Chapter 38 Section VI

The guests were again invited into Mrs. Nellie's ward. Diagnosis begins. Cheng Shaozhong asked the nurse for a piece of white paper and a pen, and asked Mrs. Nellie to take off her gloves and press her hand flat on the paper.Then, he turned around and took out a flute from the outpatient supplies that Sophia kept for him.After adjusting his mood a little, he closed his eyes and didn't look at anyone, and started to play softly - when he took the pulse of underage royal family members in the court, he often calmed the emotions of patients in this way.His father told him that this can win the favor of the patient and calm the fear of the patient. It is also an elegant treatment method of traditional Chinese medicine. Entering the high-pitched cadenza phrase, from Xu Jianji to weak crescendo, the repeated evolution, development and variation of the theme melody began.The ancient culture of ancient China and the ancient melody of ancient musical instruments, in this beautiful presidential residence of a western country, are like birds with flapping wings, flying up and down, flying in all directions, flying into people's ears and hearts.At this time, the people sitting in the ward did not seem to gather here for the theme of sadness, but to enjoy a beautiful foreign concert together.Everyone's faces were full of surprise and intoxication. President Taft stood up unknowingly, and the service staff couldn't help being stunned. Mrs. Nellie's eyes gradually widened, and her hand pressed on the paper felt a little nervous. trembling.Homan grabbed her husband's hand excitedly, Sophia hugged her mother's shoulders tightly, Brown and Pete opened their mouths in surprise at the same time, Dr. Martin's deep-set and bright eyes were completely fixed on Cheng Shaozhong's slightly closed eyes, full of Confuse……

After the sound of the flute roamed around every corner of the presidential mansion, it gradually slowed down, weakened into a gossamer and faded away.Cheng Shaozhong stepped forward to hold Mrs. Nellie's hand, picked up the white paper, squinted his eyes against the light and looked at it for a while, then picked up a pen to draw a few lines on the paper, and drew a few "△" on it And "〇" and "×".Then he said to President Taft in English: "Judging from the hand lines, the whole condition is basically the same as expected. It is indeed cold invasion of the Nine Palaces, Qi and blood are closed, and needs to be recovered gradually. The main treatment methods are acupuncture and moxibustion. , cupping, sticking plasters and drinking medicinal wine. It is expected to get out of bed in two months, lose crutches in six months, and basically recover in about eight or nine months, but the recovery of language ability will not be too laborious."

Cheng Shaozhong's English was very difficult to understand, so Brown repeated it for him. President Taft said to Dr. Martin: "Let's treat according to the plan. OK?" Dr. Martin nodded again and again: "Yes, Yes." Then Mrs. Nellie took off her pajamas and got ready for treatment. Cheng Shaozhong asked Sophia to be his assistant. First, he arranged the ginger slices, snake head incense, plasters, silver needles, moxa ropes, cupping jars, and a little medicinal wine neatly, and asked Dr. Martin for sterilized cotton. Then he took off his coat, First wipe your fingers carefully with a sterile cotton pad.Then, he lightly touched Mrs. Nellie's body who was a little nervous, and helped her relax first by finding the acupuncture point, then picked up the ginger slices and wiped the acupuncture points repeatedly, and when the skin was slightly red, pressed the ginger slices on the acupuncture points On the table, quietly picked up the silver needle with his right hand, and asked Mrs. Nellie to close her eyes slightly and imagine Santa Claus descending from the sky.At the same time, quietly and quickly insert the needle into the ginger slice and twist it in, so that when the hand is raised, the silver needle penetrates the ginger slice and has penetrated into the flesh, but Mrs. Nellie has no special reaction.Then, I took a new piece of ginger to wipe, rubbed the acupoints and stuck them on the acupoints, and then quietly inserted the needles while avoiding Mrs. Nellie's sight, and twisted them in. Repeatedly, six needles were inserted in a short while.Cheng Shaozhong gently twisted the silver needles, and asked Mrs. Nelly, does it hurt?She shook her head slightly.Cheng Shaozhong took out the needle and told the president that this is acupuncture and it is basically painless.Then, Cheng Shaozhong asked Sophia to sterilize the needle and put it away, then picked up a piece of moxa rope and lit it, put it aside, then picked up ginger slices and snake head incense, rubbed and rubbed the acupuncture points repeatedly, and when the skin turned red, put the ginger Press the piece on the acupuncture point, put away the snake head incense, take the moxa rope and press the burning end on the ginger piece, see that Mrs. Nellie has a hot reaction, remove the moxa rope, press the ginger piece and rub it for a while After a while, remove the ginger slices at the end, continue to rub the snake head incense for a while, repeat this twice, and ask Mrs. Nellie if she feels comfortable?Lady Nellie nodded, smiling.Cheng Shaozhong told the President and Mrs. Nelly that this is moxibustion.It is very comfortable, and its effect is similar to that of acupuncture, both of which are important methods for opening acupuncture points.Finally, Cheng Shaozhong asked Mrs. Nelly to lie face down on the bed and bury her head in the pillow. Then, she picked up four cupping jars and lined them up one by one, and then used a knife to gently scrape some of the snake head incense and put them into the cupping jars. Light one of the four pieces of paper, quickly stuff it into a cupping pot, and then gently rotate the cupping pot to the place where Mrs. Nellie's shoulder blade has more muscles, and the cupping pot is sucked on her shoulder blade.Repeat this three times, and the four cupping cans will be firmly sucked on Mrs. Nelly's two shoulder blades and two hips respectively.Cheng Shaozhong said to the President and Mrs. Nelly: This is cupping.It is an effective way to dissipate the cold air in the body. The cold air is emitted outside. It is the heated snakehead incense that opens the skin seal with its high penetration function and drives the internal cold out of the body surface.

President Taft smiled exaggeratedly and said: "This is really a wonderful performance of oriental medicine! Let me feel the power of God again. This is the wisdom of God. It will definitely produce incredible curative effects. Dear Nellie—— He greeted him like this, walked quickly to his wife's hospital bed, bent down and said, "You are really a great woman! You are the first person in the United States to bravely accept Chinese medicine treatment!" Cheng Shaozhong also gave a thumbs up and praised: "The president's wife is really amazing!" Mrs. Nellie looked at Cheng Shaozhong with a smile, stretched out her trembling right pen and wrote a few words on the cardboard: I am very happy, thank you!