Chinese medicine: from rural hospitals to top three hospitals in Kyoto

When Chen Xingwu walked into the clinic, there was already a patient there.

The patient was a thin little boy, who looked to be about ten years old. He was accompanied by his mother.

"Doctor Chen, we came here because a taxi driver told us about you. He said you are very skilled and good at treating patients, so we came here specially."

Holding the little boy in her arms, the boy's mother sat down on a chair opposite the examination table and said with a smile.

"Doctor Chen, it's Master He again." Wu Mengmeng said to Chen Yang with a smile.

During this period, Chen Yang has met several patients introduced by He Pengjun.

At first, Chen Yang didn't know it was He Pengjun. It was only when He Pengjun mentioned it himself when he accompanied his mother-in-law for a follow-up visit that Chen Yang realized that Li Haofei and Yang Xiaohuo had ridden in He Pengjun's car.

"The child is twelve years old?"

Chen Yang looked at the child's information and asked in surprise.

Registration is now based on real-name registration, and the child’s age and other information can be checked on the computer.

When I first saw the little boy, he looked like he was only ten years old, but I didn't expect he was already twelve years old.

"Well, this year we are in the fifth grade."

The child's mother said: "He looks like he just started primary school. The whole family is worried sick."

Chen Xingwu walked in, listened, and then walked to stand next to Wu Mengmeng.

"Director Chen." Wu Mengmeng stood up and greeted Chen Xingwu, wanting to give the stool to Chen Xingwu.

"No, I'll just sit down."

"Picky eater, anorexia, not eating well?" Chen Yang asked.

"Ah."

The child's mother nodded and said, "He hardly eats, but likes to drink some beverages, such as cola, Sprite, ice cream, etc. At first, I talked to him all day long, but later I couldn't persuade him anymore. He didn't eat anything properly, so I just let him be. I didn't expect that he hasn't grown at all in the past few years."

"If a child doesn't eat well, drinks carbonated drinks, and eats cold drinks all day, he or she will definitely not grow tall."

Wu Mengmeng said: "In this case, you should see a doctor as soon as possible, especially a Chinese medicine doctor."

"I've taken him to see a doctor and he's taken a lot of medicine, but it doesn't work. I've also bought him various calcium tablets and nutritional supplements." The child's mother looked at her child distressedly, "It just doesn't work. We're so worried."

"Come on, open your mouth and let uncle take a look."

Chen Yang stood up, walked in front of the little boy, asked him to open his mouth, and looked at the coating on his tongue.

The tongue is pale red with white coating.

Moreover, the boy's skin was a little dark and his complexion was yellowish.

After coming in from the clinic, the little boy was reluctant to move and looked a little restrained.

Chen Yang felt the little boy's pulse and found it was stringy.

"Doctor Chen, is this a typical case of anorexia?"

While Wu Mengmeng was talking to Chen Yang, she asked the child's mother: "Does the child hate greasy food and often have stomachaches?"

"Yes." The child's mother nodded.

"Please continue." Chen Yang said with a smile.

"Doctor Chen, the child might have problems with his spleen and kidneys," Wu Mengmeng said.

"Is there something wrong with your spleen and kidneys?"

The child's mother was shocked: "Doctor Chen, is it so serious? Kidney? How old is the child?"

People who don’t understand Chinese medicine are often easily frightened by some statements. Wu Mengmeng’s statement obviously scared the child’s mother.

Is there something wrong with the spleen and kidneys?

After trying modern medicine, many people started to think in the wrong way, wondering if it was nephritis or something like that.

“Don’t misunderstand.”

Chen Yang smiled and said, "The spleen and kidney in traditional Chinese medicine are different from those in Western medicine, and the same is true for the heart, liver and lungs."

"In traditional Chinese medicine, the spleen is responsible for transportation and transformation, the stomach is responsible for storage, and the kidneys are water-related and responsible for storage. The kidneys are responsible for storing essence."

Chen Yang explained: "Children often have insufficient spleen and kidney. Generally speaking, anorexia is mostly caused by insufficient spleen and kidney."

"The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine also says that 'the spleen governs signals'. This signal can be understood as a signal, which means that the spleen governs the signals sent by the body, or receives signals. When the body's signals are not sensitive, the spleen needs to be treated."

Chen Yang gave an example: "It's like an elevator full of people, and the door is closed. If someone opens the door and squeezes in, most people in the elevator will not like it. The same is true for anorexia."

"Children like to drink all kinds of beverages. When the beverages enter the spleen and stomach, it's like an elevator that's already full of people."

"Moreover, beverages and ice cream are cold in nature, which will damage the spleen and stomach. Over time, it will lead to the accumulation of cold air in the body, which will have a great impact on the child's development."

"When watching TV, we should have heard of frozen people. When the temperature drops to a certain level, the human body's metabolism will stop. In low temperature conditions, the human metabolism will also slow down. If there is cold in the body, growth will naturally slow down."

As he spoke, Chen Yang wrote a prescription: "So for this situation, we should pay more attention to the conditioning of the acquired spleen and stomach and the innate kidney essence."

"Moreover, the child is dark and thin, with a bony physique. He looks reserved, but he is usually active." Chen Yang continued.

"You are absolutely right." The child's mother nodded repeatedly. The child was thin and looked reserved, but he was indeed active.

"This is a sign of excessive liver qi."

Chen Yang had already typed out the prescription as he spoke: "This prescription is mainly for children with anorexia. Because the child has a strong liver qi, I did not choose Astragalus. Instead, I added Citrus aurantium and Uncaria rhynchophylla to calm the liver qi. White peony root and licorice root can relieve the liver qi. The child also has hot palms and white tongue coating, which are all manifestations of food accumulation, so I added dried tangerine peel and Atractylodes lancea..."

As he spoke, Chen Yang stamped and signed the prescription, then handed it to the child's mother: "You need to take this medicine for a period of time. I'm prescribing twelve doses this time. You should take it with water after the visit, one dose a day. Come back for a follow-up visit after you finish taking it."

"Thank you Dr. Chen."

The child's mother took the prescription, thanked the doctor, and left with her child.

“I didn’t expect Dr. Chen’s Chinese medicine skills to be so impressive.”

Chen Xingwu said with a smile as he looked at the mother and son walking out of the clinic.

Although he had watched Chen Yang's medical treatment video yesterday, Chen Xingwu couldn't help but be surprised again when he saw Chen Yang treating the patient today.

From Chen Yang's explanation to the patient just now, Chen Xingwu could tell that Chen Yang's level was not low. As a surgeon, he could roughly understand Chen Yang's explanation.

"You're too polite, Director Chen."

Chen Yang smiled and asked, "Director Chen, do you want to talk to me about something?"

"I performed an operation with you, Doctor Chen, yesterday. I benefited a lot from it. So I wanted to see if Doctor Chen was free today. I didn't expect that Doctor Chen was in the outpatient clinic." Chen Xingwu said with a smile.

“Benefited greatly?”

Wu Mengmeng opened her mouth slightly and looked at Chen Xingwu in surprise. Her head was buzzing for a moment. Director Chen didn't sleep well last night. Can this idiom be used so indiscriminately?

Director Chen is a genius doctor in hepatobiliary surgery. Didn’t Doctor Chen participate in the surgery yesterday? How come he benefited so much from it?

Are all geniuses like this?

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