Chapter 13 Acupuncture Points



"Her Majesty has always wanted to visit Miss Nan, but she has a lot of things to deal with, and her health has not improved. During the second trial, Her Majesty was very ill..." He explained awkwardly, "During that time, the royal family became the focus of global attention, and Her Majesty was haggard and could not go to public places."

Zhu Jin nodded after hearing this, but didn't respond as he thought about it.

"Miss Nan, please tell me what you need. As long as it is available in the prison, I can deliver it." Seeing that she didn't respond, the housekeeper didn't say much, but changed the subject.

"Can the books be delivered to you?" Zhu Jin asked immediately without any hesitation.

"A lot of them are possible." The butler replied immediately.

"That's good." Zhu Jin believed that these words were certainly not what the housekeeper meant. She told him what she needed, which was equivalent to telling Helian Lan. She must know what book she wanted to read.

"Besides taking medicine, is there any acupoint massage to help my mother's sleep problems?" Zhu Jin thought for a moment and then asked. Helian Lan was suffering from qi deficiency and insomnia due to the stress of recovering from a serious illness. Whether it was medicine to calm the mind or medicine to replenish qi and blood, Zhu Jin could write out a few prescriptions suitable for Helian Lan with his eyes closed, but he couldn't write them now.

Because Shang Lu mentioned before that there was no such thing as pulse diagnosis or medicinal treatment in this world, and it would be completely useless if she wrote about it. All she could think of was acupoint massage.

"Acupoint massage? No." The housekeeper had never heard of it.

"It's difficult for me to teach you too complicated acupoint massage at the moment, so I will tell you a simple method that can be learned quickly and is beneficial to improving sleep quality. Do you think it's appropriate for me to teach you?" Zhu Jin asked after a moment's hesitation. There was a deep blue color under Helian Lan's eyes. If she didn't improve her sleep, her health would be seriously affected. No matter how filial she was, she had to take over someone else's daughter's body. As a doctor, she couldn't just sit back and watch.

"Suitable." The housekeeper nodded immediately and waited for the female staff member in charge of the corresponding work in the church life group to go back.

"Okay, please sit down." Zhu Jin nodded and explained, "Soaking your feet in warm water before going to bed, and then massaging your feet, can promote the connection between the heart and kidneys, and the harmony of yin and yang, so that you can achieve the best sleep. Come, please take off your shoes."

"Miss Nan?" The butler had originally sat down obediently, but when he saw Zhu Jin squatting in front of him and trying to take off his shoes, he was stunned and sat there stiffly, puzzled.

"I need to give you a massage. I'll show you the strength and the location of the acupuncture points. It'll be quick. Let's put on our slippers." Zhu Jin explained, holding out his hand.

"No, no." The housekeeper stood up suddenly, "My feet...how can you touch them, young lady? Just...just tell me where it is, I can learn it." The housekeeper, who had been calm all the time, was shocked by Zhu Jin's actions and was not willing to let Zhu Jin demonstrate to her.

"It's okay. I want to be a doctor in the future. I'm just demonstrating. Only after I demonstrate can you master the strength and position accurately so that you can massage your mother..." Zhu Jin advised. For her, massage is also one of the things a doctor should do, even if the position is on the feet.

"No, no, Miss Nan, you better teach me. I can press it myself..." However, this matter was a big deal for the housekeeper. Nothing Zhu Jin said would help. Instead, he was frightened and sweat broke out on his forehead. He was extremely anxious.

"Okay... I'll teach you." Zhu Jin had no choice but to compromise when he saw his expression, feeling bad in his heart.

"Okay, okay." The housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she agreed.

"This is the Yongquan point, located in the depression in the front center of the sole..." The housekeeper took off his shoes cautiously, feeling extremely fortunate that he did not have smelly feet. Following Zhu Jin's instruction, he pressed the point himself, and when he felt the feeling Zhu Jin described, he pressed with about the same strength before stopping.

After passing the Yongquan acupoint, Zhu Jin asked him to roll up his trouser legs and found the Zusanli acupoint for him. "3 inches below the outer kneecap, about 1 inch on the outer side of the tibia, here is the Zusanli acupoint. Press with such force..." This time Zhu Jin demonstrated it himself.

After the housekeeper nodded, Zhu Jin pulled his hand over and found the location of the Neiguan acupoint. "3 inches above the transverse line of the wrist, the depression between the two tendons is the Neiguan acupoint..."

"They are all very simple massages. They may be useful for mother's insomnia. Please teach someone to give her a massage when you go back." After teaching Zhu Jin, he stood up. The housekeeper was relieved. Looking at Zhu Jin who was leaving, his face was full of satisfaction.

It was already dusk when Helian Lan woke up. "I didn't expect I would fall asleep, and sleep so soundly. Where's Nannan?" He came to visit his daughter, but unexpectedly she fell asleep straight away.

"She just left. She said it was time for dinner." The housekeeper replied immediately, his voice full of joy. "Your Majesty, Miss Nan asked about your insomnia before she left. I heard that medicine didn't work, so she taught me a set of foot massage, saying it would help me fall asleep."

"Miss Nan is so filial that she even demonstrated it herself for you. She doesn't even mind that my feet are dirty, even an old man. It's really... You said before that you were afraid that Miss Nan would blame you. In my opinion, it's impossible for her to blame you. She is truly filial to you." The butler is usually calm and doesn't talk much. This time, he couldn't help but say it before Helian Lan asked. He watched Helian Lan and Lian Nan grow up, and seeing Lian Nan being so filial, he was very happy for Helian Lan.

"Nannan?" Helian Lan was a little stunned when she heard it. She couldn't think of it.

"Yes, it was Miss Nan. She had been leaning on her after you fell asleep. I couldn't bear to wake you up so I didn't move. When I came in, I was afraid half of her body was numb." The housekeeper chattered.

"This silly child..." Helian Lan blinked, holding back the tears in her eyes. She said she had forgotten her, and she was so distant when they met, but what she did showed a hint of alienation...

"She just said she wanted to be a doctor, and started tinkering with it. You teach her when you get back, and I'll try it when I get home in the evening," Helian Lan spoke again after her tears subsided.

"Okay, I remember it clearly, and I will definitely teach them." The housekeeper immediately bent down to promise, then straightened up and smiled, "I'll do it myself, too, to benefit from Miss Nan's filial piety to you.

"I don't know if it works or not, I've never heard of it..." Helian Lan said modestly, but his eyes were full of smiles, "This kid actually wants to teach you personally..."

For her, he actually had to touch the housekeeper's feet with his hands to teach him how to massage them. This kid... Helian Lan's heart was rising and falling, and the next moment he thought of Zhu Jin's hands, "...You've noticed Nannan's hands too, right? They've become so rough and full of scars in just a few days..." His voice was low.

The smile on the butler's face faded, and he said, "Yes..." Then he lowered his head and remained silent.

"Let's go back!" After a moment, Helian Lan finally stood up.

In the evening, even though she had never heard of such a method, Helian Lan still spoke up and followed Zhu Jin's instructions before going to bed, soaking her feet and massaging. Strange method, strange feeling, the female staff who had temporarily learned how to do massage was still nervous, but she didn't expect to see the queen who was so radiant the next day.

The queen looked much better and said to her with a smile, "You slept well. Thank you for your hard work."


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