Professor Gao said gravely, "I propose we let him give it a try!"
However, despite Professor Gao's high prestige, he couldn't make a unilateral decision when a life was on the line.
Imdiately, other experts voiced their objections.
"Professor Gao, we certainly trust your judgnt. But this is a grave matter; we can't be so reckless!"
"That's right. The patient's current condition is too fragile for any more experints. What if... what if the acupuncture doesn't work and we waste the last window of opportunity for resuscitation? Who will take responsibility for that?"
The consultation room once again descended into argunt.
Li Xu frowned.
'That expert is talking complete nonsense.'
'Waste the last window of opportunity for resuscitation?'
'They've been consulting here for ages and haven't co up with a single solution. What other resuscitation thods do they even have?'
'So, this 'last window of opportunity' is a completely moot point.'
'He's just opposing for the sake of opposition.'
'On the contrary, acupuncture is the last remaining treatnt option.'
Li Xu couldn't be bothered to argue with him. He turned to Director Qian of the Acupuncture Departnt and said:
"Director Qian, may I ask you a question? Elder Cheng once published a paper in the Acupuncture Journal titled 'Acupuncture Ergency Treatnt for Snake Bite'. In it, he ntioned that the primary principle for treating venomous snake bites is to 'open the ghost gate and cleanse the pure mansion.' I was wondering how you interpret that phrase?"
Director Qian was taken aback when he heard this.
He certainly knew of the article; it was one of Elder Cheng's later works.
Furthermore, it was one of the few publicly published papers on treating snake bites.
But because the acupuncture techniques it described were too profound for almost anyone to grasp, it had gradually faded into obscurity.
He never imagined that the young man before him would be so familiar with such an obscure piece of literature.
He recalled for a mont, then answered, "'Open the ghost gate,' as I understand it, refers to needling points like Renzhong and Baihui to open the orifices and revive the spirit. And 'cleanse the pure mansion' should refer to needling points like Shuidao and Qi Sea to promote urination and defecation, allowing the venom to be expelled with the urine and feces."
"No." Li Xu shook his head. "Your understanding is only half right."
He quickly explained, "The 'ghost gate' Elder Cheng spoke of doesn't just refer to the sensory orifices, but to all the 'apertures' in the human body that connect to the outside world, including the sweat pores.
"And 'pure mansion' doesn't just refer to the bladder and large intestine, but to the body's 'Blood Purification Mansion'—in other words, our entire circulatory system.
"Therefore, the true essence of this acupuncture technique lies in 'Opening the Sweat Pores to expel the venom and Purifying the Blood Mansion to cleanse the interior.'
"By needling a specific combination of acupoints, you can forcibly open all the sweat pores in the body, 'forcing' the snake venom out through the skin with the sweat.
"This is the true thod of taking the firewood out from under the cauldron!"
Director Qian was stunned.
'This kind of explanation?'
The pride of an expert made him subconsciously want to refute it.
But upon careful consideration, what Li Xu said was logical and reasonable. Moreover, Li Xu's thod seed to be the only way to truly expel the snake venom.
After all, snake venom was ferocious.
It required a bold and powerful thod.
Previously, when he read the paper, he had been filled with doubts. According to his own understanding, it would have been very difficult to expel snake venom that way.
Now, after hearing this explanation, Director Qian felt as if a scholarly question that had puzzled him for years had just been solved.
Li Xu didn't stop, continuing, "To achieve the goal of 'Opening the Sweat Pores,' you must use a special Twisting and Accelerating Qi Technique called 'Cyan Dragon Tail Swing.' And to 'Purify the Blood Mansion,' you need another Acupuncture Technique that focuses on vibration, called 'White Tiger Shaking Head'! I wonder, Director Qian, have you heard of these two techniques?"
"Cyan Dragon Tail Swing... White Tiger Shaking Head..."
Director Qian was both shocked and delighted to hear these two nas.
He pointed at Li Xu, his voice trembling slightly, "You... How do you know these nas?! As far as I know, these are Elder Cheng's core acupuncture techniques, the most secret lore of the 'Chengjiang Acupuncture School.' It's impossible for anyone to know them unless they are his most core Direct Disciple."
Li Xu glanced at the perilous vital signs on the monitor; there was no ti for further explanation.
He just looked at Director Qian calmly and said, "Director Qian, the patient doesn't have much ti. Can we discuss the details after we save her?"
Those words were like a bucket of cold water, snapping the still-shocked Director Qian back to his senses.
He took a serious look at Li Xu.
In Li Xu's eyes, he saw imnse confidence.
Finally, he turned his head to the still-hesitant head of the ergency departnt and said, "I agree. Let him give it a try!"
With that declaration, all voices of opposition in the consultation room fell silent.
Seeing that both Professor Gao Guanghui and Director Qian, the authority from the Acupuncture Departnt, were vouching for this young man, the other experts kept their dissent to themselves, unwilling to offend the two heavyweights.
More importantly, they really didn't have any better solutions.
Rather than just stand by and watch the patient die, it was better to take a gamble.
"Alright!" The head of the ergency departnt gritted his teeth and made the final call. "Doctor Li, please proceed!"
...
In the ergency room, all non-essential personnel were asked to leave.
Only a few core experts and the nurse responsible for monitoring vital signs remained.
All eyes were focused on Li Xu.
Li Xu walked to the bedside, his expression focused.
He did not begin needling imdiately.
Instead, he first took the patient's pulse.
To confirm the patient's condition.
The pulse was scattered and barely detectable.
The previously administered antivenom had only slowed the progression of her condition.
It hadn't cured it.
Although the situation was critical, Li Xu was not flustered.
He closed his eyes, and all the details about the "Nine Yang Needles Transformation thod" from Elder Cheng's notes and the intelligence video played back in his mind like a movie.
When he opened his eyes again, his entire aura had changed.
If before he was just a modest and polite young doctor, now he was like a peerless swordsman about to enter a decisive battle, his eyes filled with an unparalleled, domineering confidence.
He picked up a three-inch-long steel needle from his needle case.
"First needle, Renzhong!"
He pinched the patient's upper lip with his left thumb, held the needle in his right hand, and aid for the "Drainage Ditch" point, located one-third of the way down the philtrum. He then pierced the skin obliquely upwards at an extrely tricky angle.
The tip of the needle went straight to the base of the nasal septum.
The needle insertion was fast, precise, and ruthless.
Director Qian, who was watching from the side, felt his eyelids twitch.
His technique had been honed by Zhu Quanxin and was in no way inferior to that of a typical expert.
"Second needle, Yongquan!"
Li Xu leaned over, located the "Yongquan" point in the depression on the sole of the patient's left foot, about one-third of the way from the toes, and pierced it perpendicularly to a depth of one and a half inches, using the sa technique.
Renzhong belongs to the Du ridian, which governs all the Yang energy of the body.
Yongquan belongs to the Kidney ridian, and the kidneys are the foundation of congenital essence.
One point above and one below, one Yang and one Yin, echoing each other from afar. In an instant, they "reignited" the flickering fla of life within the patient.
Imdiately after, Li Xu's technique beca faster and more dazzling.
"Third needle, Baihui!"
"Fourth needle, Laogong!"
"Fifth needle, Shenn!"
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