Ask Sword

  Chapter 47 Imperial Physician

   "Hiss!"

"ah!"

"Huh!"

  Students of the same age around me kept exclaiming.

   It's no wonder they had such a big reaction. The girl picked up a silver needle, put it on a candle and baked it, then rolled the silver needle in her hands and pierced Yong Hongzhong's head, forehead, back neck and other parts respectively.

   Not long after, seven or eight silver needles were inserted into Yong Hongzhong's head, and two needles were also inserted into his ankle and calf.

  A student said in a low voice: "It hurts so much, such a long needle pierced into the scalp."

   "What do you know, this is acupuncture!"

  Another well-informed fat student, with an understanding expression of "no one knows acupuncture better than me", said in a low voice: "It is only necessary to diagnose the cause, identify the nature, and clarify the meridians and viscera related to the disease.

  Acupuncture and moxibustion toward relevant parts,

  It can unblock the meridians, regulate qi and blood, restore the balance of yin and yang, and harmonize the viscera.

   Also, do you know who is doing the acupuncture? "

"who?"

   "Qiu Feng, the daughter of Qiu Quan, the chief physician of Shangyao Bureau."

   "Is that the imperial doctor Qiu Quan who cured Dali Siqing with acupuncture?"

   "Who else?"

  The surrounding crowd is discussing,

   Li Ang blinked his eyes curiously.

  As a doctor, he knew when he was in Weizhou that the central medical institutions of Yu State are the three major systems of the Imperial Medical Administration, Dianzhong Provincial Shangyao Bureau, and Yaozang Bureau.

  Among them, the Imperial Medical Administration is in charge of national medical administration and medical education,

   Yaozang Bureau serves the prince,

  Dianzhong Province Shangyao Bureau serves the emperor.

  Inside the Shangyao Bureau, there are two [Fengyu], who are in charge of all the medicine offerings in the palace, and they are the personal physicians of the emperor himself.

  The four [Zhichang] are the deputy of [Fengyu], responsible for assisting [Fengyu] in managing court medicines, and at the same time serving princes, ministers, clan and nobles according to the order of the emperor.

  In short, Shangyao Bureau [Zhichang] is an imperial physician, and an imperial physician with the most advanced medical technology.

  Some concubines and princes who are not favored are not even qualified to force [Zhichang] to personally diagnose and treat them, and they can only be treated by [Physician] or [Physician Assistant] below [Zhichang].

  ‘The most outstanding doctor’

   Li Ang stood by the side with great interest and observed silently. The city of Weizhou, where he was born, said whether it was big or small.

  In terms of medical technology alone, it is definitely not as good as the family of imperial doctors in Chang'an City.

  The daughter of the imperial doctor named Qiu Feng administered the needle calmly and calmly, as if she hadn't heard the discussion around her at all.

   Wait until all the silver needles are pierced, wait quietly for half an hour,

   Pulled out all the silver needles again, took a long breath, stepped back half a step, and asked Yong Hongzhong in his seat with a crisp voice: "Okay, how do you feel?"

   "I feel, it's okay."

  Yong Hongzhong, who suffers from stuttering, stammered, "That's right, my legs are a little cold."

   "It's normal to be cold, and the trouser legs are still rolled up."

  Qiu Feng smiled, and said charmingly, "Stand up and take a walk."

"good."

  Yong Hongzhong stood up from the chair, and took two steps, his steps were steady, without dizziness at all.

   "So amazing?"

   "A few needles will be enough?"

   "As expected of the imperial doctor's daughter, by the way, do you know that she will also take the academy exam with us this year?"

  The crowd around whispered,

  Li Ang curiously patted the shoulder of the chubby student next to him who looked very understanding, "Dear man, you just said that the imperial doctor Qiu Quan cured Dali Siqing with acupuncture.

How is this going? "

   "Aren't you a student of Chang'an?"

  The chubby student looked Li Ang up and down, and said with a friendly smile: "This, it happened a while ago.

  Zhao Siqing of Dali Temple suffered from wind disease, and his waist and feet could not follow. He could not kneel or stand up.

Qiu Quan, director of the Shangyao Bureau, was ordered by the emperor to go to Zhao Siqing's mansion for diagnosis and treatment. Acupuncture at the second point of Yu, the second point of Huantiao, the second point of Yanglingquan, and the second point of Juxuxialian. It returned to normal, and I was able to bend down and stand up. "

  Song Shaoyuan's eyes widened slightly, "So amazing?"

"of course."

  The chubby student curled his lips and complained softly: "Everyone in the world says moxibustion is better than acupuncture, but I don't think so.

  It can be cured by acupuncture, which is better than moxa, at least without leaving scars. "

  Li Ang listened to the resentment in the fat student's tone, and smiled slightly. The so-called acupuncture and moxibustion are actually the general term for acupuncture and moxibustion.

  Acupuncture refers to inserting needles into the patient's body at a certain angle, and stimulating specific parts of the human body through acupuncture techniques such as twisting and lifting.

  Moxibustion, on the other hand, uses prefabricated moxibustion pillars or moxibustion herbs to burn and burn the body surface, so it is also called moxibustion.

  Although the needles of "acupuncture" come first and the moxibustion comes later,

  But in Yu State, the status of moxibustion is much higher than that of acupuncture. Moxibustion is the main method, supplemented by acupuncture.

  From princes and ministers to ordinary people,

  If you have a headache or brain fever, in addition to drinking medicine, you will also perform moxibustion, so many people will have unsightly moxibustion scars on their bodies.

  In "Prescriptions for Emergencies", there are 510 pieces of moxibustion and only 50 pieces of acupuncture.

  In "Qian Jin Yi Fang", there are 560 poems on moxibustion and only 90 poems on acupuncture.

   This is not only because there are very few physicians who know acupuncture, but also because in Yu people's general opinion, acupuncture is inferior to moxibustion.

  In the comprehensive medical book "Waitai Miyao" compiled by Wang Tao, the grandson of Wang Gui, a famous minister in the early years of Yu State, it even bluntly stated that "needles can kill living people, but cannot raise dead people."

   Li Ang doesn't have much malice towards acupuncture,

  He is very clear that the reason why acupuncture and moxibustion can be so popular among the people is largely due to the real problem of lack of medical treatment in Yu State——

  The more remote, the more impoverished and backward the area, lacking medical care and medicine, the easier it is for people to be forced to use various methods to save themselves.

  Simple and cheap acupuncture (especially moxibustion that is easy to operate and not prone to death) is undoubtedly the only option to solve the urgent need.

   "Looks cured?"

   Li Ang glanced at Yong Hongzhong who was walking normally, and waved to Song Shaoyuan, "Then Brother Song, I'll go first."

   "Oh, I'm sorry to trouble you."

  Song Shaoyuan was talking, when he heard the crowd around shouting again—Yong Hongzhong was about to bend down to put down his trouser legs with joy, but just as he bent down, he fell to the ground uncontrollably.

  Even though Qiu Feng, the daughter of the imperial doctor, hurriedly picked him up and put him on the chair, Yong Hongzhong still lowered his eyes and fell into dizziness.

"what happened?"

  A girl in Chinese clothes, Shi Shiran, walked out of the crowd, frowned and said to Qiu Feng, "Why are you dizzy again?"

  Qiu Feng was obviously a little nervous, almost biting his tongue, "I told the princess, "Su Wen Zhi Zhen Yao Da Lun" said: all winds and dizziness belong to the liver,

  Fengchi point is the acupoint of the Gallbladder Meridian of Foot Shaoyang, which is the junction point of the Foot Shaoyang Meridian and Yangwei Meridian.

   Two more needles should be applied to the Fengchi point, and moxibustion should be performed at the same time, and everything will be fine. "

  Princess?

  The surrounding crowd was in an uproar, and the chubby student next to Li Ang was even more stunned at the gorgeously dressed girl, his lips trembling slightly.

Li Ang's eyelids twitched slightly when he heard the word princess, but he didn't have time to think about it—Qiu Feng had already taken out the moxibustion pillars woven from wormwood from her medicine box, and was about to light them on a candle, and then put them on Yong Hongzhong's chest. Burning.

"Wait a moment,"

  Moxibustion can cause pain and potentially fatal wound infection, so Li Ang had no choice but to take a step forward, and said loudly, "Maybe let me have a look."

  (end of this chapter)