Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 1401 The Beginning of Bribery, New Followers (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

Wang Zhenlin's contact with Western medicine professors is not a good thing.

“Director Liao, this matter is probably not that simple. This guy never had good intentions from the beginning, and I don’t believe he can do anything else good now,” Fang Yan said to Director Liao.

Hearing Fang Yan say this, Director Liao's smile faded slightly. He thought for a moment and said:

"What you're saying does seem a bit unusual."

"However, our people also asked those Western medicine professors. The things that Wang Zhenlin communicated with them were not secrets. The content of their communication was quite normal. We really couldn't figure out what he wanted to do."

Fang Yan said to Director Liao:
"Do you remember a while ago when the Japan Socialist Party's team from Kyoto University invited professors from our university to give lectures in Japan?" (See Chapter 963)
Director Liao thought for a moment and asked:
"You mean... when they gave you an invitation in front of everyone, for $500 a day?"

“That’s right.” Fang Yan nodded.

Director Liao wasn't stupid; he used to work underground in Hong Kong. Upon hearing Fang Yan's words, he quickly went through the details in his mind and then asked:

"You mean Wang Zhenlin might be trying to establish connections between the two sides and then bribe our Western doctors through subsequent invitations to go abroad or sponsorships?"

Fang Yan nodded and said:

"This possibility cannot be ruled out."

"And they might also use other methods, such as not inviting the other party abroad at all, but simply providing the corresponding funds to let these people express their opinions or not express their opinions on certain matters."

"Take our blood stasis-reducing decoction as an example."

Fang Yan paused, then analyzed to Director Liao:

"Think about it, during the lectures before, many Western doctors actually didn't support it in their hearts, but they had no choice but to agree in the end. This was only because they were afraid of taking responsibility. If some interests were added to this, wouldn't they resist even more resolutely, or even write something to prove that this is 'unscientific'? It's not impossible!"

“We’ve been focusing on the secret formula, but maybe they didn’t come here with a mission in the first place.”

"Judging from the fact that so many traces of him have been hidden, the team behind him must be very powerful, so I think we have to be on guard."

Director Liao couldn't help but nod in agreement upon hearing Fang Yan's analysis.

He said to Gao Han beside him with a serious expression:

"When you get home, call Zhu Weiguo immediately and ask him to come to the Ministry of Health this morning."

Upon hearing this, Secretary Gao Han agreed and immediately ran to make the call.

Director Liao said to Fang Yan:

“I’ve had this feeling lately that this guy has no ulterior motives and we’ve already got him under control. His decision to visit a Western medicine professor instead of a traditional Chinese medicine doctor is a desperate measure. Now that you’ve said that, his purpose seems clear. It’s very likely that what you’re thinking is true. And I think there might be a higher-ups behind him. We need to take this seriously. Let Zhu Weiguo investigate him thoroughly. We can’t treat him like an ordinary person.”

Zhu Weiguo had also heard the dialect once before, when Huang Qiming and He You's family were arrested.

This person is someone who specializes in dealing with these kinds of things.

Actually, the level of vigilance regarding this situation in China is still too low at the moment. The focus is more on attracting foreign exchange. If there's a green light, then it's green light. It's only because the local dialect is here that people can get some information about the future based on their own experience, and they can also talk to Director Liao, that they can issue early warnings.

Otherwise, by the time others have finished their plans, we still won't know what's going on.

Gao Han called and returned quickly. Director Liao said to Fang Yan:

"Alright, leave the rest to us. I'll let you know the results."

Fang Yan nodded, and then watched as Director Liao and the others got into their car and left the entrance of Xiehe Hospital.

……

Next, Fang Yan began her rounds.

There have been more hospitalizations recently, so we've increased the time spent making rounds in dialects.

After the ward rounds were completed, the patients who were supposed to see the doctor that day had already arrived.

Moreover, some students from my class came to learn today. They didn't have classes in the morning, and the research institute happened to be on holiday today, so several students from my class came to see the dialect for treatment.

These are all future big shots, and right now they're all taking a serious learning attitude.

I'm planning to take a closer look at how dialects can be used for healing.

There were only three patients in the last batch.

The first patient's surname was Zhu, and he was thirteen years old.

My family are overseas Chinese from Singapore.

Two months ago, the school organized a week-long trip to France. After returning to Singapore, I developed symptoms of fever and headache. I was admitted to a local hospital and diagnosed with viral encephalitis. After treatment, my symptoms disappeared, and I was discharged from the hospital.

However, he later started experiencing frequent, brief periods of blank staring, which would occur two to three times a day. When he was blanking, he would not respond when others called him, as if he had suddenly drifted off into his own world. The most obvious sign of this was that he would roll his eyes.

After another hospital examination, the diagnosis was secondary epilepsy.

However, there were no convulsions or other symptoms of daily headaches.

Then treatment began, but so far it has had little effect.

During this period, we visited several hospitals, but they all thought our symptoms were not typical. We tried various treatment plans, but with little effect.

Since my family has investments in China, I brought them back with me to see Fang Yan for treatment during this trip back to China.

They also brought diagnostic reports from several hospitals, which Fang Yan glanced at and found were all head CT scans. The scans clearly showed encephalomalacia in the posterior horn of the right ventricle.

At this point, the child was still in a normal state. When speaking to the child in dialect, his logic was clear and his thinking was fast, and there was no sign of any problem.

Fang Yan asked his family, who said that he usually falls ill in the afternoon or evening, and rarely in the morning or at noon.

After a tongue diagnosis based on local dialect, it was found that the tongue was red with little coating.

Upon examination, the pulse was found to be small and wiry.

The patient is only thirteen years old, which falls under the pediatric category, so his physical condition must be taken into account when treating him.

While writing the medical records, Fang Yan also glanced at the classmates watching around him. They were all class committee members: He Shaoqi, Gao Duo, Wang Xinglu, Li Hui, Yu Zhenxuan, Chen Shikui, Lu Shoukang, Li Chunsheng, Tao Guangzheng, Li Chunsheng, and class monitor Zhu Bangxian.

These people all had different expressions, but he didn't say anything and just watched Fang Yan operate the machine.

He then turned to the boy and asked:
"Little friend, when you're daydreaming, can you feel it yourself? For example, you know in your heart that someone is calling you, but you can't say it out loud, or your mind goes completely blank?"

The boy shook his head, his eyes somewhat blank:

"I don't know. Every time I wake up, I forget what happened. My parents say I roll my eyes and don't move. I have no memory of it at all."

"Do you usually feel dizzy or weak in your hands and feet? Do you wake up easily at night?" Fang Yan continued to ask, while observing the boy's expression. Although the boy was logical, his face was pale and his voice was softer than that of his peers, which clearly showed signs of weakness.

The child's mother quickly chimed in, "Yes, after he was discharged from the hospital, he always said he was tired. He wanted to lie down as soon as he got home from school, and he also had a lot of dreams at night, sometimes he would suddenly startle. We thought it was because he hadn't fully recovered from his illness, so we didn't pay much attention to it."

When people in the local dialect hear this, they inwardly judge that it is because viral encephalitis has caused the brain nerves to be blocked. The patient has just recovered from a serious illness but the pathogenic heat has not been cleared. The phlegm turns into blood stasis, which then flows into the brain channels, obscures the sensory orifices, and causes the spirit to lose control and fall ill.

Warm pathogens are most likely to damage Yin. The brain is the sea of ​​marrow and the residence of the primordial spirit, while the kidneys produce marrow. Therefore, when treating this disease, traditional Chinese medicine will not only treat the brain, but will also treat the root cause by regulating the liver and kidneys while dispelling wind, resolving phlegm and opening the orifices. Only in this way can the child get a complete cure.

"Dr. Fang, is there any way with traditional Chinese medicine?" the child's mother asked Fang Yan.

Before the dialect could answer, the child's father said:

"Isn't that obvious? Do you think Dr. Fang can't do anything about it?"

Fang Yan smiled, looked up at the child's parents, and said:

“Mr. Zhu, Mrs. Zhu, your child’s illness appears to be a brain problem, but in traditional Chinese medicine terms, it is related to 'phlegm and blood stasis' as well as 'liver and kidney'.”

The couple looked busy.

Fang Yan continued:

“The pathogenic heat from the previous encephalitis was not cleared out, and phlegm and blood stasis formed in the brain, blocking the nerve pathways, which is why the child suddenly ‘blacked out’; moreover, the child’s serious illness depleted the body’s ‘yin’. The kidneys nourish the marrow, and the marrow nourishes the brain. If the liver and kidneys are insufficient, the brain will not receive enough nourishment, just like crops will not grow well when the land is short of water. Naturally, the disease will heal slowly.”

The child's father was taken aback: "Dr. Fang, the doctor in Singapore didn't mention any of this before. He just said that the lesion was affecting the nerves. Why didn't the medication work?"

“Western medicine treats the symptoms, while traditional Chinese medicine addresses the root cause,” Fang Yan explained. “Previous medications may have only targeted the nerves, but they didn’t clear the phlegm and stagnation in the brain, nor did they replenish the depleted yin, so they only treated the symptoms, not the root cause. We need to take a two-pronged approach: on the one hand, we need to clear the phlegm and stagnation in the brain and unblock the obstructed channels so that the spirit can ‘work’ normally; on the other hand, we need to nourish the liver and kidneys and replenish yin fluids, ‘fertilizing and watering’ the brain, so that it can be completely cured.”

As he spoke, he picked up a pen and began writing on the prescription slip. The child's parents looked at each other for a moment, seeing that it contained many insects such as scorpions, silkworms, and cicada skins.

"Why are there so many bugs here?" the child's father asked.

He said in dialect:

"Insecticides are good at this, so use a little more. Don't worry, there won't be any problems."

The child's father nodded.

"How long do you need to take this medicine?" the child's mother pressed. "His illness keeps recurring, and we're worried it will affect his memory and make it harder for him to keep up in school."

"Don't worry, the child is still young and has a strong recovery ability. As long as the approach is right, he will recover faster than an adult," Fang Yan reassured him. "Take the medicine for two days first, mainly to clear the blockage and open the orifices, and control the frequency of attacks; if he is normal after two days, we will focus on nourishing the liver and kidneys, allowing the brain to slowly recover and be nourished. When we have a follow-up visit, we will adjust the prescription according to the situation. If the attacks are less frequent, we will reduce the expectorant medicine and add more liver and kidney nourishing medicine; if there are still recurrences, we will add some blood-activating medicine to clear the blockage more thoroughly."

He then turned to the boy and asked with a smile, "Little friend, do you usually like to eat sweet and sticky things? Like candy or rice cakes."

The boy nodded: "Yes, I like it. I like chocolate the most."

He said in dialect:

"Then you should eat less of these foods recently. Sweet and sticky foods can easily produce phlegm, and too much phlegm can clog your brain. We need to keep our bodies clean so that we can recover faster."

The child reluctantly agreed. Teenagers are generally easy to communicate with, much better than unruly kids.

After Fang Yan finished writing the prescription, he arranged for them to be hospitalized. At the same time, Fang Yan asked Tao Guangzheng to help him get the medicine from the Chinese medicine pharmacy.

Just after the patient and his family left,

Suddenly, Gao Duo, who was standing next to him, asked in a low voice, "Brother Fang, if the pathogenic heat damages Yin, why not focus on replenishing Yin first, instead of clearing away the stagnation first?"

At this moment, Li Chunsheng also said:
"Also, why didn't you choose centipedes when you used the insect medicine earlier? Aren't centipedes more effective at breaking up blood stasis?"

Judging from the dialect, there must be something wrong with the people who came to watch today.

Before he could explain, Zhu Bangxian reminded them:
"Pay attention to the patient's age!"

P.S.: After finishing this chapter, I still owe everyone 30,000 words.

Continue tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)