Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 802 Director Liao Plays the Bad Guy, Paralysis Patient Reads Bee Venom Wax Therapy at Night (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

With everything done, it was almost time for everyone to go home.

Fang Yan watched as the professors boarded the bus one by one, while he and Lao Hu saw them off.

After seeing their new mentor, Jiao Shude, and his senior apprentice, Chen Yong, off to their car, the two said goodbye to Director Liao and prepared to return home.

After getting in the car, Lao Cui drove, and Lao Hu's assistant sat in the front seat.

Fang Yan and Lao Hu sat in the back seat.

After the car started, on the way back, Fang Yan finally asked Hu Daohu the question she had wanted to ask before.

"This gathering must have been arranged by Director Liao, right?"

Hu Daohu was taken aback, then chuckled and admitted:
"Senior brother is indeed clever; he can't hide anything from you..."

Then he added:

"However, Director Liao only gave a general overview, and I was just cooperating."

Fang Yan believes what Hu Daohu said, mainly because Lao Hu was hardly noticeable throughout the entire event today.

We barely exchanged a few words; it was Director Liao who was pushing things forward.

Fang Yan nodded, then asked:

"Director Liao, do you have any other plans?"

The meaning of the dialect is quite clear; if there's anything else, it's best to tell him.

Hu Daohu shook his head and said:

"Nothing."

He spoke in dialect:

"Senior brother, don't be angry. Director Liao did this to complete your previous arrangements, but he didn't want you to be involved as the villain. After all, if you knew in advance that he was going to force Dr. Jiao to take you as his apprentice, you would most likely refuse. So he played the villain and told me not to tell you."

Fang Yan was taken aback. To be honest, if he had known about this, he would have refused. Of course, it wasn't that he didn't want to become Jiao Shude's apprentice. He felt there was a better way. Today's approach was a bit too domineering. Although it was efficient, something just didn't feel right.

As it turned out, Director Liao had already anticipated this, so he didn't tell Fang Yan about it.

He had considered it very thoroughly.

Fang Yan was momentarily at a loss for words.

But overall, the results so far are good.

He said in dialect:

"Thank you for your trouble."

Hu Daohu smiled after hearing this and said:

"Director Liao's plans are at a higher level than ours, so some things may seem a bit crude in the short term, but he certainly doesn't have any bad intentions."

Fang Yan nodded. Yes, after today's event, apart from criticizing Director Liao's simplistic and crude approach, everyone else has won. Fang Yan gained Jiao Shude's prestigious "Imperial Physician" title, the company gained the senior experts, the others gained shares, and Jiao Shude even gained a genius apprentice like Fang Yan.

It was practically a perfect win-win strategy.

……

It was already 10 p.m. when I got home.

Today's busy day actually made me get home later than after evening self-study.

However, after returning home, Fang Yan went straight to the study to read the "A Brief Discussion on Paralysis" given to her by Jiao Shude.

The book begins by explaining the origin of this paralysis. Jiao Shude writes in the book:

尪 (wāng): Derived from "Stroke and Joint Diseases" in "Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber", which states "pain in all limbs and joints, and weakness of the body", referring to a pathological condition of bent and deformed limbs and joints, and muscle atrophy.

Bi (痹): This term is derived from the "Bi Theory" in the "Suwen" (素问·痹论), which states that "when wind, cold, and dampness invade each other, they combine to form Bi (痹)," emphasizing the core pathogenesis of disease caused by external pathogens.

The reason he wrote this book was that the widespread use of Western medical terms such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the 1970s forced the reform of the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine.

In addition, traditional Chinese medicine classifies joint deformity diseases into categories such as "bone bi," "kidney bi," and "arthritis," but lacks a unified diagnostic standard. Therefore, Jiao Shude believes that we should take advantage of the opportunity presented by the pressure from Western medicine to carry out innovation and integration.

This is also based on his observation of over 3000 clinical cases, where he discovered a unique pathogenesis chain for this type of disease, from kidney deficiency to cold pathogens penetrating the bones to the mutual binding of phlegm and blood stasis. Therefore, he decided to compile a series of treatment theories and methods. Continue turning the pages to begin analyzing the etiology and pathogenesis system.

The core pathogenesis is kidney deficiency, which is further divided into congenital kidney deficiency, also known as hereditary kidney deficiency.

It can also be divided into kidney deficiency caused by prolonged illness damaging the kidneys. This mainly refers to kidney deficiency symptoms that have lasted for more than three years and include frequent urination at night and soreness in the lower back and knees. In fact, when I was in college in my previous life, Fang Yan saw a clinical statistic that basically matched this.

Next, based on the kidney deficiency, cold pathogens begin to invade the body. Due to the constricting and stagnant properties of cold, joint contraction lesions occur. It is specifically noted above that this corresponds to the pathological changes of early synovitis in Western medicine RA.

Then, as the cold pathogen progresses to the later stages, it lies deep within the bones and activates osteoclasts.

This aligns with modern research findings that cold stimulation can upregulate the RANKL/OPG pathway, promoting bone destruction.

During this period, the joints may experience cold pain.

Then it progresses to the point where phlegm and blood stasis intertwine, leading to bone erosion, muscle spasms, and joint deformities.

Ultimately, internal toxins accumulate, damaging the internal organs and leading to complications.

After clarifying the connections between the symptoms, the following is a straightforward three-stage treatment plan.

In the stage of kidney deficiency and cold excess, the key points of diagnosis are that the patient has cold pain in the joints, morning stiffness lasting more than an hour, aversion to cold and cold limbs, pale tongue with white coating. At this time, Jiao Shude provides a treatment plan to warm the kidney and dispel cold, using his own created formula, Kidney-tonifying and Cold-dispelling Decoction.

The drug composition is:
Chief herbs: 30g Rehmannia glutinosa (processed) and 15g Psoralea corylifolia (to replenish essence and warm the kidneys).
Assistant herbs: Prepared aconite root 6g, cinnamon twig 10g (to dispel cold and unblock the meridians)

Adjuvant herbs: 12g of Drynaria fortunei and 15g of Clematis chinensis (to strengthen tendons and bones).
Guiding herb: 6g of roasted licorice root (to harmonize the effects of other herbs)
Fang Yan discovered that this was somewhat similar to the Five-vine Healing Soup he knew.

Next, there is kidney deficiency with heat symptoms. The key points for diagnosis are that the patient has red, swollen and burning pain in the joints, dry mouth and constipation, red tongue with yellow coating and rapid pulse. At this time, the modified Kidney-Tonifying and Heat-Clearing Decoction is used to nourish the kidneys and clear heat.

The final stage is when damp-heat injures the kidneys. The key points for diagnosis are that the patient experiences joint swelling and burning, afternoon fever, red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, and slippery and rapid pulse. At this time, Simiao San combined with Liuwei Dihuang Wan is used to clear heat, eliminate dampness, and benefit the kidneys.

In addition, there is traditional Chinese medicine fumigation therapy, as well as two therapies that are less widely used than acupuncture and cupping.

One method is wax therapy, which is recorded in the Four Medical Tantras written by the famous Tibetan physician Yuthok Yonten Gonpo in the 8th century AD.

In simple terms, paraffin therapy is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment that uses heated and melted paraffin as a warming medium, applied to local areas or specific acupoints on the body to treat diseases and relieve symptoms.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Sun Simiao, the "King of Medicine," recorded in his book "Supplement to the Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Pieces of Gold" the use of external treatments such as wax therapy, hot compresses, and acupuncture after manual reduction of mandibular joint dislocation.

The book "Classified Materia Medica for Emergency Use" written by Tang Shenwei, a pharmacologist of the Northern Song Dynasty, also records the method of using hot wax to treat diseases externally.

Jiao Shude wrote in this document: "Using paraffin as a heat conductor in combination with blood-activating and stasis-removing Chinese herbs such as safflower and frankincense to improve joint mobility."

In addition, there is a type of insect-based therapy.

It's called bee sting therapy.

The main method involves using the stinger at the end of a bee's tail as a needle to inject bee venom into acupoints or painful areas of the human body in order to treat diseases.

There are two methods. One is to use live bees to sting acupoints or painful areas.

Another method involves extracting bee venom and preparing it into an injection solution, which is then injected into acupoints or pain points using a syringe.

I heard about this method when I was learning dialect.

He even made a point of researching the origin of this treatment.

Bee sting therapy has a long history. According to research, it was first used in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty for the prevention and treatment of diseases.

It took Jiao Shude quite a bit of effort to get this thing out and use it.

If you continue flipping through, you'll find the corresponding medical records.

Fang Yan read through the pages one by one, continuing until after midnight. As he turned to the last page, a system notification sounded, "Ding!" The content of "A Brief Discussion on Paralysis" was enhanced by Fang Yan, and his understanding of the book began to deepen rapidly, as if he had been deeply involved in this industry for ten years.

Several ideas quickly popped into his head, and not only that, they were also combined with some of the knowledge he had previously acquired.

Whether it's from a past life or this one, they all begin to combine in the dialect mind.

P.S.: I still owe you 50000 words after finishing this chapter.

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

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

(End of this chapter)