A Group of People Who Felt Valued

"Teacher, I heard that this medicine has both diaphoretic and laxative properties. Could you tell me about them?"

Someone's question directly disrupted Su Ziyang's plan. Su Ziyang could only skip some of the content and then explain it to everyone one by one.

"As we just discussed, Cinnamon Twig Decoction is a diaphoretic, Chengqi Decoction is a purgative!"

"Our traditional Chinese medicine has summarized eight basic treatment methods, which are called the Eight Methods of Medicine: sweating, vomiting, purging, harmonizing, warming, clearing, resolving, and tonifying."

Su Ziyang moved the PowerPoint presentation to this page so that everyone could see it clearly, and then introduced each point in detail.

Sweating method: This method involves inducing sweating to relieve exterior syndromes and disperse pathogenic factors by clearing the lungs. It is suitable for exterior syndromes caused by external pathogens.

Vomiting Method: This method involves vomiting to expel phlegm, undigested food, etc., that have accumulated in the throat, chest, and stomach. It is suitable for conditions such as excessive phlegm and food stagnation in the stomach, but it is rarely used in clinical practice nowadays.

Purgative method: By purging and relieving constipation, stagnation, fluid retention, and blood stasis in the body are expelled. This method is suitable for cases of internal excess.

Harmonizing method: Through the methods of reconciliation and adjustment, the pathogenic factors in the half-exterior and half-interior or the dysfunction of the internal organs can be restored. It is applicable to syndromes such as Shaoyang syndrome, liver-spleen disharmony, and gastrointestinal disharmony.

Warming method: Treating internal cold syndrome by warming the interior and dispelling cold.

Clearing method: Treating internal heat syndrome by clearing heat and purging fire.

Elimination method: By promoting digestion, regulating qi and blood circulation, and resolving phlegm and promoting diuresis, the accumulated pathogenic factors in the body are gradually dissipated. It is suitable for symptoms such as food stagnation, qi stagnation, blood stasis, and phlegm retention.

Tonification method: Treating various deficiency syndromes by replenishing qi, blood, Yin and Yang.

The room was completely silent, except for the sound of everyone taking notes.

Su Ziyang and the others had finished taking notes before they began to explain again.

"The eight methods can be used alone or in combination depending on the condition, such as combining sweating and purging, warming and clearing, or eliminating and tonifying."

"Everyone must remember this!"

"The core characteristic of traditional Chinese medicine is syndrome differentiation and treatment, which essentially involves determining different treatment methods based on different syndromes."

"The same disease can present with different symptoms and require different treatments; this is called treating the same disease with different methods. For example, both patients have a cold, runny nose, and headache, but one has typhoid fever and the other has heatstroke, so the treatments will be completely opposite!"

"Different diseases with the same symptoms and treatment methods are called 'treating different diseases with the same method.' For example, one person has a headache, and another has a stomachache. The theory of 'Tonifying the Middle and Buzhong Yiqi Decoction ' for treating yin fire mentions that spleen and stomach deficiency can cause stomach pain and headaches, although the symptoms are different. The root cause is very similar!"

"However, prescriptions for treating diseases are formulated based on syndrome differentiation and treatment principles, and are composed of appropriate combinations of drugs according to the principles of drug compatibility."

"Everyone must remember that traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions are not simply a collection of herbs, but rather an organic whole with a clear structure and therapeutic goals. This is the main form of disease treatment in traditional Chinese medicine."

Everyone gasped in amazement once again.

This time, however, no one joked anymore, and they were surprised that Su Ziyang was speaking in such a profound way.

These people came to the class, paid the fees, but found that the instructors treated them like children.

Explaining simple concepts like a, o, e, 123 is utterly pointless.

It's a pity to throw it away, but it's tasteless to eat it.

With Su Ziyang, everyone felt a strong sense of respect, because Su Ziyang was teaching them as if they were "adults".

Although the PowerPoint presentation was very simple and not flashy, the knowledge points were solid.