Notes from a Taoist Medicine Clinic
Chapter 302

Hot Salt Pain-Stabilizing Method

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"An Method."

Daoist Jin explained it very simply, finishing his explanation to Su Ziyang in just a few words.

Although the name of this method is complicated, it is very simple to operate and is safe with no side effects.

So after Su Ziyang wrote it down, he could only wait until later to put it into practice. But even without putting it into practice, Su Ziyang knew that what Daoist Jin said must be true.

For some reason, Su Ziyang always felt that Daoist Jin was intentionally demonstrating something to him. Having spent so much time with Daoist Jin, he knew that Daoist Jin mainly treated patients with pediatric massage and herbal prescriptions.

These methods were something Daoist Jin had never shown Su Ziyang before; now, he was demonstrating them to Su Ziyang one by one, ensuring that Su Ziyang could learn them clearly.

As Su Ziyang was An Method the use of these medicines, a child entered.

They're not exactly little kids anymore, probably around seven or eight years old.

"Grandpa Jin, my stomach hurts."

The child was a Daoist Jin. He felt right at home here, sitting Freedom on the massage bed next to him and speaking to Daoist Jin without any shyness.

"Son, have you greeted your Grandpa Jin?"

The woman who followed her in scolded the child.

"Mom, please ask Grandpa Jin, my stomach hurts so much!"

The child patted his belly and said.

"I went out for a nice meal the other day and ate a bit too much. I've been feeling unwell for two days now, and yesterday he asked me to bring him to see you. The first thing he did when he opened his eyes this morning was insist on coming!"

The child's mother smiled and put her bag aside, then chatted with Daoist Jin.

"You seem to be really uncomfortable. Come, let me see!"

Daoist Jin chuckled, lifted the child's vest, gently pressed his hand on the stomach, and then fastened it, finding the stomach to be very bloated and thumping.

"Wait for me a moment, I'll be right back. Ziyang, you stay here and sit."

Daoist Jin patted the baby's belly. "Xiaobao, lie here quietly for a while, I'll come back and take a look at you."

The child nodded vigorously and then said very loudly, "Okay!"

Daoist Jin instructed Su Ziyang to watch the clinic, and then went out.

After a short while, Daoist Jin walked in, carrying a white cloth bag.

"Come on, Xiaobao. Lie down properly!"

Daoist Jin chuckled and patted the child's belly. The child nodded, "Grandpa Jin, please come. Even if you give me acupuncture this time, I won't cry! I'm a year older now."

The child's voice was adorable, and everyone in the room laughed.

"I won't give you any injections. And you'll feel comfortable!"

Daoist Jin first placed the cloth bags containing the cell phones on the child's belly button. "They're still warm, aren't they!"

"Warm and cozy!"

"Okay, that feels good. I won't give you a needle."

Daoist Jin chuckled and used the warm cloth to apply heat to Xiao Bao's navel for a while before moving the cloth to the Tanzhong acupoint.

Then he began ironing from top to bottom, repeating this process for a while before asking, "Xiaobao Daoist Jin, is it still warm?"

It's not as warm as it used to be.

The child said.

"Ziyang, go to that office upstairs and ask Yang Yang to make me another bag."

Su Ziyang had no idea what Daoist Jin had wrapped in his cloth. He was still wondering when Daoist Jin told him to go upstairs, so Su Ziyang quickly ran upstairs.

In the office, Daoist Master Xiao Yang was stirring something in an electric cooker with a small spatula.

"Daoist Master Xiao Yang, my master asked me to fetch another cloth bag."

Only after Su Ziyang got closer did he see what was being stir-fried in the pot.

"This is?"

"This is coarse salt!" Daoist Master Xiao Yang said to Su Ziyang while stirring it.

Raw salt is salt that has not undergone fine processing.

"Oh!" Su Ziyang finally understood.

Daoist Master Xiao Yang instructed Su Ziyang to open a cotton cloth bag next to him and then put a bag of heated salt inside.

"Alright, take it down."

Su Ziyang didn't stand on ceremony with the Daoist Master Xiao Yang and ran downstairs with the warm salt bag in his hand.

Just then, the salt packet in Daoist Jin's hand got a little too hot, so Su Ziyang took the new one.

Daoist Jin took the new salt packet, felt the temperature in his hand, and found it to be just right. Then he began to iron the child's body from top to bottom.

After ironing for about ten more minutes, the child suddenly burped, then farted twice. Only then did Daoist Jin stop.

"Okay, don't eat so much good food when you get back! Otherwise you'll get a stomachache again!"

Daoist Jin patted the child's head and said something with a mixture of authority and affection.

"Haha, Doctor Jin. This child doesn't listen to me anymore, he only listens to you. If you tell him not to eat, he definitely won't eat!"

The child's mother, watching her child become lively and energetic again, happily said, "Last time you told him not to eat that spicy snack, he really wouldn't eat it anymore. He even went to school to tell his friends that you said eating spicy snacks is bad for your health!"

When Mom said that, the little girl got a little shy and immediately covered her face, saying, "Mom, please stop!"

"This child! So shy. Haha, thank you, Doctor Jin."

The woman left with her child, smiling broadly.

Su Ziyang took the salt packet from Daoist Jin and touched it; it was still warm. "Master? What kind of method is this!?"

"Hmm!" Daoist Jin pondered for a moment, "You could also call it a hot compress. It was something an old gentleman taught me when I was traveling around."

"If a child experiences chest and abdominal fullness and stomach pain, regardless of whether it's due to cold or indigestion, take a bowl of salt, heat it in a pan, wrap it in a cotton cloth, and apply it to the chest and abdomen from top to bottom. Once the salt cools, reheat it and repeat the process until the symptoms disappear! This method is incredibly effective!"

"Salt stabilizes the blood and promotes blood circulation. Eating more salt can enter the blood and increase strength, but it can also cause blood to clot, which is what we now commonly call high blood pressure. Once it enters the blood, it can soften hardened masses, thus relieving pain."

Su Ziyang knew this. Salt is salty, belongs to the north, and is a very cold substance. Salt can enter the blood and is most effective in softening hard masses and dispersing nodules.

"Master, in that case, can I apply this principle to other conditions as well? Could it also be effective for adult body aches, stomach aches, and gynecological pains, such as menstrual cramps, or pain caused by emotional distress?"

Upon hearing Su Ziyang's words, Daoist Jin chuckled, stroked his beard, and said softly, "A promising young man!"

"If it can be used on children, it can certainly be used on adults too, and the effects are excellent! You can try it out later. This method is simple, and you can also teach it to friends who don't know anything about medicine, opening up a convenient way to learn!"

Su Ziyang nodded. "Okay!"

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