt like this. This kind of qualification and talent was definitely one of a kind. She had never seen it before in her almost 70-year-old life.

When you are treated with acupuncture, you will have this "qi feeling". When you perform acupuncture on people in the future, it will be easier to grasp the secrets, gain a glimpse of the door, and get to the true essence of practice.

The thick moxa stick in Expert Xu's hand kept rising and falling, with a special rhythm, far and near, fast and slow, just like a sparrow pecking.

This is very particular in Chinese medicine and is called "bird peck moxibustion", which is a type of moxa stick hanging moxibustion.

Acupuncture Acupuncture, "needle" refers to the application of needles, pricking needles, acupuncture therapy, while "moxibustion" refers to moxibustion, which uses moxa sticks or moxa sticks made of moxa leaves. Specific parts stimulate the activity of meridian qi and adjust the disordered physiological and biochemical functions of the human body, thereby achieving the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.

Some people mistakenly think that acupuncture and moxibustion are the same therapy, but they are not.Although they are both based on the understanding of the meridians and acupuncture points of the human body, acupuncture therapy is only a physical effect, while moxibustion is a compound and comprehensive effect of drugs and physics.

The treatment scope of the two is also different. The so-called "moxibustion is suitable for what acupuncture cannot do" refers to the difference.

About 5 minutes later, the veteran expert used the moxa sparrow pecking method to warm moxibustion on Yang Xuejun's "Yinbai point", and then continued on "Pishu", "Zusanli", "Xingjian", "Guanyuan", " Acupuncture is performed on acupuncture points such as "Dadun Point".

Some have acupuncture first and then moxibustion, some have moxibustion first and then acupuncture, some have only acupuncture without moxibustion, and some have only moxibustion without acupuncture.

I have to say that acupuncture is really magical. Yang Xuejun had lost a lot of blood during menstruation, and his legs, feet and lower abdomen had been cold for the past few days. Even drinking brown sugar ginger tea was not effective.

However, after receiving alternating acupuncture and moxibustion by the veteran expert, within half an hour, I felt comfortable and warm all over my body. The cold in the palace seemed to have disappeared, and my cheeks were also warm.

She took out a small mirror and put it in front of her face to take a look, and here I go, the "rosy face and drunken face" reappeared!
In the past, you had to drink hot plum wine, but now you don’t have to drink it, and it’s still beautiful.

She was moved in her heart and couldn't help but said: "Dr. Xu, your medical skills are so good. Can I learn Chinese medicine from you?"

Expert Xu smiled slightly and said: "Learning Chinese medicine requires perseverance, and you will learn as long as you are old, but many people tend to have a 3-minute fever."

The implication is that Yang Xuejun should go back and think about it again, and not make impulsive decisions easily.

Moreover, when a family of traditional Chinese medicine like the Xu family recruits disciples, they usually select talented younger children from the family and teach them by words and deeds from an early age, which is different from those in college.

Yang Xuejun has graduated from college and has not studied this major before. He is a monk on the way, so it is not surprising that Expert Xu looks down on him.

Yang Xuejun smiled awkwardly. She never thought that someone would accept her as a disciple after asking so casually.How can real medical skills be so easily taught?What's more, he is a famous doctor passed down from his ancestors.If it is inherited from a family, it is even less likely to be easily passed on to outsiders. "Dr. Xu, I saw on the Internet that you are the fourth generation successor of Xu's traditional Chinese medicine, which is really amazing. Are there anyone else in your family studying medicine?"

It's okay not to mention this. When I mentioned this, the old expert couldn't help but look sad, and sighed softly: "Now I am the only one in the country who is Xu's traditional Chinese medicine doctor."

"Ah? Isn't Xu's traditional Chinese medicine inherited for hundreds of years? And it seems to be very popular." Yang Xuejun asked in surprise.

The old expert shook his head and said: "Many of my brothers, sisters, cousins, etc., who have made achievements in traditional Chinese medicine, have gone abroad. Most of them opened traditional Chinese medicine clinics in the United States, and a few of them were in Europe and Southeast Asia. , are all doing very well, and are much better than me. The Xu family in the country will probably have no successors once I die."

"What about your children?" Yang Xuejun asked.

"Them?" Expert Xu shook his head, showing a little disappointment, "No one is interested in Chinese medicine, they have all gone to other careers!"

"That's such a shame, with such good medical skills." Yang Xuejun stuck out his tongue.

"What a pity. The times are developing, and not many young people today like traditional medicine." The old expert was reminded of the past by Yang Xuejun, and her mood was slightly depressed, but she was very good at adjusting it, so she waved her hand gently and said, "Don't talk about those unhappy things. Very few little girls will pester me, an old woman, to ask questions about Chinese medicine."

The old expert chuckled and smiled.

She had given acupuncture to many patients before, but most of them enjoyed it silently with their eyes closed. Occasionally, if someone talked, they would just chat a few words about home affairs, and then fall silent again.

There are some really talkative people who just talk about all kinds of things and don't make any sense.

It is really rare for someone as eccentric as Yang Xuejun to bother asking about Chinese medicine and want to become her teacher.

"The last acupoint, Dadun point." The old expert wiped the surface skin of Yang Xuejun's Dadun point with an alcohol cotton ball, then lightly trembled the silver needle, inserted it shallowly, until it was about 0.1 to 0.2 inches, and used it to gain Qi. Tonic, gently twist.

This acupoint comes from "Lingshu Benshu" and is also known as Shuiquan and Dashun.It can regulate the liver and kidneys, relieve wind and resuscitation, soothe the nerves, calm epilepsy, regulate blood, and is mainly used to treat irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia and other diseases.

Yang Xuejun felt the air flow again.

"When you come to pick up the medicine the day after tomorrow, I will do acupuncture for you again. Then I will do it again on the sixth day of the lunar month. I think it will be almost the same. Then you will take the medicine at home. The precautions I told you in the morning, keep a good mood and don't stay up late. Wait, please remember."

"Yeah, thank you, Doctor Xu. It's really a pleasant experience to treat her here." Yang Xuejun raised his eyebrows, still not satisfied, but the old expert was busy and could not give her acupuncture and chat with her all the time.

In addition, the acupuncture should be quite expensive this time, so I had to say goodbye and leave.

When it came time to check out, it cost more than 600, and the treatment time was only about 10 minutes. However, Yang Xuejun felt that it was still worth the money.After all, he is a nationally renowned Chinese medicine doctor.

The curative effect was also very significant. Her uterine cold temporarily disappeared, and her lower abdomen was always warm, as if there was a warm current slowly flowing inside.

Moreover, this time the "rosy face" lasted for a long time and did not gradually dissipate until after six o'clock in the evening. Yang Xuejun had a "beautiful afternoon".

In the evening, she did not go back to her hometown in the small town. Instead, she stayed in her own house in the county town and had takeout for dinner.Her parents were too busy playing mahjong to take care of her.

During the Chinese New Year in Zhuhai County, there are a lot of takeaways.For many people, there is no such thing as a holiday during the Chinese New Year, but rather a "peak season".

However, ordering takeout on New Year's Day still surprised and surprised the delivery boy.

Yang Xuejun came to the bathroom, looked at the sallow and pale face in the mirror, stroked it with her hands, and suddenly had a strong idea, that is, she wanted to learn Chinese medicine.

I have learned how to give myself acupuncture every day to keep myself beautiful. This is much healthier than drinking alcohol!Going to the provincial capital for acupuncture is not easy because the round trip time is too long and the cost is too high.

This time, it took me a long time to find a parking space, and the parking fee was quite expensive, ranging from 15 yuan to 20 yuan an hour. The key was that there was no space available.

Especially during menstruation, it’s really inconvenient to have your vaginal bleeding and you have to drive back and forth, queue up at the hospital, register, pay, etc.

It would be great if you could learn it yourself and do it at home.

She thought that even if acupuncture was too difficult, moxibustion should be possible.

With this thought, she could no longer hold back. She searched a lot of information on the Internet. When she learned about Chinese medicine, the more she read, the more excited she became, and the more she read, the more fascinated she became.

What shocked her was that many people started to learn Chinese medicine when they were middle-aged, such as 50 or [-] years old. There were even some people who, after studying for a few years, could become famous doctors and write books about it. Famous person.

For example, Zhu Danxi (1281~1358) was one of the four great physicians in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, one of the top ten famous doctors in China, and the founder of the famous Ziyin School. His medical reputation was so great that there was a dedicated "Danxi Academy" in Japan. ", to study his medical skills.

Zhu Danxi only started to learn Chinese medicine when he was 30 years old. Because his mother was ill and had spleen pain, he went to many doctors, but he was "unable to do anything", which made him very scared.

Because, as early as when he was 15 years old, his father died of illness, and his family fell into decline.

If his mother passes away again, he really can't accept it!
Then, Zhu Danxi took action on his own!Start studying Chinese medicine.Because of filial piety.

Many medical doctors are also Confucian. For example, Zhang Congzheng, one of the four great doctors of the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, wrote a book called "Confucianism".

Confucian children cannot let their mothers be troubled by diseases.

Since the doctors are helpless, he will do the research himself and treat it himself!
Then, something magical happened. He had no choice but to study "Suwen". Three years later, he tried to prescribe a prescription for his old mother. As a result, his mother's chronic illness was cured instantly.

Do you think he will embark on the path of traditional Chinese medicine from now on?

Do not!
After Zhu Danxi cured his mother, he shelved the medical books.He originally wanted to save his mother, but now that her mother is cured, why should he learn Chinese medicine?
It was not until later that he encountered a dilemma in life again.Two blows, he failed the imperial examination and his beloved wife died.

He felt that his life was very bumpy, full of hardships, and confused, so he went to his teacher Xu Qian, a Neo-Confucian scholar, and asked for advice.

His teacher said that he had heartache (according to current theory, it should be a heart attack) and had been lying in bed for several years. He could not do strenuous exercise. Moreover, ordinary doctors could not cure this disease.

You are so talented and smart, why do you have to be obsessed with the imperial examination? Why don't you study medicine and help me treat my illness.

Thus, Zhu Danxi officially embarked on the path of studying medicine.At this time, he is already 40 years old!

At the beginning, Zhu Danxi mainly studied on his own, studying "Suwen", "Taiping Huiminhe Jiju Prescription", etc. However, due to the lack of guidance from a master, his understanding of classical medical books was not deep and thorough, and the effect was ineffective when using ancient prescriptions. Often the results were not good, so he decided to go out on a visit to seek higher education.Later, he became a disciple of Luo Zhiti, a famous doctor in Hangzhou.

A few years later, Zhu Danxi became a famous doctor. He not only helped the world by hanging pots, but also wrote books.After his death, he left a large number of important medical works and diagnosis and treatment experience to future generations, such as "Ge Zhi Yu Lun", "Supplement to the Derivatives of Materia Medica", "Danxi Heart Method", "Medical Inventions", "Pulse Jue" "Zhizhang", "Pingzhi Collection", "Grammar Confidential", "Danxi Medical Essentials", "Pulse Causes and Syndrome Treatment", etc., had a profound impact on the development of medicine in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which was unparalleled by other masters of the Jin and Yuan schools. Comparable.

Zhu Danxi is not alone. There are many people who started studying Chinese medicine in their 50s and [-]s and later became successful.It's just that the achievements are big and small.

Yang Xuejun felt relaxed and happy. She is only 24 years old now, which is not too late compared with those who started in their 50s and [-]s.

So, after thinking deeply all night, the next day she went to the library to borrow some medical books and came back to study them.

Among them, there are some ancient books, such as "Shen Nong Baicao Jing", "Difficult Classic", "Zhong Zang Jing", "Mai Jing", "Huang Di Acupuncture Jing A and B Jing", "Huang Di Nei Jing Tai Su", etc.

Juanzi, an old classmate, came to see her and asked her to go shopping, but she declined. Pointing to the thick stack of books on the desk, she said that she would use this vacation to study these books with concentration.

Juanzi turned over it and was shocked. She made a pig noise on the spot, "Oh my God, they are all obscure Chinese medicine."There are even many original classical Chinese texts in it.

Is this something humans learned?Is this something young girls like us should learn?Isn’t it good to scroll through Douyin and catch up on dramas?
However, seeing Yang Xuejun sitting down and reading quietly, Juanzi had no choice but to leave and go shopping with others.

Juanzi told some friends, and they were all surprised.

But most people think she is just showing off, and may not be able to watch it at all, or the heat will subside after a few days and then return to normal.

It is wrong for them to judge others by themselves.

Yang Xuejun flipped through those medical books and soon had a general understanding of Chinese medicine. What surprised her was that she could not remember other things, but she was particularly good at memorizing acupuncture points, meridians, medicine names, and prescriptions.

She has read a lot of books and made a simple summary of traditional Chinese medicine, which is the six techniques of Qihuang: Bianstone, acupuncture, moxibustion, medicine, massage, Daoyin, plus the method of counting pulses and the way of meridians, which is basically the method of traditional Chinese medicine. The essence.

Although it sounds so simple, every item in it is profound and profound.

Especially traditional Chinese medicine, there are many kinds, with four qi and five flavors, rising and falling. There are more than 3000 kinds recorded in ancient books alone. Today, there are more than 12800 kinds.

The contemporary representative work on herbal medicine, "Zhonghua Materia Medica", contains 8980 medicinal herbs. This is just a single traditional Chinese medicine. If meridian tropism and compatibility are added, the composition and application of prescriptions will become more complicated and profound.

Yang Xuejun suddenly had a feeling, had he not discovered his talent before?

She applied for a major in college, but her knowledge was limited at the time. Based on the recommendation of a relative and elder, as well as the expectations of her parents, she studied tourism management. After graduation, she worked as a miserable tour guide. How great would it have been if she had studied Chinese medicine at that time?
However, it is not too late.

When I learn acupuncture, I will go to the United States to get a certificate, and then open a Chinese medicine clinic opposite Qiao's clinic. Haha, it will be a big surprise for him!

(End of this chapter)