136: Chapter 133 The Skill of Counting Money While Lying Down

And this technique of his was called 'Separating Yin and Yang'.

This move was not only effective for certain ailments in adults, but also had excellent results as pediatric massage.

The force in Li Changsheng's hands was not heavy, yet it penetrated through the child's palms and seeped into the Acupoints; this was the result of the fine mastery he had acquired over his internal power.

At the Visible Power level, Li Changsheng certainly would not have dared to do this, because back then, a single careless application of force would have directly resulted in fracturing the child's bones.

But after reaching the Dark Power level, his subtle perception of internal power became much sharper.

The surrounding passengers, their families, and even that Black doctor and the flight attendants were stunned when they saw the scene before them!

What on earth was this young man doing?!

Traditional Chinese Medicine has the four diagnostic methods: looking, listening, asking, and feeling the pulse. Through his previous observations, Li Changsheng compared them against medical texts and his current understanding of the body.

He understood that this child was suffering from heat in the Heart Meridian, and extreme heat generates wind.

Generally, at times like this, one must clear the heart, remove fire, and calm the spirit.

One must expel that scorching hot air from within the body; only then could the wind within the body be removed.

The wind spoken of in Traditional Chinese Medicine is divided into internal wind and external wind.

External wind refers to common external pathogenic winds like wind-cold, summer-dampness, and dryness-fire, commonly known as wind pathogens entering the body.

Internal wind, on the other hand, is a pathology where wind is generated mostly by the fluctuations of Yang Qi within the body.

Its manifestations are mostly characterized by the sudden and volatile nature of the wind pathogen among the six excesses, hence the name internal wind.

Little Johnson's current situation was a classic case of extreme heat in the Heart Meridian generating wind.

The most important thing right now was, without a doubt, clearing the heat!

However, diagnosing and prescribing medicine for an infant must be done with extreme caution.

The "Bao Ying Fu" (Ode to Protecting Infants) contains a description.

"Three or four is small, seven is milk teeth, eight is permanent teeth, nine is a child, ten is young; for fright-epilepsy, malnutrition, indigestion, and cold, decoctions are difficult, while massage is relatively easier, as their hands and feet connect to the viscera!"

This shows that a child's Physique is different from an adult's; their viscera are delicate, and their meridians are extremely sensitive.

Given the current situation, prescribing medicine definitely carries a certain level of risk; after all, every medicine has its side effects, even more so for an infant, but massage does not have this impact.

The human body's hands and feet are connected to the viscera, and because children are more sensitive, the results are even better.

But, it is precisely because they are overly sensitive that this puts the masseur's foundational skills to an extreme test!

A child's five viscera are just beginning to develop, their six bowels are tender, and their meridians are sensitive. This is a supreme test for the masseur's skills; one cannot use too much force, yet the internal power must penetrate through, all while ensuring the child is not injured by excessive pressure on the meridians.

Knowing this, Li Changsheng was highly focused at this moment.

Actually, if it were a child from his own country, he might help, but the pressure would be greater; however, a foreigner's child, hmm... it was relatively less stressful.

Even so, he did not dare to relax in the slightest. In just a few moments, he was already drenched in sweat, and faint steam was rising from his body.

Precise massage on a child, for a Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor, is no less difficult than a high-stakes surgery.

At least with surgery, there are many pieces of equipment that can see the patient's internal organs. But meridians and Acupoints can only be relied upon through feeling and experience.

If Li Changsheng hadn't been practicing on himself frequently lately, he wouldn't have dared to treat the child.

In terms of location and force, even the slightest deviation can lead to a massive error.

After 'Separating Yin and Yang' finished, the next steps were 'Moving the Eight Trigrams' and 'Moving the Five Meridians'...

These terms sounded quite esoteric, and even sounded like the jargon used by Jianghu con artists.

But for Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners in the Xia Kingdom, these are very standard terms that can be traced back to the real stuff in ancient medical arts.

The so-called 'Moving the Eight Trigrams' means that below the root of the middle finger is the Li Palace, which belongs to heart fire; it cannot be pressed forcefully, so one can only gently massage it with the thumb.

And 'Moving the Five Meridians' refers to the meridians of the five fingers; the Heart Meridian is in the fingers.

As the saying goes, "The ten fingers connect to the heart." This is not just a proverb; it has a basis in Traditional Chinese Medicine theory.

Once the five meridians are flowing, the fire within the body naturally has an outlet. As the five viscera and Five Elements circulate, the Qi of the five viscera can calm the fire in the Heart Meridian. That is why the meridians and Acupoints in Traditional Chinese Medicine are often interconnected.

Time kept passing, and Li Changsheng did not relax for a single moment throughout the process. With the continuous kneading and massage, Li Changsheng gained a clearer familiarity with the Acupoints, meridians, and so on!

Everyone nearby watched with extreme tension, but no one dared to disturb Li Changsheng, because anyone with a discerning eye could see that as Li Changsheng continued the massage, the child's convulsions were gradually subsiding.

And the breathing also began to gradually return to normal.

Pediatric massage is like water and fire—it comes and goes with ferocity; by separating Yin and Yang and removing cold and heat, it can stabilize the five viscera.

Therefore, pediatric massage indeed has excellent therapeutic effects for acute pediatric illnesses.

Nowadays, many provinces major in Traditional Chinese Medicine have introduced departments for massage and Acupuncture, which shows that it really does have quite good effects.

An hour later, Li Changsheng let out a long breath. His whole body was soaked in sweat; this was several times more exhausting than practicing martial arts, boxing, or even running.

That level of intense mental concentration, the constant consumption of stamina, and crucially, the intermittent application of Dark Power—although he didn't unleash it, the burden of maintaining it for such a long time was terrifying.

Seeing their child no longer convulsing or crying and making a scene, but instead lying quietly and falling into a stable sleep.

The woman named Taylor was about to cry and pick up the child.

"Don't move the child yet. The child needs to rest right now, and everyone please keep quiet; don't disturb the child."

Li Changsheng said slowly.

For the woman, any word he said now was the highest order. Upon hearing this, she didn't dare to move. At the same time, the flight attendants nearby also reacted and began to lower their voices, asking the passengers to disperse and keep the air fresh here.

"Doctor, is the child okay now?" the woman asked in a low voice.

Li Changsheng shook his head.

"It's not that simple. I have only temporarily controlled the condition. If you can find a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner, it would be best to find a reliable one to take a look."

Being able to stabilize the child's condition was the limit of what he could do; as for prescribing medicine and such, don't even think about it.

Although he had the pharmacological knowledge gifted by the System, knowing pharmacology without knowing how to prescribe the right medicine for the symptoms was useless.

The complexity of Traditional Chinese Medicine is far beyond what can be mastered by just reading a few books; today, at best, was just a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse.

If this were a problem that massage couldn't solve, he wouldn't have been able to intervene at all.

"Traditional Chinese Medicine? Are they doctors from your Xia Kingdom? But it's hard to find Xia Kingdom doctors in the City That Never Sleeps, right? Can't we send him to the hospital?" Ms. Taylor was a bit puzzled.

She had never heard of the term Traditional Chinese Medicine. It wasn't that all Americans didn't understand Traditional Chinese Medicine; in fact, there were quite a few foreigners working in related fields.

Some of them were even quite skilled at a few techniques of Acupuncture.

Hmm... Acupuncture is very popular abroad. If you learn a few techniques back home, you can open an Acupuncture Clinic abroad and count money while lying down.

"Madam, this is a choice you need to face yourself. I just gave you a suggestion."

As he said this, Li Changsheng had already returned to his seat.

Seeing this, Ms. Taylor frowned, but she couldn't say anything, as he had after all saved her child's life.

She couldn't ask for too much, but she didn't notice that the Black doctor, Martin, nearby was already full of astonishment.

He looked at the child, then at Li Changsheng, his mind full of questions.

He had seen Acupuncture from the Xia Kingdom before; it was very magical, but he hadn't expected that this kind of massage from the Xia Kingdom would also be like magic.

Did they really not need any equipment?