Lu Jiu TCM Hospital.
Departnt of Rare and Complex Diseases, Doctor’s Office.
Lu Jiu is off today, and on duty in the clinic of the Departnt of Rare and Complex Diseases is An Xianda.
Today, Lu Jiu is responsible for looking after a child, who is none other than Jiang Zeshen from their class.
After agreeing to reward Jiang Zeshen with a day at the hospital for an internship, Lu Jiu went ho with him to discuss with his grandparents whether he could take Jiang Zeshen with him on one of the weekend days.
Jiang Zeshen’s grandparents agreed very readily.
They even felt one day wasn’t enough and suggested that Lu Jiu take him for two days.
After all, in Jianghan, Lu Jiu is considered sowhat of a local celebrity.
Almost everyone in the community knows Lu Jiu.
Jiang Zeshen’s grandparents, upon learning that Lu Jiu was their grandson’s Chinese dicine teacher, often chatted about it with people in the community.
Now that Lu Jiu is teaching their grandson Chinese dicine, the old couple couldn’t be happier.
With the elderly couple’s approval, Lu Jiu brought Jiang Zeshen to the hospital.
Jiang Zeshen wasn’t particularly curious about the hospital.
Because when he was a child, he often got sick, and his parents would bring him to the hospital for treatnt.
But at that ti, every ti he got sick, his parents would be in a particularly bad mood, sotis even arguing directly at the hospital.
Afterwards, he beca especially afraid of getting sick. If he caught a cold and felt unwell, he would endure it as much as possible. Even if he really wanted to cough, he would hold it in softly to avoid being noticed by his parents.
That way, he didn’t have to go to the hospital, and his parents wouldn’t get angry and argue because of his illness.
"How is it, Jiang Zeshen, does the sll of Chinese dicine bother you?" Lu Jiu asked with a smile.
Since the hospital has a service for brewing herbal dicine, the strong sll of traditional dicine can be detected as soon as one enters.
Although they, as doctors, were used to it, many patients would express that it wasn’t very pleasant.
"A little bit," Jiang Zeshen replied.
Lu Jiu laughed and said, "Studying Chinese dicine isn’t just about learning from books, you have to experience it yourself. Tasting dicine is one of the stages; we not only have to sll, look, and finally taste, but also feel the changes of the herbal dicine within our bodies."
"When I was a kid, I often had various herbal dicines, sotis to the point of having diarrhea."
Jiang Zeshen asked, "Was it uncomfortable?"
Lu Jiu chuckled, "Not really, the doses were quite small, and the herbal dicines could be excreted, so they wouldn’t have any negative impact on the body."
Jiang Zeshen nodded, then glanced out the door, "Teacher, I find your hospital seems a bit different."
Oh?
Lu Jiu asked, "How is it different?"
Jiang Zeshen pointed to so patients walking outside the door, "They’re all smiling."
Smiling?
Lu Jiu didn’t quite understand what Jiang Zeshen ant, "Smiling is normal, isn’t it?"
Jiang Zeshen shook his head, "I’ve been to hospitals where people never smile; they all have apathetic, painful expressions, and no one smiles."
"They are different; their expressions aren’t numb or clueless, but rather relaxed, and they unconsciously smile while talking, as if coming here doesn’t make them anxious."
Is the observation really that detailed?
Lu Jiu had never paid attention to the emotions patients displayed when coming to the hospital.
But after Jiang Zeshen ntioned it, he thought back and realized that most patients, after coming to Lu Jiu TCM Hospital, apart from the discomfort from their illnesses, indeed didn’t seem overly anxious.
Only those with extrely urgent cases or their families would behave otherwise.
Most patients were just as Jiang Zeshen described, very relaxed.
This might be the effect of a good reputation!
People believe that when they co to Lu Jiu TCM Hospital, they will get better, so they psychologically have the upper hand, leading to less fear of their diseases.
Naturally, this state of mind prevents fear that their illness won’t improve.
For the hospital, this is actually a very powerful hidden advantage.
Because emotions can cause, as well as cure, illness.
If coming to Lu Jiu TCM Hospital instills in patients a mindset that they can absolutely defeat their illnesses, then even before treatnt starts, they’re already halfway cured.
For the diagnosing doctors, it also makes their efforts more effective.
Lu Jiu had never thought in this direction before. Now, with Jiang Zeshen’s insight, he suddenly realized that Lu Jiu TCM Hospital seed to play an invisible guiding role like a beacon.
"Not bad, your observation of things is quite keen. It seems you’re naturally suited to learning Chinese dicine. Do you have the confidence to learn well?" Lu Jiu praised.
In fact, Lu Jiu had previously noticed that Jiang Zeshen was quite precocious.
To be honest, being precocious isn’t necessarily a good thing for a child.
Because precocity ans his inner world is already very rich, and with a rich inner world inevitably cos special external experiences.
Of course, Lu Jiu didn’t probe too deeply.
He didn’t want to satisfy his curiosity with words buried deep in the child’s heart.
On the contrary, he hoped the child could show a youthful heart in front of him.
"I do!" Jiang Zeshen was extrely delighted by Lu Jiu’s encouragent.
Ever since he read the "Five Viscera Comics," he had fallen in love with Chinese dicine.
Though he also harbored a fixation on his parents’ divorce, through learning, he developed a strong interest in Chinese dicine.
Perhaps for others, studying Chinese dicine might seem arduous, but not for him. The more he read, the more he liked it, and the happier he beca.
Aside from the "Five Viscera Comics," he read the textbooks multiple tis, to the point where he could recite so passages by heart.
A child’s mory is not sothing to be underestimated.
"Oh? Dr. Lu, why did you bring a child with you today? Whose child is this?"
"Watch what you’re saying, this child is at least ten years old, surely not Dr. Lu’s."
"When did I say it was Dr. Lu’s?"
"Didn’t you?"
"I think you have a problem with your ears; maybe Dr. Lu should give you a few acupuncture needles to fix it."
"..."
So familiar patients who knew Lu Jiu couldn’t help but tease when they saw Lu Jiu with Jiang Zeshen outside the office.
Lu Jiu, caught between laughter and tears, casually responded with a few words to send them away.
"Here, giving you a book." Lu Jiu took out a copy of "Great Success in Acupuncture" from the drawer, "This is a very famous work in Chinese dicine. Take it ho to study by yourself. It’s best to morize all the ridians and acupoints; the other knowledge can wait to be understood in depth."
For a newcor to Chinese dicine, the best book to start with is "Great Success in Acupuncture."
Because only by understanding the ridians and acupoints can one have the foundation to learn formulas and herbal dicine.
Otherwise, if you can’t even grasp the ridians, you won’t be able to visualize which herbs travel along which paths in the mind, making it impossible to rember clearly.
If you can’t rember these, how can you match acupoints or formulate prescriptions?
Chinese dicine is difficult enough to learn; without a thodology, relying solely on rote morization makes it even harder.
Lu Jiu intends to cultivate Jiang Zeshen by clearing all obstacles in his path to learning, but the extent to which he can learn in the end depends on himself.
Seeing the thick book in his hand, Jiang Zeshen was imdiately drawn to it.
He opened a few pages and skimd through them, "Teacher, this seems different from the textbook."
Lu Jiu chuckled, "Of course, this is more difficult than the textbook, and you might not understand so of the phrases. If you want to give up, you can tell now."
Give up?
Jiang Zeshen hugged the book to his chest, "I won’t!"
"I can learn it!"
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