By this time, night had almost fully descended. Mu Lin removed the silver needles and handed them to the nurses beside him for sterilization. After such a long treatment, although his Yuan energy had not been significantly depleted, the patient’s meridians were entangled and required careful adjustment and guidance, which had consumed a great deal of his mental energy. Thus, Mu Lin now felt somewhat tired.
“Use mung beans, chrysanthemum flowers, and Smilax glabra rhizome—boil these into a medicinal decoction and administer it to the patient in three doses tomorrow,” Mu Lin instructed the physicians behind him.
“Teacher! Isn’t this the Qingdu Decoction? But do the dosages really need to be this large?” one physician asked.
“Yes! The patient has accumulated lead in his body over a very long time. Only by combining acupuncture and herbal medicine can we quickly remove the lead from his system.
Today, I’ve already cleared some of the lead deposits from his meridians, but most of the lead accumulated in his internal organs must be expelled through urination and defecation. Normally, natural excretion would be the best approach, but we don’t have that kind of time. Right now, the patient’s constitution can still handle such a high dosage, so you don’t need to worry about his body being unable to tolerate it.
Besides, I’ve also given him some medicine to strengthen his constitution. We simply don’t have more time. Only by quickly clearing the lead from his body can we completely cure his neuritis.
Once the patient wakes up, you all should be responsible for helping him go to the bathroom. After washing him, begin administering the antibiotics using the standard dosage. Tomorrow, we will continue recovery treatment for one more day, and then the day after tomorrow, we will start administering high-dose antibiotics. With just another day, the patient should make a full recovery.” Having said this, Mu Lin left the ward.
Originally, after taking Yuan-enhancing pills, the body needed to expel waste, and combined with Mu Lin spending the entire afternoon warming and nourishing the patient’s internal organs, unblocking meridians, and clearing lead deposits, the patient now had even more waste to expel.
When several acupuncturists carried the patient into the bathroom, the stench emanating from the room was so unbearable that even the staff outside conducting their duties couldn’t stand it—let alone those inside the bathroom.
Since part of the clinic’s nursing staff were already married, they had followed Mu Lin’s instructions and returned home. Due to the shortage of personnel, Mu Lin had no choice but to assign the unmarried doctors to handle these tasks. Now, for the clinic’s reputation and their own future learning, they could only endure the pungent stench with all their might, inwardly lamenting why they hadn’t married earlier. If they had, they’d probably be at home with their loved ones in warmth and comfort, instead of being here tortured by the patient’s foul odor.
Eventually, the stench inside the room became almost unbearable even to the patient himself. “Damn it! My God! Is this smell coming from me? Please, someone give me a gas mask! Or let me leave this cursed room, or else I’ll die from suffocating in this stench before my illness is even cured!”
“A gas mask! We wish we had one too!” the doctors inside the room bitterly chuckled. Normally, they could just hop in a car and go buy one from a store, but now they couldn’t even go outside! The clinic was surrounded by a dense crowd of supporters, and anyone stepping out would be immediately stopped and questioned about the clinic’s current situation.
During the night, the stench from the clinic gradually spread outward. People inside the clinic began covering their mouths and noses with whatever they could find. First, those closest to the clinic caught the smell, followed by more and more people. Some feared it was a toxic gas attack and began panicking, shouting loudly, causing a brief commotion. But after waiting a while and seeing no one collapse from the smell, the crowd gradually calmed down. However, the stench grew stronger and stronger, until eventually even the people outside couldn’t bear it anymore and fled. No one had expected that the clinic’s troubles for several days would be resolved so easily.
When Mu Lin received the report from the clinic staff, he was somewhat skeptical. But when he walked to the window and looked outside, the streets were indeed completely empty, and only then did he believe such a thing could actually happen. He thought to himself that if he had known this would happen, he should have placed Xiao Laipi in New York—then, releasing just one gas bomb would have prevented the clinic from being surrounded by concerned people for such a long time.
The next day, Mu Lin arrived at the ward on time. At this point, although the patient’s face was still slightly crooked, his complexion had changed from the original leaden pallor to a somewhat rosy hue. Mu Lin carefully took his pulse and found that the patient’s heartbeat was strong and steady, already quite similar to that of a normal healthy person.
Mu Lin took out a set of ordinary silver needles from the medicine case beside him. Today, he would first treat the patient’s facial paralysis and then continue detoxifying him.
The patient noticed that the needles Mu Lin took out today were smaller than yesterday’s. Although still fearful inside, he knew this was truly for treating his illness, so he suppressed his fear and sat there stiffly.
“There’s absolutely no need to be so nervous! Let me tell you, these needles may look long, but they won’t hurt much when inserted. It’s even more comfortable than a regular injection,” Mu Lin smiled and reassured the patient. His voice subtly carried a hint of calming influence, for only when the patient was fully relaxed could treating the facial paralysis yield good results.
Seeing that the patient had basically relaxed, Mu Lin began selecting acupoints—Taiyang, Dicang, Hegu, Yangbai, and Yingxiang. The physicians behind Mu Lin watched his technique with rapt attention; these techniques couldn’t be found in textbooks nor had their teachers ever taught them. This time, Mu Lin did not use Yuan energy, for treating facial paralysis was something he had already mastered through extensive practice while traveling and studying across the country.
An hour later, Mu Lin removed the needles, and the patient’s face gradually began to recover. Although not yet fully restored to normal, it was no longer crooked and distorted like a monster.
The nurse handed the patient a mirror. Looking at his gradually recovering face in the mirror, the patient’s face streamed with tears as he murmured:
“Thank God, praise God! You sent such a skilled doctor to this world, all because of your mercy that I have recovered. Thank God! Praise God!”
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