As he spoke, Lu Xuan shifted his position slightly, allowing the intern to step forward.
The intern looked sowhat nervous until Lu Xuan patted his shoulder, which helped him relax a bit, and he began to take the pulse as Lu Xuan had demonstrated.
After a mont, Lu Xuan asked, "Can you determine it?"
The intern’s expression froze, and then he awkwardly shook his head.
"It’s okay if you can’t determine it. The most important thing is that you’ve taken this step."
Lu Xuan didn’t mind; a few months ago, he was no different from the intern and thus could understand how he felt.
Then, Lu Xuan asked the others to also try taking the pulse.
As expected, the situation with the others was similar to the first intern, as they were all new and lacked experience, much like a blank sheet of paper.
However, a blank sheet of paper has its advantages.
That is, it’s easier to fill with new things.
If it had already been written on, there might be so existing understanding, which could make guidance easier. But once a wrong path is taken, it’s the hardest to correct.
"Actually, there’s no need to feel embarrassed for not knowing. I was just like you all before, knowing nothing." Lu Xuan didn’t hesitate to share so of his experiences with the group.
The interns looked at Lu Xuan with so disbelief.
It was hard to imagine that this Dr. Lu, who was much better than them, also had awkward monts and a similar past.
Upon hearing this, the group felt much more at ease.
Dr. Lu was like this, so there’s nothing for us to be embarrassed about.
"However, your foundation in pulse diagnosis is indeed a bit lacking. Take this opportunity to learn. Whether you can grasp it, though, is up to you."
Lu Xuan pondered for a mont, then slowly said, "We all know about the body’s five organs, with the left hand’s Cun, Guan, Chi corresponding to the heart, liver, kidneys, and the right hand’s Cun, Guan, Chi corresponding to the lungs, spleen, and life gate. Understanding it from this perspective makes it much easier than trying to distinguish between sinking and floating.
In pulse diagnosis, if you can feel the Cun pulse in the left hand, it indicates a normal heart pulse. If not, it suggests insufficient heart blood, often accompanied by palpitations or shortness of breath. The Guan pulse on the left hand should be neither too strong nor too weak. Too strong indicates excessive liver energy, while too weak is also undesirable, often seen in gastritis-like conditions."
"Dr. Lu, how should one determine the characteristics of a specific pulse?" an intern suddenly asked.
Lu Xuan smiled slightly, "Let explain the floating pulse. It’s palpable lightly but disappears when pressed hard, floating on the flesh like a boat on water. Carefully examine the floating pulse: if it has strength, it shows exterior repletion; without strength, it indicates deficient floating. The sinking pulse, on the other hand, feels like a stone sinking in water. If it lacks strength, it signifies weak true essence; if it has strength, it suggests pain from qi stagnation. A fine pulse is thread-like, thin, and unbroken, sinking yet extrely fine..."
In just about ten minutes, Lu Xuan shared a lot, predominantly related to pulse diagnosis.
"It’s okay if you don’t understand so things. Think and reflect on it later. However, in traditional Chinese dicine, the most crucial aspect of pulse taking is practice. Without practice, no matter how much you hear or see, it’s impossible to accurately determine a patient’s pulse characteristics." Lu Xuan added at the end.
The group nodded repeatedly.
Lu Xuan and the others remained calm, but this made the patient, Gui Rongrun, and his son anxious.
They initially thought that once a doctor arrived, he might cure him shortly, and by tomorrow, he could be back to work. But now they realized that wasn’t the case at all!
Why did it turn into a lecture halfway through?
Gui Rongrun slightly opened his mouth, signaling his son to quickly urge them on.
The son nodded helplessly and looked at Lu Xuan, "Doctor, can we treat the illness first?"
Seeing the patient’s anxiety, Lu Xuan stopped talking and took out acupuncture needles. First, he perford the draining technique on the philtrum, then used three-edged needles to prick and bleed the twelve Jing points. He then inserted needles at Baihui, Laogong, and Taichong points, all using the draining technique.
Although acupuncture can work wonders, the treatnt ti is often quite long.
Ye Xiang observed Lu Xuan’s needling process and couldn’t help but ask, "Dr. Lu, although I’m not studying traditional Chinese dicine, I’ve often heard that TCM isn’t known for ergency dicine. Honestly, I haven’t seen much of it in real life either. So TCM doctors I know often lant that TCM lags far behind Western dicine in ergency care."
Taking advantage of the needle retention interval, Lu Xuan glanced back at Ye Xiang and thought for a mont, "Actually, strictly speaking, TCM originated from ergency dicine. It began with treating insect bites, animal injuries, knife wounds, food poisoning, and difficult childbirths in practical production activities, thus gradually developing its ergency dical practices.
Throughout history, the diagnostic and treatnt techniques of TCM ergency dicine were enriched and enhanced, forming an independent dical system, and during that ti, it occupied an absolutely leading position in the history of world dical developnt."
"Then why do we see so little of TCM ergency care now?" Wu Liguo asked with a puzzled look.
"The line of transmission was broken, coupled with the rapid rise of Western dicine, which quickly beca mainstream, causing TCM ergency care to be forgotten before it could develop much."
At this point, Lu Xuan sighed, "However, nowadays, TCM is beginning to pay more attention to ergency treatnt. Looking at textbooks like ’Ergency dicine in Traditional Chinese dicine’, one can’t help but feel that there’s more ’promoting and less inheriting’, and intense research and exploration of ancient dical ergency texts is still needed. TCM is easy to learn but hard to master, especially in ergency care. Restoring TCM ergency care to its peak is no small feat."
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