Merchant and doctor

Chapter 2488 Five Elements Wood Transformation
There are countless pulse patterns. Roughly speaking, they can be divided into three categories: divine pulse, normal pulse, and unusual pulse. More specifically, unusual pulse can be further subdivided into types such as extraordinary pulse, dead pulse, rootless pulse, etc.

Such extraordinary individuals are extremely rare, occurring in only one out of millions of people. Many professional TCM doctors may never encounter a single case in their entire lives, making it largely uncommon.

Abnormal veins are also rare, often found only in a million.

Under normal circumstances, no matter what disease ordinary people have, they are unlikely to escape the scope of normal pulse patterns.

The "withered pulse" belongs to the category of extraordinary pulses and is somewhat related to the "rootless pulse," as it intersects with the patient's unique life experiences.

Although the term "emotional disorder" is related to emotional disorders, its fatal symptoms are not psychological but rather real physical symptoms, and if not treated properly, it can be fatal.

Human life is at stake! Dian Shuhua recently encountered a patient who, perhaps unsure of the situation, was directly referred to the main clinic.

After observing him for a long time, Bian Mu was somewhat puzzled. The man in front of her, who had a rather calm demeanor, did not seem to have the "sickly" constitution. In fact, the roots of his heart were not as withered and weak as she had imagined. At least, he shouldn't be going to be admitted to the ICU within three to five years, right?

What happened?!

“No wonder Dian Shuhua was a little unsure… So… where exactly is the root of his extraordinary meridian?” For a moment, Bian Mu was also a little confused.

"There are some things I need to ask a few more questions about. If it involves family privacy, please let me know if you mind, and I won't ask any more questions."

"It's nothing, just a bit of a problem with my heart lately. How should I put it... the symptoms are unpredictable. Sometimes, my heart feels tight, like something's blocked, but it doesn't last long and it goes away. There's no regularity to it. Other times, I feel uneasy, like something bad is about to happen to me, and I suddenly feel really uncertain, for no reason! Normally, I should be facing some difficulties in life, the kind that I can't solve, but... my family hasn't encountered any particularly troublesome problems. It's okay, ask away! I certainly won't avoid talking about what I can tell you." The man's expression seemed somewhat wooden, with some transitions between micro-expressions lacking smoothness, and the emphasis of each sentence was generally biased towards the end. Individually, Bian Mu didn't think much of it, but put together, he immediately became alert.

There was definitely something wrong with the man in front of me.

"How many houses do you own?" Bian Mu asked directly, which sounded a bit abrupt to anyone. Why was he asking about someone's family privacy when he was just there for a medical consultation?!

“Me?! Three apartments… I inherited one from my grandfather, and I bought one myself before getting married. It wasn’t a special purchase; we were getting along quite well beforehand and bought one together, saying that the apartment would definitely appreciate several times over in the future. At the time, I happened to have some spare cash, so I made a down payment. He bought an apartment in Unit 2 of the same building, and I chose a unit on the third floor of the last unit. There were two apartments on the first floor, and it seemed alright at the time. After we got married, she said that living in the city center was convenient, so I mortgaged the apartment my grandfather gave me and got some money back…”

The man's voice gradually became shaky. To Bian Mu, the crucial and seemingly natural logical connections had actually become visibly broken. This wasn't just a simple case of "distracted mind," it was an illness! At the very least, it should be considered a symptom of "distracted spirit." Therefore, Bian Mu secretly divided his mind in two. Only professional TCM doctors who had mastered internal energy cultivation techniques like guiding exercises to a certain level could do this, and currently, it seemed that only Bian Mu and Liang Xiangyin could manage it at the "New Concept" TCM clinic.

The classic novel "Journey to the West" is also very vivid in some details. For example, in Chapter 69, the Master of the Heart prepares medicine at night and discusses demons and evil spirits at the king's banquet, Sun Wukong uses two medical skills to treat the king of Zhu Zi Kingdom: diagnosing the pulse with a suspended thread, determining the fate of the world with three golden threads, and the technique of splitting the soul to chase away evil spirits.

Those two medical skills were something Sun Wukong had diligently cultivated through countless seasons in the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars. The Kingdom of Zhu Zi was merely a small test of his abilities. Ordinary readers, unfamiliar with traditional Chinese medicine, cannot see through the mysteries within. However, medical experts can understand it immediately. If Sun Wukong hadn't used the "Soul-Separating Technique" to diagnose the condition, how would he have known about the "two birds separated from their flock"?

The saying "one cannot do two things at once" applies to ordinary people. But a medical expert like Bian Mu can not only do two things at once, but also control them with ease. This is considered to be the initial level of the "Distraction and Soul-Chasing Technique".

One part of her mind had to follow the male patient's gaze, synchronizing with him; the other part had to be directed to the meridians near her ears, activating her auditory senses, and then following the patient's words. Ordinary physical hearing was basically ineffective at this point, so Bian Mu had to use her auditory senses to listen to the other person's inner thoughts and mental voices, which was extremely taxing on her mental energy...

"No wonder... the person in front of me has a completely different mind from what he says, his gaze is completely unrelated to what he is looking at. Damn! It has developed to this point?! Dian Shuhua's pulse diagnosis technique has really improved quite a bit..." Bian Mu couldn't help but think to himself.

"Hehe... No need to go into details. The specific details of family matters aren't very relevant to the illness we're discussing. Will those three houses make you unhappy?" Bian Mu interrupted the man's narration and asked with a smile.

"Well, I was a bit bothered at first, but now it seems like I don't care anymore..."

"Of the assets under your name... how much can you dispose of at any time? I mean, without consulting anyone or obtaining anyone's consent? Just give me a rough estimate..." Bian Mu continued to press.

"Well... I haven't really calculated it... It's probably around 40%?! Maybe... less than 40%? I can't say for sure..." The man's tone became somewhat low, and his expression looked a bit indifferent, a bit helpless, a bit nonchalant, which was quite unusual.

"I need to take the man's pulse again." As he spoke, Bian Mu took the man's pulse again, this time using a method called "Five Elements Divine Gathering".

The so-called "Five Elements Spirit Gathering" method refers to the five elements, namely metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, which are the five pulse lines. The person taking the pulse must concentrate their mind and energy, pausing all their usual pulse-taking habits, and then use the five pulse lines of metal, wood, fire, and earth to guide the patient's five pulses. According to old sayings, this is also a kind of "separation of threads pulse diagnosis technique". Generally, even the best TCM practitioners will never have anything to do with this kind of advanced technology in their lifetime.

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"Good heavens! It's unimaginable how he usually lives. All his meridians have turned into wood, and a grown man has turned all his five elements into wood meridians... So... the 'Love and Affection Meridian' comes from here?!" Thinking of this, Bian Mu was quite surprised.