I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 82 - 73: Meridian Flow

The next day, in the early morning.

[Patient Du Ran, intestinal abscess recovery progress at 91%, symptomatic recovery progress exceeds 80%, special reward activated, would you like to claim it?]

[Claim]

[Reward obtained: Acupoint Opening Technique of Meridian Flow]

Wow!

This Du Ran is really a lucky star!

In just a day, they contributed so many rewards to me and now there’s even the Acupoint Opening Technique.

Tsk tsk tsk!

Even those who don’t understand Traditional Chinese Medicine have probably heard of Meridian Flow, but they might not be aware of its acupoint opening capabilities.

The so-called acupoint opening refers to the fact that at a certain time, the vital energy happens to reach this acupoint, and diseases related to this acupoint can be treated by applying acupuncture to it to release the qi and blood, achieving a therapeutic effect.

In the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor, there is a saying about waiting for the right time and qi, which is the origin of the Meridian Flow theory.

Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that people are like small worlds, influenced by the earth, the big world. As our qi and blood travel, they ebb and flow at each acupoint.

This is like going to the hospital for a blood test. They always want you to go on an empty stomach during the day because if you’ve eaten, your qi and blood flow changes, your blood lipids rise, and over time, the flow rate changes again, making the test results inaccurate.

According to TCM, even if you go that day, the blood test might not show the most accurate numbers.

Because, although the path and direction of qi and blood flow are unchanged, the qi and blood passing through acupoints differ day by day, much like you can never be as young as you once were.

Our body’s life essence is always changing, and you can never be the same as yesterday.

The machine’s readings only represent one aspect, just like it can test for blood, but not for qi or water in the body, so the numbers are only a reference and not precise expressions.

The acupoint opening technique of Meridian Flow doesn’t care about your qi and blood values today, whether high or low. As long as there’s more energy at this point in time, I can use this time and the intrinsic therapeutic properties of the acupoint to amplify its efficacy, achieving twice the result with half the effort.

"Heavenly stems advance, earthly branches retreat, Jiaxu renyin are equally clear. Day of Gui is the zero base, acupoints open starting at Hai hour, encounter transport restore two points merge, must accept qi and blood through yang and yin, focus on original points Ren Gui entrust, well, spring, transport, original, channel converge."

This is the acupoint opening song of Meridian Flow, easy to remember but hard to understand.

Lu Jiu still needs time to digest before trying to apply the Meridian Flow acupoint opening technique.

But speaking of Meridian Flow, Lu Jiu thought of Western time medicine.

It’s said that the father of time medicine studied this for thirty years and even came to Huaxia for a lecture. It was only after hearing about the Huaxia medical book Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor that he realized the thing he had been studying for over thirty years was recorded clearly by the people of Huaxia thousands of years ago.

Even his own summarized seven-day illness recovery law has sources in the Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Warm Pathogenic Diseases.

As in "Diseases with fever and fear of cold arise from the yang; without fever, with the fear of cold, arise from the yin. Arising from yang, resolved in seven days; arising from yin, resolved in six days, for the yang aligns with seven, yin with six."

The same goes for colds, treated in six or seven days, untreated in six or seven days, only differing in the first two days being unbearable, prompting many to get IV drips.

Some feel better after the drip, some feel nothing, and others feel worse, simply because the hot and cold are not distinguished, injecting indiscriminately just because it’s a cold.

Actually, beyond the seven-day rhythm, the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor also has seasonal rhythms, annual rhythms, 60-year rhythms, 360-year rhythms, and so forth.

This is also what Lu Jiu wants to learn about Five Elements and Six Qi.

But these topics are too profound for the average person to grasp, let alone learn.

Lu Jiu actually finds it quite amusing how much Huaxia ancestors knew, yet many people dismiss it, while Westerners venerate just a fraction of the knowledge as sacred.

All that can be said is that Western animal husbandry indeed is quite developed.

At the time scheduled to practice Eight Vajra Skills with Tian Xuelin, after breakfast, he arrived at the clinic just after seven.

While Lu Jiu was tidying up some odds and ends, a voice came from the entrance.

"Dr. Lu, Dr. Lu, quickly check me out, am I better now?"

The person who came was Du Ran herself, jogging in with a very excited expression.

Because after taking the medicine yesterday, around ten o’clock at night, she had a bowel movement, and the stool was exactly as Lu Jiu described. Afterward, when Luo Kai pressed on her abdomen and that San Li acupoint on her leg, it didn’t hurt at all.

So early the next morning, she didn’t even bother with makeup or breakfast and rushed straight to Lu Jiu.

Following closely behind her, naturally, was her husband.

"Everything I mentioned matched?" Lu Jiu asked.

Actually, the early morning notification had already told Lu Jiu.

"Yes, yes, it all matched up," Du Ran replied.

"Then that’s good. In the future, be careful not to let your stomach get cold, have a bowel movement every morning, and drink a sip of water on an empty stomach. This will keep your intestines and stomach always clear, making it hard for you to even develop appendicitis," Lu Jiu joked.

The habit of drinking water on an empty stomach in the morning is very good for the Spleen and Stomach because after a night’s sleep, the body’s yang concentrates in the limbs.

At this time, drinking a glass of cold water helps the yang return to the Spleen and Stomach, making digestion quicker when you eat afterward.

Of course, if someone with a cold stomach shouldn’t drink cold water, you can use overnight water, warming it to a comfortable temperature with hot water in the morning, drinking it this way works too.

"Should I have a bowel movement every day?" Du Ran questioned, looking at Lu Jiu curiously.

"It’s best to have one daily, around six or seven is great because that’s when our Large Intestine Meridian is most active, making bowel movements very smooth. But if you’re up late, that’s fine too, as long as you move your bowels once a day, as it’s akin to taking out the trash daily. Now think, if you leave the trash, no matter the quantity, won’t it attract mosquitoes if left too long? It’s the same with the body, the longer waste accumulates, the more potential harm it causes. Those who have bowel movements every three or four days often will experience constipation over time and won’t be able to go even if they want to," Lu Jiu explained.

Du Ran nodded, feeling that Lu Jiu’s explanation made a lot of sense.

"So, Dr. Lu, is there anything else my wife should be mindful of?" Luo Kai asked.

"For now, that’s it, also don’t over-supplement. Pregnant women indeed need some nutrition, but overdoing it isn’t good. First, over-supplementing can cause excessive weight gain, increasing the risk of complications during childbirth. I think the hospital should warn you about this. Secondly, over-supplementation can lead to a larger baby, making natural birth difficult, and cesarean delivery directly harms the body’s energy, making recovery tough if postpartum care isn’t done well."

"Thirdly, breast milk production increases. TCM sees breast milk as menstruation, there’s no menstruation during pregnancy, if you supplement too much, you’ll have excess milk. The baby can absorb this nutrition while in the womb, but an excess will leave the mother feeling engorged. It’s the same after birth— excess milk can lead to breast hyperplasia, nodules, and lumps, all caused by residual milk. This really has to be remembered. Other than that, I don’t have much advice, so I just want to wish you a happy welcoming of a new family member ahead of time!" Lu Jiu laughed.

Breast milk... is menstruation?

This really puzzled Luo Kai and Du Ran.

One is at the top, the other at the bottom, one is white, the other is red, how could they be the same thing?

Such mysticism!