TCM in New York

Chapter 17 The Surgeon's Help

"My name is Jenny Stott, you can call me Jenny.

Some time ago, I had erythema on my face, and I didn't pay attention to it at first. This time I went back to China and checked it by the way.

As a result, a diagnosis of lupus erythematosus was made. "Jenni Stott described his condition in a low voice, and took out the receipt of the laboratory test at the hospital.

"Well, Jenny! Lupus erythematosus, this is the name of the disease in Western medicine, and there is no such disease as lupus erythematosus in Chinese medicine.

So, these slips are of no use to me! Ding Changsheng said with a smile instead of looking at the test sheets.

"I know! That's why I came here, I just hope that Chinese medicine can help me solve my physical problems."

"That's good.

Jenny, since you choose to use Chinese medicine to solve your physical problems, you must forget about lupus erythematosus from now on.

I will diagnose you according to the standards of Chinese medicine.

At the same time, it will also regulate your body and solve your physical troubles according to the methods of Chinese medicine.

Can you accept this? "

"Yes!" Jenny Stott nodded.

As a western medicine doctor and a senior surgeon, he knows lupus erythematosus very well. Although lupus erythematosus is not a malignant tumor, as a rheumatic immune disease, western medicine has no good means at all.

In Western medicine, only hormones and immunosuppressants are used for treatment.

At present, lupus erythematosus is an incurable disease in the field of western medicine, it can only be alleviated, and it can survive with the disease for a long time through treatment.

According to Western medicine, it means actively cooperating with treatment without affecting work and life.

In fact, this is also a comforting statement. As a surgeon, Jenny Stott understands how terrible this immune disease is.

Even if the medicine is taken for a long time, it will slowly erode the internal organs of the human body, and eventually the medicine cannot be suppressed, and this complication will eventually erupt.

until death.

"Very well, let's begin now!

Jenny, let me give you a pulse diagnosis first! Ding Changsheng said and pushed the pulse pillow forward.

The pulse is strong.

Corresponding to excessive stomach fire and excessive liver fire, this also confirmed the symptoms of body heat and thirst that Ding Changsheng had observed before.

"Let me see the coating on my tongue!"

yellow wet.

The tongue coating is yellow and wet, which is also called yellow and greasy tongue coating in Chinese medicine.

Yellow fur means heat, greasy moss means dampness, phlegm, and food stagnation.Yellow and greasy coating is the main disease: mainly due to stagnation of dampness and heat, phlegm and drink turning into heat or food stagnation into heat;

This is mutually confirmed with the previous pulse diagnosis and inspection.

"Jenny, apart from being hot and thirsty, what other symptoms do you have?" Ding Changsheng asked after pondering for a while.

"I sweat a lot when I go to bed at night, and I feel very tired in the afternoon. I also have a little pain in my right knee and a little itchiness in my left elbow."

Whether it is pulse diagnosis, inspection or interrogation, all of them are in line with the symptoms recorded in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" of Yangming disease that is easy to use Baihu Decoction: large and long pulse, no aversion to cold, no aversion to heat, headache, spontaneous sweating, thirst Tongue fetus, eye pain and dry nose, unable to lie down, restless, hot flashes in the afternoon.

"I see. Let me take a look at the itchy part of your elbow and your knee." Ding Changsheng gave Johnny Stott another physical examination.

"Jenny! That's the same sentence, let's throw away that damn lupus now.

Your disease is Yangming disease in Chinese medicine. I will prescribe some medicines for you, and you can take them at home.

Whether it works or not will be seen in three days. "Ding Changsheng pondered for a while and came to a conclusion.

"Can you see the effect in three days?"

"Yes! In traditional Chinese medicine, as long as the medicine is right for the symptoms, it will take three days to see results. If it doesn't work, it means that the medicine is not right for the symptoms. You need to readjust the medication." Ding Changsheng said confidently.

"I know that Chinese medicine is very miraculous. I had gastrointestinal problems due to irregular diet. It was your second grandfather who cured me with Chinese medicine." Jenny Stott nodded trustingly.

"Is there any problem with decocting medicine by yourself?"

"No problem!" Jenny Stott nodded.

"The white tiger soup I prescribed for you is flavored, after you go back, soak it in water for one night, and then boil it.

Take three medicines every day on an empty stomach in the morning, afternoon and evening. While prescribing the prescription, Ding Changsheng explained to Jenny Stott how to take it.

"Mr. Xiao Ding, how can I treat my knee pain and itching on my forearm?"

"Well, I will prepare a special ointment for you to treat your itchy skin.

In addition, your knee pain has nothing to do with Yangming disease. I can treat you with acupuncture. Ding Changsheng explained with a smile.

After explaining, I started to grab the medicine.

"Mr. Xiao Ding, I believe it now, your medical skills are no worse than Mr. Old Ding's!" Jenny Stott said in conviction when he saw Ding Changsheng grabbing the medicine with his bare hands.

"Why do you say that?"

"I have been to many Chinese medicine clinics, only Mr. Lao Ding and you can make such medicines!

I questioned Mr. Lao Ding before, but Mr. Ding taught me a lesson.

He picked up a kind of traditional Chinese medicine and told me how heavy the traditional Chinese medicine in his hand was. I weighed it with an electronic scale.

Sure enough, the error was less than 0.1 grams.

In order to prove that it was not a coincidence, I asked Mr. Lao Ding to try it several times, and the error was all within 0.1 grams. " Jenny Stott waved his hands and described the feat of the second grandpa.

Ding Changsheng was a little helpless, co-authoring forced the second grandpa to pretend?

"This is called Boy Kung Fu. It has been practiced since I was a child. When I was a child, if I made a wrong catch, I would be beaten once. If I get beaten too much, I will naturally develop it." Ding Changsheng explained with a smile.

It can also be regarded as coercion.

"I know, you Chinese used to have a very hard time studying art. Mr. Lao Ding told me that not only you would be beaten, but you would also starve.

It's just unbelievable, it's a very inhumane practice. "

"But, it's very effective, isn't it?" Ding Changsheng shrugged.

Ding Changsheng was chatting with Johnny Stott, while quickly grabbing nine packs of medicines, wrapping them up, and putting them in a convenience bag.

Then he turned back to prepare a topical ointment for Johnny Stoute.

Because they do not have the qualifications to produce Chinese patent medicines, they cannot make their own powders, pills, and other types of Chinese patent medicines for sale.

Ding Changsheng can only make it on the spot, which can be regarded as a kind of decoction service, which is considered to be a loophole in the law.

All of this is done under monitoring, so as to avoid troubles afterwards, and it is not clear.

Half an hour later, the ointment was made, which was actually a paste made of medicinal powder and honey.

Pack it in a small bottle and give it to Johnny Stott: "This ointment, once a day in the morning and evening, after cleaning the skin, use a cotton swab to apply it to the itchy areas including the erythema on your face. You can also use this ointment to apply. "

(End of this chapter)