NBA: The best team doctor in history

Chapter 36: Today's young people are so soft

"what?"

Jiang Muyan, who was squatting next to Jiang Ming, had her beautiful eyes moving around, not knowing what would happen next.

But she nodded indifferently and said, "Don't worry, I can do surgery for 12 hours straight. I can break bones that male doctors can't break."

"Okay, you can be a construction worker." Sean gave a thumbs up. Orthopedic surgery is really hard work. The only time he regrets entering this industry is when he uses an electric drill or hammer in the operating room.

"I can't bear to do that. Let our male doctors examine the bones."

Jiang Ming smiled and winked at Jiang Muyan.

"Doctor, stop flirting, what are you going to do to me next!"

Oden, on the other hand, couldn't wait any longer. Forget about hitting his bones. He didn't need to be hit anyway.

The 20 minutes of acupuncture just now made him feel an unprecedented therapeutic effect, which was much better than the effects of his gym physiotherapists, Western medicine rehabilitation therapists, foam rollers, and fascia sticks.

And he himself knows that this is a real effect!
The rehabilitation training I did before was just superficial work, but this "needle to the flesh" approach has a significant effect.

So he was eager to see what this smoking cigarette butt was used for.

Jiang Ming explained:
"This is called moxibustion, a very common physical therapy method in traditional Chinese medicine. Moxibustion has the effects of regulating qi and blood, warming the meridians and dispelling cold, replenishing yang, regulating immunity, reducing swelling and relieving pain.

And now I will use this moxa stick to fumigate the pain and swelling in your right knee caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis."

Oden was so anxious after hearing a bunch of words that could make him feel comfortable that he quickly lay down and exposed his knees:

"I'm ready, come on."

"Ah."

Jiang Ming fixed the freshly peeled garlic to the skin of his knees and ankles with medical tape, then took the moxa stick from Jiang Muyan's hand and hung the lit end up and down and left and right over his knees.

While turning around, he asked:

"Oden, just say it's hot, but don't tell me how much you can tolerate."

"it is good!"

"It burned my leg hair!"

"Who made your legs so hairy?"

Jiang Ming soon found a suitable distance, and he signaled to Jiang Muyan with his eyes:
"The moxibustion distance he can accept is about this long. Now I'll give it to you to do the moxibustion. You can start with this point. I'll draw the other points for you now."

After making way, Jiang Muyan carefully took the moxa stick handed to him by Jiang Ming with his right hand, while Jiang Ming also half-knelt and naturally held the back of her hand, controlling her fingers to teach her the correct posture of holding the moxa stick:
"If the patient complains of fever, you can turn it clockwise and use the acupuncture point as the center point to moxibustion a small area, like this."

Jiang Ming's right hand was moving slightly with Jiang Muyan's slender and dexterous right hand. It was not known whether it was because the moxa stick had become hotter or the air conditioner was not cold enough, but both of them felt hot. Jiang Muyan said nothing, and her ears and neck were red.

This hand is so soft, it doesn't look like an orthopedic surgeon's hand.

Jiang Ming was stunned for a moment, then he quickly let go of his hand when he felt his heartbeat quicken, his face also turning red.

I actually never had a romantic relationship during my medical career.

My first and only love was in junior high school, so being in such close contact with a beautiful doctor now inevitably brought up long-lost feelings.

But in fact, Jiang Muyan is the same. Being able to become an expert in South Korea at the age of 26 means she is destined to have no time to develop any relationship between men and women. She is the kind of workaholic who revolves around the hospital 24 hours a day.

So she couldn't help but press her left hand on her heart, trying to calm her heartbeat, for fear that Jiang Ming behind her would notice something was wrong with her.

But as he was pressing, he became distracted and his right hand lowered.

"Oh my god, it's hot!"

"They can't even stand a little bit of heat. Young people nowadays are so soft!" Jiang Ming cursed, and only then did the strange atmosphere return to normal.

Jiang Muyan quickly returned to her original height.

Jiang Ming asked Sean for a marker, selected 1 to 3 main and auxiliary acupoints on the knees and ankles, wrote 1, 2, 3, and asked Jiang Muyan to continuously fumigate and moxibustion the Ashi point, Zusanli point, Jiexi point, and Yongquan point.

"Each acupuncture point should be moxibustioned for about 20 minutes. I leave it to you, Muyan."

"no problem!"

"You didn't have to keep your hands raised all the time. The conditions were simple. Thank you for your hard work!"

If time is not tight, Jiang Ming can temporarily make a moxa stick holder, but the effect is definitely not as good as holding it in the hand. After all, the patient will definitely move, and the acupoints will be moved slightly. The best effect will be achieved if the doctor holds the moxa stick in his hand all the time.

"It's a small problem. I promised to help you. Just remember to recommend me a book about the acupuncture points you mentioned. I want to learn it too."

"Okay, no problem. I'll give you one next time."

Jiang Ming agreed immediately. The book on acupoints was actually the textbook for his Traditional Chinese Medicine course during his undergraduate years. He just needed to ask his junior fellow student to send him a few copies.

"Thank you!"

"Don't thank me yet. My hands are sore so I'll let Sean take over. It's really a test of endurance. I'll go warm up over there. I'll also have to work hard later."

Oden felt the heat on his knees, but he was worried: "You want to show off?"

Because he had just complained that his previous therapist always seemed to relax him, but now it seemed that Jiang Ming's trick was also just superficial?

Smoked knees?
What’s the difference between this and applying a hot towel to your knees with some medicine added?

But it feels different.

After Jiang Muyan persisted in lifting for 10 minutes, Oden felt that his knees were not only hot, but also sore, numb, swollen, and painful, which made his forehead sweat. He also felt that his knees were discharging accumulated water or dirt, and gradually he felt much more relaxed.

However, after suddenly feeling a crawling sensation in his knees, Oden couldn't help but look up at his knees and asked Jiang Mingdao, who was doing stretching exercises:

"Dr. Jiang, I feel like ants are crawling on my knees and water is flowing on my knees. Is this feeling right?"

Jiang Ming stopped warming up his arms and replied:

"It's normal. This is called moxibustion sensation, which refers to a change in the body's qi during moxibustion. It generally includes ten sensations: sour, numb, swollen, painful, itchy, cold, hot, windy, chill, and cool."

"Since everyone's physical condition is different, their experience of moxibustion is also different, so the specific feelings described are also diverse, which may be the crawling feeling or flowing water feeling you mentioned.

It may also be the feeling of being blown by a cold wind or being roasted by a fire.

Moxibustion is mainly divided into three stages. The first stage is characterized by heat penetration, heat expansion, and heat transfer, which indicates that the body's meridians and qi and blood are activated;
The second stage is characterized by a feeling of soreness, numbness, swelling, pain, and itching, which indicates that the activated meridian Qi in the body is fighting against the pathogenic Qi.

The third stage is characterized by the sensation of wind, cold, cool and chill, which means that the meridian Qi in the body is sufficient and has begun to expel pathogens from the body.

So this is why it takes 20 minutes for one point. Just bear with it. This is one of the healthiest ways for us Chinese to maintain our health, with only benefits and no harm.

Now an expert doctor is doing moxibustion for you. In our place, you are treated like a provincial leader."

Jiang Ming lamented that if this happened in China, would a doctor of Jiang Muyan's rank perform moxibustion on an athlete?
What kind of treatment is this?
He had gone to treat Shi Chang with his mentor, who was also an expert. No matter how high his status was, he still obeyed the doctor's orders. Moxibustion, which was not complicated but time-consuming, was left to students or interns, because there was no skill involved and it relied purely on endurance.

Now when I think about the medical expenses collected by my mentor that day, my $10 is nothing compared to that.

After hearing what Jiang Ming said, Oden quickly thanked the three people in front of him. After all, he didn't know their resumes:

"Thank you, young lady, and thank you, big brothers, for treating me overnight. I'll treat you to a seafood dinner after I finish my game tomorrow! The prawns here in Portland are really delicious!"

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