Not only was Zhou Jiande curious, but in fact, Lu Xuan also wanted to try this acupuncture mastery.
Both of their eyes simultaneously turned to look at the woman who had just ntioned her cold and painful lower back.
The woman, seeing both of them looking at her, seed to realize sothing—that she was about to beco the subject of a needle experint!
For a mont, the woman was sowhat apprehensive and instinctively looked at Zhou Jiande: "Dr. Zhou, will this be okay?"
People always harbor suspicion, if not fear, towards unfamiliar matters.
Especially after knowing she was about to be used for needle experintation, it was even more so.
Seeing the patient so tense and even worried, Zhou Jiande hesitated for a mont and looked at Lu Xuan, saying: "Dr. Lu, why don't you try it on first? Letting the patient be the first to try isn't really a good idea."
This suggestion was not declined by Lu Xuan.
Using a patient for a needle test indeed wasn't very good.
Although such things are common in Western dicine, such as the trials of new drugs or the ergence of new dical devices, they are essentially tested at the cost of patients' lives.
No one truly wants to try new drugs at the risk of their life; it's just driven by life's desperation.
However, traditional Chinese dicine is different. From ancient tis to the present, traditional dicine, whether herbal prescriptions or acupuncture and other dical ans, generally took oneself as the experint subject.
Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs speaks to this principle.
Just like acupuncture, those who learn it in traditional Chinese dicine initially don't test needles on patients. They often practice on themselves.
Only in this way could one truly know how well they have learned acupuncture and whether it is effective.
Although Lu Xuan felt it was inappropriate to test on a patient, he shook his head and said: "Forget it, I won't needle Elder Zhou; I'll needle myself. This way, I can personally experience the acupuncture mastery of Mountain Burning Fire and Heart-piercing Cold."
Zhou Jiande had intended to be the first to try the needles, but seeing Lu Xuan say this, he didn't insist further. Indeed, personal experience is deeper than experiencing it through soone else.
Without delay, Lu Xuan took out another acupuncture needle from the needle box and aid it at an acupoint to insert the needle.
When the acupuncture needle reached the Celestial Departnt, which is the upper third of the acupoint depth, Lu Xuan stopped exerting force, then perford the Slow Lifting and Tight Pressing technique nine tis, rotating the needle to the left during pressing.
After nine tis, Lu Xuan exerted force again with the hand holding the needle, sending the needle into the Human Departnt, which is two-thirds deep into the acupoint, and perford the lifting and twisting as before, then further to the Earth Departnt, continuing the previous technique.
After another nine tis, Lu Xuan slightly exerted force with his hand to withdraw the needle from the Earth Departnt back to the Celestial Departnt.
"Mountain Burning Fire?"
Zhou Jiande observed for a while from the side, muttering softly.
"Yes."
Lu Xuan nodded and said: "Mountain Burning Fire is completed after one degree. Repeat the thod three tis, and if heat can be felt, the Mountain Burning Fire is successful."
"Is there a sensation of heat?" Zhou Jiande couldn't help but ask.
"Not yet."
Zhou Jiande frowned slightly.
Lu Xuan, however, wasn't concerned. His operation was guided by his Heart's Voice. As long as the technique and depth were correct, the sensation of heat should occur.
"With just one degree, it's possible that a sensation of heat might not manifest."
As Lu Xuan spoke, he administered the needling again according to the previous thod. When he withdrew the needle from the Earth Departnt to the Celestial Departnt once more, an astonishing warmth quickly rushed from the Celestial Departnt to the Earth Departnt, and over ti, this warmth beca even more intense.
Feeling this warmth, Lu Xuan couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face.
"How is it?"
Beside him, Zhou Jiande hadn't taken his eyes off Lu Xuan. At this mont, seeing the joy on Lu Xuan's face, he seed to realize sothing and couldn't help asking, "Did it succeed?"
After speaking, Zhou Jiande also felt a little nervous.
Lu Xuan's success is related to whether the two great acupuncture masteries of Mountain Burning Fire and Heart-piercing Cold can see the light of day again, whether acupuncture can reach its zenith.
"There's a sensation of heat, and it's very strong. It's like the heat originally from the Celestial Departnt is rapidly concentrating in the Earth Departnt. But I still feel it's not quite enough; I'll try to complete the last degree."
Saying this, Lu Xuan didn't hesitate further and, while the sensation of heat remained, moved the needle again from the Celestial Departnt to the Human Departnt, then to the Earth Departnt. Nine tis later, he quickly withdrew the needle back to the Celestial Departnt and then removed the needle, massaging to close the acupoint.
The speed of removing the needle must be quick, and so must the speed of massaging to close the acupoint.
The function of the Mountain Burning Fire is to draw the fire from the Celestial Departnt into the Earth Departnt. If the acupoint is closed too slowly, the fire in the Celestial Departnt can easily escape with the needle, resulting in just a very minor amount of fire being drawn into the Earth Departnt, rendering it ineffective.
"How does it feel?"
Zhou Jiande, long unable to contain himself, saw Lu Xuan remove the acupuncture needle and hurriedly asked.
Lu Xuan nodded: "It was a success."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"That's wonderful."
Zhou Jiande clapped his thigh, unable to contain his excitent, like a child receiving a favorite candy, smiling joyfully. His still wise eyes glistened with tears.
Nobody could understand Zhou Jiande's excitent and thrill at this mont. He had been researching the Mountain Burning Fire and Heart-piercing Cold for over a decade; although there had been so progress, he still couldn't figure out the actual operational techniques of these acupuncture masteries, nor could he feel any heat or coolness during self-experintation.
In the past two years, he had even given up on researching these two acupuncture masteries.
The research was too ti-consuming, causing his acupuncture practice to stagnate over the past two years, forcing him to give up.
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