Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 924 Late-Night Emergency Rescue: Director Liao (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)
“It was me,” Director Liao replied.

After hearing this, Fang Yan composed himself and began to think quickly.

"Dialect?" The person on the other end of the phone asked again after hearing the silence on this end.

From the dialect side, it was said:

"Yes, I want to know the extent of the swelling, roughly from where to where?"

Director Liao paused for a moment on the phone, presumably to confirm the situation, before speaking after a few seconds:
"My thighs and the soles of my feet are swollen."

"Does it hurt?" Fang Yan asked.

"No," Director Liao replied.

However, he immediately added:

"However, when I step on the ground, it hurts, and my whole right foot feels stiff."

Fang Yan said to him:
"Press on your right leg and see if you can make a dent or not."

Two seconds later, Director Liao responded:
"I can't press it."

Fang Yan breathed a sigh of relief:

"That's good..."

Then Director Liao said:
“Hey, Fang Yan, I found a purple patch on my calf.”

"How big?" Fang Yan asked.

Director Liao responded:

"About... one centimeter."

He asked in dialect:

Are there any small red dots around?

Director Liao muttered on the other end of the phone:

"Let me check... the lighting here isn't very good."

Then, after several seconds, he confirmed it definitively:

"some!"

Fang Yan then said to him:
"Have someone check under your tongue to see if the bluish-purple blood vessels are thick, large, and bulging outwards."

Director Liao said:
I'm all alone right now.

Fang Yan was taken aback. It turned out that Director Liao had called him as soon as he noticed something was wrong.

Fang Yan said to him:
"Then you should quickly call someone, or get a mirror and roll up your tongue to take a look."

Director Liao said "Wait a moment," and then Fang Yan heard him hang up the phone and shout:

"Xiao Zhou!"

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

Then the receiver was picked up, and then Director Liao's voice came through:

"Yes, Xiao Zhou just looked at it and said my tongue is purple, and the veins underneath are just as you described, very obvious."

He said in dialect:

"Okay, don't worry. In traditional Chinese medicine, this is called 'pulse obstruction,' and in Western medicine, it's called deep vein thrombosis. It's because the meridians in your foot are blocked. I'll bring the medicine over right away. Please sit still and put your right foot on a small stool. Don't massage or apply heat."

Upon hearing the dialect, Director Liao calmly replied:
"Ok, I will wait for you."

Then Fang Yan made another phone call to the dean.

The hospital director was initially a bit confused when he received the call. He was clearly already asleep by now. When he heard Fang Yan say that Director Liao was sick and he needed to get medicine from the traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy, the director quickly said:

"Just tell me what medicine you want, and I'll have the person on duty prepare it."

Fang Yan didn't stand on ceremony and said to the dean:

“金银花15g、黄芪20g、蒲公英10g、当归尾10g、桃仁5g、红花10g、川芎10g、牛膝10g、桂枝6g、茯苓12g、水蛭3g、地鳖虫3g、甘草5g。”

The dean quickly wrote it down and then said to Fang Yan:

"Okay, I've written it down. Go to the parking lot, and someone will bring it to you right away."

"Okay," Fang Yan replied.

Fang Yan then took the flashlight and told his family about the current situation.

Everyone in the family was surprised. My mother said:

"Oh dear, we'd better hurry over there!"

Director Liao is now a major backer for dialects; we can't afford to let anything happen to him.

Others know this too.

Old Hu said he would go over there with them to help out.

Fang Yan shook his head, telling him not to go.

Old Hu thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he agreed and told Fang Yan to call back anytime if anything happened.

Fang Yan nodded in agreement and was about to leave.

After taking only two steps, he remembered that he still had something to take, so he went back into the study and picked up the sea dragon needle. This thing is very efficient and can be put to good use.

"Be careful on the road," his wife reminded him in dialect.

Fang Yan waved his hand and said:
"I know, don't worry."

Then he jogged all the way to Peking Union Medical College Hospital. When he got to the parking lot, a doctor in a white coat was already waiting for Fang Yan, holding a jar filled with medicine.

He handed the medicine jar to Fang Yan:

"Director Fang, all the medicine you requested is inside. You just need to add water to boil it."

Fang Yan glanced at the other person and realized it was the vice president on duty.

Then I checked the herbs in the jar again.

"Okay, thank you!" He took the medicine bottle with both hands, put it in the trunk of the car, got in, and drove off with the roar of the Mercedes engine.

The city of Beijing was quiet at night, with only cars speaking in local dialects speeding along the highways.

It took about five minutes for Fang Yan to arrive at Director Liao's residence, No. 35 Fuwai Street, Xicheng District.

Director Liao's secretary was already waiting at the door.

"Dr. Fang!" Secretary Zhou greeted Fang Yan.

Fang Yan got out of the car, opened the trunk, took out a medicine bottle, and asked:

Do you have a gas stove at home?

"Yes," Xiao Zhou nodded.

He said in dialect:

"Add half water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for twenty minutes."

"Okay! I'll take care of it." Secretary Zhou took the medicine pot with both hands and immediately invited Fang Yan into the courtyard.

Once inside, you can see several security personnel.

Upon seeing Fang Yan arrive, they all saluted.

Fang Yan nodded in response, and then quickly followed Secretary Zhou to the inner courtyard.

Director Liao was already waiting for Fang Yan in the bedroom.

There was another secretary accompanying him.

He was wearing pajamas and glasses, calmly reading the newspaper. When he saw Fang Yan arrive, he greeted him with a smile.

"You flew here? That's really fast!"

He said in dialect:

"They drove here..."

Then, Fang Yan directly took out the sea dragon needle and got straight to the point with Director Liao:
"Alright, let me give you acupuncture first."

"Okay!" Director Liao nodded.

Then Fang Yan lifted the leg of his pajama pants and saw his swollen right leg with spots on it.

Then I picked up two sea dragon needles and inserted them obliquely upwards for 1.5 inches into the Xuehai point on the inner thigh and the Zusanli point on the outer side of the calf, respectively, using the lifting, thrusting, twisting and turning method to reduce the flow of Qi.

"What acupoint is this?" Director Liao was surprised to find that as soon as Fang Yan inserted the needle, he felt a surge of energy radiating down his inner thigh to his knee, and the local muscles trembled slightly.

He said in dialect:

"Xuehai (SP10) and Zusanli (ST36) are two acupoints. Xuehai promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, and is specifically used to treat blood disorders of the lower limbs. Zusanli regulates the Qi and blood of the stomach meridian and enhances the body's ability to transform dampness and turbidity."

After Fang Yan left the needle in place, two more sea dragon needles were taken out and inserted perpendicularly 1-1.2 inches into the Sanyinjiao and Yinlingquan acupoints on the inner side of Director Liao's lower leg. The needling was performed using the slow and rapid tonification and sedation method with fast insertion and slow withdrawal, combined with the Canggui probing method.

Director Liao felt a soreness spreading to the soles of his feet, accompanied by a warm sensation.

He said in dialect:

"This is Sanyinjiao and Yinlingquan. Sanyinjiao is where the liver, spleen and kidney meridians meet, which can regulate blood circulation and fluids. Yinlingquan promotes diuresis and eliminates dampness, relieving swelling."

"Yes, I can feel it!" Director Liao nodded.

Then, Fang Yan said to Director Liao:
"Please raise your feet slightly."

Director Liao did as instructed, pointing the needle at the Weizhong acupoint behind the knee, inserting it slightly upwards at an angle of 0.8 inches, using the three-step withdrawal and one-step advance reduction method.

Soon, Director Liao felt a faint electric shock.

Then Fang Yan picked up the last needle, went to the instep of his right foot, and inserted it into the Bafeng acupoint.

Insert the needle obliquely 0.5 inches towards the center of the foot, use the shaking needle technique to reduce the swelling, and perform the "Green Dragon Swings its Tail" movement.

Soon, Director Liao's feet turned red.

Director Liao's reaction was slightly more intense this time.

He said:
"Ouch... I feel like ants are crawling on my feet."

"Take a deep breath!" Fang Yan said to Director Liao, finishing his acupuncture treatment.

With each breath he took, and the dialect-based needlework continued, Director Liao soon spoke:

"Hey, it feels like a cool breeze is blowing on my right leg."

"My calves feel like they've been unloaded of sandbags."

Fang Yan said to him:
"You're in good health and have a high tolerance for strong stimulation. Take some more medicine later, and the swelling should go down by tomorrow morning."

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