At this mont, among the group of people bowing their heads, a few felt the most embarrassed. These were the individuals from the Traditional Chinese dicine Pediatrics Departnt, led by Li Shuxun. Right then, lowering their heads felt wrong, yet looking up to witness their colleague being scolded felt equally wrong. It was wrong to leave, but also wrong to stay.
Du Heng felt he was on the brink of having a stroke from anger. He swallowed the bitter words that were on the tip of his tongue. After coldly sweeping his gaze over everyone, he picked up the phone and called Qiu Pingzhen and Lu Guangying. They were both leaders who directly managed doctors and departnts. Who else would he contact at this ti but them?
After hanging up the phone, Du Heng looked at the people bowing their heads in silence, and once again had to suppress the urge to unleash scathing words.
Fortunately, Li Shuxun stepped forward. "Brother, anger harms the body. Calm down. Dr. He didn't do this on purpose; he simply used strong dicine to quickly control the pediatric patient's condition."
Du Heng was dumbfounded. Was he suggesting that to control an existing illness, it's acceptable to damage other ministries of the body? What kind of twisted logic is that?
But Li Shuxun didn't let Du Heng get a word in. Before Du Heng could even open his mouth, Li Shuxun continued, "Brother, why don't you explain to everyone why this child ended up like this? That way, we can all avoid such incidents in the future. Please, tell us." While speaking, he even took the initiative to pat Du Heng's back.
This move made Du Heng speechless; he almost burst out laughing from sheer exasperation.
"Alright, take your hand off," Du Heng glared at Li Shuxun.
Li Shuxun laughed shalessly, HEH HEH HEH, "Brother, please explain to everyone."
"Sigh." Played by Li Shuxun like this, Du Heng could only sigh. "According to traditional Chinese dicine theory, children are of pure yang. When their bodies are hot, they tend to crave raw and cold foods, especially enjoying icy things on hot days. I'm sure all of you who specialize in pediatrics are very clear on this point. However, from birth, regardless of age, a person's health primarily depends on whether their spleen and stomach function is sound and well-developed. You heard what the pediatric patient's parents said earlier: early in the morning, they took a waterlon that had been refrigerated overnight and a cup of iced sour plum soup straight from the fridge for the child."
At this point, Du Heng sighed softly. "I don't know if any of you have experience with rural life. When I was young, my family owned a mule. Every ti it returned from hard work in the fields, especially in sumr after my brother had taken it to plow, the mule would co back drenched in sweat, its fur entirely soaked."
Li Shuxun deeply empathized with Du Heng's words, nodding as he added, "That's absolutely right. When my father ca back, the first thing he always did was give our family's donkey water." Then, as if recalling sothing amusing, he continued with a smile, "My dad was peculiar back then. When he drew water from the well and poured it into the trough, he always liked to toss a handful of dry grass into it. Our donkey never got to drink comfortably; it would always take a couple of sips, then stop and snort a few tis."
Hearing Li Shuxun speak, Du Heng also seed to be infected by his lighter mood, and his expression softened a little. "Do you know why that is?"
Li Shuxun paused, then shook his head. "I never thought about it."
Du Heng looked at Li Shuxun with a hint of disappointnt. "Mules and donkeys, after heavy work, have extrely expanded lungs, just like humans after strenuous exercise. If they drink large mouthfuls of water at this point, the water can easily be aspirated into the trachea, causing 'pulmonary edema.' Furthermore, due to strenuous activity, blood circulation in these animals, just like in humans, speeds up. When a large amount of cold water is suddenly gulped down, what happens when that cold rapidly ets the body's heat?"
Li Shuxun imdiately replied, "It cools them down! Just like quenching iron, it directly takes away the body's heat, making one feel cool quickly."
Du Heng stared intently at Li Shuxun. "The principle is similar, but when raw and cold things enter the body, they go straight to the gastrointestinal tract. Do you think your flesh-and-blood gastrointestinal tract can be compared to iron?"
Li Shuxun paused again, then slowly shook his head.
"Such sudden changes between cold and heat can easily damage the delicate gastrointestinal tract. Once it's damaged, aren't vomiting and diarrhea to be expected?" Du Heng continued. "Even farrs understand this simple principle. Yet, many of us educated city dwellers do not. Moreover, this pediatric patient is only five years old. His gastrointestinal tract is even more delicate. Ingesting a large quantity of raw and cold food will undoubtedly harm him."
Everyone listened quietly as Du Heng and Li Shuxun spoke, but they couldn't discern the connection between this discussion and the pediatric patient's inability to speak and convulsions. However, given Du Heng's earlier outburst, no one dared to voice their questions.
Du Heng scanned the crowd once more and continued, "When the gastrointestinal tract is assailed by cold, leading to vomiting and diarrhea, it becos too weak to function. At such tis, the body's four limbs will inevitably be weak as well. Moreover, if the Spleen and Stomach are weak, the liver cannot absorb body fluids. And in this instance, you administered dication that burdened the liver. To protect itself, the liver will inevitably encroach upon the Spleen and Stomach. However, with no body fluids to nourish the liver wood, the liver wood becos exceedingly dry. Extre dryness engenders fire, and extre fire engenders wind. This is the cause of the pediatric patient's convulsions."
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