Notes from a Taoist Medicine Clinic
Chapter 172

Cataracts and Sensitivity to Light

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"I'm trying my best to understand, Master."

Su Ziyang got up from the ground and pondered for a while, but he still couldn't figure out how to break Yang Tianzheng's moves.

Even a foot has its limitations, and an inch has its strengths. Everything has its shortcomings, and even wisdom has its blind spots.

Since Su Ziyang began studying medicine with Mr. Mengfei, Mr. Mengfei has given Su Ziyang guidance several times, and Su Ziyang has not encountered any major obstacles on his medical journey.

However, Su Ziyang's talent in martial arts was truly limited.

As the saying goes, medicine and the I Ching are interconnected, as are medicine and martial arts.

However, Mr. Mengfei also said, one should not practice martial arts when one is young, nor should one cultivate alchemy when one is old.

This means that it's much harder to practice martial arts after adulthood. One reason is that the bones are basically set, resulting in much less flexibility. Another reason is that people tend to slack off. Before, when you were young, you inevitably got beaten up while practicing martial arts because you were young and didn't really understand how it was, so you didn't feel the hardship. But it's different when you grow up.

The saying "Young people should not practice alchemy" means that children are not mentally mature enough to practice qigong or alchemy, because such things require wisdom and willpower to master.

Actually, it's rare to find someone with Su Ziyang's temperament and personality. Who could stand being beaten every day? Most people would have given up long ago.

Take your time.

Yang Tianzheng and Daoist Jin were both secretly praising Su Ziyang's character and personality.

When Yang Tianzheng saw Su Ziyang stand up, he didn't make things difficult for Su Ziyang Su Ziyang and let him rest for a while.

"I started practicing martial arts at the age of 12, and I'm 52 this year. That's 40 years. Have you been practicing martial arts for a year? Kung Fu is all about time; you'll improve with consistent practice. Diligent learning is like a seedling in spring—its growth is imperceptible, yet it grows daily."

Yang Tianzheng gave Su Ziyang a rare encouragement, which moved Su Ziyang deeply.

However, after Su Ziyang was knocked away by Yang Tianzheng again, he no longer wanted to be moved.

My master is so kind when he smiles, but he's ruthless when he hits people.

Exhausted, I went home to wash up, but then I had to continue copying scriptures.

Han Jinkai called Su Ziyang right after Su Ziyang finished copying the scripture once.

"Hey, Brother Su, you made that brat from the Fu family cry, huh? Hahaha, impressive! You're got both literary and martial skills!"

Han Jinkai saw Su Ziyang answer the phone and laughed heartily on the other end.

"Ah!" Su Ziyang didn't know why Han Jinkai knew about this.

"Haha, we all know. Okay, okay! Let's teach him a lesson! Song Li was overjoyed when he heard that. Tomorrow night, Old Song has arranged a get-together, you have to come. You absolutely have to come, I invited you in advance."

Su Ziyang didn't know why Han Jinkai was so happy, so he smiled a little embarrassedly and accepted Han Jinkai's invitation. After all, Han Jinkai and his gang were clearly involved in Fu Xinyu's visit to get beaten up.

The following evening, Song Li actually drove directly to the clinic to pick up Su Ziyang.

"Hey bro, my timing was pretty good, wasn't it? Haha."

Song Li always had a smiling face, and Su Ziyang thanked him repeatedly, feeling embarrassed.

Thank you very much.

"Hey, I was just worried you'd be too busy. Let's go."

Su Ziyang followed Song Li to a very high-end restaurant. After entering the private room, he found the same group of people as before.

As soon as Su Ziyang entered the room, everyone stood up to welcome him.

Then Su Ziyang heard everyone say in unison, "Doctor Su, your ointment! It's amazing! Miraculous!!!"

Su Ziyang noticed that the smiles on these people's faces were genuine, Su Ziyang quickly clasped his hands in a fist and palm salute to them. "Brothers, you flatter me, hahaha! But to be honest, let's be a little more restrained!"

Su Ziyang's words caused everyone to burst into laughter again.

"In our minds, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners are often seen as old, pedantic scholars, but Doctor Su has completely changed that perception! Excellent! Please, have a seat."

Song Li and the others immediately seated Su Ziyang in the head seat at the table, showing how much respect they had for Su Ziyang.

"Make us more of that ointment when you run out. I'll recommend it to a few more people; after we try it, we'll tell them they all want some too."

Song Li sat next to Su Ziyang and began to speak to Su Ziyang.

"Okay, no problem, but take one spoonful of this ointment a day, don't take more."

Su Ziyang emphasized it again, and everyone agreed in unison.

"Oh, right, Brother Su. I've met all of these people before. This older brother is someone you're meeting for the first time, let me introduce you. Zhang Chunyi, Brother Zhang, he's in the real estate business. Brother Zhang, this is the younger brother I mentioned to you last time, Su Ziyang, the Divine Doctor Su!"

Han Jinkai introduced a man wearing sunglasses to Su Ziyang.

Zhang Chunyi smiled and nodded at Su Ziyang: "I've heard about you from Jinkai before, it's great to finally meet you. I've heard so much about you."

"You're too kind." Su Ziyang clasped his hands in a fist salute to Zhang Chunyi.

"Hey, Lao Zhang, why are you always wearing those lousy sunglasses lately? How much did you pay for them? Are they welded to your face?"

Song Li and his group were clearly very familiar with Zhang Chunyi, and they started joking around.

"Damn, you've got your eye on it? I'll send you one tomorrow!" Zhang Chunyi said with a smile when Song Li Song Li her.

"I don't wear that thing, it's all black."

Song Li waved his hand.

Upon hearing Song Li's comment, Han Jinkai also found it strange and asked, "Lao Zhang, that's true. Why are you always wearing sunglasses lately? It's not very bright in here, why are you wearing them? Isn't it dark?"

"Ugh, don't even mention it. I got cataracts and had surgery, and now my eyes are extremely sensitive to light. Damn it, my eyes start watering the moment there's even a little light. I don't want to wear this piece of junk either; it hurts my ears after a while."

Zhang Chunyi sighed and said helplessly.

"Damn, you messed it up. Didn't you go to the hospital for a checkup?"

Zhang Feng chimed in from the side.

"They checked, but they didn't check. They said it was nothing, that it would probably get better after a while. They didn't know why, and told me to buy some sunglasses. It's been half a year, and it still doesn't work."

Zhang Chunyi grew increasingly helpless as she spoke, Song Li, upon hearing this, exclaimed, "Hey! What's the point of going to the hospital? You're practically begging a miracle doctor! Lao Zhang, you should quickly plead with Doctor Su and ask Doctor Su to prescribe a remedy that will solve your problem directly!"

"Yes, Doctor Su can definitely cure it."

Everyone agreed that Su Ziyang was now like a god descended from heaven in their eyes, omnipotent and omniscient.

Zhang Chunyi was quite amusing. Upon hearing everyone's comments, she quickly stood up, clasped her hands together in prayer towards Su Ziyang, and said, "Divine Doctor Su, please bestow your medicine."

Everyone burst into laughter, Su Ziyang quickly stood up and clasped his hands in a fist salute to Zhang Chunyi, saying, "No, no. Let me take a look first."

Su Ziyang went straight to Zhang Chunyi Zhang Chunyi's side and took off her sunglasses. Zhang Chunyi quickly closed her eyes as soon as the sunglasses were taken off.

Su Ziyang gestured for Zhang Chunyi to open her eyes, and Zhang Chunyi Zhang Chunyi reluctantly opened them. After only five or six seconds, she quickly closed them again, and tears streamed down her face.

"That serious?"

Su Ziyang quickly handed the sunglasses to Zhang Chunyi and told him to put them on.

"Yes. Otherwise, I can't wear it at night too."

Han Jinkai quickly handed Zhang Chunyi two tissues. "Brother Su, can you think of a way to help him? It's too distressing to watch."

Su Ziyang looked into Zhang Chunyi's eyes and couldn't see anything wrong with them from the outside. Su Ziyang sat back down and thought for a while, then suddenly an idea came to him.

This eye condition is difficult to treat. Firstly, the medication is difficult to reach the affected area, and secondly, people use their eyes every day, so their eyes don't get much rest.

"Brother Zhang, I have an idea that we can try. But we'll need to get some traditional Chinese medicine."

Su Ziyang shared his idea.

"Take Chinese medicine? Okay, I'm not afraid of the bitterness, as long as it works."

Zhang Chunyi readily agreed.

"I don't eat or use external products."

Su Ziyang reassured Zhang Chunyi, Song Li, seeing that Su Ziyang had a solution, said from the side, "Alright, you two can discuss it privately tomorrow. Let's order some food. Lao Zhang, you should go to Brother Su's clinic tomorrow and have him give you some advice."

Zhang Chunyi nodded. "Yes, yes, I'll just go to your clinic tomorrow. Let's add each other on WeChat, and we'll talk more tomorrow."

Su Ziyang added Zhang Chunyi on WeChat, and everyone started ordering food.

"Hey, Brother Su, you made that brat from the Fu family cry? What happened?"

After ordering, Song Li brought up the matter again.

"Haha. How did you guys know?"

Su Ziyang was particularly curious about how these people knew.

"Hey, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels Qianli. This spendthrift has his own unique way of squandering money. Back then, Jinkai helped them with that development project, but then Jinkai ruined it for them. They came back looking for him, and we mentioned it to him. That day, they invited Jinkai over to their house, and when this spendthrift came back covered in dirt, he saw his dad and started crying, saying you hit him. Jinkai was right there. Hahahaha!"

After Song Li gave a brief explanation, Su Ziyang realized that this was quite a coincidence.

Zhang Feng and the others found it amusing and started asking Su Ziyang, "Brother Su, do all of you traditional Chinese medicine practitioners know internal energy cultivation and martial arts?"

"Haha, no way, that's just something written in novels."

Su Ziyang smiled and didn't admit it.

"Impossible." Han Jinkai directly exposed Su Ziyang's lie. "That's what that brat from the Fu family said back then: 'Dad, he grabbed my leg, spun me around on the ground, and told me it was Tornado Destroys the Parking Lot, and he even used Crow Takes a Plane to kick my head.'"

Song Li nodded in agreement. "Right, that kid must weigh at least 160 or 170 pounds. If he didn't have some skill, how could he spin someone around so easily?"

"Holy crap, did they grab someone by the ankle and swing them around?"

Zhang Chunyi also looked at Su Ziyang in surprise. Su Ziyang was just 1.75 meters tall and had a very slender build.

"Great, bro." Chi Shiqiang sized up Su Ziyang's physique and gave him a thumbs up.

"Did he go home and tell me all that in detail?" Su Ziyang's understanding of Fu Xinyu was refreshed once again.

"Haha, I really wanted to laugh, but I held it in. It made Old Fu lose face, and he just yelled at him and left. I left as soon as I saw that! So, Xiao Su, you have to show us something today!"

Han Jinkai laughed heartily, then insisted that Su Ziyang show off his skills.

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