Xu Chunliang smiled and said, "Ma’am, I don’t even know you, let’s not speak hurtful words."
"Didn’t offend ? You knew my husband was overheated, and yet you still gave him barley tea with ginseng, deliberately causing his heat to flare up, leading to his toothache. How is this benevolence of a doctor? It’s downright malicious!"
Xu Chunliang finally understood that the plump woman in front of him was Lin Yougang’s wife, He Jini. Ever since the day Lin Yougang tried to fra Zheng Peian and ended up with a sudden toothache in the diation room, Zheng Peian pressed him to reveal who was behind it, but he refused to speak. After undergoing treatnt in the dentistry departnt, taking dicine, and getting IV fluids with no improvent after several days,
Lin Yougang had no choice but to go to the traditional Chinese dicine departnt. He dared not register under Zheng Peian, so he specifically signed up for an appointnt with Director Zhu Mingyuan, an expert in the traditional Chinese dicine departnt.
Zhu Mingyuan’s diagnosis was the sa as Xu Chunliang’s, both pointing to excess Yang Ming fire. In the process of taking the dical history, he learned that Lin Yougang had consud several cups of barley tea. Zhu Mingyuan further inquired if he had consud anything together with the barley tea.
Lin Yougang recalled that the barley tea was also mixed with ginseng slices. Zhu Mingyuan inford him that both barley tea and ginseng slices are heat-inducing substances and could be one of the reasons triggering his symptoms.
Accompanying her husband to see the doctor, He Jini was furious upon hearing this and stord to the dical office to confront Xu Chunliang, leading to the scene just witnessed.
Xu Chunliang, of course, would not admit it was his fault and imdiately suggested accompanying He Jini to ask Zhu Mingyuan to clarify whether it was related to him or not.
The traditional Chinese dicine departnt of Changxing had shrunk significantly, to the point of not even having a ward. In the afternoon, few people visited the departnt, and even before reaching the clinic, cries of pain could be heard from inside.
Xu Chunliang was very familiar with that voice; it was from Lin Yougang. Despite continuous treatnts for several days, he had consulted both Western and Chinese dicine, and not only had his toothache not improved, but it had worsened.
Just as Xu Chunliang entered, Zhu Mingyuan had finished acupuncture for Lin Yougang, but it had little effect, and Lin Yougang was still in unbearable pain.
Upon seeing Xu Chunliang walk in, Lin Yougang pointed and mumbled, "It’s him... he’s the one who hard ..."
He Jini said aggressively, "What do you say? My husband has been tornted to the brink of death by you, I demand compensation!"
"Ma’am, please don’t be hasty. I truly can’t afford to compensate for your husband’s life. Besides, hasn’t he been suffering from this ailnt for more than a day or two? You can’t pin it all on , can you?"
He Jini retorted, "Why can’t I bla you? My husband was fine before, you’re the one who intentionally drugged him. How can a doctor be so wicked? This is scheming for death and profit, I’m going to call the police and have you arrested."
Xu Chunliang wasn’t angry at all. With a smile, he looked at Zhu Mingyuan and asked, "Director Zhu, is this what you told them?"
Zhu Mingyuan replied, "I don’t know what’s between you all; I’m speaking objectively. The patient ntioned he had a cup of barley tea with ginseng. He has excessive internal heat, and in this dry weather, with external heat intensifying, barley and red ginseng are heating substances. Drinking them is like adding fuel to the fire."
Lin Yougang, clutching his mouth, said, "He’s the one... who gave it to ... he’s trying to harm ..."
Xu Chunliang intentionally asked, "It hurts a lot, doesn’t it?"
"Of course! My cheek is so swollen it looks like a buttock, how could it not hurt?" He Jini, with hands on hips and eyes glaring, seed ready to devour Xu Chunliang.
"Didn’t Director Zhu give you acupuncture? Why hasn’t the pain lessened?"
Zhu Mingyuan’s face darkened; what was this guy implying? Was he saying in front of so many people that his dical skills were inadequate?
Xu Chunliang said, "So people, when faced with problems, don’t look for reasons within themselves, they just bla others." He walked towards Lin Yougang, and He Jini, fearing he intended harm, hurriedly blocked him, "What do you want to do?"
Xu Chunliang replied, "I’ll press a couple of points for him. If that doesn’t relieve his toothache, I’ll cover your dical expenses."
He Jini didn’t believe him for a second, but Xu Chunliang’s words were so definitive. She wasn’t a fool; letting him try wouldn’t hurt. If it worked, great. If not, he’d cover the expenses—a very likely outco.
He Jini stepped aside, curious to see what this young guy could do.
Xu Chunliang approached Lin Yougang and took his hand.
Zhu Mingyuan watched with disdain, thinking that he had learned so extraordinary secret technique from Huichun Hall, but it was just choosing to massage the He Gu point, which is the most basic thod in Chinese dicine for alleviating toothache, known by almost every beginner practitioner.
Xu Chunliang seed to sense Zhu Mingyuan’s thoughts, turned to glance at him, and smiled: "Though the acupoint is the sa, the technique varies in skill."
He instructed Lin Yougang to bend his thumb and forefinger, gently touching the tips together, forming a hollow fist.
Xu Chunliang gently held the outside of Lin Yougang’s fist and pressed vertically with the pad of his thumb, precisely targeting Lin Yougang’s He Gu point.
He Gu, originating from "Ling Shu · Ben Shu", also known as the Tiger’s Mouth, is part of the Hand Yangming Large Intestine ridian.
The He Gu acupoint is located on the back of the hand, between the first and second tacarpal bones, at the midpoint on the radial side of the second tacarpal bone. Pressing the He Gu point can stretch the ridians, calm pain, and clear heat and exterior.
Actually, Zhu Mingyuan had previously pressed the He Gu point for Lin Yougang and had even perford acupuncture on the He Gu point, but the actual effect was not significant.
Strangely enough, after Xu Chunliang pressed twice, Lin Yougang felt much less pain, no longer as unbearable as before, looking at Xu Chunliang with so surprise.
Xu Chunliang smiled and said, "Didn’t I advise you before? If you want to cure Yangming’s fire evil disease, you should find Director Zheng Peian, whose acupuncture skills are the highest in all of Changxing."
Lin Yougang remained silent, while Xu Chunliang continued to massage his He Gu point rhythmically. The technique was quite strong, causing a soreness and pain at the pressure point, yet this pain was bearable, allowing him to temporarily ignore the toothache, partly due to pain transference.
As an observant onlooker, He Jini, though ignorant of dical science, could still recognize her husband’s response. Earlier, Lin Yougang was writhing in agony, but now he had cald down, proving Xu Chunliang’s effectiveness.
Zhu Mingyuan had witnessed Xu Chunliang’s acupoint technique before, but that was for punishing opponents. Today was the first ti he saw him treat patients, leaving Zhu Mingyuan both perplexed and embarrassed; why did pressing the sa acupoint yield such an obvious analgesic effect? Why did neither his massages nor acupuncture work? Could it be true as Xu Chunliang said? Though the points are the sa, the techniques differ in skill?
What made Zhu Mingyuan embarrassed was that Xu Chunliang blatantly treated people in his consultation room. Fortunately, there were no other patients, but if word of this got out, where would his face go?
After pressing the He Gu point, Xu Chunliang chose the Sanjian point and the Shangyang point, both on the Hand Yangming Large Intestine ridian. To an outsider, it seed that Xu Chunliang was rely pressing the patient’s hand from start to finish, but in the eyes of an insider like Zhu Mingyuan, this kid’s massage technique was extrely skillful.
The Hand Yangming Large Intestine ridian is one of the twelve ridians and one of the hand’s three yang ridians, related outwardly to the Hand Taiyin Lung ridian, connecting with the Hand Taiyin Lung ridian at the index finger, and extending downward to the Foot Yangming Stomach ridian beside the nose. The ridian runs along the index finger, the front lateral side of the upper limb, the front of the shoulder, the neck, next to the cheek and nostrils. Its collateral ridians and divergent ridians connect inside and outside respectively, with tendons distributed on the outer part. The chief acupoint is Shangyang, and the last acupoint is Yingxiang, with twenty points on each side.
The most common symptoms of abnormalities in the Hand Yangming Large Intestine ridian are toothache and facial swelling. The main indications of this ridian concern symptoms related to the body fluids, such as: dim eyes, dry mouth, nasal discharge or bleeding, sore throat, toothache, pain in the front shoulder and upper arm, and pain and difficulty in moving the index finger.
When a person’s qi is abundant, the parts through which the ridians pass get hot and swollen. When qi is deficient, it leads to chills, shivering, and difficulty in warming.
After just over ten minutes of massage by Xu Chunliang, Lin Yougang no longer felt any toothache. The couple’s initial resentnt towards Xu Chunliang turned into reverence. When they realized that this young man could dominate his physical ailnts, feeling awe was inevitable.
Xu Chunliang released Lin Yougang’s hands: "Yangming fire evil is not a serious illness, but accumulated over ti, it can destroy the bones. I am not being alarmist. I told you the other day, fire as a yang evil harms the body fluids and depletes qi, stirs up wind and blood, and disturbs the mind. Your symptoms of yang qi overflowing are more severe than they were two days ago. Treating it a day earlier can reduce the loss of yang qi."
He Jini’s expression clearly carried respect: "Dr. Xu, I didn’t quite understand what you said."
Xu Chunliang said, "If your husband does not get tily treatnt, sister, you may have to live as a widow in the future."
He Jini’s round face suddenly flushed. Why didn’t this kid have any sha, saying anything out loud? She could not help but sigh inwardly, don’t ntion the future, I’ve been living as a widow for more than half a year already.
Xu Chunliang could feel the deep hostility from Zhu Mingyuan, and he didn’t intend to stay, so he turned and left the traditional Chinese dicine clinic. He hadn’t walked far when He Jini chased after him: "Xu...Director Xu!"
Xu Chunliang had already expected her to follow, so he stopped and smiled: "Sister, is there anything else?"
He Jini said: "Director Xu, I can see that you truly have skills. Can you help cure my husband’s root cause?"
Xu Chunliang said: "I have only begun to delve into this art. I learned all my dical skills from Director Zheng."
He Jini sighed and said: "I also heard Director Zheng is impressive, but my husband refuses to find him for treatnt no matter what, I don’t know what went wrong with him."
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