I Can Hear the Heart's Voice of Traditional Chinese Medicine-Chapter 250 - 113: Acupuncture Mastery, Returned to the Light

Zhou Jiande slightly opened his mouth, taking a good moment to return to his senses from this slightly peculiar situation, and asked with great curiosity, "How did you memorize these contents?"

"I've been involved with acupuncture for over forty years, and every few days I would take out the medical texts I studied before and read them several times, gaining new insights each time. I remember some content, but it's only a very small part, and even then, not very clearly.

What you just mentioned involved multiple medical books. Although the content is all about acupuncture, your main field is internal medicine, so your memory of acupuncture is so clear that your knowledge of internal medicine must be even clearer?"

Zhou Jiande could hardly believe that someone who had been exposed to acupuncture for less than ten days could remember so much content from acupuncture books.

This wasn't just one book; it was multiple books.

Moreover, even if it were one book, forget about ten days, even if someone were given a year, it would be difficult to achieve Lu Xuan's level of fluency without any hesitation.

Ancient medical texts were all written in classical Chinese, unlike modern Chinese, which is relatively easier to memorize.

A 500-character piece of classical Chinese can sometimes be more difficult to remember than a several-thousand-character article written in modern Chinese.

Furthermore, medical texts are full of technical terms, making them even harder to memorize.

"Perhaps it's just talent."

Lu Xuan actually didn't know how to explain it, so he attributed it to talent.

However, in response to Lu Xuan's somewhat casual answer, Zhou Jiande nodded in agreement: "Only talent can explain it."

"Over the years, I've actually done some research on Mountain Burning Fire and Heart-piercing Cold.

But there are too many medical texts involved, and the content is substantial. Integrating these contents is very difficult. It's hard to quickly identify the needling techniques of these two acupuncture skills, but I've developed some insights.

Based on what you just said, from my research on 'Acupuncture Inquiry,' I think 'shallow before deep' and 'deep before shallow' refers to the division in needle advancement and retreat, while 'Three Advances and Three Retreats' and 'Three Exits and Three Entries' are about the degrees, although the content may seem contradictory, it has greatly inspired later generations.

Moreover, the understanding that Mountain Burning Fire is about 'letting the sky energy in, the earth energy out,' and Heaven-piercing Cold is 'letting the earth energy in, the sky energy out,' preliminarily explains the mechanism by which these acupuncture skills produce heat or cold sensations, and is quite valuable."

Lu Xuan was filled with respect, thinking Elder Zhou was indeed a master of acupuncture in Yong City. His clarity mainly came from the guidance of the Heart's Voice, while Zhou Jiande relied entirely on his research of medical books.

"How much more does Dr. Lu know about the medical books related to these two esteemed skills?" Zhou Jiande's eyes were filled with a thirst for knowledge, and he was thrilled to have finally met a fellow Chinese medicine practitioner with an interest in acupuncture.

Moreover, what surprised him even more was Lu Xuan's extensive knowledge of various medical books, which was legendary.

It seemed there was nothing he couldn't remember. Such talent could be twice as effective with half the effort in mastering any skill in Chinese medicine.

Even he was incredibly envious.

At this moment, he was even more eager to have further discussions with Lu Xuan.

Even knowing that Lu Xuan hadn't been in acupuncture for long, Zhou Jiande considered this to be completely irrelevant.

With Lu Xuan's knowledge and understanding of acupuncture, even some seasoned traditional Chinese medicine doctors who have been practicing for over a decade might not compare.

Furthermore, at the United South Chinese Medicine Association, other doctors rarely studied acupuncture, so it was usually difficult to find someone to discuss it with.

As for the doctors in other Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals, honestly, he didn't think much of them.

They couldn't even receive an invitation from the United South Chinese Medicine Association, let alone meet his standards, so over the years, he had mostly been studying behind closed doors, only getting a chance to discuss the future and development of acupuncture when attending external exchanges.

Now that he had met Lu Xuan, he was not about to let him go easily.

Especially knowing that Lu Xuan was a consulting doctor at the United South Chinese Medicine Association, he was even more reluctant to end things easily.

Currently, Lu Xuan had just arrived, and no one had booked an appointment with him yet, so he had the leisure to wander into his acupuncture clinic. Once patients started booking with Lu Xuan, he wouldn't have the time to come over.

Zhou Jiande seized the opportunity, asking more questions, as such a walking encyclopedia was a rarity.

As for the patients, they could wait.

It wasn't an emergency anyway, and discussing the two renowned acupuncture skills with Lu Xuan was most important to him now.

Lu Xuan pondered for a moment: "Then let's discuss 'Medical Introduction'."

Zhou Jiande's eyes lit up with joy and surprise. He was originally just suggesting, not expecting Lu Xuan to have really researched other acupuncture books too.

While happy, he was even more amazed.

How many medical books had he memorized in such a short span of time?

While Zhou Jiande was still curious about these things, Lu Xuan had already spoken: "'Medical Introduction' also records details about Mountain Burning Fire and Heart-piercing Cold.

For treating long-term paralysis, stubborn numbness and cold paralysis, pain throughout the body, and madness due to cold and malaria, and all cold diseases: first insert the needle shallow, then gradually deeper, increasing the number of old yang for reinforcement, with the qi traveling tightly beneath the needle, causing a feeling of heat, slowly raise and press quickly for the old yang count, possibly three nines and twenty-seven counts. Use the flow method, reverse the needle head, have the patient inhale five times, allowing the qi to ascend, yang to return, and yin to retreat, named the advancing qi method, also known as Mountain Burning Fire.

For treating wind-dampness congestion, windstroke throat wind, mania, malaria-induced single heat, and all heat diseases: first insert the needle deeply, then gradually retreat shallowly, decreasing the count for lesser yin, with the feeling of coolness, quickly raise and press slowly for the initial six count, possibly three sixes and eighteen counts, draining and raising again as needed, using the flow method, slowly raising the needle, ceasing once the disease is cured, named the Heaven-piercing Cold."