Why are they all bachelor's degrees?
Not even one person has a master's degree?
Su Zhengnan blinked and carefully examined the three students in front of him. Although they seemed to be a little older than him, that did not prevent him from being their intern teacher.
In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, the principle is that one should learn from those who are accomplished!
Su Zhengnan's medical skills have far surpassed those of their teacher, Gu Fangzhou, making him more than qualified to be their intern teacher.
Although it was only for two months as an intern teacher.
But she's a teacher too!
Su Zhengnan smiled and shook hands with each of the three of them, saying, "I'm very happy to be your clinical internship teacher. Although it may only be for two months, I believe I can still teach you some skills."
Li Haoran turned his head and exchanged glances with Zhao Dongyang and Cheng Jingya, and they all nodded in agreement:
"Thank you very much, Professor Su. I hope you will continue to offer your guidance over the next two months."
A teacher is a teacher, regardless of age!
Since Vice Dean Mo had already told the three of them to follow Su Zhengnan for a two-month internship, as students, they naturally had no choice but to strictly follow Vice Dean Mo's instructions.
Mo Chaoyang smiled and said, "Alright, now that you all know each other, let's have lunch together to get to know each other better. It's on me."
Upon hearing what the second senior brother said...
Su Zhengnan then realized how much his senior brother valued these three students. It seemed they must truly be talented, otherwise his second senior brother wouldn't have cared so much about them.
For a moment, Su Zhengnan couldn't help but think more highly of these students.
Soon, it was noon.
After finishing his work, Mo Chaoyang led Su Zhengnan and three students to a restaurant at the Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Mo Chaoyang warmly invited everyone to order, and said to Su Zhengnan:
"Although my three students' talent in traditional Chinese medicine cannot compare to yours, junior brother, they are quite talented in their respective fields. Junior brother, please put in more effort to help them in the future."
"Senior brother, aren't you being too polite?"
Su Zhengnan smiled slightly and said, "Senior brother, don't worry. Since they are your promising students, they are also my junior disciples. How could I not teach them with all my heart?"
"Alright, I won't say anything more. Let's eat, everyone!"
Mo Chaoyang smiled and nodded, then picked up his chopsticks and invited everyone to eat together.
Su Zhengnan naturally wouldn't stand on ceremony while eating with his senior brother, but the three students seemed a bit reserved, probably because it was their first time eating with Senior Brother Mo!
After all, Mo Chaoyang is the vice dean of their TCM college. Even though they are about to graduate, they still feel a little intimidated when facing the vice dean.
So the three of them seemed a little reserved during the meal.
After lunch.
Su Zhengnan exchanged contact information with the three students before driving away.
There's still a week until summer vacation!
Su Zhengnan had plenty of time to prepare and wasn't worried about not being able to teach those three students.
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After driving home.
In the afternoon, Su Zhengnan didn't go anywhere; he just stayed home to rest.
During the break, I made a phone call to Liu Yifei. We chatted for over an hour before reluctantly hanging up.
The day passed quickly.
The next day was Monday.
The outside temperature is getting higher and higher, and the weather is clearly approaching summer.
The temperature was quite high when I woke up in the morning, and the dry air in Beijing made it even easier for people to feel irritable.
Early in the morning, after a quick wash and some morning exercise, Su Zhengnan ate breakfast and headed to work at the Beijing Film Academy.
Summer vacation is almost here.
With the graduation of the previous graduating class, the number of students at the Beijing Film Academy suddenly decreased by a quarter.
However, this did not affect Su Zhengnan's work. He went to the clinic of the school clinic as usual, sat down, tidied up, and then got up to make himself a cup of ginseng and goji berry tea.
Tap tap tap...
At this moment, Sun Huaiwei suddenly walked in and asked Su Zhengnan:
"Dr. Su, are you free right now?"
"Um?"
Su Zhengnan looked up at her, somewhat surprised, and asked, "What's wrong, Dr. Sun?"
Sun Huaiwei, holding a copy of the *Huangdi Neijing* (Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic), walked up to Su Zhengnan and pointed to a passage from the original text, saying:
"I just want to ask what this passage means; I've been looking at it for a long time and still don't understand it."
Upon hearing this, Su Zhengnan glanced at it and saw that it read:
"The interplay of Yin and Yang, the alternation of emptiness and fullness, and the shifting of Yin and Yang; when Yang combines with Yin, Yin becomes full and Yang becomes deficient. When Yangming is deficient, one experiences chills and trembling; when Juyang is deficient, one experiences pain in the lower back, head, and neck; when all three Yang are deficient, Yin prevails, and when Yin prevails, the bones feel cold and painful; cold arises internally, hence both internal and external coldness; when Yang is abundant, there is external heat, and when Yin is deficient, there is internal heat; when both internal and external heat are present, one experiences shortness of breath and thirst, hence the desire for cold drinks..."
This is the "Discourse on Malaria" chapter from the "Huangdi Neijing Suwen," which mainly discusses the causes of malaria.
Su Zhengnan glanced at it and immediately understood, then explained with a smile:
"This means that the pathogenic factors of malaria arise from the struggle between yin and yang in the human body, and the alternation of deficiency and excess. The symptoms will change as yin and yang, deficiency and excess, shift and transform."
"When Yang Qi merges into Yin meridians, Yin Qi becomes abundant while Yang Qi becomes deficient. When Yangming meridian Qi is deficient, one experiences coldness, shivering, and even jaw twitching. When all three Yang meridians are deficient, Yin Qi becomes even more dominant. When Yin Qi is dominant, the joints become cold and painful. Coldness arises from within, hence the internal and external coldness..."
To be honest, ordinary people can't understand the contents of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic even after reading it for a long time. If they try to learn it on their own, they can easily go astray.
Therefore, it is still necessary to have a mentor to answer your questions.
Sun Huaiwei had spent a long time reading the text but still couldn't understand its meaning. Although she could understand the words when they were put together and the meaning after translation was clear.
However, I find it hard to imagine things like the concepts of yin and yang, deficiency and excess in traditional Chinese medicine.
After hearing Su Zhengnan's explanation...
Sun Huaiwei couldn't help but show a look of sudden realization. "So that's how it is! Thank you so much, Dr. Su, for clearing up my confusion. I had only vaguely understood this passage before, but now I know what it means!"
Su Zhengnan smiled and glanced at her, saying, "I didn't expect you to actually start studying traditional Chinese medicine on your own? You've already reached the 'Treatise on Malaria' in the 'Huangdi Neijing Suwen'. I really didn't expect that!"
Su Zhengnan originally thought that Sun Huaiwei was just joking when she said she wanted to learn traditional Chinese medicine, and that she wouldn't be able to stick to it for long.
Surprisingly, the other party actually persisted.
This surprised Su Zhengnan a bit, but what good did it do?
In the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the probability of becoming a self-taught expert without a mentor is extremely low. Moreover, this is not ancient times, where you have countless patients to clinically verify your skills, and you are not held responsible if you fail to cure them.
Thinking of this, Su Zhengnan smiled and said, "Dr. Sun, it is indeed quite good that you have persisted in studying the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic on your own until now. However, it is useless to only learn the knowledge in the book. Those are just theoretical knowledge."
"If a patient were standing in front of you, would you be able to examine their tongue coating? Would you be able to diagnose a patient by taking their pulse? Would you be able to prescribe a medicine?"
"I don't know how, so I'd like to ask you for advice, Dr. Su."
Sun Huaiwei looked at Su Zhengnan with a serious expression.
At this moment, Sun Huaiwei had clearly realized how foolish she had been to say that she didn't need Su Zhengnan's guidance. She had previously thought that one could become a self-taught practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine simply by reading a few medical books, but now she realized that it was not that simple at all.
Seeing Sun Huaiwei's serious expression, Su Zhengnan was a little surprised and said:
"Do you really want to learn Traditional Chinese Medicine?"
Sun Huaiwei nodded and said, "I want to learn. Ever since I read the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, I have realized how amazing our ancestors' medical skills are. These are all treatment ideas left over from ancient times."
"I had a lot of misunderstandings about traditional Chinese medicine before, but now I really want to learn it. So, Dr. Su, could you teach me?"
Upon hearing this, Su Zhengnan smiled and said, "I'm glad you have this understanding. Traditional Chinese medicine is indeed a profound subject, and it's not easy to learn it well. It requires not only theoretical knowledge but also clinical practice."
After a moment of contemplation, Su Zhengnan decided to give Sun Huaiwei a chance.
"How about this, if you have some free time, you can come to the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the First People's Hospital during the summer vacation and learn from me."
"The Traditional Chinese Medicine Department of the First People's Hospital? Just observing and learning?"
Sun Huaiwei's expression faltered slightly, then she asked:
"Is this really okay for me, Dr. Su? Are you going to work in the Traditional Chinese Medicine department of the First People's Hospital?"
"It's not really a job, it's just that I have to supervise a few students' internships."
Su Zhengnan smiled, took a sip of ginseng and goji berry tea, and said calmly:
“Teaching three is the same as teaching four, but since you don’t have the corresponding TCM theory, you can only learn from the sidelines.”
"Two months is enough time for you to learn the basics of pulse diagnosis and tongue diagnosis."
Anyway, Sun Huaiwei has a medical license, although it is a Western medicine license. But hospitals don't care whether you are a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner or a Western medicine practitioner.
So it's perfectly fine to let her go and observe.
It took Sun Huaiwei a while to process what Su Zhengnan said. She nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. I will definitely go then."
Su Zhengnan smiled slightly and said, "Well, let's leave it at that for now. If you have any questions, you can ask me again."
"Thank you, Dr. Su."
Sun Huaiwei bowed slightly to Su Zhengnan with a serious expression, expressing her gratitude.
Seeing how much Sun Huaiwei has changed, especially her attitude towards traditional Chinese medicine, Su Zhengnan was very happy.
Perhaps this is also a significant aspect of promoting traditional Chinese medicine.
After Sun Huaiwei left, Su Zhengnan leaned back in his chair and gently blew on the ginseng and goji berry tea in his cup, guessing that no students would come to him for consultations today.
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