Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 367 Feeling the Pulse

Song Ying was dumbfounded: "Master, are you speaking sarcastically?"

"Of course not." Doctor Lin rubbed her head. "Don't listen to your uncle. You think medicine and herbs are too sacred. You put yourself on a pedestal. Your life is old-fashioned and tiring. No matter what kind of medical skills you have, it only matters if your heart is righteous."

Song Ying was immediately happy, "Master, you don't know, we checked those three gangsters during this period, they are really bad, someone made tofu and set up a stall to sell it on the street, but because I didn't pay them protection money, they directly overturned the stall.

At that time, the tofu seller knelt on the ground and picked up the broken tofu with his hands, saying that he would take it home to wash and eat at home. I heard that there were many such cases. They ate, drank and had fun all day, and when they ran out of money, they went to ask people for protection money.

Their stalls are not set up at their doorsteps, so why should they be paid? Besides, without them, they wouldn't need protection money at all. So, if we give them protection money, they can still fight themselves."

Doctor Lin saw that she was getting more and more indignant as she spoke, and said, “If we don’t punish or kill the evil tiger that hurt people, it would be cruel to other kind people, but at any time, we must put our own safety first.

You are still young and powerless, so you cannot confront evil people like them head-on. Remember to tell your friend to be careful in the future and guard against their revenge. Carry some self-defense items with you when you go out."

Song Ying nodded: "I will tell her tomorrow."

After thinking for a while, Doctor Lin said, "This is not a long-term solution after all. Have you ever thought about opening a shop?"

"We have discussed it and plan to wait until things are more stable before doing anything."

Doctor Lin was relieved that they had a plan and said, "You have been learning to prescribe medicine for a while. From now on, learn how to feel the pulse."

Song Ying was stunned for a long time before he reacted to this topic change. "Isn't it too fast? I have only been learning to prescribe medicine for nearly two months, and there are still many prescriptions that I have only memorized, and I haven't met any patients yet."

"There are thousands of prescriptions for thousands of people, and there are thousands of diseases in the world. If you really meet patients with corresponding diseases for each disease and learn from them, you may never become a master in this life. Now that you have entered the door of prescribing medicine, the next step is to practice slowly on your own. You can also learn to feel the pulse, and you can draw inferences from other cases, which will also help you prescribe medicine."

Since the master said so, Song Ying no longer had any worries and said excitedly: "Then let's eat quickly, and then ask the master to teach me!"

It's always a pleasure to learn new things.

After dinner, when everything was ready, Doctor Lin took Song Ying's hand and taught her: "Put your index finger, middle finger, and ring finger on the Cun, Guan, and Chi meridians respectively. What do these three meridians connect to?"

During the teaching period, Dr. Lin did not forget to check the meridian acupoints.

This was not difficult for Song Ying. Although she had not seen a meridian acupoint map for a long time, she had often practiced it and was already familiar with it. She answered fluently: "The inch pulse is the left heart and the right lung, the guan pulse is the left liver and gallbladder and the right spleen and stomach, and the chi pulse is the kidney."

Doctor Lin nodded, "The first step is to distinguish between sinking and floating pulses. If you can feel it with a light press but not with a heavy press, it is a floating pulse, which means the pathogens are on the surface. If you can't feel it with a light press but can feel it with a heavy press, it is a sinking pulse, which means the pathogens are inside, deep into the internal organs."

Song Ying took note of it carefully, then looked at Doctor Lin's hand, eager to try.

Doctor Lin had been with her for a long time, so how could he not understand what was on her mind? He immediately let go of her hand and extended his hand over.

Song Ying had seen her and Doctor Ma taking pulses countless times, so she was naturally very familiar with the posture. She placed her fingers on the Cun, Guan, and Chi pulses, first gently touching them to feel the pulse coming from under her fingertips. She said, "You can feel it by pressing lightly."

Then, she exerted a little force and felt the pulse. "I can feel it when I press hard, and I can feel it when I press lightly or heavily. What kind of pulse is this?"

"Neither floating nor sinking, normal pulse."

Song Ying also reacted and felt that her question was a bit stupid. Her master was in good health, so her pulse was naturally normal.

She smiled sheepishly and said, "Let me touch the other hand."

Doctor Lin then extended his other hand for her to feel, and said, "When you go to the clinic tomorrow, try to feel the pulses of the patients and check the pulses of various patients."

Song Ying agreed.

Doctor Lin continued to teach: "The second step is to distinguish between deficiency and excess. If the pulse is weak, there is no force in the middle, and there is a sense of emptiness when pressing hard, it is a weak pulse, which means that the qi and blood are insufficient, and the essence and blood are damaged.

When you press the three pulses, they should feel strong and full under the fingers. This is a solid pulse, indicating a solid disease, solid heat or solid cold.

As she taught, Song Ying felt her pulse one by one.

"The third step is to distinguish the length. Clench your fist and check the pulse. If the beginning and the end are straight and longer than the Cun, Guan and Chi parts, it is a long pulse, which is seen in normal people or yang syndrome, heat syndrome, or excess syndrome. If the beginning and the end are short and shorter than the Cun, Guan and Chi parts, it is a short pulse, which is seen in qi stagnation, qi deficiency, or insufficient middle qi... The fourth step is to calculate the speed... The fifth step is to distinguish the pulse type..."

Teaching time always goes by quickly. Unfortunately, as there are only master and apprentice in the courtyard, Song Ying can only feel the pulse of two people. He is not satisfied and eagerly looks forward to the arrival of the second day.

The next day, she didn't even have time to eat breakfast. She trotted all the way to the clinic, "Uncle Master, Master taught me how to feel the pulse last night. Today, I also want to feel the pulse of those patients."

Doctor Ma: “…”

Senior sister is teaching her apprentice at such a fast pace that she wants to teach him within a year. It’s only been a short time and she’s already started teaching him how to feel a pulse.

"Okay, you can touch it with me later."

Song Ying was ready to go, waiting for the patient to come, but it was too early and no one came after waiting for a while. She was hungry, so she went out and bought a basket of buns.

As she spent more and more time in the clinic, the patients who came here for treatment were no longer surprised to see her, nor were they averse to having her feel their pulses. They also told her to study hard and learn all of Doctor Ma's skills.

Song Ying smiled. When Doctor Ma felt the pulse of the left hand, she felt the pulse of the right hand. When Doctor Ma felt the right hand, she felt the pulse of the patient's left hand, feeling the pulse under the fingertips. Doctor Ma was not like usual, just telling the patient a few words. He described each pulse condition in great detail.

Song Ying wrote it down, and then when he touched it himself, he verified it with what Doctor Ma said one by one.

After knowing the pulse condition, he could prescribe medicine. All the prescriptions he had written in the past made Song Ying suddenly realize something. He understood more clearly why he should use this prescription and why he should add or subtract certain medicines.

After deciding to prescribe a certain prescription, the vague parts of the pulse condition will begin to become clear.

In short, the pulse and the prescription confirm each other.

Song Ying was so absorbed in learning that Luo Yanxing at the door poked her head in again and again, but she didn't expect that she only ate a few mouthfuls of lunch in a hurry and continued to tell the patients that she wanted to feel their pulse.