Merchant and doctor

Chapter 1982 Controlling Dampness and Toxins
Acupuncture is fine, but why is it involving scallions?!

Not to mention the patient couple, even Dr. Gu was completely baffled. He thought to himself, "Bian Mu is not even thirty years old yet, and he has already opened a proper traditional Chinese medicine clinic. He must have something that can crush his peers!"

"Did you ever see old people using scallions to put out stove fires when you were little?" Bian Mu asked with a smile, taking a cleaned scallion with the root still on it.

“I’ve seen my grandfather use this thing to put out the stove fire in one go, super fast! In the blink of an eye, the stove fire is completely extinguished. When I was little, I was stupid and didn’t know to ask, Dr. Bian, what’s the reason behind that?” The man’s wife chimed in a few words.

With a slight smile, Bian Mu suddenly transformed his palm into a knife. With a "whoosh," the palm wind swept across, and the scallion head was cleanly severed, leaving the fresh cut clearly visible.

"Look, it's hollow inside, doesn't it look like a bunch of tubes bundled together?!" As she spoke, Bian Mu handed a scallion with the top removed to the man's wife.

The three people took turns holding the scallion and examined it carefully. Sure enough, it looked like many pipes nested together.

"What you see with the naked eye is nesting, but actually, there are several layers inside, like copper coins inside an electrical wire, arranged side by side. We might as well call it a cluster arrangement! In the old days, people would just stick a scallion close to the bottom of the stove into the fire, and the fire would immediately go out completely. Why would the old people waste a scallion?! Mainly for safety reasons. In the countryside, in the old days, when people finished eating and went to work in the fields, if the fire wasn't completely extinguished, by the time they returned from the fields, the kitchen would almost be burned to the point of collapse. They learned from these mistakes that using this method to extinguish the fire almost never resulted in it reigniting." Bian Mu explained with a smile.

Oh……

"What kind of logic is this?!" The man's wife suddenly became more talkative.

"Isn't it hollow inside? Just stick it into the ashes that haven't completely burned out, and the air is immediately cut off. There won't be any oxygen left inside, and it will be extinguished in three breaths! Safe! Now people can go to work in the fields with peace of mind, no longer worrying that the embers will reignite and cause a fire in the kitchen or even the entire farmhouse," Bian Mu explained with a smile.

oh……

Only then did the three of them suddenly realize.

Dr. Gu was completely convinced. He had been practicing medicine for most of his life, and he had never even heard of such an extremely miraculous acupuncture technique, let alone learned it from someone.

"I'll insert a ring of acupuncture needles around the wound, then two more rings at the middle node, and two more rings at the end. These three clusters of acupuncture needles will naturally create three hollow areas. Using several suction techniques, I'll draw out at least 70% of the heat toxins from the patient's body. If it works today, you'll see bluish-black pus and blood gradually seeping out near the wound. I'll wrap a small circle around this area with medicated cotton and gauze, sprinkle some medicinal powder on it. Once the bluish-black pus and blood are filtered through the cotton, it should turn into a bright red color. If the result is good, then today's work won't have been in vain." As she spoke, Bian Mu instructed Dr. Gu to begin inserting the needles!
After completing the round of acupuncture, Dr. Gu quietly counted that 13 small steel needles had been used.

After inserting a round of standard-sized acupuncture needles, Dr. Gu counted that nine ordinary steel needles had been used.

The last round was completed using three long needles.

Dr. Gu was quite puzzled as to what kind of quantitative relationship existed between the three circles of acupuncture needles. He clearly guessed that there was a lot of intricacies involved, but after decades of medical practice, he still couldn't figure it out at all... Sigh! You really can't compare people!

It would take a while for the needle to heal, so Bian Mu instructed the man's wife to stay by his side and call him and Doctor Gu as soon as she saw thick blood seeping out.

Just then, the man's daughter rushed back. Bian Mu saw that she was dressed neatly and didn't seem like a fool. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Bian Mu told her to stay by her mother's bedside. Bian Mu then invited Dr. Gu to go to the balcony for some fresh air, as the master bedroom was too stuffy and it was really hard to stand staying there for too long!

"Did you take some benefits from them?" Bian Mu asked with a smile, lowering her voice.

"Actually, it's nothing... just a few bottles of good wine and three thousand yuan. I really believed in your new drug! I got a little cocky... and made some boastful claims. I didn't expect... as you saw, he's quite difficult to deal with. Even if I saw things weren't going well and refunded the wine and the prepayment, he wouldn't let it go. So... I'm really sorry to trouble you!" "I guessed it was... a one-time exception! You know, if it had been just a little bit worse, he would have entered the chronic osteomyelitis stage. At that point, his whole family would really cling to you... even if you took out all your savings and sold the house, it probably wouldn't be enough!"

Upon hearing this, Dr. Gu immediately broke out in a sweat.

"Ah?! Really... that... that's really life-threatening! Luckily I had the nerve to ask you for help... I'll pay for everything this time, I'll pay for everything!" Dr. Gu was truly shocked this time.

"Doctors should seek wealth through proper means! This rule, passed down for thousands of years, is not just a saying. I believe it's not merely a simple moral instruction; it's also a self-protective measure for many doctors. Otherwise, why would I go to the trouble of developing traditional Chinese medicine?! Right? It's precisely to avoid seeking wealth in clinical medicine! Otherwise, you might get into trouble at any time!" Bian Mu solemnly warned Dr. Gu.

"I was wrong about this... I promise I won't do it again! Thank you so much, Master Bian, you really saved my life!"

"Keep your voice down! They don't know anything yet!" Saying this, Bian Mu couldn't help but prick up his ears to listen to the sounds inside the house. Only after confirming that no one was eavesdropping on their secret conversation did he turn his head away.

"Yes, look at me... sigh! I'm so ashamed..."

"You can't do this again when you're screening colleagues for the meeting in a couple of days! You have to carefully select honest and upright people, otherwise you'll be setting me up!" Bian Mu warned again.

"I know, I know! I absolutely won't do anything reckless, I promise!"

As the two were talking, they heard the man's daughter calling them into the house from not far away, saying that pus and blood were seeping out...

……

After coming downstairs, Bian Mu didn't let the man's daughter continue to see him off. After exchanging a few polite words, she took her leave.

In the parking lot, just as he was about to open the car door and get in, Dr. Gu couldn't contain his curiosity and asked with a smile, "How did he get that cigarette butt out of his mouth?! It was like magic!"

Bian Mu rolled up the cuffs of his long-sleeved shirt, revealing a bit of the whip tip.

"Huh?! What is this thing?" Dr. Gu asked curiously as he leaned closer.

"Sleeve whip! I practice it casually to build up my strength. Otherwise, how come my bone-setting is more effective than other practitioners!"

"Seriously? We have to train like this?! I've never heard anyone mention this before?!"

“Every school has its own methods, it’s not surprising! It’s getting late, let’s head back!” With that, Bian Mu opened the car door, got into the driver’s seat, and called Dr. Gu to get in and leave.

Throughout the journey, Dr. Gu suddenly became much quieter. In his view, he had wasted most of his life...