I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 59 - 52: Observation: Examining Qi

[Patient Xia Xing, Heart and Kidney Imbalance recovery progress at 3%, Headache recovery progress at 100%, symptom recovery progress at 100%, activate rare reward, claim?]

Not an ultimate skill reward?

Looks like this ultimate skill reward is a bit random!

[Claim.]

[Reward received: Observation of Qi.]

A diagnostic skill?

Among the four diagnoses, there is observation, smell, questioning, and pulse-taking. Observation is placed first because it is the hardest diagnosis skill, while pulse-taking is the simplest diagnostic method among the four. Usually, highly skilled old traditional Chinese medicine doctors can tell what’s wrong with a patient as soon as they walk in, and pulse-taking is just used to confirm if the patient’s symptoms match their judgement.

The highest level of observation is to see and know, which is called divine!

Whether old traditional Chinese medicine doctors nowadays can reach this level, Lu Jiu isn’t particularly sure, but historically, there was a famous traditional Chinese medicine doctor who demonstrated this.

This doctor is Bian Que, who vividly exemplified what it means to diagnose without knocking on the door for future generations.

No matter how good your medical skills are, saying someone is sick right in front of their face is obviously inappropriate.

Moreover, if the person hasn’t even noticed any discomfort, even if you cure them, they won’t appreciate it. Instead, they might think you’re trying to scam them for money.

With the reward, Lu Jiu suddenly gained some insights.

"Those who see and know, observe the five colors to understand the disease. Those who hear and know, listen to the five sounds to distinguish the disease. Those who question and know, ask their preference for the five flavors to know where the disease originated. Those who diagnose through pulse-taking, check the inch opening, assess the emptiness and fullness to understand which viscera the disease is in. It is said externally knowing is sage, internally knowing is divine, this is what it means."

This ability to observe Qi clearly involves looking at the complexion on the patient’s face.

The five viscera have five colors: liver, heart, spleen, lungs, kidney correspond to green, red, yellow, white, black.

When we eat, the color of the food will correspondingly enter the five viscera. Similarly, when the five viscera are ill, for example, if the lungs are weak, they are like a box being stepped on; the items are the same, but the space is reduced. At this point, once the corresponding Qi fills the lungs, there will be excess Qi, which will rise and try to be expelled, making the person’s face pale.

Of course, Qi complexion isn’t just color, but also includes the mental state.

A healthy person’s face should reflect light, a phenomenon that happens because our face secretes some oil every day, which is actually an external manifestation of Qi. Its function is to protect the skin. However, excessive oil is a sign of imbalance in Qi and blood.

Many people consider this layer of oil something undesirable, and clean it daily, applying various chemical skincare products. But there’s no need because as you age and Qi and blood become insufficient, the face will naturally lose its shine.

With this skill of observing Qi, Lu Jiu’s diagnostic level undoubtedly elevated.

Of course, this level does not yet allow Lu Jiu to completely abandon pulse diagnosis.

Beep~

Just as he was about to browse Chinese Medicine Home, Lu Jiu suddenly heard his phone ring.

Upon checking, it was a message from Lu Shuang.

"Bro, the clothes are designed, take a look. [Picture]"

Lu Jiu opened the picture and carefully examined the ancient costume designed by Lu Shuang for him. It somewhat resembled the type worn by ancient swordsmen, but the color was not black, it was green, and there were bamboo leaf patterns on it. The overall look was indeed quite good.

"Alright, handle it however you see fit." Lu Jiu replied to Lu Shuang with a smile.

Lu Shuang quickly replied, "Hehe, I put a lot of thought into it, even got help from experts. By the way, next month there’s a Flower Festival in Jianghan City, sort of like a cosplay event, but everyone only wears ancient costumes. Bro, now that you have this set of ancient clothes, let’s go together."

Lu Jiu was both amused and helpless, "I still have to manage the clinic, I’m too busy, you should go by yourself."

Lu Shuang sent a pleading emoji, "Bro, just accompany me this once. If you don’t go, mom and dad definitely won’t let me go."

Lu Jiu reluctantly asked, "Why does it have to be me for mom and dad to agree?"

Lu Shuang mischievously answered, "Because you have good grades!"

Uh...alright, surely every parent wants their kid to hang out with those who have good grades.

Lu Jiu asked, "How long do you want to go?"

Lu Shuang excitedly said, "Just the morning, it’ll be quick."

Lu Jiu replied, "Have your fun, but focus afterward, you only have a bit more than half a year until the university entrance exam."

Lu Shuang laughed, "Don’t worry bro, I’m doing well, that’s it, I’ll stop chatting now."

This girl...sure is confident.

But come to think of it, did she make this ancient costume just to drag me to this Flower Festival?

Ha, this trap was set quite deep!

Lu Jiu chuckled and started browsing Chinese Medicine Home.

As soon as he opened the webpage, his backend showed dozens of messages.

Who is it?

Lu Jiu opened the backend messages and found that many unfamiliar new accounts were messaging him.

"Big shot, I’m almost at the brink of sudden death, can you help regulate me?"

"Big shot, are the conditions you mentioned before sudden death true? I feel like I fit all of them."

"Big shot, where are you based as a traditional Chinese medicine doctor? Can I come to you for treatment?"

"Big shot, can you treat coronary heart disease?"

"Big shot, my wife’s breasts have been sore over the past few days, any good solutions?"

"Big shot..."

"..."

What’s going on?

Lu Jiu was puzzled by these messages.

He immediately went through all the messages and finally found the answer in "West Gate Lean Pork"’s post.

It seems someone from somewhere else learned about the content of his reply to "West Gate Lean Pork," then found Chinese Medicine Home. Subsequently, a bunch of new accounts came over to private message him, even pushing the post with his conversation with "West Gate Lean Pork" to the top heat list, prompting many forum users to join in the discussion.

"I’m a newbie in traditional Chinese medicine and not familiar with these, can any big shot explain whether this netizen called ’Lu Jiu’ is really speaking the truth about the premonitory signs of sudden death?"

"Hahaha, now anyone dares to speak on traditional Chinese medicine. These four premonitions are obviously stitched together, no sense of pathology, yet people believe it."

"What these four premonitions describe are actually severe physical congestion, heart stabbing pain is cardiovascular congestion, inexplicable insomnia is emotional stagnation, irregular bowel movements are due to poor flow, numbness and tingling in limbs is stagnation of Qi and blood. These indeed are symptoms before sudden death, right or wrong is hard to say, but the language is a bit too plain, always feels a bit lacking in rigor."

"Isn’t this a typical ’folk’ science story?"

"Where’s the ’folk’ science? Can you elaborate?"

"Anyway, I have several national and provincial-level traditional Chinese medicine doctors amongst family and friends, and they’ve never heard of such a saying. This person is simply brainwashing and completely a charlatan."

"I asked you to point out the mistakes not to flaunt how many old Chinese medicine practitioners your family knows, what’s the point of elevating your status here?"

"Sudden death could be from the QI and Yin collapse syndrome, or phlegm disturbing the Shenqiao syndrome, if severer, it could be the violent collapse of Yuanyang syndrome. Your explanation is too shallow, no wonder people call it ’folk’ science; it’s exactly like that current drama ’New Wave’, harming people a lot!"

"Why does this rough pseudo-popular-science post go viral? Do people who believe in traditional Chinese medicine have no brain now?"

"..."

Lu Jiu opened the previous post, and after seeing hundreds of replies, he couldn’t help but laugh.

Well well, he was just expressing what he learned; everyone is free to discuss whether it’s right or wrong, but being directly labeled as harmful was something Lu Jiu didn’t expect.

Since when did his influence grow so large?