Chinese medicine doctor Xu Yang

Lingshi is the narrowest county in Shanxi. It is located between two mountains and a river. There are mountains on both sides and the Fen River in the middle. There is not a few flat pieces of land in the entire county.

Today they were going to a village very far away. The two of them rode bicycles there, bumping and shaking along the way. Xu Yang's buttocks were swollen, and finally they reached the foot of the mountain.

The two found a place to hide their bicycles, and then started hiking up the mountain. At this time, Mr. Li was already a middle-aged man, but he walked on the mountain road very fast and fast. Xu Yang, a young man, could not keep up with him.

Not long after, Xu Yang was out of breath.

However, Mr. Li walked very easily. Mr. Li joked: "Young people should exercise more."

Xu Yang gasped: "Yes, do you often walk mountain roads?"

Mr. Li was walking in front and said, "Yes, the entire Lingshi is made up of mountains. Now that I work in the county hospital, I have to walk a lot less. When I was a barefoot doctor, I had to travel through the mountains every day."

"I would often be woken up in the middle of the night, and I would go over the mountains and ridges to treat people under the starry sky. At that time, the mountain roads were invisible, so over time, I developed the ability to walk on the mountain roads with my eyes closed."

"But, this kind of weather is easy to walk. What I'm most afraid of is the heavy rainy days. The mountain roads are too slippery. If you are not careful, you will fall off the mountain. There are also heavy snowy days. The mountains are covered with snow. Walking on the mountain roads is difficult. It’s like skating.”

Xu Yang panted from behind and asked, "Don't you have to wrestle all the time?"

Mr. Li smiled and said: "I fell, of course I did, but I fell many times. I often come back from the hospital with my clothes and pants torn, with bruises all over my body, and I get slapped by my wife when I get home. Curse immediately."

Mr. Li shook his head: "There is nothing I can do. Since they are looking for you in the middle of the night, it must be a very serious illness. Farmers are too poor and dare not see a doctor for minor illnesses, so they are critical and serious at first sight. They come here in the middle of the night. It must be very serious to ask you to travel across mountains and ridges to see a doctor. I just fell a few times, but they are waiting for help."

Xu Yang immediately felt admiration. Mr. Li had been climbing over mountains and ridges to save people's lives in the vast countryside all year round, and the hardships involved were unknown to outsiders.

Those who are willing to go to the doctor these days have their medical expenses reimbursed by their employer. Farmers don't even have enough to eat, so they have to endure it when they are sick. Only when they can't bear it anymore do they think of calling a doctor.

So doctors like them are in critical condition as soon as they take over.

This is different from the city. In the city, critical and serious cases are taken directly to the hospital by ambulance, and there is no chance for TCM treatment. If you meet an enlightened Western doctor, you may ask for a TCM consultation, but it is only a consultation.

In rural areas, many traditional Chinese medicine doctors deal with critical and severe diseases all day long. They had no other choice but to bite the bullet and use traditional Chinese medicine to treat it.

This treatment resulted in the emergence of a group of masters of traditional Chinese medicine who are good at critical and serious diseases. Mr. Li is one of them, and he is also the most famous among them.

Mr. Li was climbing the mountain in front and suddenly asked: "Xu Yang, do you really want to study medicine with me?"

Xu Yang, who was following behind, was startled for a moment, and then immediately responded: "Of course it is true!"

Mr. Li did not look back and continued: "I have had a rough life. I was imprisoned twice and have not been rehabilitated. I have stains and scars all over my body. I am really not a lucky person."

"I have never been a disciple. In those years, when everyone heard Li Ke's name, it was like hearing the god of plague, and they were afraid to avoid it. I have always been self-taught Chinese medicine. Many fellow Chinese medicine practitioners said that I am a wild man. You are willing to learn from me. ?”

Xu Yang nodded very seriously: "I do!"

Mr. Li added: "My medication often exceeds the pharmacopoeia by more than ten times or even dozens of times. Do you know what this means?"

Xu Yang said: "If you save him, your license will be revoked; if you don't save him, you will go to jail."

Mr. Li suddenly stopped, turned around, stared at Xu Yang with burning eyes, and asked, "Aren't you afraid?"

Xu Yang hesitated for a moment, and then he said firmly: "Of course I'm afraid, but I know you are right!"

Mr. Li also showed a look of astonishment: "Do you think I am right?"

Xu Yang nodded.

Mr. Li chuckled: "Everyone in the world says that I am deviant and that my use of medicine is dangerous, but you think I am right?"

Xu Yang said: "Because I know that you are the one who truly understands Zhongjing's methods."

Mr. Li was really surprised this time. He looked at Xu Yang up and down several times and moved his lips a few times. He wanted to say something, but in the end he swallowed it. He just said: "Let's get on with it."

Xu Yang nodded.

The two of them were on their way again, speeding along until after noon. After climbing over the mountains, we came to the village hidden in the mountains.

Mr. Li greeted the villagers familiarly.

The patient's family members led Mr. Li to the patient's room.

At first sight, it was another critical illness!

Xu Yang breathed out a heavy breath. It was rare to encounter a serious illness in the city before. But in this rural area in the early 1980s, where people were seriously ill every three days, he had learned a lot.

The two entered the room.

There was a middle-aged woman lying on her side on the bed, vomiting frequently.

Mr. Li said: "Xu Yang, go up and make a diagnosis."

"Yes." Xu Yang stepped forward and saw that the patient was frequently vomiting foul smelling saliva and containing feces.

Xu Yang saw the patient lying on the bed moaning in pain, with unstoppable cold sweat falling from his head, and his right leg was bent and he did not dare to straighten it a little.

Xu Yang opened the patient's clothes and found a bulging mass the size of a steamed bun in the appendix of the patient's lower abdomen. It looked red and swollen. The slightest touch made the patient extremely painful.

Xu Yang covered it with his own hands, feeling a burning sensation and a wave sensation, the kind of burning sensation that comes in waves. The patient's abdomen was as swollen as an urn and had bouts of cramping pain.

Xu Yang frowned, touched the patient's forehead, and found that the patient obviously had a fever, but with such a high fever, the patient kept shivering, and his teeth were chattering with cold.

Xu Yang opened the patient's mouth and took a look. The patient's breath was foul-smelling, his tongue was black and prickly, and it was dry.

Xu Yang could tell from the appearance alone that the patient had severe appendicitis and intestinal abscesses, which was already very serious. Xu Yang had treated appendicitis before, but compared with the one in front of him, that stubborn old man's condition seemed like a joke. After all, that stubborn old man still had the time and energy to quarrel!

Mr. Li is also asking the patient's family members.

"Oops, I've been in pain for five days. I can't even vomit anymore. I'm even vomiting out my stool. I can't stand it anymore! We have no other choice, so we asked you to help. Brother Li Ke, you must Help your sister-in-law."

the family begged.

There was an old man with gray hair next to him, standing in the room, walking back and forth with his hands behind his back. He said a little irritably: "You guys just can't make sense. This is obviously appendicitis, abscess and intestinal obstruction. It's been three days." I had a bowel movement, I didn’t even fart, and my fever is 40 degrees.”

"I gave her penicillin, but it didn't work. She needed surgery, but they didn't listen. If she continued to suffer from perforated appendix and peritonitis, she would die."

"This kind of disease can only be sent to the county hospital for surgery. Even our village clinic can't cure it. But you just don't listen and even call Li Ke. It's useless to call him here. Surgery is necessary!"

This man is the barefoot doctor in their village.

Mr. Li also asked: "Why hasn't he been sent for surgery?"

The family member was a middle-aged farmer with rough skin and a tanned face. He was a cheerful person, but his face turned red at this moment. He grabbed the corner of his tattered clothes and said, "Your sister-in-law, she... …dare not go for surgery…and…and…”

Mr. Li sighed slightly. He had seen this situation many times.

The barefoot doctor said: "This is not a question of whether you dare or not. Your efforts to call Li Ke are in vain. This is an acute abdomen, appendicitis, abscess and intestinal obstruction. If one occurs, surgery is necessary, let alone two. ."

"It's useless for you to seek Chinese medicine for this. I have also studied Chinese medicine, and I can also go to the mountains to dig up herbal medicine, but Chinese medicine cannot cure acute abdomen!"

After Xu Yang finished the diagnosis, he stood up and said, "Who said traditional Chinese medicine can't cure acute abdomen?"

The barefoot doctor was older and a prestigious person in the village. When he saw that this young man dared to challenge him, he immediately became unhappy and said, "Can you cure me? If you can cure me, I'll eat this table!"

Xu Yang smiled angrily: "Old man, please don't cheat me by eating or drinking, okay?"