Under the cover of night.
Su Zhengnan drove at high speed and quickly arrived at the hospital.
Tap tap tap...
After parking his car, Su Zhengnan rushed to the outpatient department of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department.
Feng Xuegong had been waiting at the door. As soon as he saw Su Zhengnan appear, he immediately came forward and, without waiting for Su Zhengnan to ask any questions, said directly:
"The patient, Zhang Mingchen, is 67 years old. He was a retired cadre from the Radio and Television Bureau and suffered from many underlying diseases."
"I have high blood pressure, heart disease, myocardial infarction, and so on. I also had a coronary stent surgery before..."
"???"
Su Zhengnan was speechless. With so many underlying medical conditions, who exactly admitted this Mr. Zhang to the hospital?
Isn't this just asking for trouble?
Feng Xuegong chuckled awkwardly, and as he led Su Zhengnan toward the ward area, he continued to explain the patient's condition:
"At 7:50 p.m., the patient suddenly experienced palpitations, during which he became disoriented and vomited. We immediately provided emergency treatment, and the patient calmed down a bit after taking medication."
"But twenty minutes ago, the patient experienced palpitations again, and the symptoms worsened, and the patient became irritable."
Listening to Feng Xuegong's story.
Su Zhengnan's expression grew increasingly serious, and the two soon arrived at the ward area on the third floor.
With a creak!
Pushing open the door to the ward, one's eyes are immediately drawn to a group of medical staff from the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine surrounding the bed, all looking tense. Clearly, Mr. Zhang's condition has alarmed all the chief physicians on duty in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine tonight.
"How is the situation?"
As soon as Su Zhengnan stepped into the ward, he asked the question directly.
The resident physician on duty today, Qin Haoming, quickly replied, "We have already given the patient medication, and even used quite a few Western medicines, but the patient's symptoms have not improved."
"Okay, let me see the medical records. I want to see what prescription you gave me and what medicine you used."
Su Zhengnan said something, and Qin Haoming quickly handed over the patient's medical record.
After taking the patient's medical record and glancing at it, Su Zhengnan frowned, stepped forward, grabbed the patient's wrist, and was about to take his pulse.
But Old Master Zhang, lying in the hospital bed, was very agitated, constantly struggling to shake off Su Zhengnan's hand, while shouting:
"Let me go! Let me go! You demons! Let me leave! I don't want to stay here..."
Grandpa Zhang seemed very agitated. Fortunately, he was strapped to the hospital bed, otherwise the doctors wouldn't have been able to examine him, let alone administer his medication.
Su Zhengnan's hand gripped the other person's wrist, seemingly light and airy, but no matter how much the other person struggled, they couldn't break free from his grasp.
With his thumb pinching Old Master Zhang's wrist, and his index, middle, and ring fingers resting on the other man's cun, guan, and chi points respectively, Su Zhengnan carefully felt his pulse, unaffected by Old Master Zhang's shouting.
Beep beep beep.....
At that moment, a rapid sound came from the heart rate monitor next to them.
Standing nearby, Dr. Li Jianmin, an attending physician in internal medicine, couldn't help but say, "Director Su, the patient's heart rate seems unstable. It's probably due to weak cardiac contraction. If this continues, the patient may develop atrial fibrillation!"
Su Zhengnan ignored what the other person said and continued to feel the patient's pulse.
I could only feel that his pulse was very disordered; it seemed to be a strong pulse, but in fact it had no root.
Could this be...?
"True internal organs?"
Su Zhengnan's expression tightened slightly, and he quickly took out the silver needles from his pocket to disinfect them.
The True Visceral Pulse is also known as the "Rootless Pulse," which is a pulse pattern without stomach, spirit, or root.
This pulse pattern indicates that the patient's illness is severe, their vital energy is exhausted, and their stomach energy is depleted. Therefore, it is also called "deficient pulse," "extinct pulse," "death pulse," or "strange pulse."
The Suwen (Plain Questions) chapter "On the True Viscera of Jade Pivot" states: "When the true viscera pulse appears, it is the appointed day... Those who have the true viscera pulse appear are all beyond cure and will die."
Although this pulse pattern cannot be considered a "seven-fold fatal pulse," its treatment difficulty is no less than that of a "seven-fold fatal pulse."
"Oh no, the patient may be about to have atrial fibrillation."
It was at this time.
Grandpa Zhang suddenly lay stiffly on the hospital bed and stopped shouting. His whole body seemed to have been electrocuted, and his limbs began to tremble irregularly.
Seeing this, Su Zhengnan didn't have time to think and quickly inserted the silver needles into the acupoints on Old Master Zhang's body to begin acupuncture.
While applying acupuncture, Su Zhengnan used his other hand to apply acupuncture along the direction of the massage, following the massage along the patient's kidney meridian with his thumb.
Everyone held their breath, watching Su Zhengnan's every move with bated breath.
"What kind of acupuncture method is this? I don't think I've ever seen it before?"
Qin Haoming stared blankly at Su Zhengnan's acupuncture technique and asked.
Li Jianmin, who was standing to the side, blinked and said, "It seems to be a combination of massage and acupuncture, but I've never seen this kind of acupuncture technique before. Didn't you notice that every acupuncture point that Director Su was acupuncturing was on the same line he was massaging?"
"This technique must have been invented by Director Su himself!"
Feng Xuegong couldn't help but sigh, clearly he had never seen such a treatment method that combined massage and acupuncture.
Beep beep beep.....
With the combined use of massage and acupuncture by Su Zhengnan.
Soon, the heart rate displayed on the heart rate monitor gradually stabilized.
This means that Su Zhengnan's massage and acupuncture did indeed have an effect.
For a moment, everyone present looked at each other, their faces showing a hint of shock.
"This...it actually works?"
"I never imagined that Director Su's medical skills had reached such a level; it's truly an eye-opener!"
"To perform massage and acupuncture simultaneously, or to combine massage with acupuncture at the same time, is a technique I've never heard of before!"
Feng Xuegong watched Su Zhengnan administer acupuncture and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Su Zhengnan ignored Feng Xuegong and the others' words and continued his work without pausing. He continued to massage the patient's meridians with his thumbs while performing acupuncture along the various acupoints on the meridians.
It wasn't until the entire kidney meridian was massaged six times and all the acupoints on the entire kidney meridian were treated with acupuncture that the treatment was completed.
He then stopped what he was doing, breathed a sigh of relief, and said:
"The patient's condition has stabilized for now, but the needles need to be left in for more than an hour. They will be removed after the patient takes the medication and is completely calmed down."
As he spoke, Su Zhengnan picked up the patient's medical record and immediately wrote a new prescription on it.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
After writing out the prescription, Su Zhengnan casually handed it to Qin Haoming, the resident physician standing beside him:
"Prepare the medicine for the patient according to this prescription. Boil three bowls of water down to one bowl. After the patient takes one bowl tonight, give the patient another bowl in the morning. Do this twice a day, one dose in the morning and one dose in the evening."
"Uh, yes, I understand, Director Su."
Qin Haoming nodded in agreement.
"Okay, please let me know immediately if the patient experiences any problems. I will come to pick up the needle in an hour."
After explaining all this, Su Zhengnan turned and stepped out of the ward.
Feng Xuegong followed closely behind him, a hint of admiration in his eyes, and said:
"Director Su, the massage and acupuncture therapy you just used was truly amazing. It was the first time I had ever seen anything like it. Could you explain the theory behind this treatment based on dialectical treatment?"
"What, you're quite interested in my technique?"
Su Zhengnan turned and glanced at him.
Feng Xuegong smiled and said, "Of course I'm interested. After all, I am a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, aren't I?"
"Hehe, okay, then I'll tell you about it!"
Su Zhengnan smiled slightly, then explained simply:
"Actually, judging from the pulse, Mr. Zhang's condition should be a true hidden pulse, which is what we call a rootless pulse."
"His vital energy in his five internal organs was exposed, but it was not easy to diagnose the depth of the disease. Fortunately, the disease of his five internal organs had not developed to a very serious stage. Among them, the liver pulse was wiry, hard and rapid, and felt as taut as touching a knife blade when touched."
"The heart pulse is hard and throbbing, the lung pulse is large and empty, and the kidney pulse throbs as if a rope is about to break or as firm as a stone being flicked with a finger."
"The spleen pulse is weak and feeble, with an uneven speed, indicating an excess of pathogenic factors and a deficiency of vital energy, and the stomach qi cannot function properly..."
"In addition, Mr. Zhang is not young, his body is sensitive, and his organs are weak, which makes him very susceptible to external pathogens."
"Therefore, I used massage techniques to unblock his kidney meridian and regulate his qi and blood, and then used acupuncture to stimulate acupoints to balance yin and yang. The combination of the two can relieve Mr. Zhang's symptoms more quickly."
Feng Xuegong listened with great interest and followed Su Zhengnan all the way to his office.
With a snap!
Su Zhengnan turned on the office light, walked to his desk, sat down, and looked at Feng Xuegong with a serious expression, continuing:
"To be honest, Mr. Zhang's illness came on rather suddenly. If I hadn't come to deal with it immediately, you might have had to send him to the emergency room for surgery."
"Old Master Zhang's ailment appears to be a heart problem, but it is actually caused by the depletion of the five internal organs, especially the decline in kidney function."
"Therefore, massaging the kidney meridian is the safest method."
"As the saying goes: nourishing the kidney water below and clearing the heart fire above is the only way to nourish the liver wood and soothe the spleen and stomach..."
Listening to Su Zhengnan's story.
Feng Xuegong nodded repeatedly, expressing his utmost admiration for his medical skills.
"Director Su, your medical skills are truly superb. I have learned a lot today."
Feng Xuegong couldn't help but give Su Zhengnan a thumbs up, flattering him as he said:
"With your medical skills, I'm afraid even my old man can't compare. I wonder when I'll be able to reach your level, Director Su."
Upon hearing this, Su Zhengnan smiled and waved his hand, saying, "You're not right to say that. Actually, Elder Feng's medical skills are quite impressive, and there's still a lot I need to learn from him."
"Pshaw, do you think I don't know what level my old man is at?"
Feng Xuegong scoffed, "He's been acting as the hospital director every day for years now, and hasn't personally seen any patients in years. I wonder how much his medical skills have deteriorated."
"Well....."
Su Zhengnan was at a loss for words.
The scene of the son cricketing behind his father was vividly reenacted in front of him, and it was none other than his own deputy director, the director of the cricket-catching institute.
Forget it, I won't report this to Dean Feng.
That way, Director Feng won't get a scolding when he gets back!
Su Zhengnan smiled and changed the subject, asking, "By the way, have the patient's family members arrived?"
"They should be here by now!"
Feng Xuegong thought for a moment and said, "I called the family when Grandpa Zhang fell ill earlier, and they should be here by now."
Upon hearing this, Su Zhengnan nodded and said, "In that case, go and communicate with the patient's family. I'll come to pick up the needle in an hour."
After all, it was a silver needle that provided a +5 systemic healing effect, so he naturally couldn't let the other doctors in the department take it away.
What if they keep it to themselves? Should I ask them or not?
However, it's also strange that the system hasn't been rewarding this kind of thing lately.
If we had more healing items with special properties, that would be great.
Even Su Zhengnan wouldn't be so stingy.
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