Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Hai Guanchao rented a storefront on the back street and registered it as “Taisu Clinic” when applying for a license. The clinic he opened in the previous city was passed down from his family and was not called Taisu Clinic, but in order to avoid trouble, he changed the name.
Xie Lingya suggested that he use his own name, “I have seen many pharmacies and clinics, all named after their bosses, such as Li Meihua Clinic and Wang Jianguo Clinic. Your name is better than theirs.”
However, a person like Hai Guanchao, was not interested in having his name printed on the signboard. In fact, Taisu pulse was not the main method he used when practicing medicine, he just registered it casually.
In addition to applying for some documents, he also spent some time preparing indoor furnishings, medicinal materials, etc., and finally spent all his savings. It took about a month for the clinic to open, and Xie Lingya helped with the preparations.
The clinic was diagonally opposite the Taoist Temple. Xie Lingya kept his promise and actually opened the back door, and then hung a sign instructing the way to enter Taisu Clinic there. People who didn’t know it saw it in front and thought that part of the Taoist temple was rented out to serve as a clinic just like the newsagency.
In fact, Xie Lingya had guessed that if his uncle couldn’t find a haunted facade, him creating a place in the Taoist temple for Hai Guanchao was very likely!
It was just that things were different now. There were many more people visiting Baoyang Temple than before, and there were a few more people living there, so there was really no space left.
Moreover, if he had provided a place for Hai Guanchao, perhaps the Patriarch would have been anxious at that time: Our Patriarch lives in the side hall because the place was not big enough!
All in all, Taisu Clinic was officially opened, and everyone celebrated internally.
After the door opened, at first only a few nearby residents rushed to buy medicine. They were all taking Chinese medicine. Seeing that a Chinese medicine clinic had opened here, they came to see if the medicinal materials were complete. If so, it would be more convenient to get medicine from here in the future.
Hai Guanchao’s business ability was very good, otherwise he wouldn’t be hated by his peers in the last city. Because Xie Lingya learned Taisu Pulse from him, he would go to the opposite side when he had nothing to do. He saw with his own eyes how the patients who came just to get medicine became his regular patients.
Hai Guanchao accurately told the history and causes of the patient’s illness by observing the patient’s appearance, complexion and other characteristics, combined with the medicine they took.
Originally, people thought that he was only around thirty, not an old Chinese medicine doctor. But when they saw that his words were quite accurate, they felt a little impressed.
At this time, Hai Guanchao mentioned the need to check the patient’s pulse again, so there was no resistance. The next step was to talk about the treatment plan. If the patient felt that it was more reliable than the original one, then it would basically be done. After that, it would be a matter of efficacy.
Hai Guanchao told Xie Lingya that sometimes if he felt that the patient still had some doubts, he would combine physiognomy, which was the Taisu Pulse Method, with the pulse check to diagnose the patient’s past experience.
Traditional Chinese medicine could treat diseases before they occurred and prevent future diseases. Physiognomy also allowed Hai Guanchao to more accurately predict when and what diseases the patient may suffer from in the future.
“When you were thirteen years old, you should have drowned in water.” Hai Guanchao said this while taking his pulse. The patient was stunned. He thought that he had some sequelae from the drowning. At the same time, he even thought that Hai Guanchao was a miracle doctor.
The patients were looking for medical skills, while Xie Lingya was looking for physiognomy. The Taisu Pulse Technique was indeed magical. There were many physiognomy techniques mentioned in Baoyang’s Notes, and Taisu Pulse was quite special among them. After all, it used pulse patterns to identify people.
Xie Lingya’s learning in this area was relatively superficial before, just looking at faces. After seeing the specific performance, his enthusiasm for learning became even higher.
Hai Guanchao felt a little proud, feeling that he had a sure shot as a master.
There were so many changes in the Taisu Pulse Method that it would take him more than a month to explain all the key points and add some classic cases, not to mention that Xie Lingya had to memorize it and practice it later.
There were too many changes here, and they had to be combined with external factors such as climate. For example, when Hai Guanchao was a child, it took several months to get started and lay the foundation before trying to identify the pulse.
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Xie Lingya did not come to the clinic that day. He was replenishing the inventory of talismans in the Taoist temple. Just then Taisu Clinic received a patient.
It was a woman holding a child of seven or eight years old. Although the child’s eyes were open, his expression was dull. Hai Guanchao took one look and felt something was wrong, “Your child…”
“I’m here to see a doctor for the child, Doctor Hai, right?” The woman put the child on a chair beside her. The child remained in whatever position she put him in, with only his eyes moving occasionally, like a wooden man. “I heard a neighbor say that you have excellent medical skills. My child suddenly… stopped talking for some reason some time ago. I took him to several hospitals, but I couldn’t find the cause. I tried both Chinese and Western medicine.”
The woman’s brows were very anxious, with a tired expression on her face. It seemed that she was really tired these days. She was not very willing to say words like “stupid” and just said that the child stopped talking.
Hai Guanchao asked her to be more specific, and the woman said: “At 9 o’clock in the evening on the 16th, I remember clearly that I was making supper in front of the stove, and the child came to play next to me but because he sprinkled salt on the floor, I was anxious and scolded him a few words. Who knew that the child fainted at that time and had no fever, but when he woke up, he was like this. He couldn’t talk, couldn’t eat or go to the toilet, then me and his father asked for leave and took turns taking care of him. We went to several hospitals, but nothing could be done.”
“I’ll take the pulse first.” Hai Guanchao checked the child’s pulse calmly.
His family had been practicing medicine for generations and had been exposed to some unexplainable things. Based on his personal experience and medical skills, it seemed that this child had lost his soul and was not suffering from other diseases.
Humans have three souls and seven souls. If the soul is incomplete, various problems will naturally occur. The most typical one is madness. There are many reasons for losing a soul, the most important thing is to find it back in time.
When doctors in some hospitals see similar situations, they will tactfully advise patients to find someone who understands this. But now there were fewer and fewer of them. The reason was self-evident.
Hai Guanchao did not speak out immediately, but asked: “What did the previous doctors say?”
“I brought my medical records, but they all said some nonsense. They were not sure. They recommended going to a larger hospital. Or just made random guesses. It’s a bit like this but not quite the same. I can’t be sure.” The woman showed the medical records to Hai Guanchao and then said, “A relative asked me to see some kind of goddess proficient in collecting souls. It’s totally unreasonable. I hate these feudal superstitions the most.”
Hai Guanchao who was about to recommend the woman to go to the Baoyang temple in the front: “…”
The woman shouted uneasily: “Doctor Hai?”
“Your son had an accident when he was three years old. He had chickenpox, but he recovered well and quickly. He has a Shaoyang[1] body, so summer is more difficult, and he especially likes to eat cold drinks, which can easily cause diarrhea.” Hai Guanchao regained consciousness and said slowly.
“Yes, yes!” The woman thought about what her neighbor said about Dr. Hai’s diagnosis. It was indeed correct. Her son usually liked cold drinks the most, but since he got sick, he wouldn’t even ask for water.
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