Luo Yewei followed Su Nanxing, his heart pounding with fear as they returned to the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Watching Su Nanxing chatting with the old man in front, he was genuinely worried that someone from the Department of Cardiology might suddenly show up and catch them, which would be getting caught red-handed!
If that happened, they would be so embarrassed!
Luckily, they made it back to the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine without incident.
Su Nanxing asked the old master to sit down, looked at his tongue, and then took his pulse.
Old Master Li seemed in good spirits and said to Luo Yewei, "We have to give young doctors a chance to grow, letting Doctor Su practice on me is good..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Su Nanxing spoke up, "Grandpa Li, your tongue is pale red with a thin white coating, and your pulse is thin and rapid. Looking at your complexion, you have dark circles too, which clearly indicates poor circulation of qi and blood, a deficiency of heart yin, and a stagnation of qi. You've had diabetes for quite a few years now, right? And there's also coronary heart disease... You've mostly been experiencing weak waist, weak legs, and frequent urination at night, haven't you?"
Old Master Li was stunned, "Did you diagnose all of this?"
Su Nanxing nodded, "You are being treated at the Department of Cardiology, so I won't prescribe you any medicine. I mentioned prescribing a diet therapy formula for you earlier, and I'll also do some acupuncture. I'll write you a few traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions now, is that okay with you?"
The old master was initially just indulging a good deed for the day, but now his attitude had somewhat changed: "Okay!"
Su Nanxing wrote the prescription: Anemarrhena, Trichosanthes Root, Codonopsis, Astragalus...
As she wrote, she said, "Take this traditional Chinese medicine for one week first. I'll give you two diet therapy formulas, which you should alternate. Come back for a follow-up after a week. I can't promise anything else, but if you follow my advice and stick with it for a month, you might not even need to take your diabetes medication anymore."
Upon hearing this, even Luo Yewei was starting to feel uneasy.
Diabetes is a lifelong chronic disease, requiring medication to maintain normal blood sugar levels. In severe cases, even insulin is necessary.
Diabetes itself is not frightening, but the severe complications it can bring are.
Diabetes can only be managed; there's no mention of anyone being cured of it and no longer needing medication to lower blood sugar.
He thought Su Nanxing was rather unreliable.
Old Master Li had been ill for a long time and had seen many doctors, but none had ever dared to say such things to him.
Thinking she was just a naive young doctor fearless like a newborn calf, he cheerily said, "When the time comes, I'll have to thank you properly."
Su Nanxing finished writing the prescription, "Please lie down on the bed, I'm going to give you a few needles."
She took her own acupuncture kit.
The needles used for the anorexic girl the previous day were one set, but today she needed to use a different set.
She began to insert the needles, starting with the Eight Winds Acupoint on the back of the foot, then moving to the seventeenth vertebra point, and the Lower Pole Acupoint...
Old Master Li lay still, not daring to move, feeling as though his entire back and body were filled with needles.
But it wasn't painful.
Su Nanxing inserted the last needle and hadn't even caught her breath yet.
"Dad!"
A middle-aged man appeared at the door of the clinic, and upon seeing Old Master Li on the exam bed, he was both anxious and angry, "What are you doing... you are really daring!"
He immediately turned to look at Su Nanxing, clearly not expecting her to be so attractive. He was taken aback and his tone involuntarily softened a lot, "You young lady, how can you just go around giving people acupuncture! If anything happens to the old master, you... what were you thinking... "
"Shut up!" Old Master Li suddenly shouted.
The needles had just been inserted and he had not yet felt anything, but now, he felt a warm current flowing into his body from the points where the needles were inserted.
The chill on his back and the stiffness in his neck from the air conditioning in the hospital seemed to dissipate bit by bit.
It was like being in the dead of winter, nestled at the base of a wall, basking in the warm sunshine.
The comfort was beyond words.
Old Master Li, of his age, had naturally seen traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and had acupuncture before, but never had he experienced such a sensation from any acupuncturist's needles.
He was so comfortable that he collapsed on the bed and didn't want to move at all.
Being scolded, the middle-aged man stopped speaking and stood by, apparently very filial on a regular basis.
When the time came, Su Nanxing removed the needles, and Old Master Li was already asleep.
The middle-aged man was quite surprised, "My dad has always had trouble sleeping, with difficulty falling asleep, this... this..."
Su Nanxing explained, "My acupuncture can replenish Yang and dispel cold, eliminate pathogenic dampness. He feels more relaxed, so it's natural that he'd want to sleep."
When Old Master Li woke up, he felt as though he had just had a beautiful dream.
He got off the treatment bed feeling light all over his body.
Looking at Su Nanxing with disbelief, he asked, "Doctor Su, who did you learn your skills from?"
Su Nanxing smiled, "I've been learning from my grandfather since I was young."
Old Master Li nodded, "Good, good! From now on, whenever I need medical attention, I'll come to the department of traditional Chinese medicine and make an appointment with you!"
Su Nanxing replied with a sweet smile, "Thank you, Grandpa Li! If you think it's good, remember to refer some more patients to me."
After Old Master Li left, Luo Yewei still felt it was very fantastical.
Could acupuncture really be that miraculous?
He too knew acupuncture, but the effects he had achieved with his patients were not that noticeable.
Hearing his doubts, Su Nanxing explained, "This has to do with the technique and the acupoints. Moreover, traditional Chinese medicine is different from Western medicine. For example, when treating cold patients, Western medicine might prescribe almost the same medicine. But Chinese medicine treats each patient according to their overall condition."
As she finished speaking, a young man entered through the door.
The newcomer was in his twenties, not particularly notable in appearance, about 1.75 meters tall, with a robust build.
He sat directly opposite Su Nanxing, casually placing his wrist on the pulse pillow.
Su Nanxing asked, "Did you book an appointment with me?"
The man nodded.
Su Nanxing checked the computer, and sure enough, there was an appointment!
Luo Yewei looked on enviously. Su Nanxing had two patients today!
Even though one was snatched!
But he had none!
How envious.
Su Nanxing asked the man, "Do you feel discomfort anywhere?"
The man said, "I can't sleep at night, have no appetite, and it's been going on for half a month now."
Su Nanxing observed his complexion, looked at his tongue, and after taking his pulse, she asked, "Has your appetite affected your eating habits?"
The man replied, "I force myself to eat, and the amount is about the same as before."
Su Nanxing nodded, "Then I'll refer you to another department. You should go see the gastroenterology department and consider getting a gastroscopy if necessary."
"I came to see a specialist in traditional Chinese medicine, why are you referring me to another department?"
Su Nanxing explained, "Judging by your complexion, tongue coating, and pulse, you appear very healthy, and I can't detect any issues with you. So, given the symptoms you're describing, I suggest you go to another department for a check-up."
"No need."
After speaking, the man got up and left.
He collided with a tall, thin man around the corner of the stairs.
The tall, thin man was the one who had watched in hiding as Su Nanxing administered acupuncture to a young girl the day before.
"How was it?"
"She seems to be quite skilled; she said I'm very healthy."
"Get another brother to give it a try. Doesn't Ma Liu have a bad stomach? Let him go."
"Alright."
Just before closing time, the head of the cardiology department asked his assistant, "Didn't Old Master Li come today?"
Old Master Li was a retired cadre, and all his children were doing well; he had always been treated here.
The assistant replied, "Director... I just asked, and it seems that Old Master Li... was somehow convinced by a young doctor who recently joined the department of traditional Chinese medicine!"
"Nonsense!" the director exclaimed irritably, "Old Master Li's health isn't good, and it took so long for his condition to stabilize. What kind of mess is the department of traditional Chinese medicine creating now?"