Recaps

Su Ziyang treated Li Youde’s diabetic foot and relieved another patient’s phantom limb pain with acupuncture. Fairy Li left to meet her eldest brother, while Er Biao arrived to teach Su Ziyang a massage technique and struggled to demonstrate it because Su Ziyang was too ticklish.

• Su Ziyang prescribed White Tiger Decoction with Ginseng and a sucrose foot soak for Li Youde’s diabetic foot.
• Fairy Li told Su Ziyang she was going to meet someone who needed her help and tell her eldest brother about their relationship.
• Su Ziyang used the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate to stop an amputee’s phantom limb pain, then prescribed ginseng and lingzhi.
• Er Biao arrived in a Land Rover and explained that his massage work had become so busy that he had lost weight.
• Er Biao began teaching Su Ziyang a technique meant to improve penile size and length, but Su Ziyang laughed because the thigh massage tickled too much.

Su Ziyang taught Er Biao massage techniques and the Eight and a Half Locks, asking him to develop and pass them on. The next day, Su Ziyang met Li Zijun’s two older brothers, who accepted him after he promised to treat their sister well.

• Su Ziyang learned Er Biao’s massage technique, teased him about his health, and taught him Kegel exercises and the Eight and a Half Locks.
• Su Ziyang explained that he wanted Er Biao to develop the techniques and pass them on, and Er Biao promised not to let his trust go to waste.
• After Er Biao left, Li Zijun called to warn Su Ziyang that her brother wanted to meet him, and Su Ziyang asked Mr. Mengfei for advice.
• Li Zijun arrived with her older brothers, Li Zinian and Li Zijian, and Su Ziyang took them to a restaurant.
• Li Zinian and Li Zijian told Su Ziyang to treat Li Zijun well, and Su Ziyang promised to do so before the brothers left.

Su Ziyang treated Liu Sen for worsening tinnitus, deafness, and dizziness before agreeing to help Wei Boyan process aconite. As the aconite smoldered overnight, Wei Boyan taught him about traditional medicine processing, leaving Su Ziyang reflecting on how much he would need to manage if he opened his own clinic.

• After Su Ziyang and Fairy Li returned home, she asked when he would meet her mother, then the two teased each other before going for a walk.
• Su Ziyang examined Liu Sen, traced his worsening left-ear hearing loss and dizziness, diagnosed Shaoyang disease, and prescribed Minor Bupleurum Decoction.
• Daoist Master Xiao Yang asked Su Ziyang to assist Wei Boyan with processing aconite, and Su Ziyang agreed in order to learn from the experienced processor.
• Wei Boyan had Su Ziyang wash the raw aconite for three days, then they set it over grain husks and rice straw to burn overnight.
• While they watched the embers, Wei Boyan explained his aconite-processing method and taught Su Ziyang about immortal pinellia; afterward, Su Ziyang pondered the work involved in running his own clinic.

Su Ziyang stayed with Wei Boyan through the processing of aconite and helped the old man correct his standing meditation posture, strengthening their friendship. After the medicine was finished, Su Ziyang parted from Wei Boyan and joked with Mr. Mengfei, who said he might soon leave too.

• Su Ziyang kept watch by the fire overnight as Wei Boyan processed the aconite, then stayed awake through three days of steaming it.
• Wei Boyan praised Su Ziyang's stamina and shared how an expert had once taught him a standing meditation method.
• Su Ziyang adjusted Wei Boyan's stance and tapped his acupoints until Wei Boyan felt warmth and a swelling sensation in his arms and lower belly.
• Wei Boyan thanked Su Ziyang, added him on WeChat, and promised to answer his questions about medicinal ingredients.
• After the aconite was finished and Wei Boyan left, Mr. Mengfei teased Su Ziyang and said he might head back soon.

Su Ziyang diagnosed Liu Sen with wind-deficiency deafness and prescribed Cinnamon and Arisaema Powder, carefully explaining how to prepare it. After reviewing the formula, Su Ziyang agreed to attend a gathering of his former fellow students, which Liu Hua would organize.

• Mr. Mengfei returned as promised, and Su Ziyang earned two kicks for teasing him about visiting their master's wife.
• Su Ziyang examined Liu Sen, found his dizziness had improved but his deafness and ear noises remained, and diagnosed wind-deficiency deafness.
• Su Ziyang prescribed Cinnamon and Arisaema Powder and carefully checked that Liu Sen had recorded the preparation instructions correctly.
• Su Ziyang reviewed the formula's ingredients and reasoning in his notes.
• Liu Hua called Su Ziyang to propose a gathering with their former fellow students, and Su Ziyang agreed to go.

Su Ziyang heard that his treatment had helped Ma Jun’s mother and shared a traditional mirabilite remedy for Liu Hua’s father’s age-related farsightedness. He planned to attend a gathering with his master’s schoolmates, while Fairy Li wondered aloud about someone who valued money over people.

• Ma Jun called Su Ziyang to report that his mother had recovered after taking the medicine Su Ziyang prescribed.
• Liu Hua invited Su Ziyang to a gathering that weekend and asked for help with his father’s blurry vision and dry eyes.
• Su Ziyang sent Liu Hua a traditional mirabilite remedy and explained how to use it.
• Liu Hua arranged to buy mirabilite, and Su Ziyang told Fairy Li he wanted to attend the gathering.
• Fairy Li asked Su Ziyang whether people or money mattered more, then wondered how someone could be otherwise.

Su Ziyang recalled how Fairy Li refused a feng shui job that could not satisfy the client without harming his descendants, then visited his former tuina teacher, Li Dongjun, at the hospital. After giving Li Dongjun a massage that impressed him with techniques learned from folk masters, Su Ziyang left with him to share dinner and drinks.

• Fairy Li decided to refuse a client's request to change a feng shui arrangement that had already made his family wealthy but harmed his descendants.
• Su Ziyang heard that two feng shui masters hired afterward nearly died while moving the family's burial site on a dangerous day.
• Su Ziyang visited Li Dongjun at the hospital, where his former teacher was instructing junior students in tuina.
• Li Dongjun recognized Su Ziyang and asked him to demonstrate his tuina skills by giving him a massage.
• Su Ziyang performed a full massage using techniques Li Dongjun had not taught him, and Li Dongjun praised his progress.
• Li Dongjun invited Su Ziyang to dinner and drinks so they could catch up.

Su Ziyang revisited his university, spent a noisy night at a cheap inn, and reflected on his student years and homesickness. The next morning, he met Liu Hua, and they drove to pick up their teacher before the gathering.

• Li Dongjun shared dinner and a stroll around campus with Su Ziyang, then invited him to stay over, but Su Ziyang declined.
• Su Ziyang checked into a small inn and video-called Fairy Li, but the noisy neighboring room drove him out for a late-night walk.
• While wandering, Su Ziyang recalled carrying a drunken roommate back to school and felt homesick before appreciating the students enjoying their youth.
• Su Ziyang returned to the inn around eleven, rested, and checked out early the next morning.
• Liu Hua met Su Ziyang at the school gate and explained that they would pick up their teacher together in their supervisor's borrowed car.
• Su Ziyang and Liu Hua visited their teacher, praised his outfit, and heard that his wife would stay behind to teach while they attended the gathering.

Su Ziyang attended a gathering with his mentor and former classmates, keeping to himself while they ate, played games, and talked. When urged to drink, he said he was unwell and drank juice instead.

• Su Ziyang told his mentor that he worked at a small clinic and saw around a dozen patients a day.
• Liu Hua brought Su Ziyang and their mentor to the villa, where their classmates gathered and chose games and activities.
• Su Ziyang sat apart from the others and sent Fairy Li a video of the lively gathering.
• Their mentor reminded everyone of their duty to save lives and heal the wounded before they began eating.
• A senior sister and their mentor urged Su Ziyang to drink, but he said he was unwell and raised a glass of juice instead.

At a dinner gathering, Liu Hua suffered a severe gout flare, and Su Ziyang used talisman water and the Zhuyou Technique to ease his pain. As their colleagues gathered to watch, Su Ziyang continued treating Liu Hua in the hall.

• Liu Hua told Su Ziyang that his gout had flared up and was causing him intense pain.
• Su Ziyang took Liu Hua out to the hall, removed his shoe, and found his big toe badly swollen and red.
• Su Ziyang made talisman water and applied it to Liu Hua's toe, quickly easing the pain.
• When colleagues came looking for them, Su Ziyang kept treating Liu Hua while telling the group he would give it a try.
• Su Ziyang's colleagues and their advisor gathered to watch as he traced another talisman over Liu Hua's bandaged toe.

Su Ziyang used the Zhuyou Technique to draw illness qi from Liu Hua’s swollen toes, leaving them painless and visibly improved, though the effort exhausted him. At dinner, he kept the details of his training secret, then listened as Senior Sister Yueyue described a strange shadow she saw during a hospital night shift.

• Su Ziyang used his Grab Illness Qi technique on Liu Hua’s toes, repeatedly changing the tissue as yellow grime seeped into it.
• Su Ziyang became too weak to stand, but Liu Hua reported that his toes no longer hurt and the swelling had gone down.
• The instructor praised Su Ziyang, who explained that he had used the Zhuyou Technique and declined to reveal where he learned it.
• Su Ziyang toasted the instructor and became the center of conversation at dinner.
• Senior Sister Yueyue told the group that she had heard footsteps and seen a blue-and-white shadow during a night shift at the hospital.

After the reunion with his mentor and fellow students, Su Ziyang returned home to Fairy Li and resumed treating patients. His first patient was a young man with a severe gout flare, and Su Ziyang prepared to relieve the pain with conventional acupuncture.

• An older nurse and Senior Sister Yueyue found a diabetic patient pacing the corridor because he hoped exercise would lower his blood sugar after he secretly ate flatbread and melon.
• Su Ziyang's former classmates shared a lively barbecue reunion, and their mentor reminded them to save the dying and heal the injured.
• Liu Hua praised Su Ziyang's growing skills, and the two friends said goodbye at the train station.
• Su Ziyang returned home, shared a meal and a movie with Fairy Li, and went back to seeing patients the next day.
• A young man arrived with severe gout in his toes and right knee after eating crayfish and drinking beer, so Su Ziyang prepared to use acupuncture to relieve his pain.

Su Ziyang treated a patient's severe gout with acupuncture and prescribed a modified herbal formula based on Atractylodes and Phellodendron Powder. The patient's pain eased substantially, and he left with instructions to follow dietary restrictions while taking the medicine.

• Su Ziyang used the Heaven-Penetrating Coolness needling technique and a small bloodletting prick to treat the patient's painful knee and toe.
• The patient reported that the pain had eased, and Su Ziyang combined herbs from Atractylodes and Phellodendron Powder and Cinnamon Twig, Peony and Anemarrhena Decoction into a seven-dose prescription.
• Su Ziyang continued manipulating the needles until the patient's pain was nearly gone, then removed them and helped him test his joints.
• The patient asked how long he had to avoid summer foods and beer, and his companion smacked him for worrying about skewers while his toe was swollen.
• Su Ziyang told the patient to follow the dietary restrictions while taking the medicine and said he could indulge once he recovered.

Su Ziyang recognized that a patient’s stomach X-ray strongly suggested cancer but could only encourage him to seek further care, and the man never returned. The next day, Su Ziyang treated a child’s dislocated elbow at the clinic with a quick bonesetting maneuver.

• Su Ziyang examined a middle-aged man’s stomach X-ray and saw irregular shadows that made him suspect stomach cancer.
• Su Ziyang urged the man to register for treatment and offered to try to help, but the man went downstairs and did not return.
• Su Ziyang told Fairy Li about the patient while they prepared braised noodles, and her words eased his guilt.
• Su Ziyang found a child crying with a dislocated elbow at the clinic and restored the joint to its proper position.

Su Ziyang prepared coarse cinnabar for Fairy Li, using water levigation to make it fine enough for her talismans. Fairy Li then mixed the processed cinnabar with alcohol to make cinnabar liquid.

• After helping a woman and her child at the clinic, Su Ziyang received Fairy Li’s request to buy about twenty grams of cinnabar.
• Su Ziyang brought the cinnabar home and found Fairy Li dressed formally with an incense burner, ready to draw talismans.
• Fairy Li complained that the cinnabar was coarse and revealed a collection of laboratory equipment.
• Su Ziyang removed iron filings, ground the cinnabar with water, and repeatedly poured off the cloudy suspension to separate fine powder from impurities.
• After the cinnabar settled, Su Ziyang gave Fairy Li the fine powder, and she mixed it with alcohol to make cinnabar liquid for drawing talismans.

Su Ziyang agreed to prepare moxibustion guidance for his cousin-in-law, who was learning the practice and planned to open a clinic. He reviewed its uses and contraindications so she could avoid harming patients.

• After Fairy Li finished making talismans, Su Ziyang examined them, then went out to eat with her and returned home to rest.
• Su Ziyang's older cousin called to ask whether his wife could run a moxibustion clinic while learning from an experienced practitioner.
• Su Ziyang reassured his cousin that the business could succeed if his wife had proper skills and agreed to send her guidance on precautions.
• Su Ziyang reviewed moxibustion texts and outlined prohibited treatment areas, unsuitable conditions, and people who should avoid or use caution with moxibustion.

Su Ziyang explained to two Western medicine doctors how Chinese medicine treated patients according to their individual symptoms and discussed their plan to study Chinese brake fern for treating stones. He recounted a failed attempt to isolate an effective ingredient from another Chinese medicine practitioner’s prescriptions, which had instead revealed a possible way to separate viruses from healthy cells.

• Su Ziyang met Song Liangtao and Zhang Yu at Han Jinkai’s gathering, where they asked him about his stone-treatment prescriptions.
• Su Ziyang clarified that the prescriptions were different for each patient and explained how Chinese medicine used syndrome differentiation, with Chinese brake fern as a specific medicine for stones.
• Song Liangtao asked whether researchers could extract the herb’s stone-fighting component, and Su Ziyang cautioned that the experiment might fail.
• Su Ziyang described a research team’s study of an old practitioner’s glomerulonephritis prescriptions, which had not directly killed viruses or bacteria.
• Su Ziyang said the extracted medicines had instead been found to isolate viruses from normal human cells, and he wondered whether coexistence could be a better treatment approach.

Su Ziyang explained the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon and the nine traditional needles to Song Liangtao, Song Li, and Zhang Yu, deepening their interest in Chinese medicine. After Han Jinkai asked for help with his friend Liuzi’s elderly mother, Su Ziyang visited her and began assessing her advanced kidney illness.

• Su Ziyang explained how traditional treatments differed by region and described the nine needles, impressing Song Liangtao, Song Li, and Zhang Yu.
• Song Liangtao said he would begin preparations to test Su Ziyang’s prescription, while Song Li became more determined to have his daughter study under Su Ziyang.
• Han Jinkai asked whether Su Ziyang could help his classmate’s mother, who had advanced uremia, and Su Ziyang agreed to visit her with Han Jinkai and Song Li.
• Liuzi described her mother’s worsening swelling, weakness, and sleepiness, and showed Su Ziyang her medications.
• Su Ziyang went to examine Liuzi’s mother, asked about her appetite, and learned she could eat only about half a bowl of noodles.

Su Ziyang examined the elderly woman, diagnosed her condition, and prescribed a cautious course of medicine while reassuring her and Liuzi. Liuzi invited Su Ziyang, Han Jinkai, and Song Li to lunch, and they sat down to admire her cooking.

• Han Jinkai greeted the elderly woman, and Su Ziyang realized her appetite and clear mind suggested she could recover.
• Su Ziyang checked the elderly woman's pulse and prescribed three doses of herbs, explaining how to prepare them and what effects to expect.
• The elderly woman recalled catching a chill before her illness, and Su Ziyang reassured her that the medicine would reduce her swelling.
• Liuzi invited Su Ziyang, Han Jinkai, and Song Li to stay for lunch, and Su Ziyang persuaded the elderly woman to let her daughter cook alone.
• Liuzi served six dishes and a soup, and the three men sat down after admiring the meal.

Su Ziyang enjoyed Liuzi’s cooking with Han Jinkai and Song Li, then returned home and told Fairy Li about the meal. At the clinic, he treated an older woman’s palpitations with acupuncture and prescribed a decoction, refusing to let her use the medicinal liquor as an excuse to drink strong baijiu.

• Liuzi served Su Ziyang, Han Jinkai, and Song Li a feast, and they eagerly ate her dishes while she explained she was a writer and artist who cooked as a hobby.
• Fairy Li smelled perfume on Su Ziyang and insisted she would join him on his next visit to Liuzi for a meal.
• An older woman came to Su Ziyang’s clinic complaining that her heart was thumping, and he identified her pulse as knotted.
• Su Ziyang needled the woman at Neiguan and Shenmen, easing her discomfort, then prescribed Honey-Fried Licorice Decoction.
• The woman tried to use the prescribed medicinal guide as permission to drink strong liquor, but Su Ziyang told her to mix it into the decoction and avoid drinking.

Su Ziyang examined a middle-aged woman with Behçet's disease and learned about her symptoms and previous treatments. After finding an unusual pulse, he asked whether she often felt listless, and she struggled to answer because of her throat ulcers.

• An elderly woman reluctantly left after Su Ziyang finished treating her with acupuncture.
• A young man brought his mother to Su Ziyang and explained that she had been diagnosed with Behçet's disease.
• Su Ziyang examined the woman's mouth and throat, finding numerous ulcers, while her son showed him her medicines and described her treatment history.
• Su Ziyang inferred that her previous Chinese medicine treatment had focused on clearing heat and removing toxins, then examined her pulse and found it unusually long, floating, deep, and faint.
• Su Ziyang asked whether the woman often felt listless, and she winced with throat pain as she tried to answer.

Su Ziyang diagnosed Niu Shilei’s mother with Fox-Lily Disease and prescribed oral and external treatments. A year later, Niu Shilei wrote to say his mother had recovered and that Su’s care had inspired him to study Chinese medicine.

• Su Ziyang matched the woman’s symptoms, including throat and vulvar sores, to Fox-Lily Disease.
• Su Ziyang prescribed Licorice Decoction to Drain the Heart and a sophora-root wash, explaining how to use both treatments.
• The woman and Niu Shilei left, and she did not return for a follow-up, leaving Su Ziyang unsure whether the treatment had worked.
• A year later, Niu Shilei sent Su Ziyang a letter explaining that his mother recovered after fourteen days of Chinese medicine and that he had enrolled in a combined bachelor's and master's program at BJ University of Chinese Medicine.
• Su Ziyang replied on WeChat, encouraging Niu Shilei to study hard and become a physician who saved lives and healed the wounded.

Su Ziyang treated Fairy Li’s mouth ulcer and thought about Daoist Jin’s long seclusion before a middle-aged patient arrived with sudden attacks of pain and palpitations. The patient deliberately exposed his belly to a cold breeze to trigger another spell, and Su Ziyang watched him collapse into the same agonized state.

• Su Ziyang applied Borneol and Borax Powder to Fairy Li’s mouth ulcer, then talked with her about missing Daoist Jin, who remained in seclusion.
• Su Ziyang welcomed a middle-aged man who described waves of pain and qi rising from his lower belly to his chest.
• The man suffered an attack in the consultation room, refusing to let Su Ziyang examine him until it passed.
• The man said cold exposure seemed to trigger the attacks and opened the window to test his theory.
• When the man exposed his belly to the breeze, another attack began, and he collapsed into his chair clutching his stomach.

Su Ziyang diagnosed the middle-aged man’s sudden surges of abdominal qi as Running Piglet Qi and prescribed Running Piglet Decoction. He told the man that one ingredient was unavailable at the pharmacy and would need to be bought online.

• The middle-aged man described attacks triggered by cool air or iced drinks, and Su Ziyang stopped him from deliberately bringing on another episode.
• Su Ziyang examined the man’s pulse and tongue, diagnosed Running Piglet Qi, and explained the condition and its traditional causes and treatments.
• The man excitedly asked for medicine, then suffered another attack as Su Ziyang prepared a prescription.
• Su Ziyang prescribed Running Piglet Decoction and told the man to buy its unavailable sweet plum root white bark ingredient online.

Su Ziyang prescribed medicine for a man with running piglet qi, then examined Zhao Qiangjun, a stomach cancer patient, and began treatment for signs of bleeding. After sending Zhao home with a prescription, Su Ziyang accepted Liuzi’s invitation to dinner and agreed to bring his girlfriend.

• Su Ziyang prescribed the running piglet qi patient fourteen doses of a decoction containing sweet plum root bark and explained how often to take it.
• Zhao Qiangjun arrived with his son and daughter-in-law and asked Su Ziyang to treat his stomach cancer with Chinese medicine.
• Su Ziyang examined Zhao’s pulse and test results, then learned that Zhao had poor appetite, a fishy-sweet taste in his mouth, stomach discomfort, and black stool.
• Su Ziyang prescribed seven doses of Yellow Earth Decoction to stop the bleeding and told Zhao to monitor his stool and return for follow-up.
• Liuzi called to invite Su Ziyang to dinner because her mother’s swelling had improved, and Su Ziyang arranged to bring his girlfriend so she could learn Liuzi’s cooking.