Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 773: Asking new classmates, there is no way to combine Chinese and Western cultures (more updates with monthly tickets)

"Yes! Yes!" Wang Liang nodded repeatedly.

The pain in his hand still told him that the person in front of him was not easy to deal with.

In addition, Xiao Chengzhi on the side did not speak for him, so Wang Liang also had a clearer understanding of his current status.

Xiao Chengzhi obviously had no intention of taking sides, and he didn't even say a word. Instead, he frowned, as if he was annoyed by his behavior.

He originally thought that Xiao Chengzhi and Fang Yan were in a competitive relationship, and wanted to take the initiative to provoke Fang Yan and make him lose face in order to gain Xiao Chengzhi's favor. However, he did not expect that things would not develop as he expected.

At this time, Yang Jingxiang, who had just been grabbed by the collar by him, looked at him unfriendly.

It was obvious that this person was not a good person. He failed to flatter others today and instead made enemies with the people on Fangyan's side.

Wang Liang felt like all his plans had failed.

Fang Yan didn't pay too much attention to Wang Liang. Instead, he ignored him immediately and started to get to know other disciples of traditional Chinese medicine families from the Lingnan school.

Fangyan found that so many people were recruited this year, and except for Xiao Peng, he had no foundation. All the people he met so far were those whose families had been practicing medicine for generations.

In other words, these people are basically from their class.

The others did not show any hostility towards Fang Yan because of Wang Liang's matter. Instead, they enjoyed chatting with him.

After all, this person is the one that Xiao Chengzhi would praise.

What is Xiao Chengzhi's status among them? It is equivalent to the top of the pyramid among young people. He did not develop in the south but came to the north, so he should be the number one figure among the young doctors in Lingnan.

Since even this person praised it, everyone knows the importance of dialects.

So they were quite polite in their expressions about dialect. Of course, there were a lot of tests in their words. After all, they were all young people and they were more or less unconvinced. They asked some questions to test the depth of the dialect, and then found that no matter what dialect was spoken, they could answer fluently and handle it with ease.

From asking some relatively simple questions in the beginning, such as the adaptation of classical prescriptions, to discussing some slightly more complicated issues later, such as the differentiation of syndromes in different regions, the dialects were able to match everything.

One of them, a man named Huang Wei, asked:
"My father once met a patient with Bi syndrome. The original prescription of Wutou Decoction was effective. During the follow-up visit, he was given Suanzaoren because of insomnia, which caused palpitations and vomiting. This is not one of the 'Eighteen Antidotes'. What do you think, my dialect students?"

Fangyan replied:

"This is a disguised manifestation of 'Aconitum hates Bletilla' in the 'Nineteen Fears'. Although Ziziphus jujuba seeds are not the opposite of Aconitum, their sour and astringent nature keeps the poison of Aconitum at bay. We should imitate the method of using Aconitum decoction in Zhongjing, and use honey to decoct Aconitum to reduce its toxicity. For insomnia, take 30 grams of Polygonum multiflorum at night, which can both clear the meridians and calm the mind."

Huang Wei nodded, and then another person named Zheng Zhongjian asked in the dialect:

"Student Fangyan, in the acute stage of facial paralysis, Cheng Danan advocates shallow needling of Dicang and Jiache, while Lu Shouyan emphasizes distant needling of Hegu and Zusanli. How should we choose in clinical practice?"

As soon as these words came out, before Fang Yan could answer, Yang Jingxiang frowned and asked:
"Who is Lu Shouyan?"

Hearing this, Zheng Zhongjian said happily:

"Haha, classmate Yang, you don't even know Lu Shouyan?"

Yang Jingxiang suddenly felt a little embarrassed, but the key point was that he really didn't know Lu Shouyan. Was she famous? What era was she from? Why had he never heard of her philosophy?
At this time, Fang Yan said:

"The Lu Shouyan he mentioned was from Shanghai, born in 1909 and died in 1969. It's normal that you don't know her."

"His father, Li Peiqing, was a skilled doctor known as the 'magic needle' in the south. He was born into a family of acupuncturists. He started practicing medicine at the age of 18. Later, he and his wife Zhu Rugong founded the 'Lu's Acupuncture' school, which was very famous in the southern Chinese medicine and acupuncture circles. He presided over the compilation of the 'Acupuncture Learning Series', which includes 'Illustrated Explanation of Meridians', 'Introduction to Acupoints', 'Collection of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Methods', and 'Acupuncture and Moxibustion Acupoint Atlas'. Among them, 'Acupuncture and Moxibustion Acupoint Atlas' has been reprinted and published many times by foreign publishers. In addition, the 'thin swallow-style' filiform needles currently used in the south were invented by him."

After hearing Fangyan speak out a lot of things, Zheng Zhongjian also put away his teasing expression and bowed to Fangyan:
"Senior Brother Fang is indeed well-informed."

The name has changed.

Fangyan waved his hand and responded:

"Mr. Zheng, back to your question. Actually, the two theories you mentioned are not contradictory. In fact, they complement each other. In the acute stage when wind evil attacks the meridians, first use the contralateral Hegu and the ipsilateral Taichong to dispel wind and treat the root cause, and then shallowly puncture the Taiyang and Xiaguan points on the affected side without leaving the needle to unblock the local meridian qi. In the recovery period, add Zusanli to nourish Yangming. This is the concept of 'treating the symptoms in an emergency and strengthening the root cause in a slow manner'. I wonder if Mr. Zheng is satisfied with my answer?"

"Satisfied!" Zheng Zhongjian responded.

At this time, Yang Jingxiang asked Zheng Zhongjian:
"Brother Zheng, I really didn't know just now. Now I also have a question for you. Why is Lu Shouyan's father's last name Li?"

"Uh..." Zheng Zhongjian opened his mouth.

He was actually asked this question.

"Aren't you very familiar with him?" Yang Jingxiang saw the other party's embarrassment and asked with a smile.

You know what, even I can’t speak the dialect because of this problem.

Who has time to study this?
At this moment, Meng Jimin, who had been silent, said:

"Lu Shouyan's original surname was Li, and his name was Li Chang. When he was five years old, he was adopted by the Lu family in Kunshan, and that's when he changed his name to Lu Shouyan."

Everyone looked at Meng Jimin.

At this time, Xiao Chengzhi finally reacted and bowed to Meng Jimin:
"Brother Meng is still very knowledgeable!" Meng Jimin said with a smile:

"I've heard Master say that before."

Then Xiao Chengzhi introduced Meng Jimin to others.

"This is Nantong Zhu Liangchun's senior disciple, Brother Meng Jimin."

This shocked all the doctors in Lingnan area.

They didn't know much about doctors in the north, but they had long heard of Zhu Liangchun.

I didn't expect that the person in front of me was actually the disciple of Zhu Liangchun, the Five Poison Doctor.

This person had been following Fangyan without saying a word.

Then everyone realized that the dialect was not what they thought.

They still have some background.

Otherwise, why would Zhu Liangchun's apprentice follow him?

They were all smart people and figured out the key immediately.

At this time, Wang Liang, who had been silent, asked Fang Yan:

"Mr. Fang, I also have a question to ask."

Fang Yan looked at Wang Liang and nodded:

"Sure, go ahead!"

After thinking for a while, Wang Liang said:
"Our Ministry of Health now advocates the integration of Chinese and Western medicine. If you encounter a patient with appendicitis, do you think we should take the pulse and prescribe Da Huang Mu Dan Tang? Or should we directly send the patient to surgery?"

This question is quite interesting.

Although he didn't know what the other party was thinking, Fangyan felt that Wang Liang was really annoying.

However, he did not show it on the surface, and said to Wang Liang:

"In fact, acute appendicitis should be divided into three stages: in the stasis stage, the pulse is mostly tight and stringy, and Dahuang Mudan Decoction with 60 grams of Hongteng can be used. In the heat accumulation stage, the pulse is strong and rapid, and Patrinia and Taraxacum can be added. If it exceeds 48 hours and enters the poisonous ulcer stage, the 'six bowels are used for unblocking' should be followed. If the high fever does not subside for 24 hours and pus has formed, Dahuang Mudan Decoction is forbidden. Instead, 'Coix Seed, Aconite and Patrinia Powder' should be used: 30 grams of Coix Seed, 18 grams of Patrinia, and 3 grams of Aconite. The acupoints are: Zusanli, Appendix, Tianshu, and Shangjuxu. Quickly lift, insert, twist and stimulate strongly. During the period of needle retention, the needle is moved once every 5 minutes until the abdominal pain is relieved."

"You don't need Western medicine?" Wang Liang frowned. He didn't get the answer he wanted.

Fangyan shook his head:
"Need not."

Wang Liang said:

"But the higher-ups all advocate a combination of Chinese and Western cultures."

"There's no way they can be combined." Fang Yan said in a firm tone.

Then he said to Wang Liang:

"If you know about Western medicine and Chinese medicine, you will know what I mean."

As soon as these words came out, others immediately agreed and nodded:

"Yeah, this combination... there's nothing I can do. The best I can do is assist from the side."

"But if Chinese medicine can cure it, why use Western medicine?"

"It's just... cut wherever it hurts? Do you think the organs in your body are really useless? I've seen people who had their appendix removed, and they had problems with digestion afterwards..."

Wang Liang heard everyone around him speaking in dialect, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

At this time Fang Yan asked Wang Liang:

"Wang Liang, let me ask you this, if your father suddenly had an appendicitis, would you trust the silver needle in my hand or the lancet of a Western doctor?"

"I...I I..." Wang Liang was stumped by Fangyan's question.

For a moment, I opened my mouth, not knowing how to answer.

At this moment, the school broadcast sounded:
"Dear students, the opening ceremony will begin at 11 o'clock. Please report to the auditorium in an orderly manner..."

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There's more in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)