I Can Hear the Heart's Voice of Traditional Chinese Medicine-Chapter 361 - 155: Liu Rong’s Good Days Are Numbered

Now, Huang Beishan was telling him that the project Lu Xuan submitted for the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award was only under Lu Xuan’s name. How could he not be shocked?

For a moment, he even thought Huang Beishan was deceiving him.

But seeing Huang Beishan’s calm demeanor, Zhang Jiwei knew in his heart that there was really no need for the other party to deceive him in such matters.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiwei finally said: "No matter what, if Dr. Lu truly wins the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award, it would be an honor for our entire Yong City medical community.

Regardless of the divide between Chinese and Western medicine, no individual or team in our Yong City medical community has yet to win the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award."

Huang Beishan instinctively turned back to glance at Zhang Jiwei, then sighed with emotion: "Indeed! Our Yong City medical community has never won the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award. If Lu does manage to win the top prize this time, and when Old Cui retires, he becomes the president, probably no one will have anything to say."

"And what could they possibly say?"

Zhang Jiwei joked: "After all, Dr. Lu is young. It’s normal for some to have differing opinions, but in my view, there’s nothing problematic."

Huang Beishan said without worry: "It’s alright, if anyone has a different opinion, just let them go and win a Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award themselves."

Zhang Jiwei opened his mouth but said nothing.

Huang Beishan had put it that way, so who else could say a word?

If the Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award were that easy to win, it wouldn’t have been dominated by Western medicine for years, and Yong City would’ve had a team winning it by now.

After that, the four of them said no more and finished their boxed meals seriously.

Once the meal was over, Zhang Jiwei played the role of a cleaner, taking the lunch boxes from Lu Xuan and the other two and tossing them into the trash can not far from the herbal pharmacy’s entrance.

Back in the decoction room, Zhang Jiwei looked at the time; almost two hours had passed since the decoction began. Thinking that the patient’s condition was only temporarily stabilized because of Lu Xuan’s acupuncture, he couldn’t help but ask: "Dr. Lu, is the medicine almost ready?"

Lu Xuan glanced at the time, did a quick calculation in his mind, nodded, and said: "Almost, it needs about another twenty minutes of simmering. With a large dose of Aconite, it’s better to decoct a little longer than shorter. Usually, 2000 milliliters of water are added, and it’s simmered to obtain 600 milliliters. This 600 milliliters are taken in three doses, every two hours, continuously day and night."

"So after this dose is consumed, we’ll need to decoct more?"

"Given the patient’s condition, just one dose may not be enough. After this dose is consumed, I’ll decide whether to decoct another based on the situation," Lu Xuan thought for a moment and said.

Zhang Jiwei calculated the time: "If it’s two doses, it might be until tomorrow morning. How about after you finish decocting this one, Dr. Lu, leave the rest to us and go directly to rest? I’ll inform you after the three doses are administered."

Lu Xuan shook his head and refused: "In this situation, I’d better watch over things in the ward. Get me a small bed next door, and I’ll just take a short nap."

Lu Xuan refused, and Zhang Jiwei didn’t say much more.

After the patient takes the medicine, they wouldn’t be able to judge the condition they should be in either. Even though quite a few TCM practitioners were present, Lu Xuan was Ji Huan’s attending physician, and Lu Xuan would need to see what state Ji Huan should be in, so they couldn’t help much even if they wanted to.

The only thing they could do was probably arrange a small bed for Lu Xuan to let him rest when needed.

Zhang Jiwei worked swiftly. As soon as Lu Xuan made the request, he immediately arranged for it, setting things up in both the ward and the decoction room.

After two hours of decoction, it’s entirely feasible to set an alarm clock or have someone else watch for a while, taking a short nap here to rejuvenate for the treatment that follows.

Going a night without rest isn’t that big of a deal for young people. In Western medicine, some surgeries last twenty or thirty hours continuously, or even days and nights.

But this patient is different, and Zhang Jiwei still hopes that Lu Xuan can face it in the best condition.

While Zhang Jiwei went to arrange the bed, Huang Beishan glanced at the steaming medicine pot: "Little Lu, did you modify this prescription based on an existing one, or did you think it up according to the patient’s condition?" 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"I made amendments to the Heart-Saving Decoction," Lu Xuan replied truthfully.

"Old Mr. Li’s Heart-Saving Decoction?" Huang Beishan took a deep breath.

"Old Huang has heard of it too?"

Lu Xuan was surprised; generally, TCM practitioners not from the Fire God School have relatively less knowledge about the Heart-Saving Decoction. It surprised him that Huang Beishan had heard of it.

Huang Beishan nodded: "I’ve heard a bit about it, but I don’t know much. I only know that person was also from the Fire God School, and his use of Aconite was extraordinarily large. What he’s most famous for is the Heart-Saving Decoction, but I’ve only heard of it and haven’t done much detailed research.

I just know that this Heart-Saving Decoction has the effect of Returning Yang and restoring Yin.

As for which diseases this prescription suits, I’m not clear."

Saying this, Huang Beishan looked at Lu Xuan: "Since Little Lu prescribed the modified Heart-Saving Decoction for the patient, you must know quite a bit about this prescription."

"I’ve done some research, but the Heart-Saving Decoction is incredibly versatile. I haven’t mastered it completely yet,"

Lu Xuan thought for a moment and said: "It’s applicable for critical conditions in all internal and external, women’s, and pediatric departments, such as severe vomiting and diarrhoea, hematemesis, and bloody stools, external cold or warm-related big sweat that can’t stop, or when chronic disease has depleted Qi and blood causing Yin to collapse and Yang to be on the verge of extinguishing, including all kinds of cardiogenic shock, toxic, hemorrhagic shock, and acute conditions leading to circulatory failure. The Heart-Saving Decoction can be used."