Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 624: The Chill of Changjin Lake after 28 Years (Monthly Ticket Plus)

Faced with the soldier's question, Fangyan decisively gave him a positive answer.

The calmness he displayed made the soldiers immediately believe what he said.

After continuing to observe for a while, Fangyan began to touch the patient's feet with his hands.

The soles and insteps of the feet feel cold, and the temperature gradually rises to the calves.

The skin on the instep is white with a hint of purple.

Several toes are pale and purplish, appearing whiter when pressed, but not immediately returning to red when released.

Although there was a radiator in the ward, his feet were as cold as if they had been soaked in ice water. Fangyan touched the iron frame of the bed next to him and felt that it was about the same temperature.

Fang Yan said to the medical staff beside him:
"Bring me two hot water bottles, not too hot."

The medical staff was not from the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, so they did not follow the requirement for dialect. Instead, they asked:

"No, Doctor Fang, doesn't our ward have heating?"

At this time, the dean beside him said to the medical staff:

"Go if you are told."

After hearing this, the medical staff quickly agreed.

He ran out in a hurry.

Fang Yan explained to the dean:
"The patient's feet are cold. I want to use a hot water bottle to warm them up."

The dean nodded. He also noticed that there was something wrong with the patient's foot.

The old soldier said to them in dialect:

"I got this problem on my feet after returning from Changjin Lake in the winter of 50. The cold weather penetrated through the bones, and I had to soak my feet in boiling water to feel that they were my own feet."

As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on the wound of his amputated toe, as if the ice and snow from twenty-seven years ago were still frozen there.

The ward suddenly fell silent, with only a slight hum from the radiator against the wall.

For a moment, everyone in the ward showed great respect to the old soldier.

In 50, he just turned years old.

An eighteen-year-old boy, wearing only thin clothes and boots, stepped into the snowy field at minus 40 degrees Celsius to defend his country.

When his hand touched the dark purple skin, Fang Yan felt for a moment as if he heard the howling north wind in Changjin Lake more than 20 years ago, and the buried coldness spread out from deep in his skin.

Fang Yan shook his head and regained the focus and calmness of a doctor.

He asked the old soldier:

“In terms of diet and sleep, does it have a big impact?”

After hearing the question, the veteran smiled and said:

"I am a natural optimist. To be honest, apart from feeling cold in my lower limbs, I am in good spirits and enjoy eating. I don't feel bad at all."

Fang Yan asked him:
“Isn’t the wound painful?”

The veteran said:

"It's very light, like frozen wood."

Fang Yan nodded, and then said to the veteran:

"Open your mouth so I can see your tongue."

Fangyan looked at the patient's tongue and found a thin white coating.

Then Fangyan took his pulse again.

The pulses in both hands were deep and thin. At this moment, the medical staff also brought two hot water bottles. Fang Yan felt the temperature and found it was just right. Then he placed one under the foot of the patient's injured leg and the other on his knee.

The old soldier then asked in dialect:
"Doctor Fang, why are my feet so cold?"

"This is due to cold stagnation in the meridians, which prevents the yang energy from reaching the meridians and blood from flowing smoothly. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold is a yin evil, and its nature is stagnant and contracting."

"When the human body is attacked by external cold evil, the cold evil will invade the meridians and blood vessels, causing the flow of Qi and blood in the veins to slow down, or even stagnate and condense, just like cold weather will freeze water and make it difficult to flow. You suffered severe frostbite in that battle many years ago. Although you were cured because you were young and healthy at the time, you were not completely cured. Instead, the root of the disease was left and damaged the Yang Qi."

"Yang Qi plays an important role in the human body, such as warming and promoting. In the first few years when you are young and healthy, there is no problem when the Yang Qi is strong. But when you are a little older, you will have symptoms. This is what Chinese medicine believes. When the human body's Yang Qi is weak, or the Yang Qi's circulation pathway is blocked, it cannot reach the limbs, body surface and other parts, causing these parts to lose the warmth and nourishment of Yang Qi."

"The invasion of cold evil will further inhibit the movement and spread of Yang Qi, aggravating the situation of Yang Qi not reaching the target, and at this time, Qi and blood will have problems."

"In traditional Chinese medicine, we believe that Qi is the leader of blood, and blood is the mother of Qi. Qi and blood are interdependent and mutually beneficial. Cold stagnation in the blood vessels and the lack of Yang Qi will affect the normal flow of blood. Stagnation of cold evil increases blood viscosity and increases flow resistance; insufficient Yang Qi weakens the power to push blood circulation, ultimately leading to poor blood circulation and the formation of blood stasis, which is diagnosed as thromboangiitis obliterans in Western medicine."

The old soldier nodded:
"Doctor Fang, you explained it clearly. Western medicine has a lot of nonsense, and I don't understand anything."

After that, he asked curiously:

"Then Doctor Fang, how do you plan to treat my condition?"

The dialect said:

"This is due to cold stagnation in the meridians, which means that the Yang Qi is not reaching the meridians and blood circulation is not smooth. The treatment method is... to warm the meridians and dredge the collaterals, replenish the Qi and activate the blood circulation."

At this time, the female soldier next to him asked Fang Yan:

"I don't know how you plan to do it."

Fangyan didn't know the identity of the female soldier, so he looked at the old soldier.

The veteran explained:
"Oh, let me introduce you. This is my wife. She is also a doctor, so she understands this aspect better."

Fangyan was stunned. Your wife is a military doctor, so why were you complaining about all this shit just now and no one could understand you?

But he quickly realized that this is how soldiers are, they speak their mind and say whatever they think.

Fangyan did not dwell on this issue and directly said it in a way that was as easy to understand as possible:
"Let me first talk about my idea. In short, it is to warm the Yang Qi, dispel the cold evil, and restore the normal operation and warming function of the Yang Qi; at the same time, it promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, improves the viscosity and fluidity of the blood, and makes the Qi and blood flow smoothly, thereby alleviating symptoms and restoring the body's normal physiological functions."

"Because you have been ill for quite some time and the wound is still getting worse, I have to take care of it first."

"When your feet are a little warmer, I will arrange for someone to fumigate and wash your affected area and apply Garcinia ointment. It would be best if you stay in our hospital so that I can observe your condition every day and supervise you in changing the dressings."

When the soldier heard that he was going to be hospitalized, he immediately said:

"Okay, I'll follow the doctor's instructions. As long as you can save my leg and let me walk like a normal person, that's all."

Fangyan nodded:
"Don't worry about this. Just listen to me and I will definitely keep your foot for you."

At this time the old soldier's wife asked:
"Just fumigation and external application?"

"Of course there's more to it than that." Fang Yan shook his head and said.

After a pause, he sorted out his thoughts and continued:

"In addition, after doing all this, we will also use moxibustion..."

"This moxibustion uses the warm stimulation generated by the burning of moxa leaves and other medicines to act on the acupuncture points of the human body. I will use this characteristic to warm the meridians, dispel cold and relieve pain. By moxibustioning Guanyuan, Qihai, and Zusanli acupoints, these acupoints replenish the body's yang energy, promote the circulation of qi and blood, and improve the situation of cold stagnation in the meridians."

After that, Fang Yan continued:
"In addition, if you are hospitalized, I will arrange for someone to use manual massage every few hours every day to dredge the meridians, promote the circulation of qi and blood, relieve muscle spasms, and improve local blood circulation. I will mainly use rubbing and kneading methods, with warmth as the degree, to help dispel cold evil and unclog qi and blood."

"Of course, the last and most important thing is to take Chinese medicine internally."

"Only in this way can we completely eliminate the root cause of the disease that has been buried for more than 20 years."

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