Inside the school clinic.
Su Zhengnan organized the information he had collected over the past period of time, then got up and called Zhou Zixuan and Sun Huaiwei.
The three of them went to the school cafeteria for lunch.
While eating, Su Zhengnan smiled and asked Sun Huaiwei:
"How is it, Dr. Sun? You've been studying traditional Chinese medicine on your own lately, haven't you encountered any difficulties?"
"Dr. Su, is that even a question?"
Sun Huai smiled and shrugged, saying, "I haven't even finished reading the first book, the 'Huangdi Neijing,' yet. What problems do you think I could have?"
"Uh, sorry, I thought you had already read several medical books!"
Su Zhengnan then realized that not everyone could read medical books as quickly as he could.
After all, everyone has different talents in every industry!
It was during the three of them that they were having lunch and chatting.
A middle-aged man in his thirties came over carrying food and greeted Su Zhengnan with a smile:
"Hello, I'm Liu Haigen, a photography teacher at our school. You must be Dr. Su from the school clinic? And this is Dr. Sun next to you?"
"Hello, Teacher Liu, is there a problem?"
Su Zhengnan smiled and glanced at the other person, immediately concluding that the other person had some health problems, otherwise they wouldn't have suddenly sat down next to him to say hello.
Liu Haigen nodded and said, "Yes, I've been having nightmares a lot lately, like I'm being paralyzed by a ghost. So I wanted to ask Dr. Su if you can help with this?"
Sleep paralysis?
Su Zhengnan frowned slightly and asked, "Besides having nightmares easily, are there any other symptoms?"
Liu Haigen thought for a moment and said, "It seems there are no other symptoms. I don't remember much when I'm asleep, I just remember having nightmares every night!"
"Let me take your pulse first, so I can know your condition!"
"Okay!"
Liu Haigen nodded, immediately put down his chopsticks, rolled up his sleeves, and extended his wrist.
Su Zhengnan smiled and reached out a hand to touch the other person's wrist, and began to take his pulse.
Upon taking the pulse, Su Zhengnan immediately noticed that the other person's pulse was somewhat wiry and weak, unlike a normal pulse.
"Open your mouth, let me take another look at your tongue."
"ah....."
Liu Haigen immediately opened his mouth, revealing his tongue.
Su Zhengnan glanced at it and found that the other person's tongue coating was pale and white, indicating that the other person was indeed experiencing sleep paralysis.
The so-called sleep paralysis is known as "nightmare syndrome" in traditional Chinese medicine.
However, this disease is more common in children aged 3 to 7, and adults rarely experience these symptoms.
If an adult develops these symptoms...
Besides experiencing sleep paralysis, I also suffer from recurring nightmares.
Liu Haigen looked utterly pale and ashen, his face pale and his tongue coated with a thin white coating.
This is clearly a nightmare caused by blood deficiency in the heart and liver.
Patients are also prone to symptoms such as palpitations, vivid dreams, dizziness, numbness in the limbs, and anemia.
Thinking of this, Su Zhengnan gently withdrew his right hand, which was used to take his pulse, and said with a smile:
"Teacher Liu, you seem to have anemia, right? Your blood and energy don't seem very sufficient!"
"Ah, yes, yes, I am indeed a little anemic."
Liu Haigen nodded repeatedly, looking at Su Zhengnan with disbelief in his eyes as he responded.
He never expected that the other party could discover his anemia simply by taking his pulse.
Su Zhengnan smiled slightly and said in a gentle tone, "Your nightmare is caused by deficiency of blood in your heart and liver, but it's not a serious problem. Come to the school clinic later, and I'll prescribe a medicine for you. Take it for a few days and you'll be fine."
"Oh, really? Thank you so much, Dr. Su!"
Liu Haigen's face lit up with joy, and he quickly thanked Su Zhengnan.
Su Zhengnan waved his hand and said, "Teacher Liu, don't be in such a hurry to thank me. You just said you are a photography teacher at our school, right?"
"I advise you to watch fewer horror movies at home, otherwise your nightmares may not be relieved in the short term and may continue for a while before they gradually disappear."
"Huh? You could tell that I was watching a supernatural movie, Dr. Su?"
Liu Haigen looked at Su Zhengnan in shock and said, "Is traditional Chinese medicine really that amazing? Dr. Su, you're incredible!"
Su Zhengnan smiled slightly and said, "If I can't even see this, how can I diagnose your illness? In our traditional Chinese medicine view, your illness is just nightmare syndrome. It is very difficult for an average adult to get this kind of disease. There must be some external factors affecting you to have nightmares!"
"Plus, you're a photography professor, so the dark circles under your eyes mean you've been staying up late a lot. It's not hard to guess that."
"No, no, no, that's not how it works. I still think Dr. Su's medical skills are truly amazing."
Liu Haigen waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "If I told anyone about this, no one would believe me. Just by taking my pulse, he could tell I'm anemic, and he even knew I like watching horror movies. Isn't that amazing...?"
"Alright, alright, Teacher Liu, stop bragging about my medical skills and hurry up and eat!"
Su Zhengnan quickly interrupted Liu Haigen, fearing that if the other party continued, he didn't know what kind of praise he would receive!
"Okay, let's eat first."
Liu Haigen smiled and nodded, then started picking at the food in front of him.
After lunch.
Liu Haigen returned to the school clinic with Su Zhengnan and the others.
Then, Su Zhengnan wrote him a prescription and asked him to pay for the medicine.
Even as Liu Haigen took the medicine to Zhou Zixuan to have it prepared, he was still muttering, "Traditional Chinese medicine is truly amazing; it can even diagnose the pulse of the person I've been watching recently by watching supernatural movies."
This was simply unbelievable to him.
Su Zhengnan smiled slightly and shook his head. After watching the other person leave, he lay down on the chair next to him and took a nap.
The weather outside is starting to get cooler.
However, Su Zhengnan still did not give up his habit of taking a midday nap.
Fortunately, his lunch break was short, only about half an hour.
After waking up from my afternoon nap.
Su Zhengnan washed his face and returned to his desk, then continued to collect information related to 'sha syndrome' on medical websites.
Anyway, there won't be any patients right now.
Of course, we should spend our time where it's needed; we can't just sit idly in the clinic all day!
Given Su Zhengnan's current status, downloading some TCM-related materials from domestic medical websites would be quite easy.
After all, he is a member of the Chinese Medicine Association.
He can also collect and download medical records that are not publicly available.
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