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

"If Dr. Li and Dr. Yang are not in a hurry, I would like to go to the Affiliated Hospital of Medical University first. Then we can go to Jialin County in the afternoon or tomorrow?" Xun Jiahong asked Li Haofei and Yang Xiaohui for their opinions.

"Of course. Doctor Yang and I are here to pick you up, Director Xun. We will follow your arrangements." Li Haofei said.

Xun Jiahong is the chief physician of Kyoto Hospital and is not an ordinary doctor. Although Li Haofei did not ask Zhang Dongyun for his opinion, he knew that Zhang Dongyun would definitely not have any objection.

"Director Xun, let's go to the parking lot first." Yang Xiaohui hurried forward to help Xun Jiahong with the luggage.

"Thank you." Xun Jiahong thanked him.

At the Medical University Hospital, Chen Yang was not in the outpatient clinic today, but in the hepatobiliary surgery department.

Before the New Year, Chen Yang and Chen Xingwu agreed that they would set aside one or two days a week to perform surgery in the hepatobiliary surgery department.

Because he was very busy before the New Year, Chen Yang had not made any arrangements, but now he can make some time.

After the sixth day of the New Year, enterprises and companies started to return to work one after another, and the Spring Festival was considered to be over.

In the morning, Chen Yang first went to Zhou Yongtao's father's ward and examined Zhou Yongtao's father.

Zhou Yongtao's father was admitted to the hospital on the third day of the Lunar New Year. He took the first dose of medicine on the same day. Today is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and he has been taking the medicine for five days.

In the past two days, the patient's appetite has been relatively stable, with a bowl of porridge for each meal, and a small bun or steamed bun at noon and in the evening. His complexion looks much better than before, and the yellow, greasy and dry coating on his tongue has also disappeared.

After the examination, Chen Yang changed the prescription to Yi Guan Jian, which was included in "Continuation of Famous Doctors' Cases" written by Wei Zhixiu, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty.

Yi Guan Jian is a tonic, and there is a rhyme saying: Yi Guan Jian uses Rehmannia root, Adenophora Root, Lycium barbarum, Ophiopogon japonicus, Angelica sinensis and Toosendan to boil in water and drink, it is a wonderful remedy for Yin deficiency and liver depression.

Chen Yang removed the Toosendan fruit from the Yi Guan Jian and added Curcuma and roasted malt, for a total of five doses.

"The old man is now in good condition and can be discharged from the hospital. He will continue to take medication when he returns home."

Chen Yang wrote a prescription and said to Zhou Yongtao, "After all, you are old. It will take some time for you to fully recover. You can slowly recuperate at home. This way, both the old man and Director Zhou can have a good rest."

"Thank you Dr. Chen."

Zhou Yongtao stood up, stretched out his hands, shook hands with Chen Yang, and expressed his gratitude to Chen Yang: "To be honest, I was quite nervous this time. If it weren't for Doctor Chen, I wouldn't know what to do."

The old man is over 80 years old, and Zhou Yongtao is really mentally prepared.

Chen Xingwu followed Chen Yang all the way and came out of the ward with Chen Yang.

"Dr. Chen's miraculous healing skills are truly admirable."

As a hepatobiliary surgeon, Chen Xingwu was well aware of how serious Zhou Yongtao's father's condition was.

Cholecystitis and gallstones are almost fatal diseases for elderly patients like Zhou Yongtao's father. However, after Chen Yang took over, the patient's condition has improved greatly after taking five days of decoctions. Chen Yang just said that the patient can be discharged from the hospital and recuperate after returning home.

The fact that Chen Yang was able to discharge the patient from the hospital means that the patient is no longer in danger of death.

"Director Chen also teased me." Chen Yang said with a smile.

"I'm not kidding you."

Chen Xingwu said: "This disease is indeed difficult to treat, but Doctor Chen's medication is very simple, which is really amazing."

Chen Yang smiled and didn't explain further.

What laymen call a simple and relatively unified criterion for judgment is whether they have heard of this prescription and whether it is commonly used.

The reason why Chen Xingwu said that Chen Yang’s medication was simple is because Da Chaihu Decoction is a relatively common prescription drug in clinical practice.

However, in reality, whether the medication is simple or the symptoms are complicated cannot be determined simply by looking at whether the prescription given by the doctor is a common traditional Chinese medicine.

The difficulty of Chinese medicine lies in dialectics. Once the dialectics are clear, the use of medicine is relatively simple. Sometimes, the more a doctor can use common traditional prescriptions to treat difficult and complicated diseases, the more it shows the doctor's level.

"Doctor Chen, are you not seeing patients today?" Chen Xingwu asked.

"There are no outpatient appointments today." Chen Yang said.

"Doctor Fang, would you mind taking me with you today?" Chen Xingwu said with some anticipation.

Ever since the last surgery with Chen Yang, Chen Xingwu has been looking forward to it.

"I'm afraid I'll disappoint Director Chen." Chen Yang said with a smile.

Chen Yang did not use the temporary upgrade card today. Relatively speaking, Chen Yang's condition today is much worse than the day of the car accident.

"Doctor Chen is joking."

Chen Xingwu was afraid that Chen Yang would go back on his word, so he hurriedly pulled Chen Yang and said, "Let's go, I'll take Doctor Chen to see the patient first."

Patients in the hepatobiliary surgery department all undergo elective surgery, which is arranged in advance. Patients begin preparing a few days before the operation and are prohibited from eating or drinking eight hours before the operation.

"Director Chen."

"Director Chen."

Chen Xingwu has his own team in the hepatobiliary surgery department. In addition to the doctors involved in the operation, there are also people who are responsible for preoperative work and postoperative examinations, both men and women, a total of five people.

There were two female doctors, one was about 27 or 28 years old, named Ye Fangwen, and the other was about 32 or 33 years old, named Xu Xintong. There were three male doctors, one was about the same age as Ye Fangwen, named Qiao Haojun, and the other two were about 35 years old. The taller one was named Ning Jibo, and the one wearing glasses was named Zhang Kaiping.

"Hey, Doctor Chen."

Xu Xintong saw Chen Yang behind Chen Xingwu and greeted Chen Yang with a smile: "Good morning, Doctor Chen."

"Good morning, Doctor Chen." Several other people also greeted Chen Yang with a smile.

Chen Xingwu also introduced a few people to Chen Yang: "Doctor Chen, these are all members of my medical team."

After the introduction, Chen Xingwu said to Zhang Kaiping, "Xiao Qiao, you will be the third assistant in today's operation. Just watch from the sidelines. Doctor Chen, Xiao Ning and I will complete the operation together."

The first operation today is a liver resection, which usually requires two assistants. If there are three assistants, the three assistants have very few tasks and basically just watch from the sidelines.

"I understand, Director Chen." Qiao Haojun responded.

"Doctor Chen is also going to participate in the operation?" Ye Fangwen asked in surprise.

"Doctor Chen is the lead surgeon today, and I will be his assistant." Chen Xingwu said with a smile.

"Ah..." Several people opened their mouths slightly.

Zhang Kaiping actually felt a little disappointed just now, thinking that Chen Yang had snatched his surgery. In the team, Ye Fangwen and Qiao Haojun were the least experienced, and they were currently doing some preoperative work. The three people who frequently performed surgery were Xu Xintong, Zhang Kaiping, and Ning Jibo.

Of course, Chen Xingwu also has to guide Ye Fangwen and Qiao Haojun. They have just started to meet each other recently and can occasionally go in as second assistants. Qiao Haojun was originally scheduled to take over today, but was temporarily replaced by Chen Yang.

Qiao Haojun didn't expect that the surgeon today would be Chen Yang, and Chen Xingwu would be Chen Yang's assistant?

Isn’t Chen Yang a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine?