When Lu Xuan got ho, he took a shower and lay in bed, thinking for a while about the acupuncture process that night, then gradually fell asleep.
He didn't think about Zhou Hangyong's situation; it was obvious the other party didn't believe him, and saying more would be useless.
If he really did say it, people might think he was cursing them, and things might end badly, even leading to a fight.
It's not just with a stranger you et by chance; even with friends or neighbors, if there's no trust, so words are hard to speak.
Good health naturally ans no problems; without it, a grudge might form.
Of course, it's more important for a patient to respectfully seek dical help than whether they co to you or not.
This isn't about putting on airs. In fact, ancient renowned doctors often 'visited the hos of patients, enduring severe cold or intense heat without complaint, and regularly helped the poor and needy,' possessing a noble spirit of compassion.
Many people would ask, why is this so?
Why must patients seek out doctors instead?
If you have good skills, why not proactively help others?
In fact, from ancient tis to the present, it's rare for doctors to deliver dicine to soone's door.
In ancient tis, there was a custom: doctors don't knock on doors; they need to be invited.
In ancient tis, Chinese dicine generally had two forms: practicing dicine in a hall and traveling doctors, also known as "wandering practitioners."
The traditional concept of practicing in a hall was that doctors should sit in the clinic waiting for patients to co or for others to invite them, ensuring ample ti to serve patients.
If the situation were reversed, people might misunderstand that sothing had happened to the family. The behavior of traveling "wandering practitioners" also had rules, such as the taboo against dical visits during the New Year, to avoid bad luck, unless double fees were paid to break the spell.
Even under normal circumstances, doctors avoided knocking on patients' doors, hence the saying "doctors don't knock, only co when invited."
Furthermore, to protect professional secrets, there was the saying "dispensing dicine without prescribing" among folk doctors. In the dical field, Hua Tuo, Sun Simiao, and others were revered as masters, with utmost respect given, and these customs can still be seen in folk cultures today.
The saying that doctors don't knock on doors isn't just due to custom; delivering dicine to the doorstep could easily be seen as having ulterior motives.
In modern terms, it ans that doctors shouldn't be too proactive. If you rush to a patient and say, "I've co to treat you," not only would they not believe you, but they would find it unreliable and be unsympathetic to such behavior.
This is a common patient psychology: one, patients are superstitious; two, patients may not believe they are sick; three, they may not appreciate it. Additionally, patients have their own choices, and things must run their course.
From a psychological perspective, it's hard to accept treatnt unless one actively seeks it, especially with the current strained doctor-patient relationships, where being too proactive could lead to misunderstandings.
Moreover, traditional Chinese dicine has its characteristics, where the patient's trust in the doctor is crucial.
As ntioned in "Suwen: Five Viscera Differentiation," "Those bound by superstition are not worth discussing virtue with; those averse to needles are not worth discussing skills with; for patients who don't allow treatnt, treatnt will yield no result."
So patients don't understand the basic principles of traditional Chinese dicine, are unaware of Qi, blood, Yin and Yang, and don't trust the diagnosis and differentiation of Chinese dicine. Under such circumstances, achieving effective treatnt is difficult, if not futile.
Additionally, treatnt is a dynamic process with changing subjective and objective factors, requiring the treatnt plan to be adjusted accordingly.
The vast majority of doctors are not miracle workers, and expecting imdiate recovery is unrealistic.
If a patient lacks basic trust and respect for the doctor, they cannot cooperate well and may even abandon treatnt halfway.
Of course, doctors also have the responsibility to explain the diagnosis result and basic pathology clearly to patients every ti, ensuring good doctor-patient communication. If the doctor knows the facts but not the reasons, it is inevitable that they can't gain the patient's trust.
Doctors not knocking on doors is not to showcase their aloofness or to be at anyone's beck and call; it's simply to enhance the trust between doctors and patients.
Traditional Chinese dicine can have quick results or very lengthy treatnts. In this process, if the patient doubts the doctor, the efficacy of the dicine will naturally diminish greatly.
Indeed, many people give up halfway, even at critical monts, which is not unheard of.
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The next day.
Tuesday.
Lu Xuan didn't get up as early as usual, but he wasn't in the habit of lazing in bed and got up around 7:30 to brush his teeth and wash his face.
Since he didn't get up early today, Lu Xuan didn't have breakfast downstairs.
However, while passing by a breakfast shop, he overheard a few people talking about so stories from the night before.
"Apparently, a ride-share driver was taken away by an ambulance last night."
"What happened?"
"I heard it was a stroke caused by overwork, but I don't know how he's doing. Anyway, he wasn't conscious and couldn't move when he was taken away."
"You really shouldn't overwork yourself. Driving a ride-share in the middle of the night is just exchanging life for money. What's the result? Having to use money to save your life again. What's the point?"
"The pressure of life, I guess. Last night I worked overti until midnight at ho, and here I am, having to get up early to go to work. It's not easy for anyone who works."
"Exactly, who hasn't gone through this?"
...
Lu Xuan paused for a mont, then shook his head.
So things, even if he knows them, he can't stop.
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