At that moment, Su Nanxing had already made the child lie on the bed in the department of traditional Chinese medicine. She took out her acupuncture kit and said to the child, "Don't be scared, little sister. Sister will be gentle, and you will feel better soon."
The little girl, severely malnourished, was somewhat slow to react.
Without waiting for her to respond, Su Nanxing's needle had already pierced her skin.
When the chubby man caught up, he saw his daughter had become like a hedgehog.
Luo Yewei also followed, and upon one glance, his heart skipped a beat—was her hand speed really that fast?
The fourth floor was not very crowded originally, but the innate nature of the people to gather around excitement prevailed, and gossip inevitably spread its wings.
It wasn't long before people downstairs heard that a doctor had gone to the department of psychology to snatch patients, and this doctor had even graduated from a major in mechanical and electronic engineering.
This was truly extraordinary!
Moreover, that blonde girl even claimed she could treat anorexia!
Anorexia is a clinical manifestation of chronic eating disorder, commonly found in adolescents or young women, with a prevalence rate of 0.5 to 1.5 percent. Although the prevalence is not high, the mortality rate can reach up to 15 percent.
Nowadays, many people had heard of anorexia and knew it was very difficult to cure completely.
The entrance to the department of traditional Chinese medicine was packed tightly.
The chubby man, with his heart in his throat, anxiously asked his daughter, "How are you feeling, daughter? Does it hurt?"
The little girl had been terrified, but she was ready to endure it for the sake of treatment.
Yet, to her surprise, the pain she anticipated did not come... Instead, she distinctly felt something enter her body, and even felt the needle tip carrying warmth spread through her limbs and gradually throughout her body.
It felt so comfortable.
The little girl then smiled at her father and said, "It doesn't hurt, it feels very comfortable. Doctor Sister is amazing! I feel warm inside, like there's a warm current running throughout my body."
Those nearby heard this and found it unbelievable.
Really? Is that true?
But seeing the relaxed expression on the little girl's face, they felt she couldn't possibly be lying.
Su Nanxing nodded, "That's right. I used a special method when inserting the needles to soothe the liver and regulate qi. As for regulating qi, naturally, it involves organizing and clearing the turbid qi in the body to be healthy. Soon, you will feel a cold air moving out from your belly!"
With traditional Chinese medicine in decline, among the crowd were many who had experienced no improvement after taking Chinese medicine.
Hearing Su Nanxing say this, they suddenly felt that she sounded like a shaman, speaking nonsense.
Could she be a fraud?
Did the department of traditional Chinese medicine in the second hospital recruit a mechanical engineer full of feudal superstitions?
It was too fantastical.
Telling this story might make people not even believe it!
Was anorexia that easy to cure?
They didn't believe it!
When the surroundings finally quieted down, they all saw the little girl tugging at her father's sleeve.
Everyone clearly heard the little girl speak.
She said, "Daddy, I'm hungry."
The chubby man could hardly believe his ears.
His daughter had not been able to eat anything before; her saying she was hungry and wanted to eat seemed like a thing of the past.
At that moment, the chubby man was almost moved to tears.
"Really? Honey, are you really hungry?"
With her arms free to move, the girl pointed at her belly area and said, "Just like Sister said, it feels like something cool is running out of my belly, and now I'm hungry."
Everyone watching the excitement around them was instantly stunned.
"Really?"
"Impossible, right?"
"This is... too miraculous?"
"This girl... she's not a plant, is she?"
In the crowd, a tall, thin man watched everything silently.
Checking the time, Su Nanxing, regardless of the surrounding reactions, reached out to remove the needles from the child, saying as she did so, "One acupuncture treatment is just to regulate qi. I'll write her a prescription, prepare a few doses of medicine, and she'll come back for a follow-up in three days."
The bystanders didn't understand the knack Su Nanxing had for removing needles, but the tall, thin man watched her technique and his eyes widened in disbelief.
After she finished with the needles, she stood up and looked at the heavyset man, "Any problem?"
The heavyset man hurriedly replied, "No problem at all, thank you, Doctor!"
Just then, someone nearby said, "Even if she knows acupuncture, she graduated in mechanical electronics, her specialty doesn't match, that's practicing medicine illegally!"
Luo Yewei immediately became defensive, "Illegal practice? I could sue you for defamation! Our Doctor Su has a traditional Chinese medicine qualification certificate!"
"How can someone from a mechanical electronics major get a traditional Chinese medicine certificate?"
The tall, thin man had already left the scene quietly.
After packing away the needles, Su Nanxing finally spoke, "Traditional Chinese medicine has something called an 'inheritance qualification', or mentorship, do you all know about this?"
Traditional Chinese medicine mentorship is an essential method for the inheritance and development of traditional medicine and provides a way for those without a specialized background in traditional Chinese medicine to systematically learn and attain official qualifications.
Only Chinese medicine practitioners with over fifteen years of clinical experience and at least a deputy director title have the qualifications to mentor.
Apprentices must study under a master for at least five years and with recommendations from two practicing physicians, they can then sit for the traditional Chinese medicine qualification exam.
By the year Su Nanxing became an adult, she had already obtained her Chinese medicine qualification certificate.
Now, she has all of her certificates in order, including her qualification and practice licenses.
After her explanation, the people around them finally understood.
"No wonder Doctor Su is so proficient! It comes from being trained by a master!"
"Exactly, only those who have practiced for over fifteen years can mentor, surely they are a master of a high caliber!"
"Doctor Su, aside from treating anorexia, what else can you treat? Can you treat my gastritis?"
"Doctor Su, I have coronary heart disease!"
"Doctor Su..."
"Doctor Su..."
Fifteen minutes later, Luo Yewei sat opposite Su Nanxing at her desk, watching dozens of patients waiting in line, and felt that everything that had happened today was very surreal.
Just before closing time, the head of the psychology department took a sip of water and asked an assistant nearby, "I remember a girl with anorexia was due for a follow-up today, wasn't she?"
The assistant looked uneasy, "Head, our patient was taken by someone from the department of traditional Chinese medicine!"
The assistant didn't know that in the days to come, not just their department, but others would also gradually experience the 'poaching' from the department of traditional Chinese medicine.
Su Nanxing was busy until almost the end of her shift when Tang Ruoqing arrived.
Seeing that they had something to discuss, Luo Yewei tactfully left.
"How's it going?" Tang Ruoqing asked, "It looked quite lively."
Su Nanxing sighed, a look of deep resentment on her small face, "Nowadays, many people don't believe in Chinese medicine, they think it's slow to show effects, or even ineffective."
Tang Ruoqing said, "That's been the situation for a decade or two, and it's not something you can change overnight. But you've started, and that's not too late."
Su Nanxing nodded firmly, "Exactly! I definitely want to change this situation!"
"Have you... thought it through? The child... do you still want her?"