Merchant and doctor

Chapter 2366 The Hidden Pulse of No Form
Over the past few decades of economic boom, the lives of people in the surrounding areas of Lijin City have undergone tremendous changes, with the most significant transformations in dietary habits, dietary structure, living environment, and workplace culture.

Therefore, when facing patients around Lijin City, professional TCM doctors must make significant technical adjustments. In this regard, Bian Mu has done the best so far!

For example, nowadays, patients around Lijin, regardless of gender, age, wealth, or social status, have undergone significant changes in their pulse diagnosis techniques, including the Cunkou, Renying, and Fuyang pulses. If we continue to cling to the old ways of traditional Chinese medicine, it is clearly like trying to find a sword by marking the boat where it fell into the water. Moreover, contemporary patients have much higher expectations of doctors. If pulse diagnosis techniques cannot be further quantified and upgraded, it will only become more and more difficult to survive in the field of traditional Chinese medicine!

In the art of pulse diagnosis, Bian Mu is clearly several levels ahead of his peers.

Compared to renowned doctors like Zhao Xicheng and Lan Bingru who keep up with the times, Bian Mu already possesses an extremely strong ability to "travel back to the past" in pulse diagnosis. To exaggerate a bit, it would be boastful to say that no matter what kind of patient sits down in front of him, Bian Mu can take a look at their entire family medical history and diagnose their condition. However, Bian Mu can at least quickly grasp the main clues about the patient's special life experiences and genetic conditions.

Compared to the older generation of experts like Nie Yixiong, Cen Songxue, and Qi Shangqi, Bian Mu can combine some advanced mathematical knowledge to quickly grasp the patient's future blood and qi trends. He can even draw a very intuitive pulse map through the "digital medicine" system. Looking at the local TCM circle in Lijin, he may really be the only one like him right now.

Bian Mu's pulse diagnosis system is a comprehensive and three-dimensional scientific system that is beyond the imagination of most of his peers.

however……

Such a sophisticated pulse diagnosis technique was unable to accurately pinpoint Xue's "symptoms" in a short period of time!
Bian Mu has run into a tough nut to crack!

Having been caught off guard, Bian Mu's mind went blank for a moment!
"Her pulse clearly indicates insufficient Qi and blood, so how come she's completely unaware?! Could it be... that she's one of those special patients who's 'unconcerned with appearances'?! But she doesn't seem like it!" Bian Mu couldn't help but ponder for a moment.

The Diamond Sutra states explicitly: "...All forms are illusory; if one sees all forms as non-forms, then one sees the Tathagata..."

The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch also reveals a similar philosophical proposition, emphasizing that "...externally, one is free from all appearances, which is called non-appearance; only by being free from appearances can one see clear consciousness...".

This philosophy still has very practical guiding significance in the new pulse diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine. For the vast majority of TCM doctors, the entire pulse diagnosis process is basically the opposite of what is expected. As long as they carefully observe the various abnormal "changes" in the pulse of different patients, and then repeatedly and professionally compare them with the big data of pulse diagnosis they have, they can find out the cause of the disease and explore the root of the disease in depth.

Bian Mu had some bad luck today, as he ran into a patient with a "formless" light pulse.

Left with no other option, Bian Mu had to refer to other vital signs for corroboration...

It still doesn't work very well!
Left with no other choice, after obtaining Xue Gong's consent, Bian Mu had to put her left index and middle fingers together to examine her right Renying pulse, and then use two fingers of her right hand to compare her left Renying pulse.

It still doesn't work!
Huh?! Am I possessed?!
Since everyone is around the same age, it's a bit awkward to check her pulse at this time. Of course, according to traditional Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis, even referring to the pulse patterns revealed by the dorsalis pedis arteries in her feet probably wouldn't be of much help.

After a slight hesitation, Bian Mu still insisted on feeling her pulse through her socks.

After a brief discussion, Qi Yuewei moved a low stool over from the side. Engineer Xue placed her feet lightly on the stool, and Bian Mu took her pulse...

In a flash, Bian Mu seemed to have caught a glimpse of a normal "spectrum," and finally there was some movement. Bian Mu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

……

"Okay... Do you have any personal massage devices like the 'squeezing duck' type? Rechargeable ones, the kind of fitness equipment that mimics traditional Chinese massage by kneading the neck and rubbing the calves?" Bian Mu suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuewei and the engineer Xue were taken aback, exchanged glances, and simultaneously shook their heads. "It's a scam, I've never seen anyone use it!" Qi Yuewei muttered casually, frowning.

"Make a call... and have your assistant ask her! She doesn't have that thing, so it's a bit difficult for her to take her pulse..." Bian Mu suggested with a smile.

With a slight pursing of her lips, Qi Yuewei made a few arrangements over the phone.

While they were at it, Bian Mu invited Engineer Xue to take a few slow walks around the office to improve his blood circulation.

That female assistant was really helpful, bringing five or six of them, all of which were provided by her employees. Bian Mu casually picked out the most exquisitely made and simplest to use "Squeeze Duck", pressed it gently for a few seconds, turned on the power switch, and tried it out in mid-air.

"This is it! Engineer Xue! You sit on the sofa, I'll put this thing on the stool and massage your calves. Have you used it before?" Bian Mu said with a smile.

"No! I don't believe in that stuff!" Engineer Xue replied with a laugh.

"That's even better, as it will help in observing changes in the flow of qi and blood at specific points..."

"Give it a try!" With that, Engineer Xue tried it out following Bian Mu's instructions.

……

"Ouch! It hurts! Is this thing leaking electricity? It hurts so much..." Before he could finish speaking, Mr. Xue hurriedly tried to free his left leg from the "squeezable duck" protective sleeve.

Seeing this, Qi Yuewei and her female assistant quickly stepped forward to help.

Bian Mu seemed to have anticipated this, and stood there calmly for a moment, observing without lifting a finger.

It was clear that Engineer Xue was not delicate; she was sweating profusely from the pain, and her brows were furrowed so deeply they were almost distorted.

Bian Mu finally felt a little more confident.

"I have to be a little presumptuous, but I'll be doing some gentle palpation on your calf, it might hurt a bit, so please bear with it!" As he spoke, Bian Mu instructed Qi Yuewei and the other woman to stand on either side of him to support him, while he reached out and gently palpated the area a few times…

"It hurts...it's excruciating...Dr. Bian! Please forgive me! It's really..." Sweat immediately beaded on Engineer Xue's forehead.

"Hehe... The cause of the illness may have been found to be almost complete. Here's what I'll do! I have a senior colleague named Mu, who works at the Seventh Municipal Hospital. I'll talk to her later, and you two can arrange a time for you to go to her for some physiotherapy, mainly massage. Since you're both women, you can discuss things more gently or more intensely. When she feels that she's feeling much better, she'll naturally contact me."

"That's it?! Don't you need to prescribe any medicine?" Qi Yuewei asked, looking bewildered.

"My senior sister opened up her internal energy switch so that I could detect a normal pulse. In other words, I can't even complete the pulse diagnosis procedure right now, so what's the point of prescribing medicine?" Bian Mu explained with a smile.

Hearing this, the three young ladies present were completely confused and had no idea what Bian Mu meant.