Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 666 - 664: Traditional Chinese Medicine Is More Than Just Wellness Care
Lin Wanwan found it extremely dull to sit at the same table with the girl covered in colorful acne. Listening to her brag at the dinner table truly affected her appetite.
She missed the banquets of the Great Tang, where there was a clear distinction and no interference; the feasts were only filled with elegant poems and songs, free from vulgar vanity.
Yet this girl with colorful acne was someone who couldn’t read the room. Lin Wanwan was clearly looking like she didn’t want to bother with her, yet she insisted on targeting Lin Wanwan, always bringing her into the conversation.
The open request for opinions was actually an attempt to show off.
Lin Wanwan quickly realized that the malice directed at Gu Jingyu at first had now shifted onto her, the former bridesmaid!
But Lin Wanwan decided to remain silent and not engage in fruitless arguments with fools.
She refused to cooperate with the girl’s performance or listen to her bragging. Their interaction was limited to this dinner table; once the event ended, who would recognize her?
Before the last dish was served, Lin Wanwan quietly left the table while fiddling with her phone. Rather than watching the girl embarrass herself, she preferred to observe the adorable, milk-scented human baby instead.
She went to the Liang Family to see Gu Jingyu’s little baby!
When Lin Wanwan arrived at the Liang Family, she saw many people gathered in the main hall on the first floor. An elderly man in his fifties sat comfortably in a dining chair, feeling pulses for people.
Lin Wanwan curiously approached to watch the old Chinese doctor diagnose. What illness was he treating?
After observing for a while, she realized that his pulse diagnosis was just a show. She confirmed this was merely a health-maintaining Chinese doctor, mainly treating chronic conditions.
If you say he has no skills, he actually does. His skills in massage are quite good, with skilled techniques and appropriate pressure. But after the massage, he only prescribed health-promoting ointments.
This group of sub-healthy middle-aged and elderly people consumes carefully prepared ointments for body conditioning, which indeed has more benefits than drawbacks, and there is no harm in it.
However, this was quite far from the image of Chinese medicine in Lin Wanwan’s mind, so she lost interest and started walking towards the stairs, preparing to take her shoes off, when she heard the heart-wrenching cry of a baby from upstairs.
Hmm, strange, this crying sound seems off.
Soon enough, Gu Jingyu’s mother-in-law came downstairs, holding the baby with a worried expression, calling out to the elderly health doctor: "Old Chen, please take a look at our baby girl, why is she crying so intensely?"
The old Chinese doctor also did baby massages, but his massages were meant for improving the baby’s immune system, ineffective for treating acute illnesses.
Fortunately, although unable to treat acute conditions, he had some knowledge. He had massaged many babies at his clinic, so he had seen quite a lot and was quite experienced.
Upon receiving the baby and gently feeling her stomach, observing for a while, he stated, "Nothing major, it’s just intestinal gas; she’ll stop crying after half an hour. It’s untreatable, but holding her like an airplane might relieve it somewhat."
Lin Wanwan watched him lay the baby face down on his arm, gently swinging to soothe her. While it looked proper, the effect was minimal, and the baby continued to cry heart-wrenchingly, evoking sympathy from onlookers.
"Let me try, I also study Chinese medicine," Lin Wanwan couldn’t help but speak up.
All the people in the room turned to look: "Can such a young girl practice medicine? Aren’t you still in school?"
Lin Wanwan, whose body was modified by the Space-Time Gate, appeared youthful compared to her actual age, resembling a girl of seventeen or eighteen.
Therefore, her words naturally invited skepticism, as Chinese medicine places a high value on experience.
"Yes, I’m still learning, but I think it’s worth trying."
Lin Wanwan didn’t give much explanation; if it worked, treating the condition would be clear, and saying more was needless.
Baby Chenchen was crying heart-wrenchingly, atypical under the circumstances. Even if it wasn’t anything severe, he was still suffering.
Amid the chaotic discussions and inquiries in the hall, Lin Wanwan ignored everything, stepping forward to take the baby from the hands of the health doctor, Old Chen.
Others knew Lin Wanwan, but Gu Jingyu’s mother-in-law recognized her. Lin Wanwan had waited outside the delivery room with them when Gu Jingyu gave birth a hundred days ago.
"Aren’t you Jingyu’s boss? You know Chinese medicine? She never mentioned it," Gu Jingyu’s mother-in-law expressed suspicion.
On the other hand, the health doctor holding the baby, Old Chen, quickly handed the child over.
The baby had been crying heart-wrenchingly in his hands for a while, and he felt anxious. He couldn’t handle a baby just a hundred days old.
Lin Wanwan took the baby and laid him directly on the clean dining table, lifted the hem of his little clothes, and gently palpated his body for diagnosis.
Chinese medicine diagnosis isn’t solely relying on pulse-taking; "inspection, listening, inquiry, and palpation" are all diagnostic methods. Right now, she was conducting a physical examination, applicable to patients of all ages.
The physical examination, as the name implies, is judging the patient’s body, one of the four basic diagnostics.
In modern medicine, the other three diagnostic methods are inquiry, experimental diagnosis, and auxiliary examinations.
Applicable in both Chinese and Western medicine.
For all patients, diagnosing the disease is the prerequisite for treatment; in Chinese medicine, it’s also known as syndrome differentiation. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
The difficulty in Chinese medicine lies in syndrome differentiation, using the four diagnostics and eight principles to determine the syndrome, essentially clarifying the cause of illness first.
Once the differentiation is right, acupuncture or medication can proceed without significant errors.
The Chinese doctor called "Old Chen" by Gu Jingyu’s mother-in-law seemed unable at syndrome differentiation. Without it, he couldn’t treat diseases, merely a health-keeping doctor.
A Chinese physician must know syndrome differentiation, not just treat symptoms, or errors would be considerable and far-reaching. Many think Chinese medicine works slowly because the physician they found made errors in differentiation and used incorrect treatments.
After conducting a physical examination on the baby, Lin Wanwan confirmed that the baby indeed had intestinal gas, commonly known as "colic," a common infant disease.
Though not urgent, it was distressing, causing crying several times per night, each episode lasting about half an hour.
Once colic occurs, it usually recurs within one or two months, resolving only when the infant matures and grows.
Massage is a mandatory skill in studying Chinese medicine. In this aspect, Lin Wanwan was slightly inferior to Old Chen, who had massaged for a lifetime.
But when it came to curing illnesses, she was far superior.
He didn’t dare to treat, while she was confident, daring to diagnose and treat.
As an apprentice under Medicine King Sun Simiao and prominent modern Chinese medicine master Liang Zhenxiang, Lin Wanwan’s greatest strength was her boldness.
Starting the practice from the Barefoot Doctor Manual, the barefoot doctor’s principle was boldness.
Colic, as covered in the Barefoot Doctor Manual, can be alleviated with Tai Chi massage or treated with moxibustion.
At that moment, Lin Wanwan heated her palms vigorously and began massaging the baby.
Old Chen, the health doctor, observed Lin Wanwan’s massage technique with a thoughtful expression.
He knew how to massage but was unsure if this technique worked for colic.
In reality, he was a true barefoot doctor, a self-taught individual, distinctly different from Lin Wanwan, who had guidance from renowned teachers.
