"Stretch out your arm, I will take your pulse," Tan Qingnian said gently.
Fearing her husband might not hear clearly, the woman by his side promptly placed his arm on the table.
Tan Qingnian placed his hand on the man's pulse. A few minutes later, he pressed several points on the man's forehead and asked if it hurt.
The man reported that some areas were painful, while others were not. Based on the man's response, Tan Qingnian's face grew solemn as he instructed, "Turn your ear towards the light outside!"
Obediently, the man directed his ear towards the door, while the surrounding crowd of onlookers turned their attention to the man's troubled ear.
"Don't move your head," Tan Qingnian said before he took out the acupuncture box, retrieved a silver needle, and pierced it into nine points around the man's left ear.
Then, Tan Qingnian began to twirl a long silver needle behind the ear.
