evening.
The sky outside had completely darkened.
The students had already finished class.
A student with a sallow complexion walked into the traditional Chinese medicine clinic and stood before Su Zhengnan.
Su Zhengnan reached out and took the other man's pulse, then looked at the boy in front of him and asked, "Your cun pulse is a bit deep, and your guan pulse is very slippery. Have you been drinking a lot of water before bed lately?"
"I drank quite a lot, and no matter how much I drank, I always felt thirsty."
The boy nodded in reply, his face looking somewhat yellow, clearly indicating that he was quite ill.
The *Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber* states: "If the pulse is deep, it indicates the presence of water retention. Those with water retention have yellow swelling of the body and face, a deep pulse, and difficulty urinating, thus causing the water retention. If there is retained fluid in the chest, the person will experience shortness of breath and thirst, and pain in the joints of the limbs. A deep pulse indicates retained fluid retention."
"Lingering water" refers to water that remains stagnant for a long time, which is what we call constantly drinking water.
Drinking water is good for your health, but drinking too much is not good either!
Su Zhengnan frowned and looked at the other person's tongue again. He saw that the tongue was pale red and the coating was thin and white, which meant that the body's organs were under a heavy burden.
After thinking for a moment, Su Zhengnan couldn't help but ask the boy in front of him, "Have you been going to the toilet a lot lately? Do your limbs sometimes feel sore?"
"Yes, yes, Dr. Su, you're amazing! You could even tell that!"
The boy nodded in response, like a chick pecking at rice.
Su Zhengnan shook his head slightly and sighed, "You drink too much water, which causes water retention. The excess water accumulates on your skin and doesn't dissipate properly, leading to your current condition."
As he wrote the prescription on the medical record, Su Zhengnan asked, "What's your name? How old are you? I'll write you a prescription, take it for a while and see how it goes!"
The boy replied earnestly, "My name is Huang Mengze, and I'm twenty-three years old!"
"Huang Mengze, right? Remember to drink water in moderation in the future. Don't drink too much, otherwise it will still put a burden on your body."
Su Zhengnan wrote out the prescription and gave the other person some instructions before handing the form to him, saying, "Take this form to the nurses' station to pay the fee, and I'll get your medicine here."
"Okay, thank you, Dr. Su."
Huang Mengze got up, thanked them, and then took the receipt to pay.
Soon, Su Zhengnan prepared the medicine for him and then continued to see the students who came to see him later.
The night went by very quickly!
Fortunately, there were quite a few students who came for consultations today. Just as Su Zhengnan was about to get off work and rest, he finally finished his daily tasks.
[Ding! Congratulations on completing today's daily task: Consulting 21 students. You will receive the reward 'Mastery of the Eight Methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine'.]
With a whoosh!
In an instant, a huge amount of knowledge was stuffed into Su Zhengnan's mind by the system.
The eight methods of traditional Chinese medicine are sweating, vomiting, purging, harmonizing, warming, clearing, eliminating, and tonifying.
These eight treatment methods are also the most important treatment methods in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Sweating therapy removes external pathogens by inducing sweating; vomiting therapy removes pathogens by inducing vomiting; purging therapy removes pathogens by purging; harmonizing therapy eliminates pathogens through harmonization or regulation; warming therapy removes cold and restores yang by warming the middle jiao and dispelling cold; clearing therapy removes internal heat pathogens by clearing away heat pathogens; eliminating therapy gradually eliminates tangible pathogens formed by qi, blood, phlegm, food, water, and parasites through digestion and dispersing; tonifying therapy enhances the body's resistance to disease by replenishing deficiencies in qi, blood, yin, and yang.
A Chinese medicine doctor who is truly familiar with and proficient in these eight methods is undoubtedly a truly good doctor.
Most traditional Chinese medicine doctors who only have a superficial understanding of the techniques only know how to harmonize and eliminate pathogens, and are not very proficient in methods such as sweating and vomiting.
"Our ancestors' medical skills were truly profound!"
Su Zhengnan couldn't help but sigh, then composed himself and called out to Zhou Zixuan at the nurses' station, "Sister Zhou, wanna go get some late-night snacks? It's time to go home!"
"Oh, Dr. Su, are you going to treat me to a late-night snack?"
Zhou Zixuan blushed, feeling excited as if she was going to have dinner alone with someone she liked, and skipped out of the nurses' station.
Su Zhengnan glanced at her and laughed, "It's just a late-night snack, why are you so happy? It's not like you've never eaten with me before!"
Su Zhengnan was a little confused. When did Sister Zhou become love-obsessed?
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zixuan's expression faltered for a moment, and she looked somewhat unhappy as she said, "Dr. Su, what are you saying? Are you unhappy that I'm eating with you? If you're unhappy, then I won't eat with you!"
As she spoke, Zhou Zixuan stomped her foot and turned around, pretending not to go.
Su Zhengnan quickly apologized: "Sister Zhou, don't be angry. I was just joking. How could I not be happy having dinner with you?"
"Hmph, that's more like it!"
Zhou Zixuan stopped and snorted softly before following Su Zhengnan out of the school clinic.
Not long after, the two arrived at the school cafeteria.
Afterwards, they each ordered a bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup and ate it with relish.
While they were eating, Zhou Zixuan suddenly asked, "By the way, didn't you say yesterday that you were going out today? Why didn't I see you go out?"
"Uh, I forgot!"
Su Zhengnan looked up at her and said, "Let's go out tomorrow!"
Su Zhengnan had originally planned to go out and look at houses today, but he was so busy looking at stocks this morning that he forgot about it.
"Oh, okay, so what time are you going out tomorrow?"
Zhou Zixuan took a bite of the duck blood vermicelli in her hand and continued, "The new doctor is starting work tomorrow. Dr. Yang said he wanted to treat us to a meal to say goodbye, so he asked me to tell you about it."
"Okay, I understand."
Su Zhengnan nodded, not taking it to heart. It was just a meal; it shouldn't affect his house-hunting trip.
Soon, the two finished their late-night snack.
Su Zhengnan and Zhou Zixuan returned to their dormitory to rest.
After returning to his dormitory, Su Zhengnan took a shower and went straight to sleep, not thinking about anything else at all.
Ring ring!
However.
Not long after Su Zhengnan lay down.
His phone suddenly rang.
Su Zhengnan got up, picked up his phone, and saw that it was Zhou Zixuan calling. He pressed the answer button, puzzled, and said:
"What's wrong, Sister Zhou? Isn't she already asleep? Why are you calling again all of a sudden?"
"Get up quickly, something's happened again in the girls' dormitory!"
Zhou Zixuan sighed softly, looking somewhat unhappy.
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