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

Meng Xulin was stunned, then smiled and said, "Doctor Chen, you guys are eating, let's not talk about this today."

"Master Meng, today we are just going to have a meal and chat together as classmates."

Chen Yang smiled and said, "You are all doctors, so we can discuss this together."

Although Meng Xulin's illness can be treated tomorrow, isn't this just a matter of reciprocity?

People are treating us to a meal and sending us food today. Unless Chen Yang and his companions firmly refuse, they will have to accept the favor. Fortunately, Chen Yang just watched it happen.

Fortunately, Chinese medicine diagnosis is different from Western medicine. It does not require laboratory tests, as long as the diagnosis is clear.

"Master Meng, sit down."

Zhou Qinghua greeted Meng Xulin with a smile: "It's rare for us to learn from Chen Yang, so you're welcome."

There were extra stools in the private room, but they were placed in the corner. Zhou Qinghua pulled a stool and let Meng Xulin sit next to Chen Yang.

“I’ve been in this situation for about half a year.”

Meng Xulin said: "The main thing is that there is a strong sweet taste in the mouth. It was not serious at the beginning, but now it has become very serious. I always feel that the sweetness is sweet water flowing out of the throat, which is sweeter than sugar."

"You know, I'm a chef. As a chef, I must be able to distinguish flavors. My current condition has seriously affected my sense of taste. I can't even cook now."

A chef at Meng Xulin's level must have stricter requirements on the taste of food, especially some ingredients and condiments, which Meng Xulin needs to check personally.

But now, the sweet taste in his mouth has affected his performance. He made mistakes because of this before and was bullied by customers.

If it happened once or twice it would be fine, but the problem is that the situation is getting more and more serious. Meng Xulin had no choice but to quit his job so as not to cause losses to the restaurant.

"Apart from the sweet taste in the mouth, are there any other symptoms?" Chen Yang asked.

"Sometimes I feel chest tightness, shortness of breath, irritability, and sore throat."

Meng Xulin said: "I have also seen many doctors. The hospital suspected that it was diabetes, but after several tests, everything was normal. It was not diabetes. I also saw a Chinese doctor, who said that my condition was caused by spleen deficiency. But the medicine I took had no effect."

"Are your other taste buds okay?" Chen Yang asked.

"There is no problem with other tastes, they can be distinguished clearly, but the problem is that they will definitely be affected." Meng Xulin said.

"Come, let me take your pulse."

Chen Yang examined Meng Xulin's pulse and found it to be thin and stringy, with a strong left Guan pulse.

After taking the pulse, Chen Yang checked Meng Xulin's tongue coating, which was yellow and greasy.

Meng Xulin's condition is a taste disorder. He tastes sweet in his mouth and it is so serious that it is relatively rare in clinical practice.

Chen Yang hesitated for a moment and asked, "Does he have any medical history before?"

"I had calculous cholecystitis before, but it was several years ago." Meng Xulin said.

"What do you think?" Chen Yang asked Zhou Qinghua, Zhang Kai and others with a smile.

"From the symptoms, it is indeed a spleen problem. The five internal organs govern the five flavors, and sweetness is governed by the spleen."

Zhang Kai said: "If the spleen is weak, sweetness will be more severe. It seems that the doctor's previous judgment was correct."

Zhou Qinghua also said: "Well, I also think it's spleen deficiency."

Jiang Dongfei asked Meng Xulin: "Master Meng, do you still remember the prescription the doctor gave you?"

"Some impression."

Meng Xulin recalled it and told Chen Yang and others about it.

"Chen Yang, why is this?" Zhou Qinghua asked Chen Yang.

"There is really nothing wrong with spleen deficiency."

Chen Yang smiled and said, "It's just that the real cause of spleen deficiency has not been found, or it has not been thoroughly investigated. The prescription prescribed is only based on simple spleen strengthening, which is definitely ineffective."

Traditional Chinese medicine is very magical in treating diseases. Zhang Zhongjing once said that if you know what the disease is, you can treat it accordingly.

Knowing what's wrong means that we need to know what disease it is and why we get this disease. We need to understand the cause and effect clearly so that we can prescribe the right medicine.

Meng Xulin's sweet mouth is indeed caused by spleen deficiency, but spleen deficiency is not the cause of the disease. Instead, there are other reasons that lead to spleen deficiency. If we do not delve into the reasons, or do not understand the cause of spleen deficiency, but simply strengthen the spleen to treat it, this disease will definitely not be cured.

"What causes sweet breath?"

Zhou Qinghua pondered for a moment and said, "From what Master Meng just said, it seems that there is liver depression and liver fire as the pathogenesis. However, liver fire attacks the spleen, so the mouth should be bitter. Why is it sweet instead?"

In fact, this is also the reason why Meng Xulin had seen many Chinese medicine practitioners before but was never able to cure his illness.

Meng Xulin is a famous chef, and the Chinese doctors he sees must be experts from major hospitals. There must be someone who will delve into the cause of his spleen deficiency.

But as Zhou Qinghua said, generally speaking, when liver fire attacks the spleen, a bitter taste in the mouth will appear, but Meng Xulin tasted sweet, which is not in line with common sense. It is precisely because of this unreasonable situation that some doctors were led astray, resulting in Meng Xulin's disease being unable to be cured.

"Did a lot of things happen in Master Meng's family before he fell ill?" Chen Yang asked Meng Xulin.

"good."

Meng Xulin described his situation again: "They say misfortunes never come alone, and blessings never come in pairs. But in my case, it can't be described as misfortunes never come alone. It's one misfortune after another, and you can't handle it all."

After hearing this, Chen Yang and others felt a little sympathy for Meng Xulin. This was really a double whammy.

It was also thanks to Meng Xulin's wealthy family that this kind of thing happened to any one of Chen Yang and others, they would have collapsed long ago and might not have been able to cope with it.

Not to mention selling everything you have, even selling yourself might not help.

"You all heard it too."

Chen Yang said: "Master Meng's family has been in trouble one after another. This is the cause. Master Meng's chest tightness, shortness of breath, irritability, and pulse condition all indicate the pathogenesis of liver depression and liver fire."

"When liver fire attacks the spleen, it is true that bitter taste will appear in the mouth, but the patient's liver fire did not attack the spleen. You should know that liver wood can easily overcome spleen earth, and liver fire can easily heat spleen earth. The combination of spleen dampness will lead to internal dampness and heat. If dampness and heat rise up and block the spleen orifice, forming phlegm, the mouth will taste sweet."

Chen Yang said: "Therefore, to treat this disease, we need to clear the liver to treat the cause, remove phlegm to treat the symptoms, and strengthen the spleen to treat the root cause. Only a three-pronged approach can be effective. Simply strengthening the spleen will definitely not be effective."

Chen Yang was explaining to Zhou Qinghua, Jiang Dongfei and the other two, but Meng Xulin, who was standing next to him, was so excited that his face flushed.

This condition has been bothering him for many days. He has seen many doctors but his condition has not improved. He is a little desperate.

But now after listening to Chen Yang's analysis, Meng Xulin instantly saw hope.

What the taxi driver said was indeed true. Doctor Chen is indeed very skilled and good at treating difficult and complicated diseases. There is hope that his illness can be cured.

Not only him, perhaps his lover's illness also depends on Chen Yang...

At this moment, in Meng Xulin's eyes, Chen Yang was like a ray of light that suddenly came in when their family was in the most desperate time. He was the benefactor sent by God to save their family.