Chapter 36 fourth quarter

The Browns loved Cheng Shaozhong's Christmas gift so much, it would be a pity to think that such a good thing would not be needed for them for a while, and their medicinal effects would be buried in their collection.They talked about transferring them to those in need, and they thought of Helen Herron Taft, the wife of the current US President William Howard Taft.When the first lady of the United States presided over the ceremony of planting 3,000 Japanese cherry trees at the White House on March 27 this year, she felt unwell on the spot after planting the first two saplings with the wife of the Japanese ambassador to the United States. Then he lay down on the bed and has not left the bed for nine months. After many American medical experts' diagnosis and treatment, the cause of the disease could not be diagnosed, and he did not know how to treat it.Brown called William Pitt, the president's younger brother who worked with him at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, and explained in detail the two rare traditional Chinese medicines and their origins. Soon, Pete called back, saying that Mr. President was concerned about the two medicines. He is very interested in this kind of precious Chinese medicine, and also wants to invite an imperial doctor from China to provide diagnostic advice for his wife's strange disease.He also said that he is always waiting for the presence of distinguished Chinese doctors, even now.So, after the impatient Pete put down the phone, he immediately drove to pick up the Browns and the Chinese doctor.Brown had no choice but to come to the open-air theater to find Cheng Shaozhong and Sophia halfway.

After Cheng Shaozhong heard the history of the president's wife's illness and the introduction of her condition, she knew that it was a serious illness in the meridian system. Therefore, the masters of Western medicine could not diagnose it for nine months.Because he heard from his father that Western medicine does not recognize the meridians of the human body in TCM, they only recognize the nervous system, blood system and lymphatic system, and do not think that there are other qi and blood circulation systems in TCM theory.According to Western medicine, the circulation of blood has blood vessels all over the body, which can also be seen, but who can find the track of the movement of Qi?Therefore, so far, the meridian science of Western medicine is still blank, so we can only be at a loss in the face of diseases of the meridian system.

This is my father's only objection to western medicine. He thinks it is a fly in the ointment of western medicine, and he has expressed and argued with his foster father many times.He told Cheng Shaozhong to accept everything in Western medicine, but he could not accept the prejudice that the human body does not have a meridian system. Now, the president's wife's ailment occurs precisely in a field that their doctrine does not recognize, so they cannot diagnose it.But how should the cause be explained to them?In the end, in order to avoid controversy, he euphemistically said that this is a chronic disease, and it is also something that Chinese medicine is good at treating, but the treatment methods will be considered by Western medicine to be tricks of witch doctors - such as acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, musk egg rubbing , and apply herbal medicine to the navel, soles of the feet, palms, etc., of course, some Chinese medicine should be decocted and drink some wine. I wonder if the wife of the president can accept these treatments?

Pete called his president's brother again and told Cheng Shaozhong's opinion.President Taft probably spent a lot of thinking and put forward some new opinions. Pete put down the phone and asked Cheng Shaozhong if he could make a general judgment on the patient's clinical symptoms and even explain it without seeing the patient. What is the cause of her illness? Upon hearing this, Brown asked Cheng Shaozhong worriedly: "Is this possible? My child?" Homan snatched her up and said, "I haven't met her, so how can I tell her symptoms and cause?" "Taft's request is unreasonable!" Sophia also said.

"No, I can give it a try." Cheng Shaozhong said to Pete, "However, I have to ask about the age and body shape of the president's wife first—that is, fat or thin." "She's fifty-one and thin," said Pete. "The opposite of Taft—he's a big fat man!" "Okay. Let's imagine together." After Cheng Shaozhong said this, he paused for a while, as if he had entered a mood.Then, walking slowly in the room, he continued: "The president's wife has always had a poor appetite—that is, she has a bad appetite. She often has stomach pains, and she has always had dysmenorrhea, and her menstrual periods and menstrual flow are abnormal. , but she couldn't change her habit of drinking a lot of cold drinks during her menstrual period. Therefore, her complexion was always lacking in rosiness and a little swollen. Her voice became more and more hoarse. Her waist and knees were sore and weak, dizziness, tinnitus, and limb weakness , at least for a few years, but because she was so strong, she didn't pay much attention to it. In the two or three years before the March 27th when she fell ill, she had at least a few times when she suddenly felt very uncomfortable due to fatigue Experience, but because of the timely rest and recuperation, it will be fine soon.

On March 27th, after several months of menopause, she suddenly suffered from dysmenorrhea. After planting two saplings with the wife of the Japanese ambassador, she drank a very cold drink, and soon her stomach hurt.She felt weak, her legs were weak, and she was very sleepy. She wanted to sleep, and she did lie in bed for a while.But she forgot to cover her with something, and woke up after a short sleep, feeling severe pain all over her body—just like that, she had amenorrhea since then, and began this long bedridden life. "Speaking of this, Cheng Shaozhong closed his eyes and thought for a while, and then said: "My imagination is over, I can check with the president to see what is right. "

"God, how did you describe it so clearly as if you saw it!" Sophia was a little stunned. "I hope I didn't just talk about it." Cheng Shaozhong said to everyone with a smile. "Okay, let me check with Taft." Pete seemed to have just woken up from his thoughts of going far away with Cheng Shaozhong's imagination, and went to talk to Taft on the phone.He repeated Cheng Shaozhong's "imagination" almost word for word, and then quietly waited for the other party's answer. Probably President Taft himself could not answer so many detailed questions at once, so Pete finally put down the phone: "OK! You go and ask, I will wait for your call." He said to Taft and told his current phone number.

"He needs to ask Nellie (Helen Herron Taft's nickname) herself," Homan said. "Ask Nellie's doctor, too!" said Brown. "The doctor should be able to make it clear." "I can confirm some things now." Pete said, "For example, her stomach has not been well, and she drank too many cold drinks, her voice is getting hoarse, her face is pale, swollen and her limbs are weak. .” "Then, there won't be much difference in other aspects." Cheng Shaozhong said, "Because these are all related." "If everything is true, how should her illness be diagnosed?" Pete asked.

"According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it is cold invading the Nine Palaces, and Qi and blood are closed, which is a type of typhoid." Cheng Shaozhong said, "Chronic diseases are accumulated slowly. Since the wife of the president has both Qi and blood, then whether it is Qi or blood ——Pale complexion, edema, hoarse voice, weakness of limbs, etc., and still blood—dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, and amenorrhea, etc., must have had symptoms for a long time, but they were not so serious. And two days before bedridden In three years, there will be obvious signs of seizures. But it still has not attracted enough attention, and it is possible to be bedridden after a sudden seizure. This is like two springs, one of Qi and one of blood, always overloaded for many years, There will be imperceptible breaks. Later, it rebounded several times, and there are already obvious signs of breakage, but the careless owner still does not relieve their pressure. Finally, they break suddenly, and of course, they are bedridden all at once. get up."

"Is there any chance of a cure?" Homan asked. "Of course." Cheng Shaozhong replied, "However, it won't be too fast. The disease that accumulates slowly must be eliminated slowly. According to Chinese medicine, the disease comes like a mountain, and the disease goes like a silk thread." "How long?" Brown asked. "If the patient can cooperate with the treatment, it will take about nine months to fully recover. This is because the treatment was delayed in the first nine months. Starting treatment now is not as fast as nine months ago." Cheng Shaozhong said.

At this time, the phone rang, and Pete hurried to answer it. "Are you right? Even drinking a cold drink is right? OK! It's unbelievable!" Pete shouted excitedly, "Then...OK! We'll be there right away! Yes, we'll be there , you are ready to receive guests!"