Fang Monan's limelight came to an abrupt halt due to the car accident, and he fell silent all of a sudden. It's also good that reduces the hassle. Seeing those patients discharged from the hospital one after another after their injuries, Fang Monan was very happy, and studied medicine more diligently, and he should be more careful, serious, and awe-inspiring in matters related to human life.

But Fang Monan became Aretha's number one idol, and she decided to study Chinese medicine as well.

Ellesha still couldn't understand why Fang Monan could check his condition without the help of any medical equipment, just by touching and seeing.

Jerry deeply agrees, since studying Chinese medicine, he always feels that he is in the clouds and fog, and he does not know what to do.

Jerry thought for a long time, saw the opportunity, and took advantage of Sunday, the two abrasive little ones did not follow. Jerry and Ellesha intercepted Fang Menan to a Chinese restaurant today and asked their own questions, and you have to say a reason today.

"You guys, let me eat first, okay?" Fang Monan looked at the two of them with wolf-like eyes and said.

"Wait a while, then you won't starve!" Jerry said, "Let's get some out of the way first." ”

"Okay, but let's order first." Fang Menan called the waiter and finished ordering. She looked at Jerry and asked with a smile, "How does the teacher identify diseases in Western medicine?" ”

Such a simple question, but Jerry frowned a little, embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

To date, there does not seem to be a satisfactory definition of disease in Western medicine, which previously believed that all diseases were caused by germs except for physical causes, but this was quickly overturned. Jerry shook his head, like a condition like diabetes, it's a disease, but can you say that blood sugar is a germ, not that. Blood sugar is also the body's source of energy.

Before Fang Monan studied Chinese medicine, he also looked at Western medicine like most people, thinking that Western medicine was the best and scientific. After being reborn, she studied Chinese culture, the traditional culture and philosophical system left by her ancestors, and after studying traditional Chinese medicine, she learned that Western medicine was so 'rude, sloppy, and ignorant' after this period of 'training' in the hospital. Seeing them heal like this is almost suicidal. She wanted to say, but she was helpless, but she was small, and there was no convincing power at all. The last time she received first aid, it was because most doctors were busy and no one paid attention to her, so she dared to 'fish in chaos'.

Eletha also thought for a moment and said, "For some reason, the normal form and function of the human body has deviated, and it can be called a disease. ”

When Fang Menan heard this, he smiled and shook his head.

"But that's not an accurate definition," Jerry said. For example, the heartbeat, a normal person beats about 70 times per minute, which is normal, but an athlete may only be 40, which is also normal; Another example is IQ, low IQ is a disease. But a high IQ is genius. There are also bacteria that are not all harmful to the human body, and some are still needed by the human body. "He can't define a disease either," which really doesn't have a definite definition. ”

"Take a case as an example, I remember the patient we saw again a few days ago, a young woman in her 30s, with a cyst on the right ovary." Fang Menan said.

"I know this, when Dr. Tom examined her, he said that there is no way to do this ovarian cyst. I had to take it off. Aretha said a little angrily, "At that time, I said to her that maybe Chinese medicine has a way? Unfortunately, she didn't believe it and scolded me. She had surgery, which came again a few days ago, and only three months after the operation, the other side also grew. Don't dare to remove it again, she doesn't have children yet? ”

"Nannan has a way?" Jerry asked.

"I can't guarantee it. Actually, you don't need surgery. Fang Monan thought for a moment and explained: "Let's say so! Everyone knows that wood can be used to grow mushrooms. As long as it's wood. If it's steel, it can only rust. Wood can grow mushrooms, but not all wood grows full-length mushrooms? Wood can only grow a mushroom under certain circumstances. Something grows somewhere in the human body, like a mushroom growing on wood, what to do? There are only two ways to do this, one is to remove the mushrooms. When it grows and you pick it, is this way of picking the mushroom? It's a way, but I don't think it's a fundamental way, because since it's wood, in an environment, it will grow mushrooms, and if the environment doesn't change, if you take off this mushroom, the mushroom will definitely grow again, only when the wood is no longer wood, the mushroom will be gone. There is another way, if you take Chinese medicine, it can play a practical role. I have changed the environment in which the mushroom can grow in the patient, if you put a log with mushrooms in the Sahara Desert, do you think it will still grow? It's definitely going to retract when it's long. Without surgery, the medicinal properties of traditional Chinese medicine have changed the patient's internal environment, and it is still the bias of the drug that corrects the bias of the human body, and the environment in which the patient can grow mushrooms has been adjusted. She said patiently sentence by sentence.

Jerry frowned as she finished. "It's very vivid, this can only be regarded as a case, what about other diseases?"

Fang Monan took a sip of water, "For a common example, how can Western medicine treat a cold and fever?" ”

"It's simple, if you have a fever, the 'treatment' is 'antipyretics', and if there is inflammation, the treatment is 'anti-inflammatory' - eliminate inflammation and use antibiotics." Ellesha said.

Fang Monan said: "Then how can Amy use the same method, why can't she be cured!" ”

"This ...... This ......" Aretha hesitated, and a living example was in front of her.

Fang Menan's figurative metaphor says: "The way Western medicine treats fever is like pouring cold water directly into a hot pot. On the surface, it worked, but the consequences were endless. Sometimes, if the patient is physically weak, this treatment may lead to death. It's like an iron pot being fried in cold water. In most cases, it leaves serious sequelae, and the service life of the iron pot is much shorter. ”

Jerry explained: "I understand that when people have a cold or are infected by a virus, the blood sugar in the body will also rise sharply, and the body temperature will rise, and there is a fever, which is actually a battle, a battle between the body's own immune system and foreign invading substances. "Chief Medic

Fang Menan smiled and nodded, Jerry is not ordinarily smart, he can draw inferences, blood sugar does rise in a feverish state. The body's immune system is also more active and powerful than usual, and fever is not a disease, and even it can effectively shorten the duration of the disease.

Nowadays, there is a common misconception among the public, regarding fever as a disease and cooling as a means of treatment, and the result of this is precisely to attack the body's own immune system and help the disease.

Jerry nodded, he had come into contact with such patients in the hospital, and counted the probability of patients dying due to colds and fevers, but the patients could only consider themselves unlucky, and their physical abilities were not strong, all due to the side effects of the medicine.

Fang Monan said: "In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, it is not that the virus is bad, but that there is a malfunction somewhere in the body's immune system, such as lung qi deficiency or stomach qi deficiency. She pointed to her lungs and stomach, "which caused people to lack 'energy' and not be able to gain the upper hand in the battle against disease." At this time, a dose of medicine goes down, or improves lung qi, or nourishes stomach qi, and the human body is full of "power" to naturally drive diseases out of the body. Killing a specific virus, this is the "symptoms" It has a goal, and strengthening and restoring the body's own immune system is the treatment of the "root", this refers to the "itself" of the human body, but it is not a complete removal of the root of the disease, if that is the case, after a cold, the human body will never suffer from a cold again?"

Jerry nodded, he was from a medical family, and he had seen a lot of research reports in this area, so he knew that Fang Menan was not talking nonsense. An influenza virus that once swept the world is a powerful proof of this, Western medicine is helpless, but Chinese medicine is immediate. Finally, what about the virus that once spooked humanity? It didn't disappear, it was in the air, but it died down. Before humanity, the greatest life form on earth, it surrendered. Because the human immune system produces antibodies to it.

The waiters served the dishes one after another, and seeing that Jerry still wanted to ask questions, Fang Menan interrupted: "Let's eat first, and the rest of the time is up to you to ask, I must know everything, and I will say everything." ”

Jerry had no choice but to finish this lunch without knowing the taste, Fang Monan is not a picky eater, sometimes she changes her taste, and it is not bad to eat what others make, so she eats quite a lot. Frightened, Eletha's eyes widened, where did she grow after eating so much, she looked her up and down curiously, with a look of envy, this kind of physique that does not eat fat is envied by any woman.

After the meal, they moved to the sofa area, and Fang Monan asked the waiter to bring boiling water and make tea while continuing: "The basic treatment principle of Western medicine is basically to 'eliminate symptoms' as the goal. For example, fever like the one just mentioned is fever reduction and anti-inflammatory. Coughing? Of course, it's a "cough suppressant" medicine - stop coughing! Body aches? -- of course, take "painkillers" -- stop the pain. If you have high blood pressure? Of course, take "antihypertensive drugs". High blood sugar? -- Hypoglycemic drugs. ”

Eletha nodded of course, "That's what we all do, isn't it?" ”

Fang Menan said: "From this there is no doubt that you think that disease is of course the enemy, and once you 'get sick', people's habit is to 'cure' - to eliminate disease. Regard the disease as a stranger and an enemy, and you will want to get rid of it as soon as possible. But TCM believes that illness is first and foremost a 'messenger', alerting you to physical, mental and lifestyle problems. Secondly: diseases and abnormal behavior of the body may well be a means and manifestation of the body's self-healing. Your support is my biggest motivation. )