After the student lowered his hand, Li Chu said, "Don't raise your hand to speak during my lecture. I will make a point of setting aside time for questions later."
Of course, if you raised your hand because you need to go out to take care of personal hygiene, then please feel free to do so.
After he finished speaking, seeing that the student made no further move, he continued lecturing.
"Traditional Chinese medicine is based on Yin-Yang and the Five Elements. It views the human body as a unified whole of Qi, form, and spirit. Through the four diagnostic methods mentioned earlier, it explores the causes and nature of diseases."
Analyze the pathogenesis and changes in the five internal organs, meridians, joints, qi, blood, and body fluids of the human body, judge the waxing and waning of pathogenic factors and the body's resistance, and then derive the disease name, summarize the syndrome type, and apply the principles of syndrome differentiation and treatment…
Li Chu picked up the mug on the table, took a sip of water, and then glanced at the time. There were still more than ten minutes left before get out of class ended.
He didn't continue lecturing, but instead said to the boy who had raised his hand earlier, "What did you want to say when you raised your hand?"
The male student paused for a moment, then looked around before pointing to himself. After receiving a signal from Li Chu, he quickly stood up and asked, "Teacher Li, I wanted to ask if traditional Chinese medicine only needs to use the four diagnostic methods of observation, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation to determine what disease a person has?"
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"Yes, basically either is fine. Of course, the names of many diseases in traditional Chinese medicine are different from those in Western medicine."
"Then why do many traditional Chinese medicine practitioners now insist that patients undergo Western medical examinations, such as X-rays and blood tests?" the student continued to ask.
Many students nodded in agreement with his question.
When he asked this, Li Chu smiled and said, "Sometimes I also ask patients to do some tests and examinations, but these tests are not for me to see, but for the patients to see."
His words stunned the students below, who didn't understand what he meant.
Even Li Wenxuan and Li Wenhui, the siblings, didn't understand what it meant that the examination was not for the doctor, but for the patient.
"I know many of you don't understand what I mean. Let me put it this way: a patient came to me for treatment, and through my treatment plan, the patient's symptoms disappeared, but he was still somewhat skeptical, worried about what would happen if the symptoms recurred one day."
The simplest solution now is to have him get a test or an X-ray. That way, the patient can see directly whether his condition has been cured, and I won't have to waste time explaining to him, which he still won't believe. Do you understand what I'm saying?
His explanation made the students below nod in sudden understanding.
"That's why more and more TCM doctors are now asking patients to undergo some Western medical examinations, so that the patients can understand the reasons themselves."
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that many traditional Chinese medicine doctors are also unsure of their own abilities and need some Western medical examination methods to assist them.
Because traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine are different. Western medicine quantifies all symptoms. It will give you a test and say, "Oh, this one exceeds the standard value, okay, then you have this disease." If another one exceeds the standard value, then you have that disease.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is different. It relies on experience. If a TCM doctor is not skilled enough or has too little experience, he cannot possibly diagnose your illness by taking your pulse; he will have to rely on lab results.
After answering a few more questions from classmates, the bell rang outside.
"Alright, students, that's enough for the first class. There's no homework for this course, but if you want to pass the exam smoothly, you'd better memorize this whole book."
Upon hearing this, a chorus of sighs erupted below. Li Chu merely smiled and stood up, ready to leave.
"Wenxuan, remember to take your water cup with you."
Before leaving, he didn't forget to remind Li Wenxuan to take his cup with him.
Just as he finished speaking and was about to leave, Li Wenhui rushed over, holding a book in one hand and pulling his arm with the other, and led him outside.
Upon seeing this, Li Wenxuan, who was slowly tidying up his books at his seat, suddenly sped up his work, hurriedly picked up the books and ran to the podium, then grabbed the jar and ran out as well.
The students left in the classroom looked at each other in bewilderment. The students who were in the same class as the siblings were also a little confused, but they all ran out to see if they could find any ripe and sweet gossip.
Only Lu Ping remained calm and unhurried. She knew exactly what was going on; the siblings must have gone to confront her. It was a family matter, and she didn't want to get involved.
After Li Wenhui pulled her father out of the classroom and into the yard, she let go of his hand, turned around, and glared angrily at her smiling father.
"Dad, did you already know you were going to teach us?"
"Of course, when the medical school resumed classes in 2007 or 2008, the former dean contacted me."
"Then why didn't you tell us?"
When Li Wenhui said this, Wenxuan also ran over, followed by many classmates. However, those classmates just watched from a distance, and no one dared to come over.
However, one male classmate kept staring at Li Wenhui, and hesitated to come over because he was a little embarrassed.
A classmate next to him poked him with his finger: "Hey, this is the time for a hero to save the damsel in distress. Didn't you see that Wenxuan was fine when he went over? Why don't you go and check on him?"
"I..." The male student hesitated. After all, the school had a clear rule that students were strictly prohibited from dating. If he went over there, wouldn't it be obvious to everyone that he had such intentions?
"Hurry up, what are you dawdling for, Cheng Huaiyuan?" she said, giving the male classmate a push.
Having already been pushed forward, the male student named Cheng Huaiyuan decided to go all out and boldly walked towards Li Chu and the others.
Lu Ping had just stepped out of the classroom when she saw what was happening here. She ran as fast as she could, but she still couldn't catch up.
"Hey you guys, what's Cheng Huaiyuan doing over there?"
"Huaiyuan went to rescue the damsel in distress!"
"Oh dear, what are you trying to save? That's Wenhui and Wenxuan's father, why is he going over there to get involved!"
"What did you say?" The students over there all heard Lu Ping's words and looked at her in surprise.
"Teacher Li is Wenhui and Wenxuan's father, do you understand?"
"Then Cheng Huaiyuan is going to be in trouble!"
"You guys are just making a fuss over nothing. Wenhui rejected him last semester, so why did he go back to her?"
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