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Chapter 123 Fan Tianlan's Needle Box

"When I mention this matter, there was still an interesting thing about Liang Rengong." When Fan Tianlan talked about the old things, he couldn't help but remember something that was causing a lot of controversy back then.

When it comes to Liang Rengong, there are not many young people who know him. They only remember that there are "Kang and Liang Reform" in the history textbooks and "Theory of Young China" in the Chinese textbooks. These two are directly related to Liang Qichao and Liang Rengong. If you read it carefully, you can know that Liang Rengong was a little involved with President Yuan Shikai. Later, it seemed that he had some inexplicable relationships with Puyi, the abbreviated Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

But in short, Liang Rengong was a person who once represented the power of social progress and deserved the title of master. Later things should be analyzed with a historical materialism and dialectical perspective. He could not erase his original achievements just because of a little flaw. Oh, this is a bit far-reaching.

Liang Rengong was a sensible figure in modern Chinese history. Once his political or academic works were published, they became popular in the contemporary world. He had an emotional pen, and his articles he wrote were clear in reasoning. The so-called fusion of emotion and reason was as praised by people at that time, thrilling, and a word of money was worth a thousand dollars. At that time, Mr. Liang raised his arms and shouted, and he gathered many fans, and he was countless fans.

He went to college to give a speech, with a blue robe and a green jacket. He was tall and stubborn, but had a red face and bright eyes. He had many gestures to help his expression. When he quoted the book, he did not read the original work, so he recited it in paragraphs. When he couldn't recite it, he pointed to his forehead and made a sound, and suddenly continued to talk.

At that time, from the president to the common people, the Chinese people felt that they would definitely make mistakes if they didn’t listen to Mr. Liang. In 1921, an Austrian violin master came to Beijing to perform. Liang Qichao wrote an article in the Morning Post, pointing out that if he didn’t go to the Dongcheng Zhenguang Cinema to listen to the musician playing famous Western music, he would be a barbarian without cultural level!

So Beijing college and middle school students pawned clothes and bought expensive tickets. President Li Yuanhong also thought he was definitely not a barbarian, so he even packed a box in the theater, took his wives, concubines and relatives to support the venue, and presented a large basket of flowers to Western musicians.

This shows how charming Liang Rengong is. However, this Liang Rengong has never been able to get along with traditional Chinese medicine.

Liang Qichao and Liang Rengong were admitted to Union Hospital due to hematuria. He was sick for many years and his family repeatedly advised him to seek medical treatment. He always felt it was troublesome, but the day before he was admitted to the hospital, he suddenly suspected that he had cancer and finally agreed to have a checkup. After X-ray, the doctor saw a black spot in his right kidney and diagnosed it as a tumor.

Liang Qichao's brother Liang Zhongce asked the attending doctor, "It's not necessarily cancer, right?" The doctor replied, "It's not necessarily cancer." How to treat it again? The doctor said that it would be removed. After the operation, the kidney was dissected and found that there was a large black spot like cherries, but it was not cancer. The fatal thing was that the patient still had blood in the urine and could not find out the source of the disease, so he had a follow-up examination for unreasonable bleeding.

The newspapers at that time exaggerated this, saying that after Liang Qichao was admitted to the hospital for examination, the doctor could not tell the pathogen. After several doctors' diagnosis and inference, they determined that the disease was in the right kidney. They said that there was a tumor on it. If the right kidney was not removed, the tumor would inevitably expand and there would be a day for cutting and treatment in the future. Therefore, cutting is inevitable sooner or later, although it is not important to treat within four or five years. However, it is better to treat it early than treat it late. At least early treatment can avoid the risk of becoming another disease.

So, after the abdomen was cut open, the doctors did not find any tumor or any problem on the right kidney. But Mr. Liang's hematuria was not cured. They suddenly found that the problem was in the teeth, so they removed seven teeth in a row. But the hematuria was not cured. They said the problem was diet and the patient was hungry for several days. But his hematuria was still not cured! The doctors said that they could not find the reason! They said that the disease was nothing important! For this no matter what the disease was, one waist was cut off and seven teeth were removed. They were exhausted from hunger, thin and slimming eyes. What was going on? And it had to cost several hundred yuan!

"This incident caused a lot of turmoil at that time. Liang Rengong's younger brother, as well as cultural celebrities Chen Xiying and Xu Zhimo, etc., wrote articles to mock Western medicine, and Lu Xun also stood up to face tit for tit, supported Western medicine, and directly criticized the absurdity of traditional Chinese medicine, and quarreled with it." Fan Tianlan said to Fan Wubing, "In private, Mr. Liang Qichao told his family that this surgery is indeed unnecessary, and he once said that the operation was a mistake by Union Meng Lang. However, in the face of public opinion, he still published articles on defending Union, Western medicine, and science, because he was afraid that there would be bad reactionary ideas about medicine or other scientific students in society or because of this incident."

"Isn't this a bit self-deception?" Fan Wubing rolled his eyes when he heard this, thinking that this master was very capable of sacrificing his body. For a little obsession, he even put his waist in.

"From this matter, you can see how weak the status of traditional Chinese medicine was at that time. In fact, for a long time, the National Government had considered banning traditional Chinese medicine." Mr. Fan said, "It was at that time that my brother Cheng and I returned to China. He promoted his acupuncture techniques and recruited disciples. I traveled all over the country to verify various ancient prescriptions in practice. I wanted to organize more systematic and practical acupuncture techniques and save some ancient prescriptions hidden among the people as much as possible."

When Fan Tianlan thought of the years and years, he was quite emotional. After the two of them talked about old things for a while, Feng Ping brought Feng Mao over. This time he brought a lot of daily necessities and was preparing to be hospitalized.

"Are you going to be acupuncture today?" Feng Ping was quite anxious. After all, after some massage yesterday, Feng Mao's toes could move. This is a huge improvement. If he had acupuncture today, or his whole leg could move?

Of course, Feng Ping also knew that his thoughts might be a bit unrealistic. His legs that had been paralyzed for more than ten years were not easily cured. Even if he met a miracle doctor, he would have to gradually recover!

"It's not suitable for acupuncture today, but you can use moxibustion first." Fan Tianlan said with a smile.

The old man had already prepared a lot of moxa velvet, moxa rolls, and ginger slices. He took it out at this time and said to Fan Wubing and others, "Acupuncture, acupuncture alone is not good, but the moxibustion method is much simpler and is basically considered an auxiliary therapy. The more you pick the mugwort on the Dragon Boat Festival in May, the longer you are, the better the effect. The mugwort leaves enter the meridians, regulate qi and blood, eliminate dampness and cold, warm the meridians, stop bleeding, and can also maintain the fetus. However, there is one thing to note, those with yin deficiency and blood heat should use it with caution."

The old man exposed Feng Mao's legs, then put the ginger slices on Zusanli, ignited the moxa velvet, and placed it on it to moxibustion. He said to everyone, "Zusanli is a health acupoint, which is an ordinary person. If you have nothing to do, you can moxibustion regularly to maintain health and improve your intelligence. It is beneficial. After learning Chinese acupuncture, the Japanese regarded it as a treasure and had a lot of experience in moxibustion Zusanli. The so-called "If you want to be healthy, Sanli will not work, this means that you should moxibustion Zusanli frequently."

"What does it mean to not do Sanli often?" Fan Wubing felt a little strange, so he asked.

"Haha, you'll know later." The old man said with a smile.

While moxibustioning, changing places, he talked to Fan Wubing about some basic theories, the fourteen classics and the Ziwu Liuzhu, and of course there are many reasons for the Yin and Yang and Five Elements. Fan Tianlan has extensive knowledge and rich medical experience. He doesn't feel awkward when talking about these things. He is not at the same level as the professors in the university who follow the script. Fan Wubing is also a knowledgeable person. In addition, because he has a lot of knowledge about this aspect of practice, the two people have a happy conversation, but they don't feel bored at all.

Before he knew it, a long time passed. Finally, the old man said that today was the moxibustion point. After taking off the ginger slices, he saw many blisters on the skin of Feng Mao's legs. The old man pulled a silver needle and picked it through one by one. The liquid inside flowed out, making the legs wet.

"Oh, so that's what it means." Fan Wubing suddenly realized, and then he understood what the old man said just now that he meant.

Since you need to moxibustion Zusanli frequently, you must be often soaked here, and it will naturally be wet after being picked.

Fan Wubing saw Fan Tianlan's needle box, which looked very simple. It was actually made of a whole piece of red sandalwood. It seemed that it was not a new one, so he asked, "Master, this box looks a bit like an antique!"

Mr. Fan didn't care about Fan Wubing calling him his master casually. He looked at Fan Wubing and continued to examine Feng Mao, "I can't tell how many generations the things passed down from the family have."

Fan Wubing opened the box and saw that there were quite a few needles, big and small, long and short, inside. The silver needles were all grinding and transparent, but there was a golden needle in it, which was very different from other needles.

Fan Wubing saw the needle and felt very curious. He couldn't help but pull it out, but found that the golden needle was plated. When he pulled it out, he saw that it was more than one foot long. It was soft and not like acupuncture, but like a golden thread for wrapping things.
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