Chapter 201: Discussion: Yu Gangan’s Charm (1)
Translator: Yunyi Editor: Yunyi
Wang Aizhen dragged Yu Gangan to sit at the front.
As usual, Yu Gangan planned to listen to the seminar without expressing any opinions.
But, as soon as Xiao Xiaoying started talking, she had a strange feeling that she would be pointed out to say sothing.
She was right.
“Chinese dicine has been around for thousands of years. Rather than saying that Western dicine has caused the downfall of Chinese dicine, we should say that Chinese dicine has been shrouded by its own mystery.”
“I may be a doctor of Chinese dicine, but I despise doctors that like to act mysterious. I hate it when they bring up Yin-Yang and the Five Elents and make things sound all mystical,” Xiao Xiaoying said.
At that mont, Xiao Xiaoying looked at Yu Gangan and continued, “Dr. Yu, you’re young but you must be very capable. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be sitting here. I have a question for you.”
“Dr. Xiao, you’re overpraising . As a junior, I do not dare to accept such praise. My grandfather was a highly experienced doctor and I simply learned a little from him. I still need everyone’s guidance,” Yu Gangan replied politely.
Xiao Xiaoying’s tone turned a little strange, “Dr. Yu ntioned that Chinese dicine originated from taphysics. Doesn’t that an Chinese dicine can never be truly clarified like a black hole? All this mystery will only make Chinese dicine fall behind Western dicine.”
Yu Gangan smiled and replied, “Just like how Western dicine originates from chemistry and biology, traditional Chinese dicine originates from the theory of Yin-Yang and the Five Elents...”
At that mont, Xiao Xiaoying cut in domineeringly, “Our country’s oldest dical book, ‘Formularies for 52 disorders’, never ntioned anything about Yin-Yang nor the Five Elents. Chinese dicine turned to taphysics during the Southern Song Dynasty when Confucian students beca doctors and dicine beca a ans of making money. They thought they could provide consultations by reciting a few lines. But, hmph! These were the people that destroyed Chinese dicine.”
Her voice was cold and full of mockery as she ntioned the Confucian students.
She was indirectly saying that Yu Gangan was useless.
That she didn’t understand dicine and only used it as a tool to improve her reputation.
Yu Gangan never expected to be resented and discriminated against because of her age.
After all, she had started learning how to read pulses and prescribe dicine from her grandfather since she was 10 years old.
But, Xiao Xiaoying’s mockery did not upset Yu Gangan.
She did not argue back either.
She simply replied calmly and seriously, “Master Li Shizhen was also a Confucian student. You can’t generalize like that. taphysics wasn’t used to explain Chinese dicine as a whole in the beginning. It started off with acupuncture points and ridians. When Western dicine did not have the technology to determine whether these things actually existed, taphysics was the only way to explain them. But, in recent years, Western dicine has already proven the existence of acupuncture points and ridians.”
A trace of ridicule appeared on Xiao Xiaoying’s face.
Acupuncture points and ridians may be real.
But, that didn’t an that Yu Gangan was real.
“Western dicine uses laboratory tests and consultation to determine illnesses, whereas, Chinese dicine uses look, listen, question and pulse. Western dicine has a standard treatnt plan for each illness, but Chinese dicine is different. 100 people can study Chinese dicine, but these 100 people can co up with 100 different theories for an illness. Chinese dicine does not have a standard system. It’s hard to learn and hard to apply. One cannot beco a good doctor by simply following the textbooks. This is how Chinese dicine is mysterious,” Yu Gangan continued.
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