Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 1042 Exceptional Comprehension, Giving the Old Chinese Medicine Practitioner a Shock (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets: 3K Chapters)

Although he really wanted to watch it, Fang Yan didn't hesitate on the surface.

He only picked up the "Huangdi Mingtang Jing".

Then he opened it and started reading on his own.

It systematically names many acupoints on the human body and describes in detail the specific location of each acupoint.

It explains the various ailments that each acupoint can treat.

Take Hegu acupoint as an example. According to the records, it is used to treat cold and heat, malaria, mania, nosebleeds, fever without sweating, eye pain, headache, toothache, fright, sore throat, prickly heat, weakness, inability to use arms and wrists, inability to close lips and mouth, deafness, blocked ears, muteness, and lockjaw.

It also explains the acupuncture and moxibustion methods, such as the depth of acupuncture, the time of needle retention, and the number of moxibustion treatments.

For example, the Hegu acupoint is described as "insert 3 fen deep, retain for 6 breaths, and moxibustion for 3 cones".

Actually, based on what we've seen so far, it's all pretty simple and normal.

It's really good for beginners, but the old man said that he created the "Wildfire Needle Technique" from this book, so Fang Yan continued to flip through the pages.

Before long, I turned to the back of the book and found that the content was obviously different from the front. It was two books bound together, and the first thing I saw was a picture.

To be precise, it is a diagram of the human body's eight trigrams orientation drawn with cinnabar. The acupoint diagram uses the orientation of the innate eight trigrams as a framework, dividing the human body into eight palaces, with each palace corresponding to a group of acupoints to treat specific types of diseases.

To understand the dialect, scroll through the pages and examine each line carefully:

Qian Palace (Heavenly Department): Governs diseases of the head, face, and brain.

Acupoints: Baihui, Shenting, Yintang, Fengfu.

Acupuncture and moxibustion: Qian belongs to metal, so use a balanced tonifying and reducing needle, retain the needle for nine breaths to correspond to "Qian is heaven, the number nine"; moxibustion for three cones to tonify yang qi.

Kun Palace (Earth Part): Governs the spleen and stomach, and internal retention of dampness.

Acupoints: Zhongwan, Zusanli, Yinlingquan, Taibai.

Acupuncture and moxibustion: Kun belongs to Earth. After inserting the needle, first reduce and then tonify. Rotate the needle six times counterclockwise to reduce and nine times clockwise to tonify. Retain the needle for six breaths.

Li Palace (Fire Department): Indicates intense heart fire and stagnation of heat toxins.

Acupoints: Laogong, Shaofu, Neiguan, Tanzhong (essential for fire needle penetration)
Acupuncture and moxibustion: Since Li belongs to fire, it is necessary to use fire needles to quickly prick it; supplement with plum blossom needle tapping and bloodletting at Dazhui.

Kan Palace (Water Department): Primarily governs kidney deficiency with cold stagnation and dampness descending downwards.

Acupoints: Taixi, Fuliu, Shenshu, Guanyuan.

Acupuncture and moxibustion: Kan belongs to water, needle one inch deep "water is deep and submerged", moxibustion five times to warm and tonify kidney yang.

In addition, there is the Bagua interactive acupoint combination method, which uses two palaces linked for acupuncture for complex diseases, such as:

Wind-phlegm obstructing the meridians (Zhen-Xun combination):

Zhen Palace (Thunder): Taichong, Xingjian (to soothe the liver and dispel wind)

Xun Palace (Wind): Fengchi (Wind Pool), Fengmen (Wind Gate) (to dispel wind and evil)

Interactive technique: Rotate the Zhen needle counterclockwise to drain liver fire, and rotate the Xun needle clockwise to replenish Wei Qi. The needle retention time is adjusted according to the ratio of "three Zhen and seven Xun".

Qi and blood deficiency (harmony between heaven and earth):

To nourish the brain and marrow at the Qian Palace: Moxibustion at Baihui (GV20).

To strengthen the spleen and stomach at the Kun Palace point: deeply puncture the Zhongwan point one and a half inches deep.

Qi circulation: First Qian (Heaven) then Kun (Earth), then apply moxibustion to Shenque (CV8) to guide Qi back to its origin.

"How is it? Can you understand it?" Aji's voice brought Fang Yan back to her senses.

Fang Yan raised his head, smiled, and said:
"Okay."

Ah Ji pursed his lips and said:
"It's not shameful to not understand it, if you really want to say it's okay..."

Fang Yan said with a smile:

"Not bad at all. Have you forgotten that I practiced Baguazhang?"

Ah Ji was taken aback and asked:

"Hmm? Baguazhang is related to this?"

Fang Yan pointed to the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) diagram on the page of the book:

"Baguazhang emphasizes using the palm as a knife and moving like a dragon, but the foundation of this palm technique lies in the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams steps."

“Look at this diagram, the Qian Palace is at the top and the Kun Palace is the base. It’s the same principle as the starting posture of Baguazhang, where the feet step on the nine palaces and the hands divide Yin and Yang.”

He pointed to the Li Gong acupoint on the diagram, saying, "Take the Laogong acupoint for example. In Baguazhang, it's called the 'Heart Fire Acupoint.' When striking with the palm, you should focus your mind on this point. The principle in the diagram, 'Li belongs to fire, so the fire needle is used to puncture,' is to use the Qi of the Five Elements to connect the meridians."

Ah Ji's eyes widened.

Wait... how come this kid seems to actually know it?
The dialect then turned to the method of acupoint selection based on the combination of Zhen and Xun palaces:
“Look at the needle retention ratio of ‘three shocks and seven winds’, it feels similar to ‘three shocks palm to break the solid and seven spinning steps to deflect the force’ in Baguazhang. The counterclockwise draining method in acupuncture should be like ‘leftward spinning to break the qi’ in palm technique; the clockwise replenishing method is ‘rightward spinning to nourish the original qi’.”

As he spoke, his fingertips traced the lines on the pages of the book, speaking with great eloquence.

Hearing Fang Yan's words, Mr. Li, who was focused on treating the patient, looked up and said to Fang Yan with surprise:

"Young friend Lin's comprehension is far beyond what this old man expected."

Li Chunfang wasn't just flattering Fang Yan; he was genuinely surprised. Fang Yan had only been reading the book for a short while, yet he had already figured out the patterns within it.

Although the description of the "Wildfire Needle Technique" is very detailed, it definitely doesn't reveal any underlying principles. Fang Yan read it only once and didn't ask a single question, yet he has already grasped the essential core of the concept.

Li Chunfang had never met such a smart person.

However, when he thought about the Baguazhang (Eight Trigrams Palm) performed in the dialect, he suddenly felt it made sense.

Someone who can master Baguazhang to this level must have a very thorough understanding of Bagua. Coupled with that mysterious master, everything makes sense.

Having taught so many people, none had brought Li Chunfang the same shock as the dialect. At this moment, Li Chunfang believed that this young man in front of her was indeed destined to be connected with her Liaoyuan Acupuncture Technique.

Fang Yan smiled at Li Chunfang: "Mr. Li, you're too kind. But I didn't see how to use the 'Wildfire Needle' on this."

Li Chunfang said:
"Turn to the back of the book."

Turning to the back of the page, I finally saw the usage of "燎原针" (liaoyuanzhen).

It turns out that fire was indeed used to burn the acupoints, and then a fire needle was used to penetrate them.

Just then, Mr. Li suddenly relaxed and almost collapsed onto the patient.

"Grandpa, what's wrong?" Aji hurriedly went up to his grandfather and asked with concern.

The old man waved his hand and said to the patient:
"Sorry, I wasn't fully recovered yesterday, and I'm a bit short of energy today."

Before the patient could speak, a family member nearby said something.

“Mr. Li, why don’t you have your grandson come? We understand you’re getting old and your body can’t keep up, but we don’t want this to cause any problems with your treatment…”

Although the other party had already tried to be tactful, it still sounded somewhat harsh.

But it was indeed his fault, and he couldn't refute it.

He could only smile and say to the family members:
"It's alright, you guys eat first. I'll definitely handle the problem today."

The group looked at the food on the table and shook their heads.
"Once we're cured, we'll leave and won't eat anything from here anymore."

"..." Li Chunfang was speechless. It seemed to be saying that the food he ate was unsafe.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, it was alluding to him.

"Mr. Li, how about I do it?" Fang Yan said to Li Chunfang.

"You're coming?" Li Chunfang looked at Fang Yan.

He said in dialect:

"It's just stimulating and massaging acupoints along the meridians. I know how to do that. Just tell me the location, and I'll take care of it."

At this moment, the patient lying down also said to Li Chunfang:
"Old Li, since this young man says he can do it, let him do it. At least young people have good physical strength!"

Hearing the patient say this, Li Chunfang nodded and said to Fang Yan:

"Alright, then I'll leave it to you, young friend Lin."

Fang Yan nodded, put down her book, and went to the patient's side, taking over Li Chunfang's place.

Li Chunfang stood up, supporting herself on the sofa armrest, her fingertips trembling as she pointed to the patient's sternum:
"The Xuanji acupoint is one inch below the Tiantu acupoint, and the Zhongwan acupoint is four inches above the navel. Use the pad of your thumb to push down from the manubrium of the sternum segment by segment, applying pressure that penetrates the spleen and stomach meridians..."

Before he could finish speaking, Fang Yan nodded, then raised his hand and touched the patient's Xuanji acupoint, finding the exact location.

Then he pressed down with a gesture he had never seen before.

The patient immediately let out a soft groan, and then all the hairs on his body stood on end.

"What are you doing..." Li Chunfang's pupils contracted sharply. Zhijian's fingers traveled down the Ren meridian, stopping precisely at each acupoint using this technique. The patient's reaction was significantly stronger than when he pressed the acupoints earlier, but he did not appear to be in pain.

"Wow, this young man's technique is excellent!" the patient couldn't help but praise Fang Yan.

Li Chunfang then realized that without her pointing out each acupoint individually, Fang Yan had already accurately located all the places he had pressed before, and his direction of Qi flow along the meridians was also incredibly accurate.

The layman didn't think anything of it, but the expert was dumbfounded.

You need to have a deep understanding of the human body to be proficient to this extent.

Without even looking up, Fang Yan perfectly replicated the movements the old man had just made, even more accurately than the old man himself.

The dialect uses the Luo family's bone-setting technique, which has its own set of techniques for tendons, bones, and acupoints, completely different from what the old man used.

Without even raising his head, Fang Yan suddenly pinched hard with his fingertips, causing the patient to arch his back violently, and a visible flush shot from the soles of his feet straight to his lower abdomen.

The hairs on my body stood on end and then fell back down.

"That feels so good...so good..." the patient said happily on the sofa.

The family members watching from the sidelines also curiously came over.

The movements were almost identical, but the old man's massage made the patient cry out in pain, while the dialect made the patient exclaim how comfortable it felt.

At this moment, Ah Ji suddenly said:
"Hey Grandpa, the ginger on your feet seems to have changed!"

Li Chunfang and the others gathered around the patient's feet and saw that the ginger on one foot was still fresh, while the other foot was already somewhat dehydrated.

Li Chunfang reminded him in dialect:

"Continue pressing the other side."

He said "Oh" in dialect, and then switched to the other side of the patient to start pressing.

The patient trembled several times as he was being held down, but didn't groan. He spoke in dialect:

"It's okay, I can handle it, I can even use a little more force."

Fang Yan was speechless. She was trying to reconcile the conflicting Qi between the excessive Yang in the upper body and the deficiency and cold in the lower body, not to give him a massage to make him feel comfortable.

After a few more presses, Mr. Li and his colleagues saw the patient's back arched again.

After that, Li Chunfang discovered that the patient, whose condition was not right no matter how she pressed, was now also starting to dehydrate on the other foot.

"This...is a genius!"

PS: After finishing this chapter, I still owe everyone 60000 words.

That's all for today, please come early tomorrow.

Lao Feng is working hard to write tomorrow's code.

(End of this chapter)