Practicing business and practicing medicine

Xiao Jing's family took up a lot of Bian Mu's time, and the subsequent consultations were somewhat chaotic. Fortunately, the conditions of patients No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 were relatively simple, so Bian Mu slowly adjusted his mentality.

"I have to adjust myself. I get very excited when I encounter patients with difficult and complicated diseases. The patients and their families have left the clinic, and there are still some concerns in my mind. Although they are all technical details, they are not worth it. Alas! I am still young and have to practice for a short time! From now on, I must practice the skills of "hard-heartedness". The predecessors have summarized it very well. The way of practicing medicine is very difficult. It is a test for a qualified professional Chinese medicine doctor at all times and in all places." Thinking of this, Bian Mu gradually adjusted his mentality and temporarily deleted Xiao Jing's family from his mind.

Bian Mu read a passage in an old Chinese medicine book. The main idea of ​​the previous author's discussion was that doctors must be "equipped" with a "heart of stone" to treat diseases. They should not be moved by the pain suffered by patients, the poor and the poor who have no money to treat diseases, or the great sorrow and grief of dying people... Only in this way can a good doctor focus all his attention on the simple condition, so as to truly help patients get out of the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible and gradually recover.

This is the ultimate way of practicing medicine!

However, people are not plants, who can be heartless! The benevolence of doctors is a necessary quality for qualified doctors. The paradox is that with the benevolence, doctors will inevitably be kind-hearted, or suddenly want to completely overcome some difficult and complicated diseases. Bian Mu focuses on the latter.

With kindness and ambition, and with some selfish thoughts about personal honor, even the most talented doctors will inevitably be confused. Once the mind is confused, the practitioner will immediately make mistakes in concepts, logic, innovation... If they cannot correct themselves in time, they will soon fall into a certain "misunderstanding" and gradually become less objective. If they mix in other things, other thoughts... or something, many difficult diseases cannot be cured at all.

In this way, practitioners must learn to constantly adjust themselves in the specific clinical practice process, make themselves more objective, and learn to be a little harder, so that they can go further in the end.

Bian Mu remembered an emergency case.

Around the middle and late Ming Dynasty, there was a famous doctor in Suning City, named Zhang Jiuke. He followed a young apprentice who was about 18 or 19 years old at the time. At that time, a man of 18 or 19 was roughly equivalent to an adult man of about 30 years old at that time. His way of thinking was naturally much more mature, and he could not be simply regarded as a young man.

One day, a retired official from the capital came to live in seclusion. He was about 60 years old. From the capital to his hometown, the retired official surnamed Yuan usually traveled by water. When he was about to reach Suning City, he was unlucky and was bitten by unknown insects several times. He was red, swollen, numb and itchy. He treated it simply for a period of time, but he was not completely healed.

Official surnamed Yuan thought it was a minor illness and did not take it seriously along the way.

However, since entering Suning City, official surnamed Yuan felt that the instep of his left foot was getting more and more swollen, and the color began to turn black, and the epidermis was more or less translucent. Most officials in ancient times knew some medicine. As the saying goes, it is easy for a scholar to learn medicine, just like catching a chicken in a cage.

Official surnamed Yuan felt that his foot disease was somewhat bad. For the sake of caution, he quickly sent his family to ask which doctor in the city was better at surgery. His family came back and said that Zhang Jiuke was an expert in this area.

So, accompanied by his family, the retired official surnamed Yuan found Zhang Jiuke and asked him to help him deal with the trouble on his foot.

Zhang Jiuke did not dare to neglect it at all. He cut the wound with a copper knife, cleaned the wound, disinfected, and drained the pus... The treatment was very professional. The retired official surnamed Yuan was very satisfied and rewarded Zhang Jiuke with a lot of money and things.

As soon as the official surnamed Yuan left, the apprentice who had been helping him stepped forward and reminded him: "Master! The wound of Mr. Yuan just now has penetrated his blood and marrow. In fact, the wound is quite serious. In order to prevent future troubles, why don't you amputate the front of his left foot to prevent his condition from deteriorating rapidly in the future... and ruin your reputation as a doctor..."

"What nonsense! You are really a fool. You are so young and don't study medicine well. What kind of evil ideas do you have! Hurry up and put away the dried herbs in the back hall. It will rain later and you will get wet. Be careful or I will punish you with hunger!" Zhang Jiuke was a famous doctor at that time. How could he listen to the "nonsense" of his disciples who had not yet graduated? He scolded the apprentice without saying anything and sent him to the backyard to do odd jobs.

In a daze, the matter was over.

As a result, within two months, the news came that the official surnamed Yuan was forced to undergo amputation surgery in his hometown. In the Ming Dynasty, the level of traditional Chinese medicine surgery was still quite high, and it was always at the top level in the world at that time, so normal amputation could still be done.

Unexpectedly, the amputation surgery was done a little late, and eventually, the poison attacked the heart, and the official surnamed Yuan died of illness at home.

Shocked by the bad news, Zhang Jiuke was afraid of taking responsibility, so he fled Suning City with his family overnight and traveled to many places to avoid disaster.

The apprentice's whereabouts were unknown later.

Inspired by the real case, later generations repeatedly warned their younger generations that to learn medicine, they must first endure their will, and slowly, they must learn to be a little harder. Later, the rule of "kindness cannot be in charge of medicine" began to spread in the world.

Now, thinking of Zhang Jiuke's personal experience, Bian Mu felt something in his heart, and kept reminding himself privately that he still needed to practice medicine, and he was still very young!

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Anyway, the subsequent patients did not have any problems. Although Bian Mu felt a little sleepy in his lower back, he was generally OK.

Patient No. 07 just sat down at the examination table and immediately said something polite to Bian Mu.

Male, 29 years old, non-local hukou, working in a company in Lijin City, master's degree, although not a particularly well-known university graduate, but ordinary people still know that university when they mention it.

"I'm sorry! Doctor Bian! I don't know if my condition is considered an illness, but... it has affected my ability to sleep normally. I'm worried that if it continues like this, I'll get depressed again. I've seen other doctors several times, and they all said that I have mild anxiety, not depression, but... no matter whether it's medication or psychological treatment, it doesn't work. Many symptoms remain... If it continues like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep my job. You know, it's hard for someone like me with no background to get along in a place like Lijin... Doctor Bian! Help me!" At the end, the man looked pitiful.

After observing his words and expressions for a long time, listening to his words, and seeing through his "heart", Bian Mu couldn't help but feel a little contempt in his heart.