Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 866 Man follows the Earth, Earth follows Heaven: The female CEO brings her first love for treatment! (Two chapters combined)
They also visited the inpatient building at Xiyuan Hospital, and it was clearly not as good as this one.

At Xiyuan Hospital, several people live in one ward.

Each patient has their own room in this ward.

Moreover, the ward is even larger and has all sorts of things that look a bit luxurious.

For example, newspapers and magazines that are updated daily.

There's also furniture: a radio, a sofa, a dressing table, and a coffee table.

There were even slippers with foreign brands printed on them for people to change into.

What they didn't know was that these things didn't exist when Fang Yan took over. In the end, it was all thanks to the overseas Chinese businessmen who funded it. With one person taking the lead, the others got caught up in the competition.

Anyway, this amount of money is nothing to them. If it weren't for the slow import process, some people would even bring in foreign home appliances.

The crowdfunding for the inpatient department is a relevant category.

Anyway, as long as the dialect is here, overseas Chinese businessmen who come to the hospital one after another will find that there is anything they want to buy here, and they will try to get it in.

Some people even do it just to show off their abilities.

For example, some people have already planned to replace all the lights in the hospital, but they don't know if the electrical system here will support it, so they are contacting the hospital's logistics department to study this plan.

If this continues, air conditioning will probably be installed by summer.

However, the real impact will only come after the "dialect" building is completed.

Old Zhou invested a considerable amount of money in it.

……

Next, Fang Yan and his team made their rounds at the Huo family's ward.

Ms. Lü is currently exercising in her room, accompanied by Representative Huo.

Seeing Fang Yan and his group come in, he quickly greeted them:
Good morning, Dr. Fang!

"Good morning, you two," Fang Yan nodded and replied.

Ms. Lü asked in dialect:

"Have you had breakfast yet? Our breakfast should be ready soon."

Fang Yan said with a smile:

"Thank you for your concern, Mrs. Huo, but I have already eaten."

After saying that, he praised Ms. Lü:

You look much better today.

Upon hearing the praise in dialect, Ms. Lü immediately responded earnestly:

"Yes, when I moved my shoulders and arms and legs today, I found that the soreness in my joints had decreased. I used to wake up in terrible pain in the morning, and all my joints felt like they were rusty. Today I was even able to get up and comb my hair by myself, which really excited me."

"And I feel like I have the strength to grab things again. I haven't felt this good since I got sick. It's like I've gone back to three years ago."

"Dr. Fang, your medical skills are indeed well-deserved."

After saying that, he gave a thumbs up to the dialect.

Representative Huo, standing to the side, also remarked with some surprise:
"Yes, Dr. Fang, my mother used to sleep for at least twelve hours, and she would feel groggy after waking up. But after taking one dose of medicine yesterday, she woke up after only eight hours and is full of energy now."

Upon hearing this, Ms. Lü picked up the conversation and said:

"Oh right, I almost forgot to mention that. I used to dream all night long, but last night I didn't dream at all when I fell asleep, and when I opened my eyes it was already dawn."

“Even the words that used to appear double in the newspaper can now be read clearly.”

Fang Yan nodded, indicating that the prescription was very useful.

Then he picked up last night's night patrol log and asked as he read it:
"What about your temperature? Did you take it?"

Representative Huo said:
"I took my temperature when I woke up, about forty minutes ago. It was 36.8 degrees Celsius."

Fang Yan asked again:
Is there anything else that's bothering you?

Ms. Lü thought for a moment and said in dialect:

"Aside from a slightly dry mouth and some night sweats, everything else is getting better."

Fang Yan nodded and told Ms. Lü that he needed to check her tongue coating and pulse.

After the check-up, it was found that his condition was much better than yesterday; he was practically a different person.

The prescription I received yesterday was actually better than I had imagined.

However, the night sweats and dry mouth do indeed match Professor Wang Yuchuan's prediction.

So Fang Yan still plans to try Professor Wang Yuchuan's prescription from yesterday.

“We need to revise the prescription today to address your dry mouth and night sweats,” Fang Yan said to Ms. Lü.

The other party, without any suspicion, immediately nodded and said:

"Okay, I'll do whatever you say, Dr. Fang."

Then Fang Yan found a nurse and wrote down the prescription that Professor Wang Yuchuan had revised the day before.

Tell them to prepare right now and give Ms. Lü a bowl of medicine before lunch.

By then, Fang Yan had almost finished her morning clinic duties and could bring Professor Wang Yuchuan over to observe Ms. Lü's clinical presentation.

Then, Fang Yan told Ms. Lü:

“I really like the books you gave me; each one is quite precious.”

Ms. Lü said with a smile:

"I hope you like it, and that the above content can help you save more people."

Fang Yan clasped his hands together and thanked Ms. Lü:

"You are so noble."

Whether they mean it sincerely or not, it's already quite good that they said such things, especially since they actually brought out some solid information.

In addition, they also give me ten thousand US dollars every month.

A Mercedes-Benz W116 450SE can now be purchased for only $3400 in Hong Kong.

About three cars a month.

This is already considered a major sponsor of the dialect; they not only provided emotional value but also spent lavishly on it.

No wonder the Huo family is welcomed by the top leaders in China; it's not just about giving them money, but also about their humble attitude.

It's impossible not to like this kind of situation.

After leaving the ward, Professor Wang Yuchuan spoke to Fang Yan:

"Actually, your prescription can already solve her current problem. If you change it further, the effect won't be much greater."

"Judging from the patient's performance just now, the effect is even better than you said."

Fang Yan nodded and said:
"Although that's what I say, I also want it to be perfect. If this plan is successful, it will be a classic medical case, and as a classic, I hope it is as perfect as possible."

"And with you in there, the prescription looks even more professional, doesn't it?"

Upon hearing the last sentence in the dialect, Wang Yuchuan recalled what Professor Yue Meizhong had said yesterday. He smiled, shook his head, and said:
"Haha...you, you..."

Wang Yuchuan can now basically conclude that this is a deliberate attempt by the dialect to elevate his own status.

Being able to handle this medical case will also make him more famous in academic circles.

After all, besides treating a disease that Western medicine cannot cure, the patient was also from a wealthy family like the Huo family in Hong Kong.

The impact is definitely greater than that of other patients.

Next, Fang Yan took Professor Wang Yuchuan to see the Situ family's Situ Pond.

Situ Chi didn't sleep well last night.

He had to go to the toilet several times, and the medicine he took was helping him expel the accumulated waste from his body.

When Fang Yan made his rounds today, he still seemed a little sleepy.

However, his thinking was still relatively clear, and he did not have a relapse or show any signs of depression.

It's also possible that he left San Francisco and is now in a completely new environment.

Changing the landscape can cure some diseases.

It's like if someone stays in a city and is constantly having bad luck and getting sick, then if that person suddenly goes to a place with a completely different environment, they might recover very quickly.

Of course, it could also be the other way around. Things might be going very well in one city, but things might start going wrong and you might get sick when you move to another place.

In the future, with the development of the internet, Fang Yan has seen many people like this.

This is also explained in traditional Chinese medicine.

Moreover, it's not just one; for example, according to the Five Elements and Six Qi theory.

The *Suwen* (Plain Questions) chapter "On the Six Elements and the Correct Principles" records a sentence that reads:
"The Five Elements and Yin-Yang are the way of Heaven and Earth."

Situ Chi moved from San Francisco (37°N) to Beijing (39°N), and his astrological hexagram changed from Dui (West) to Gen (Northeast), causing his internal energy to change from "rising from the lake" to "steadfastly guarding the mountain," which corresponds to the transformation of his fortune and energy, "when metal enters the Gen earth, stubborn illnesses are cured."

According to the theory of the Nine Palaces and Eight Winds in the geographical medicine perspective.

Situ Chi's former residence was located in the San Francisco Bay Area (corresponding to the Kan Palace of the Luoshu), where the cold and yin energy in the winter solstice direction was excessive, inducing "cold congealing the heart meridians"; after moving to the capital (Qian Palace of the Luoshu), he obtained the descending energy of the direction, which is in line with the principle of "when the righteous energy is stored inside, evil cannot invade" in the Ling Shu·Nine Palaces and Eight Winds.

Furthermore, one's environment changes with one's mind. The Classified Canon states, "The form is the substance of the spirit, and the spirit is the function of the form." After leaving the environment of San Francisco, which was filled with painful memories of failure, Situ Chi's spirit changed from "when startled, the qi is disordered" to "when calm, the spirit is stored," allowing his soul (liver) and spirit (lungs) to return to their proper places.

This concept of treatment existed very early in ancient times, as recorded in the "Huainanzi: Topography" chapter:

"Each type of land produces its own kind of life; therefore, the air of mountains produces many men, the air of marshes produces many women, the air of water produces many mute people, and the air of wind produces many deaf people."

This also explains why Situ Chi was prone to feminine depression in the Bay Area (San Francisco), but his yang energy returned when he moved to the mountains (Beijing).

In his book "Supplement to the Thousand Golden Prescriptions - Methods of Dwelling", Sun Simiao proposed that "the room where people live must be well-sealed and not have any gaps so that wind can enter." Some people like to open the window when they sleep, and this wind blowing on their heads can cause some illnesses. It is hard to say whether the sea breeze in San Francisco affects Situ Chi.

This wisdom of environmental medicine interprets the traditional Chinese medicine worldview of "humans follow the earth, and the earth follows heaven".

While Western medicine is still treating symptoms rather than the root cause, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has already established a multi-dimensional diagnostic and treatment system. This is the true game-changer of a thousand-year-old civilization, and it is even regarded as witchcraft and superstition by those who do not understand it.

Fang Yan then slightly modified the prescription for Situ Chi to make him feel better.

Then the ward rounds here are over.

I glanced at my watch; it was almost time for my scheduled doctor's appointment.

After speaking with the doctor on duty in the inpatient department, Fang Yan prepared to head to the outpatient building. "Professor Yu Chuan, would you like to come along?" Fang Yan asked Wang Yu Chuan.

Wang Yuchuan said:
"Of course, we've known each other for so long, but apart from when we were at Tongrentang, I've never seen you practicing medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital."

"Work at the school?" Fang Yan asked.

Wang Yuchuan said:
"It's alright, everything's arranged. I'll be with you this morning."

Fang Yan nodded:
"Okay, let's go."

……

Fang Yan led Professor Wang Yuchuan and Li Zhengji and their group to the outpatient building.

Although there are only four overseas Chinese businessmen here today, the dean still attaches great importance to it and has already started making arrangements here, mainly focusing on the cleanliness of the corridors.

Of course, this doesn't mean it's particularly dirty on a daily basis; it's a historical tradition that when leaders don't know what to do, they start focusing on sanitation.

Even a senior official like the dean is no exception.

Moreover, the dialect knows that this custom will be passed down for a very long time to come...

Upon seeing Fang Yan arrive with his entourage, the dean immediately came over.

When he saw Wang Yuchuan, the vice president of Capital University of Chinese Medicine, following behind, he showed an incredulous expression.

"I'm here to learn," Wang Yuchuan said, extending his hand to shake hands with the dean, his tone slightly teasing.

Fang Yan said to the dean:

"Today I had Professor Yu Chuan do a consultation for the Huo family and improved the prescription. I can only try the medicine at noon. He came over to see me now."

Upon hearing the explanation in dialect, the dean suddenly understood:
"Oh I got it……"

He didn't say anything more, not even asking about Fang Yan and the others, including Li Zhengji. He simply invited them all into the consultation room, as the person would be arriving soon.

Song Jianzhong clearly did his homework before coming; he must have asked Yang Jingxiang or Zhang Yanchang about their procedures when they were assistants.

So as soon as he entered the consultation room, he immediately began to help Fang Yan organize her medical records, took the thermos to fetch water, and then made tea for both Fang Yan and Wang Yuchuan.

Yan Yifan, Du Heng, and Li Zhengji were still in a daze.

Song Jianzhong has already taken care of everything.

He rubbed his hands together with a smile.

The group was both amused and exasperated; this kid really loved showing off in front of the dialect.

At this moment, the dean arrived at the door and said to Fang Yan:

"The patient has arrived. Prepare to receive them."

Upon hearing this, Fang Yan nodded in response:
"Already prepared."

The dean then straightened his clothes and went to greet the overseas Chinese patients who had arrived that day.

Fang Yan went to the window and looked down. She found that although Director Liao hadn't come today, leaders from the Ministry of Health had, and there were quite a few people accompanying the four patients.

It's impossible to tell who the patient is below.

Fang Yan returned to her seat and sat down.

At this moment, Song Jianzhong had already run to the door, clearly having learned this from Yang Jingxiang and the others.

Seeing this, Du Heng and Yan Yifan exchanged a glance and ran over as well.

Only Li Zhengji did not move.

He disdained to do such things, mainly because he believed that his strengths did not lie there.

When Fang Yan needs help later, he'll definitely be much better at assisting than anyone else.

The patient arrived quickly.

The Vice Minister of Health came in and greeted Fang Yan first.

It is said that these four people are very important today, and I hope he will do his best.

After Fang Yan agreed, the Vice Minister of Health left.

"Let them in," Fang Yan called out to the three people at the door.

Song Jianzhong took the lead and went out to call out to the patients outside.

Soon, a man with a bandage wrapped around his head, who looked to be in his thirties, walked in accompanied by several people.

The person who brought him there was a woman named Sun Menghong whom Fang Yan had met before.

She is an overseas Chinese businesswoman in Japan.

They mainly operate trading companies, importing some of Japan's specialty products, such as electronic products and precision instruments, to neighboring countries, while exporting traditional handicrafts and textiles from neighboring countries to Japan, making profits through the import and export price difference.

"Hello, Dr. Fang." Sun Menghong nodded to Fang Yan.

This woman looks to be only in her early thirties. She is well-dressed and takes good care of herself, and looks like a female star in a Japanese drama. She has a unique and capable aura.

He said in dialect:

"Hello there!"

Then he pointed to the middle-aged man next to him:
"Is this the patient?"

Sun Menghong nodded:

"Yes, he was my first love, and he was also Chinese."

"Huh?" Fang Yan was taken aback. First love? This was the first time he had heard it described like this after reading so many medical articles.

He suspected the other person's Chinese had deteriorated, so he tentatively asked:
"You mean...her ex-husband?"

Sun Menghong corrected:

"No, it was my first love."

Fang Yan glanced at the man with a bandage on his head, dressed very cleanly, but with vacant eyes. He wasn't even handsome. Was today going to be a pure love story?
For no apparent reason, he thought of his younger brother. He had assumed only his younger brother was capable of such a thing, but it turned out there were other experts. Coming to his senses, Fang Yan said to Sun Menghong:
"Um...oh, okay, could you tell me about his condition?"

Sun Menghong looked at her first love standing beside her and then said:
“His name is Li Zheng. He is 40 years old and suffers from intermittent insomnia and headaches for 14 years. He has been attempting self-harm for more than half a year.”

Fang Yan frowned slightly, implying another mental illness!

At this moment, Sun Menghong said to the person next to her:
"Give me the investigation report."

"Okay, President." A woman who looked like an assistant handed Sun Menghong a notebook.

Sun Menghong opened her notebook and spoke into the dialect:

"The story is a bit long, I'll try to focus on the important parts."

Fang Yan nodded, signaling her to continue.

Sun Menghong looked at the notes above and prepared her speech before speaking:

"In 1964, Li Zheng had a fight with his ex-wife because of family issues... well, she was his wife at the time."

"This caused insomnia and headaches. After seeing a doctor, it improved on its own after a week. However, he and his wife often quarreled afterward, which led to long-term insomnia and headaches. He had to take medication to recover."

"In 1975, he suffered a mental trauma because his wife filed for divorce. He began to drink heavily and then developed insomnia and nightmares. In 1976, due to a job transfer, the environment changed and the tasks became more demanding. He was under extreme mental stress, which aggravated his insomnia. He often stayed up all night, and even using large amounts of sleeping pills had no effect."

"His health began to decline rapidly. According to his family, he lost more than ten kilograms in a short period of time. By this year, he was often irritable, restless, and had conflicts with his colleagues. He got into a fight with someone on the street, was beaten up and hospitalized, and eventually lost his job."

"Then a friend of ours came to me and told me about it..."

“I was already divorced at that time.” Sun Menghong paused, emphasizing this point.

Fang Yan was both amused and exasperated, and gestured for her to continue.

Sun Menghong continued:
"So I went to the hospital to see him and met with his attending physician. The doctor said that he was currently feeling pessimistic, hopeless, and had low self-esteem. He was suffering from insomnia, often staying up all night, and his speech had increased significantly, mostly repetitive. He also had attempts to self-harm. Therefore, he was diagnosed with depression. The doctor recommended that he be hospitalized for treatment. After communicating with his family, I was willing to help him and pay all the expenses."

"However, he was very angry when he found out, and he believed that he was not sick and that the doctor was trying to rip him off, so he refused my help and his request to be hospitalized."

Fang Yan secretly sighed to himself, "It really is true love."

Sun Menghong continued:
“After that, his family felt that his illness could not be delayed, and after discussing it with me, we found a mental hospital and forcibly sent him there for treatment.”

"Unexpectedly, his symptoms became significantly more severe. He would become restless and agitated in waves, unable to sit or stand comfortably. He was extremely depressed and had a low self-esteem. He told the doctor that he was filled with pessimism and despair, accompanied by feelings of fear and depression. During an attack, he felt that only death could bring him relief. He tried to strangle himself, bang his head against things, fall off the bed, jump off a building, and go on a hunger strike, among other things."

“Whenever he is upset, he will throw things, but after talking to the doctor, he said he would feel regret and at the same time be afraid of death.”

"He stayed in the hospital for a week, but had no choice but to be discharged. On the day of his discharge, he took advantage of a moment when his companions were not paying attention and tried to kill himself by banging his head against something, causing his head to bleed profusely. He was immediately hospitalized again, and this injury is from that time."

"After being hospitalized again, the hospital used insulin shock treatment. After two courses of treatment, my condition did not improve. Instead, I feel like I have lost my soul. In addition, I have been hearing some news about you. Many people suggested that I come back to China to find you. So we went through the discharge procedures ourselves and came back to China."

That concludes the entire process.

After she finished speaking, she checked the front and back of the notebook, then bowed and nodded to Fang Yan:

"Yes, that's roughly the situation."

"Dr. Fang, do you think you can cure this?"

Fang Yan didn't answer her question, but instead started thinking quickly.

Insulin shock therapy is a method that uses insulin to induce a state of hypoglycemic shock in the body, thereby achieving the goal of treating certain mental illnesses.

Insulin can lower blood sugar. When blood sugar drops to a certain level, the brain will experience a state of hypoxia and hypoglycemia, which will cause a series of physiological and psychological reactions.

Before treatment, patients need to fast, and then insulin is injected subcutaneously or intravenously. The dosage will be gradually adjusted according to the patient's weight and physical condition.

As insulin takes effect, patients will experience symptoms of hypoglycemia such as palpitations, sweating, and hunger, and then enter a coma, i.e., a state of shock.

After the shock has lasted for a period of time, the patient will be given an intravenous injection of glucose solution to terminate the shock and awaken the patient.

Because insulin shock therapy carries significant risks and adverse reactions, and with the continuous development and improvement of psychotropic drugs, this treatment method has been rarely used in clinical practice in later generations. Fang Yan never expected to encounter it now.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, Li Zheng's illness is a relatively severe form of depression.

The Western medical diagnosis was severe depressive episode with mixed characteristics, accompanied by anxiety, agitation, and self-harm tendencies.

Pointing at Li Zheng, he asked:

Is he able to communicate now?

Sun Menghong glanced at Li Zheng, whose eyes were vacant, and said:
"I can communicate intermittently, but not in this state right now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zheng suddenly raised his head, looked around blankly, and asked:
"I...where am I?"

PS: The basic chapter of 6000 words has been updated.

There will be an extra chapter later!

(End of this chapter)