Inside the maternity ward.
After the nurse ran out to prepare the medicine.
Su Zhengnan stretched out his hands and gently pressed them on the pregnant woman's belly to feel it.
Despite the layer of skin between them, based on his current experience in palpation, he can sense the fetus's every move even with just a light touch on the mother's belly.
The function of both hands and eyes is fully demonstrated at this moment.
The mother was 34 weeks pregnant, which is only a little over eight months, and is still considered premature.
However, the fetus at this stage is fully developed and has developed its own sense of self.
As soon as Su Zhengnan placed his hands on the pregnant woman's belly, he immediately sensed the baby kicking its little feet a few times. It seemed that the baby was quite active and not as bad as Director Wu and the others had said.
"Don't worry, this little guy is quite energetic. I'll give you another acupuncture treatment, and you'll be fine after taking the medicine."
Su Zhengnan smiled and comforted the new mother, then took out silver needles, disinfected them, and began to perform acupuncture on her.
"Thank you... thank you!"
The new mother whispered a "thank you." Although she didn't know whether the doctor, who looked so young, could save her baby, Su Zhengnan's smile and eyes gave her great encouragement and confidence.
Wu Shiping turned and exchanged a glance with Zhu Jiangcai. Both of them were shocked by Su Zhengnan's actions!
To cure an illness, one must first cure the person; to cure a person, one must first cure their mind.
They all understood this principle, but had long forgotten it, yet they unexpectedly saw it reflected in Su Zhengnan.
For a moment, Wu Shiping, the director of the obstetrics and gynecology department who had worked for more than 20 years, was slightly shocked and sighed: "It seems that I have been working in the Western medicine clinic for too long. Every time I treat patients, I only think about how to get them discharged as soon as possible, but I have forgotten the principle that to treat the disease, you must first treat the person, and to treat the person, you must first treat their heart."
Zhu Jiangcai also sighed inwardly. For doctors in their emergency department, most of the time they are focused on emergency care and have little time to pay attention to the patient's emotional state.
Perhaps there's a reason why traditional Chinese medicine has been able to be passed down for thousands of years.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Su Zhengnan's needling technique was very fast; in the blink of an eye, he had placed needles on acupoints such as Zhongwan, Pishu, Neiguan, and Quchi on the parturient woman.
Applying acupuncture to these acupoints in combination can also have the effect of protecting the fetus and replenishing nutrients.
However, acupuncture and moxibustion are prohibited in the lumbosacral region and upper abdomen of pregnant women; that is, these two areas are not allowed to be treated after pregnancy.
So unless it's an emergency.
The safest way to ensure a safe pregnancy is to take medication or rest in bed; these are the most basic steps for maintaining a safe pregnancy.
After Su Zhengnan finished performing acupuncture on the woman in labor.
Just then, the nurse arrived with the prepared medicine, and Su Zhengnan quickly had the nurse feed it to the new mother, then waited for the medicine to take effect.
In fact, traditional Chinese medicine is not as slow to take effect as people imagine.
As long as the medication is appropriate, it can be very effective and produce immediate results.
After the new mother took the Inula flower decoction.
Not long after, many black blood clots flowed out of her body. These were stagnant blood clots in her body, which had been blocking the postpartum woman's body for a long time and caused the sudden massive bleeding.
As for why postpartum women produce so much blood stasis, there are many possible causes.
For example: placental developmental abnormalities, endometrial lesions and malformations, abnormal uterine cavity morphology, etc.
These can all cause intrauterine congestion.
Once the lochia is expelled, the amount of bleeding in the mother quickly begins to decrease significantly.
Then, Su Zhengnan instructed the nurse to administer a second dose of medication to the mother, and said to Wu Shiping, the head of the obstetrics and gynecology department:
"After you finish taking this medicine, you can perform the cesarean section on the mother in about an hour. There shouldn't be any major problems."
Seeing the mother's heart rate gradually stabilize, Wu Shiping couldn't help but smile faintly: "I didn't expect Dr. Su's prescription to be so effective. It seems I underestimated Dr. Su's medical skills before."
"Hehe, Director Wu, you flatter me. Actually, I just happened to be there."
Su Zhengnan responded modestly, saying, "Actually, for this kind of situation for postpartum women, our ancestors' traditional Chinese medicine has thousands of years of experience, which Western medicine cannot match."
"Dr. Su is right. I have also participated in several obstetric training courses related to traditional Chinese medicine before, which really broadened my horizons."
Wu Shiping smiled and nodded, then, as if remembering something, asked Su Zhengnan:
"I wonder if Dr. Su is busy as the school doctor at the Beijing Film Academy? If she's not too busy, could you please come and give a lecture to our obstetrics and gynecology staff sometime?"
"Hmm, giving a lecture?"
Su Zhengnan was taken aback and asked, "Director Wu, you're not joking with me, are you? What kind of lecture can a traditional Chinese medicine doctor like me give to obstetricians?"
Wu Shiping smiled slightly and said, "Dr. Su, could you tell us about traditional Chinese medicine obstetrics? I know that traditional Chinese medicine has special methods for treating certain special cases of labor, especially for ectopic fetuses. Your traditional Chinese medicine uterine massage technique is something we should learn!"
Wu Shiping had always wanted to learn the uterine massage technique from traditional Chinese medicine, but unfortunately, the training sessions she attended were all too short, and she couldn't master it at all.
Although the doctors in their obstetrics and gynecology department may have some experience with uterine massage techniques.
Wu Shiping himself also knows a little bit.
However, the uterine manipulation techniques they learned were simplified versions of those used in Western medicine, and sometimes they were simply unable to correct ectopic fetuses, failing to achieve the desired effect.
Therefore, upon seeing how skilled Su Zhengnan was in traditional Chinese medicine, Wu Shiping immediately had an idea. She thought that she could invite him to give a lecture, and maybe she could actually learn the uterine massage technique in traditional Chinese obstetrics.
Upon hearing what Wu Shiping said...
Su Zhengnan pondered for a moment and said, "I'm usually quite busy, but I'm free on Saturdays and Sundays. If you really want to hear me give a lecture, Director Wu, I'll definitely come if I have the chance."
"Okay, okay, it's settled then!"
Wu Shiping walked up to Su Zhengnan with great joy and shook hands, saying, "Dr. Su, you don't need to worry about the lecture fees. We will settle the payment with you according to the normal lecture fees. We will definitely not let you lecture for free."
"???"
Su Zhengnan was taken aback. He had almost forgotten that he could get paid for giving lectures if the other party hadn't mentioned it.
After all, he had never given a lecture before!
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