The waiting area of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the Third Hospital
There are still a few minutes before work time in the afternoon, but there are already patients here waiting for the doctor to call for work.
A middle-aged couple sat in the first row. The husband's face was pale, his eyes were black and blue, and his lips were chapped.
The old woman seated next to her was bored and struck up a conversation: "Which doctor are you here to see? What's wrong?"
The wife who was closest to her replied: "I'm on Director Xie's number. My husband fainted once two weeks ago, and he fell ill."
"It doesn't look very good. Do you know what it is? If it's an emergency, you should go to a western doctor." The old woman persuaded. When she heard about fainting or something, she felt that she should give first aid.
The wife faltered, "Well... let's see Director Xie, it's nothing..."
The old woman leaned over her body and went to see her husband with great interest. The so-called long-term illness makes a good doctor. She knows a lot of minor ailments herself. "Oh, with your face, your kidneys don't look very good..."
Before she finished speaking, the man suddenly opened his mouth unnaturally, sticking out his whole tongue, hanging down to his chin, his expression also twisted, and saliva dripped from the tip of his tongue.
"Ah!" The old woman was so frightened that she sat back holding her heart, "Old man!!"
Lao Diao is the so-called "hanged ghost" in Haizhou City. The eyes of the patients in the waiting area were attracted by this sound. They saw that someone's entire tongue was exposed, and his eyes were blue again, with an unnatural expression. Isn't he like a hanged ghost? !
This voice was really high-pitched, and the few patients in the entire waiting area all boiled up when they heard the sound, old hang? Where is the old hang in broad daylight.
Until I turned around and saw the man, I saw that he still couldn't retract his tongue for a while, and the tip of his tongue was still moving, which was extremely weird. It dawned on me, isn't this the old hang!
Haizhou was a place where life was difficult in ancient times. When there was a great famine, the poor would hang themselves, and the trees were full of corpses. Therefore, there are many folk tales related to hanged ghosts, and there are even place names like Laodiaoling.
"Your husband became like this after he passed out. It must be a hanger's disease! This is because he was hanged by an old man!" The old woman is obviously also a local, familiar with all kinds of stories, and said quickly after being frightened.
There is a word among the folks, which refers to all kinds of evil spirits. In Haizhou, the most famous sequelae of bumper is the hanger's disease, but it seems to be rare in the new era.
The other patients also knew about Haizhou's strange talk, Ying He said: "The old saying is that you rushed to Diao Ke, you have to go to Lao Diao Ridge to kneel for three days!"
After all, we still keep a certain distance away, in case of any yin qi.
There are also younger ones who don't believe this, but seeing their lively discussions, they are just watching.
"I, we also went to Lao Diaoling and burned the paper, but it didn't work." Seeing that everyone found out, the wife said helplessly, "I've been knocked out, irritable, and I can't speak clearly. At least every day Seven or eight times, the tongue suddenly hangs out, and it took a long time to slowly retract it."
The nurse at the guidance desk heard the voice and came out of the duty room, "What is this for?"
She went to drink some water, why did she still quarrel.
"It's him, he's got hanger's disease!"
Following this explanation, the husband turned around, stuck out his long tongue and met the nurse.
"Oh my god." The nurses took a step back.
"This is the old hanging..."
"It's the hanger's disease."
A lot of people only heard the name and never saw the example, so they watched enthusiastically and discussed enthusiastically.
"This, this is sick, everyone, don't think about it." The nurse quickly responded and raised her voice.
"At first glance, you are a foreigner. Do you know Lao Diao Ling?"
This is a strange story in Haizhou City. Although the nurse is a foreigner, she has heard it after work, but she is a medical worker after all, and said: "They are all in the hospital, why are you still talking about these things? There is no such thing as a hanged ghost. It's just a disease you can't control yourself."
"What kind of disease is that? It can also turn into a hanged ghost."
"Uh..." Diagnosis is not the nurse's forte. Fortunately, the doctors of traditional Chinese medicine came back from the meeting at this time, and she immediately tiptoed, "Director Xie, here is a patient with a strange disease!"
The little nurse ran over quickly and introduced it to Xie Min, "That's it. They also said it was something that bumped into people in Laodiaoling."
Xie Min said at that time what Zhou Jinyuan had said to others before, "All evils and insanity are diseases!"
Other doctors also echoed, "What kind of hangover disease, don't be superstitious about legends."
Some younger interns also discussed in low voices, "Is it neurosis?"
This is the name of the disease in Western medicine, because they don't know what the situation is for a while.
Liu Qi had never seen this kind of disease before, so he asked Zhou Jinyuan in a low voice: "Master, do you know what's going on?"
Zhou Jinyuan put his hands in his white coat, and said in a low voice: "When I was an apprentice with my father, I once saw a patient whose tongue was sticking out all the time, and kept stirring it. And this one didn't move, just sticking out its tongue. Tongue sticking out is rarely seen clinically, you're lucky today!"
Isn't it considered "lucky" to encounter such a rare miscellaneous disease? As a doctor, you need to accumulate experience.
The appearance of the doctors sobered up those who had been caught in the legend and couldn't extricate themselves, but they still looked around, very curious.
At this time, Xie Min was also frowning and asked, "Has the patient's temper become less good?"
The family members were overjoyed and said: "Yes, yes, he became very irritable after he got sick." But they all thought it was because of the bumper, "Doctor, can this be cured?"
Xie Min said lightly: "Yes, stick out your tongue, and acupuncture will do."
Hearing Director Xie say the same thing, Liu Qi glanced at the Great Master again, thinking that the lucky one was not encountering a rare case today, but was in the same consultation room as the Great Master.
The family members hurriedly said: "Director Xie, we have hung up your account, so please fix it!"
Xie Min's photo was pasted on the wall, so they recognized it after a few more glances.
The sick husband also nodded vaguely, "Woo, woo!"
"I would like to recommend another doctor here, he is very suitable." Xie Min turned around and called out, "Doctor Zhou."
Other doctors: "..."
Everyone's mental activities instantly enriched.
Wow, it's not suitable for a little Taoist priest to cure "hanger disease"... Hello, director...
Zhou Jinyuan who was stared at strangely: "..."
Seeing their expressions, Xie Min immediately said anxiously: "Doctor Zhou's acupuncture skills are very good!"
In fact, she also wanted to spread the word for Zhou Jinyuan, and the couple's number was relatively low. If it was transferred to Zhou Jinyuan, they could be treated immediately, which was fast and good.
Who knows what these people are thinking! It's too late for her to grab Zhou Jinyuan's talisman every day!
Everyone: "Well..."
Even so, it is more appropriate for the little Taoist priest to treat the hanger's disease...
However, as soon as Zhou Jinyuan came out, he still received suspicious looks from the patient.
Xie Min saw it, and said without waiting for the patient to speak, "Doctor Zhou, please tell the patient about the condition first."
so young? The patient couple continued to hesitate.
"Okay. Come on, the two of you came to my consulting room and talked as you walked." Zhou Jinyuan said quickly and calmly, "Before the patient got sick, it should be because of a big blow, and then several or even dozens of times a day. The entire tongue stuck out uncontrollably, and it took a long time to retract it.
"Our traditional Chinese medicine says that the opening of the heart is the tongue. The heart fire is strong, and the kidney yin cannot be restrained, so the tongue sticks out. After he was furious, his mood was stagnant, and it turned into fire. And the fire didn't come out, and it didn't come out. It makes people more irritable. Director Xie will ask you whether the patient's temper has become bad."
Not only the patients' couples, but also some patients who are not in a hurry, as well as inexperienced interns and regular trainees, can't help but follow him to the clinic area and listen to his explanation of the condition.
Although it was just a face-to-face meeting, Zhou Jinyuan also told what happened before the onset, and explained clearly that it had nothing to do with the bumper at all.
To put it simply, I was just so angry!
The patient's family members nodded in agreement. Before her husband got sick, he had quarreled with others playing cards and got angry.
This time I walked to the consulting room willingly.
…
When the person walked into the consultation room, he finished talking about his condition, and Zhou Jinyuan said, "Come on, patient, sit down, and I will take the pulse carefully, and then I will give you acupuncture."
Liu Qi also seized the good opportunity. After Zhou Jinyuan's consultation, he also checked his tongue coating and felt his pulse. Nowadays, many Chinese medicine practitioners also use Western medical equipment to assist in diagnosis. There are not many people like Zhou Jinyuan who focus on pulse diagnosis. Liu Qi had seen his accurate pulse diagnosis before, and secretly made up his mind to follow suit.
Zhou Jinyuan turned on the computer, opened the needle, and when the family members went to pay the fee, he took out the needle and gave the patient acupuncture.
At this time, the door of the consulting room was open, and many people were watching outside the door.
"Put your hands on the table with your palms facing down." Zhou Jinyuan pierced the Zhongzhu points on the backs of both hands with a fine needle, twisted it clockwise, and heard the patient mumble about soreness.
"It's okay." Zhou Jinyuan asked the patient not to move, continued to twist, and then let go, "Sit for a while? It will be fine soon."
Right away? I just got two needles in my hand, so I'll be fine right away
Idle is also idle, before my number was called, the patients outside continued to watch with folded arms.
Only two minutes later, the patient's tongue moved, and soon he shrank back as if he had suddenly broken free from some restraint. He took the paper from Liu Qi's hand and wiped his saliva, and his speech became clear, " I really don’t want to hang it, doctor, how many more times will I have to do it?”
His tongue would stick out from time to time, but he retracted it this time, but he felt that he had to prick it several times before it could be completely removed.
"No, it's ready." Zhou Jinyuan said.
There was an uproar inside and outside the clinic, just like this two injections, after a while, the tongue retracted, or is it completely cured? This baby-faced doctor has two hands!
Some old patients said in hindsight that they had never seen this doctor before, and that it was recommended by Director Xie. Maybe they were specially recruited, and they must have real skills.
Although it is just a simple acupoint, the selection of acupoints is like medicine. The Zhongzhu acupoint has the effect of opening up and clearing away heat. When the patient's fire is extinguished and the meridians are unblocked, he will naturally recover immediately and do not need to come back.
Looking at the bill again, Zhou Jinyuan didn't use electro-acupuncture and moxibustion, and didn't prescribe any medicine, let alone special acupuncture at any special point. It was just a one-time acupuncture, plus the registration fee, and it only cost fifteen yuan!
Let's put it this way, fifteen dollars, it's cheaper than the fare they both paid to get here from town, no, it's cheaper than the paper to wipe the drool and the ointment for chapped lips these days.
I knew it was so simple, two injections, less than three minutes, no need to wait for registration, and there is no additional inspection, they have already come, and they went to Diaokeling to burn some paper.
"Okay, let's go back. Don't take things too seriously in the future. It's not good for you to get sick." Zhou Jinyuan said warmly.
"Thank you, thank you doctor." The patient's gratitude was beyond words when he heard that Zhou Jinyuan was still so caring. The price-performance ratio is too high! I was still prepared, but I didn't have to do some inspections, take some films, etc., and I brought all the money.
The onlookers outside the clinic were even more chatty, "Doctor, you are so amazing, no wonder Director Xie recommended you."
"Then come and hang up my account." Zhou Jinyuan also jokingly replied.
"Okay, okay!" Someone really didn't just talk about it, and wanted to try changing his account.
"... Great God, I'm afraid it won't work." At this time Liu Qi suddenly said, he was staring at Zhou Jinyuan's computer screen with a shocked expression on his face, "You, your account seems to be fully booked all of a sudden!"
"What?" Zhou Jinyuan bent down and looked at the screen. Indeed, the system showed that his afternoon account had been taken.
Normally, he doesn't have a single patient.
... Could it be the system convulsion? Try calling a number
"I'll go and have a look!" Liu Qi thought about it, and ran out.
In less than a minute, Liu Qi ran back out of breath, with an indescribable expression on his face: "Well, your number may be... Really, outside... there are a lot of bald-haired patients in a group..."
There are all kinds of hair loss, such as receding hairline, alopecia areata, Mediterranean hair loss, men and women, basically young and middle-aged, at least ten or twenty people, standing together is spectacular.
The group is said to be because they seem to know each other, and there is no lack of communication!
According to the total number of registrations, there should be a group of people, but they chose a later time slot, and they may not have reached the waiting area yet.
And those, who most likely look bald too...
Zhou Jinyuan: "???"