Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 1235 The Guangzhou team and research institute have produced results (Bonus chapter for monthly votes)
Upon hearing Fang Yan's agreement, Dean Ouyang immediately turned to an assistant standing nearby and said:
"Now bring me that metal box at the bottom of my office."

The assistant immediately agreed and stood up to leave.

He said in dialect:

"There's no rush, isn't there? Let's eat first and then go!"

"It's okay, we can just take it and come back," the assistant said to Fang Yan.

He then left to find something.

Anton glanced at his departing assistant, thinking that he would also be Fang Yan's assistant in the future, and felt that he had learned something.

A short while later, the assistant returned carrying a metal box that was neither clearly blue nor green. Dean Ouyang moved the bowls and chopsticks in front of him and then opened the box in front of everyone.

A smell of old paper and herbs wafted over. Fang Yan, sitting next to him, could also smell a faint scent of mothballs. Dean Ouyang brought out a bundle wrapped in blue cloth. When he untied it, he found five notebooks with leather covers, the edges of which were worn and frayed.

"This one is from 1951, this one is from 1952..."

These are all medical case notes that are older than Fang Yan's age. They are in a different format than Fang Yan's notes, and they are very thin, so they don't record many medical cases.

"Look at this page," the dean said to Fang Yan, "it's for treating stomach cancer. They used mild and gentle medicines like hedgehog skin and nine-fragrant insects. The patient was able to eat two ounces of rice afterward. But there was a lesson learned... They added croton seeds, which are supposed to remove oil, but the patient still had diarrhea for three days and almost became emaciated. Later, they changed it to morning glory seeds, which was much better."

Fang Yan opened the notebook, and on the yellowed pages were neat small characters written in pen. Each medical case was divided into three columns: "Pulse and Symptoms", "Prescription and Medicine" and "Changes at Follow-up Visit". In some places, there were dried dregs of medicine pasted on them, with a note next to them: "This medicine has a fishy smell after decoction, which is difficult for patients to take. Adding three slices of ginger can relieve it."

One of the pages features a simple diagram of a tongue, with a red tip and a greasy base. Next to it is written, "Phlegm and dampness obstructing the stomach, accompanied by heart fire. Treatment should focus on resolving phlegm, with a slight addition of clearing the heart."

“The two cases of meningioma are in this book.” Dean Ouyang handed over another book. “They were both female patients, and they both complained of pain on the top of their heads, like something was falling down. I used Chuanxiong Tea Powder as a base, and added Sanleng and Ezhu to break up blood stasis. One of them stopped having pain later, but she didn’t come back for a follow-up visit after six months. I don’t know if she got better or…” He paused, sighed, “Back then, resources were limited, and follow-up was too difficult.”

I started reading the dialect.

Dean Ouyang stopped disturbing them and urged the others to continue eating.

Fang Yan continued reading the book. He read it quite quickly, and some of the information inside was quite useful, but it wasn't written in much detail. Fang Yan still had many questions after reading it.

By the time they finished their meal, they had also learned most of the dialects.

This lightning-fast reading speed really opened Dean Ouyang's eyes.

“You don’t need to be in such a hurry, take your time!” he said to Fang Yan.

As the dialect representative said:

"I read books relatively quickly."

Before Dean Ouyang could respond, Fang Yan asked:
“In your medical record, you wrote ‘head feels heavy as if wrapped in a cloth,’ and used wind-dispelling herbs such as Qianghuo and Baizhi. I have a question—both of these herbs are ascending and dispersing. Brain tumors are inherently ‘excessive evil,’ so wouldn’t using ascending herbs exacerbate the problem?”

Dean Ouyang was taken aback, not expecting Fang Yan to have actually absorbed the text. However, he had almost forgotten the content, so he quickly said:

"Which one are you referring to? Let me see..."

Fang Yan quickly flipped to the designated location and showed it to Dean Ouyang.

Dean Ouyang only realized what was happening after seeing it:

"Oh, you're talking about this! I was also conflicted at the time. Later, when I felt the patient's pulse, I found that it was floating and weak, which was a sign of external wind-cold with dampness. Only then did I dare to use these two herbs. But there are indeed some tricks to it... I only used 3 grams of Qianghuo and 5 grams of Baizhi. The dosages were very light, like using a small fan to fan a fire. It can dispel dampness without promoting the tumor."

He picked up his chopsticks and gestured:

"The key is the combination of Atractylodes lancea and Poria cocos, one ascending and the other descending, to draw the dampness downwards. Otherwise, if it only disperses upwards, that would really cause problems."

Fang Yan nodded thoughtfully.

Then they asked a series of questions.

Having roughly figured out Dean Ouyang's thoughts, Dean Ouyang was convinced that Fang Yan had indeed understood all the content.

"I need to go back and study this, to sort out my thoughts," Fang Yan said to the dean.

Dean Ouyang nodded and then escorted Fang Yan and the others to the hospital entrance. Fang Yan was about to go next door to get his car when Anton immediately stepped forward and said to him:

"Master, I'll go open it!"

Upon hearing the dialect, I thought, "Wow, she's already got into character."

However, Fang Yan said with a smile:

"I'll let it go today, but you can't get into the research institute without proper credentials."

After saying that, he handed the metal box to him and then went next door to get his car.

After the car arrived, Anton was to be the driver. Fang Yan saw that he insisted, so he let him drive.

Back in the courtyard house, Old Zhu, who had been exhausted for most of the day, prepared to take a short rest, while Fang Yan invited Chen Youqing to have tea in the main hall.

Just as Fang Yan was thinking that there shouldn't be anything to do today.

The phone rang in the study.

Fang Yan went to the study to answer the phone and heard Zeng Luquan's voice on the other end.

"Director Fang! I have important news to report to you!"

Fang Yan was taken aback and asked:

"What happened?"

"The bone injury patch that Huang Mingcan's team was working on has passed the test." Zeng Luquan sounded excited on the other end of the phone.

Fang Yan then remembered that this was a top-tier team from Guangzhou and Shanghai, led by Huang Mingcan from Guangzhou, with Kuang Shouzhen, Xian Molin, and Qin Guantao from Shanghai as team members. This team had four top experts, and the others were experts who had returned from Beijing.

"It's done so quickly?" Fang Yan was somewhat surprised.

"After Comrade Zeng Wanli joined, their progress accelerated. Just now, after testing, we found that the improved plan based on Comrade Zeng Wanli's suggestion could pass the test."

Fang Yan suddenly understood upon hearing this.

It turned out to be Zeng Wanli.

Fang Yan said to Zeng Luquan on the phone:
"Verified repeatedly!"

"It must be verified repeatedly!" Fang Yan emphasized, unconsciously tapping the desk.

"Have them conduct three more trials using different batches of medicinal materials, and record the skin irritation, duration of efficacy, and feedback from different age groups. There can be no mistakes whatsoever."

Zeng Luquan agreed:
"Understood! I've already had the first batch of finished products sealed up, and now I'll arrange for the second batch of medicinal herbs to arrive. By the way, Director Fang, Team Leader Huang said that after the formula was improved, the cost was reduced by 30% compared to the original plan. It uses common herbs from the south, such as Drynaria fortunei and Dipsacus asper, which makes mass production very convenient!"

"Okay!" Fang Yan said.

"You and Professor Jin should take a closer look, especially on the processing of medicinal materials."

After hanging up the phone, Fang Yan walked to the bookshelf, pulled out a notebook from the top shelf, and flipped to the page on "Bone Injury Relief Patches," where he had written down his ideas from the beginning of the year:

"External patches should be absorbed through the skin, supplemented with blood-activating and stasis-removing agents, so that the medicinal power can directly reach the diseased area..." Now this idea has taken shape, and he has drawn a small checkmark next to it.

Just then, Old Zhu from the bedroom in the study came over and asked:

"Sounds like good news?"

"The bone injury patch is applied." Fang Yan handed her the notebook:
"Our institute's experts have reduced the costs. If it can pass the final verification, it can not only be exported to earn foreign exchange, but also be affordable for primary healthcare institutions."

P.S.: I'll finish this update and have nothing to lose.

Please come early tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)