Chapter 7: The Way of Emptiness and Reality

  The old man's condition now looks very serious. According to Wang Zhi's observation, the old man was originally physically weak and frail, and then overworked, so he had frequent symptoms of dizziness. Later, the medicine the old man took obviously had diuretic and draining effects, which led to a worsening of his condition, and now he is in a coma.

  Originally, if an elderly person's condition were to occur in a young person, it might not be so severe. However, the elderly person was already frail and had some common diseases that older people often have, so this time's bowel movement directly led to the emergence of various not-so-obvious diseases in the elderly person, all mixed together.

  For this situation, Wang Zhi can only use acupuncture first to stimulate the old man's bodily functions, and then use warm and nourishing medicine to slowly regulate the old man's body, combined with nutritious food, so that the old man has a good chance of recovery.

  With so many people watching, Wang Zhi naturally could no longer use the method of condensing needles with true energy to treat him. This method was naturally more effective than ordinary acupuncture, but it was too shocking and unconventional, and it also had a huge consumption for Wang Zhi.

  He carefully felt the old man's pulse again, then asked Wang Yi for his usual silver needle and began treatment in front of everyone.

  Originally, Wang Yizhi was not very reassured about letting Wang Zhisi use the silver needle, although Wang Zhi had been influenced by his family since childhood and later studied at a traditional Chinese medicine college, giving him some foundation in traditional Chinese medicine, but after all, he still didn't have much experience.

  To know that before Wang Zhilai, Wang Yizhi had already seen the old man's situation. For this kind of situation now, Wang Yizhi is also very headache, let alone Wang Zhi.

  Despite having many misgivings, Wang Yi still couldn't help but hand the silver needle to Wang Zhi when he saw his confident eyes.

  Wang Zhi gently laid the old man's body down, lightly picked up a silver needle in his hand, and casually swept his eyes over the old man's body. With both hands pinching the silver needle, he slowly inserted it into one of the old man's major acupoints.

  King Zhi then used his thumb and index finger to lightly pinch the silver needle, slowly rotating it. He rotated it very slowly for a few times, then suddenly quickly pulled it out, and again slowly inserted it, repeating this process. After about forty minutes, King Zhi had finally pierced all thirteen major acupoints on the old man's body.

  Wang Yizhi watched Wang Zhi administer the needle, his heart shaken to the core. Others might not notice anything, or even think that Wang Zhi was unfamiliar with acupuncture, inserting the needles slowly. But as a veteran traditional Chinese doctor for many years, Wang Yizhi understood all too well.

  The way of acupuncture is actually similar to drug treatment, but the effect of drug treatment is often slow, and sometimes some seriously ill patients can't wait for medication, so there is acupuncture. Acupuncture can be said to be a kind of auxiliary and complementary therapy to drug treatment.

  Acupuncture treatment must pay attention to syndrome differentiation and treatment, as a doctor must clearly understand the patient's condition and physical condition, otherwise, arbitrary acupuncture not only will not have therapeutic effect, but sometimes may even have adverse effects.

  Similarly, acupuncture techniques also have different manipulations, generally divided into: stabbing, sticking, turning, lifting, pulling, etc., the timing and speed of these manipulations all have different effects.

  The old man's body is now weak and unconscious, at this time it is necessary to use acupuncture to achieve a tonifying and purging effect. Of course, at this time it is naturally tonifying, when tonifying, the twisting angle should be small, the force light, the frequency slow, and when lifting and inserting, first shallow then deep, heavy insertion and light extraction, small amplitude, slow frequency, short time, mainly inserting; advancing the needle slowly, withdrawing the needle quickly. And Wang Zhi's previous series of acupuncture techniques were just right, can be said to be the best acupuncture method.

  This kind of skilled technique and grasp of timing, even Wang Yizhi is far behind. You know, the way of traditional Chinese medicine is very mysterious. The same treatment method or the same medicine, the timing of administration, the depth and heaviness of acupuncture, or the control of fire and water ratio when decocting medicine, will all affect the therapeutic effect.

  After finishing the acupuncture, Wang Zhi once again performed tuina and massage on some of the old man's bodily acupoints. This time, Wang Zhi used a bit of true qi to assist with the tuina. As a result, after about ten minutes of tuina, the old man slowly let out a breath, his chest rose and fell slightly, and he gradually opened his eyes.

  Seeing the old man slowly waking up, Wang Yi Zhi and Wang Tian Yuan both let out a sigh of relief at the same time. They exchanged a glance, both having a deep shock. This therapeutic effect was simply divine.

  "Dad, you're awake! You scared us to death!" Seeing the old man wake up, the man and woman shouted in unison and rushed to his side, regardless of what they were thinking earlier. Now that the old man had come around, the two of them felt a sense of relief.

  Wang Zhi saw this scene and nodded slightly. Although he was a bit bewildered, he wasn't beyond salvation yet.

  Once again carefully checking the old man's condition, Wang Zhi walked to the table, picked up the brush on the table, and quickly wrote a prescription and some dietary precautions.

  Seeing the prescription written by Wang Zhi, Wang Yi snatched it away in one swift motion. His eyes widened in shock once again, and his face couldn't hide the astonishment. To be honest, today's Wang Zhi had brought too many shocks to Wang Yi.

  Let's not talk about the content of the prescription, just Wang Zhi's handwriting is strong and powerful, with a dragon-like spirit, as if every character is full of spirituality, jumping off the paper. Looking at the content of the prescription again, the combination of various medicinal materials is just right, almost all are some simple and ordinary medicines, but under Wang Zhi's combination, they can actually achieve the effect of some rare and precious medicinal materials.

  At this time, Wang Zhi couldn't care about Wang Yi's shock anymore. He took the prescription from his grandfather and walked to the old man's side. Wang Zhi whispered: "When you take this medicine back, remember to decoct it three times a day, once in the morning, noon, and evening. In just one week, you'll be able to hold your grandson."

  "Don't take his prescription, the last time that old man prescribed medicine almost took your life. And this kid doesn't seem too trustworthy either." The old man nodded gratefully and was about to take the prescription when the woman suddenly shouted from the side.

  "Get out! All of you, get out, a bunch of wolves!" Hearing the woman's words, the old man suddenly became furious and turned his head to scold the young couple loudly: "Don't think that just because I was dizzy earlier, I didn't know how shamelessly you all behaved like a pack of wolves."

  The old man scolded his children for a while, got so angry that his chest heaved with rage and almost fainted. Wang Zhi hastily comforted him by patting on his chest a couple of times before he gradually calmed down.

  Actually, as the old man just said, although the old man was in a coma, he wasn't completely out of it. His mind was very clear at that time. At that time, the old man was almost gone, but his thoughts were like a flash of lightning illuminating the darkness, and he suddenly woke up from his confusion. This is also one reason why Wang Zhi scolded the woman at that time.

  At that time, the brother and sister were determined that it was Wang Yi's prescription problem. Although Wang Zhi had confidence in treating the old man again, he couldn't alleviate the fact that they were biting each other. So at that time, Wang Zhi was angry and scolded the old man, as long as the old man still understood things, he shouldn't make a fuss after waking up.

  As expected, the old man scolded his children for a while, and under Wang Zhi's comfort, he calmed down. He grasped Wang Zhi's hand excitedly and said: "Young man, thank you! If it weren't for you, this old fellow would have met King Yan already."

  "Don't say that, this is what a doctor should do. You don't have to be grateful, just go back and take your medicine well, and take care of your body, that's the best gratitude for me." Wang Zhi comforted with a light smile. For patients, Wang Zhi always had a kind heart, which was also the reason why he saved the man that night despite his bad mood.

  "Ah! What a good young man!" The old man sighed.

  "Now let's talk about what happened earlier." After comforting the old man, Wang Zhicai had the mood to deal with the prescription. He believed that Wang Yi, who had been practicing medicine for many years, would not mistakenly write a supplementing prescription as a draining one. After all, the difference between "supplement" and "drain" was only one word, but it could be fatal.

  PS: I didn't originally plan to write the treatment process in such detail, after all, I'm not a professional doctor and don't fully understand traditional Chinese medicine. However, in order to let everyone truly feel the rise of traditional Chinese medicine, I still looked through some materials. If there are any errors, please forgive me. As always, I'd like to ask for your collection and recommendation, my clicks are okay, but the collection and recommendation are a bit pitiful. Please give me some motivation, thank you to all book friends who have read and collected, and recommended this new book which needs everyone's support.