Chapter 1744: : Treatment of addiction to tobacco and alcohol

After Ye Chen had read the situation of the woman Jin, he picked up the medical record sheet in front of him and began to write her prescriptions on the medical record sheet.
"Jin, female, 38 years old. Dry mouth and dry throat for more than ten years."
"First visit: The patient has a history of smoking for 17 years. He has smoked 20 to 25 cigarettes a day for the past year. This is because her husband strongly objected to it, coupled with chronic pharyngitis caused by long-term smoking. Ear acupuncture is given first: Shenmen, lung, spleen, Acupuncture and moxibustion are given to acupoints such as mouth, endocrine, heart, and liver."
After Ye Chen finished writing, he looked at the woman and said, "Miss Jin, for your situation, I will give you acupuncture first to see how the treatment is effective. If the effect is good, I will re-treat you again tomorrow morning."
The Miss Jin can only nod her head.
After Ye Chen took out the silver needles on the table to sterilize, he began to use acupuncture ear needles for her.
After giving Ms. Jin acupuncture, Ms. Jin and her husband thanked Ye Chen and left with the medical record. After seeing the other person leaving, Ye Chen let the second patient in.
When the second patient came in, Ye Chen saw that it was an old woman in her seventies, and there was a middle-aged couple beside her who came in.
Ye Chen guessed that this should be treating the old woman.
"Grandma, why are you uncomfortable?" Ye Chen asked.
The old grandma sat in front of Ye Chen, and in Chinese that he could understand, she told Ye Chen that she had pain in her right heel, and she had been in pain for more than two months, and now she has difficulty walking.
When I heard that Ye Chen could see a doctor for free here, the grandmother's eldest son and daughter-in-law helped him over.
The eldest son of the old woman talked about the mother’s situation. Ye Chen learned that the other party had already been examined and treated in a western hospital in Houston. The examination at the western hospital concluded that it was calcaneal bone hyperplasia. In the hospital treatment, the pain eased slightly, but I still feel very uncomfortable now.
After Ye Chen carefully checked the old woman's right heel, she checked her pulse and tongue conditions, and then wrote her medical records.
After getting the medical record from the side, Ye Chen wrote in the medical record: "Yang, female, 72 years old, has pain and discomfort in the right heel for more than two months."
"First visit: The patient felt pain in the right heel and swelling of the ankle joint and the back of the foot more than two months ago. The film was taken at a western hospital in Houston, which showed the bone hyperplasia of the calcaneus. After treatment, the pain was slightly relieved and now I feel Walking on the right heel is very uncomfortable."
"Examination: the patient is thin, swollen ankle joints and back of the feet, and heel tenderness. Tongue picture: pale tongue, thin and white tongue. Pulse state: weak pulse. Chinese medicine dialectical diagnosis: Heel pain syndrome is diagnosed as choroidal block. For long-term injury and strain, the sun's meridians are insufficient, and the channels are blocked and cause heel bone pain. Treatment: replenishing qi and nourishing blood, dredging the collaterals and relieving pain. The main acupoints are the Shaoyang Meridian points."
"Prescription: Waiguan, Qu Temple, Kou He Liao, Sanyinjiao, Yang Chi, the method of purging, keeping the needle for 20 minutes, once every other day, 10 times as a course of treatment.
After Ye Chen finished writing, he originally wanted to perform acupuncture on the old woman himself, but because of the long needle retention time, there are now too many patients in line outside. Therefore, the old woman's son can only pass the medical record, and when the free clinic is over, we can find a Chinese doctor who is proficient in acupuncture and moxibustion to give the old woman acupuncture.
In addition, Ye Chen will leave Houston tomorrow, so it is also impossible for him to give old women acupuncture for a single course of treatment.
The old woman's family understood Ye Chen's practice very well, and after hurriedly thanking Ye Chen, it was the next patient's turn to come in for acupuncture.
Starting at one o'clock in the afternoon, Ye Chen sat there constantly, except for drinking water, he almost always treated the patients outside for consultations, prescriptions, and even treatment.
If the time before and after acupuncture is not long, Ye Chen will personally perform acupuncture treatment. If the time is too long, the patient can only take the medical record away and find another acupuncturist before acupuncture.
Even so, plus the time for acupuncture and moxibustion, it took five or six hours before and after, until after seven o'clock in the evening, there were still patients queuing outside.
Ye Chen knew that the patient was anxious, and also because of the pain caused by the disease, so Ye Chen could not end this free clinic just because it was late now.
He sat there and continued to give acupuncture to the remaining patients.
Until eight o'clock in the evening, the last patient remained, a white man in his 50s and 60s with blond hair.
When he and a Chinese first came in, Ye Chen smelled the strong smell of alcohol from the other party, and guessed that the other party liked drinking very much.
When the old man sat down, Ye Chen asked him to describe his situation in English first, but he was a little gibberish. He didn’t understand, so he could only let the Chinese person understand instead. Ye Chen learned that the white man was named White and lived in Near Houston’s New Chinatown, alcoholism has caused many problems. So, I was brought over by that Chinese friend this time to see if the magical Chinese medicine can make him quit his alcohol addiction?
After getting a clear understanding from the Chinese, he said, "Mr. White, I know your situation."
After speaking, then write him a medical record.
"White, male, 59 years old, American. Acupuncture and moxibustion are required to stop alcohol addiction."
"First visit: A friend of the patient said that he loved to drink since he was a child. In the past 10 years, he had to drink 2 bottles of wine every day. If you drink less, you will be nervous, drooling, sleep well, listless during the day, and can't lift the energy. Friends persuaded him to give up. This time it was a Chinese friend Pu Tong came to see him."
"Examination: dark red complexion, full of alcohol. Tongue appearance: lips and tongue purplish red, yellow and turbid moss, thick and greasy in the middle. Pulse condition: slippery pulse string. Chinese medicine dialectics: alcohol addiction. Long-term drinking causes dampness and heat. To invigorate the spleen and replenish qi, clear away heat and promote dampness."
"Prescription: (1) Fenglong (double), Zhubin (double), Hegu (double). (2): Ear points: Shenmen, sympathetic, triple Jiao, mouth, stomach, spleen, alternately press 5 to 5 per day 6 times, every time you want to drink, rub it more until your ears become red. (3): Drink enough water every day."
After Ye Chen finished writing, check it carefully, then give him acupuncture points, and then teach him the positions of ear points. However, the white man was confused and didn't understand. Only Ye Chen taught the other Chinese friend to make him remember clearly, and then rubbed according to his medical record.
After seeing the two of them leave, Ye Chen could finally stretch his waist. He didn't expect that there were any special patients. It was the first time he had encountered this kind of people who quit smoking and drinking.
When they came out, they found Yu Shaohua and Yang Yixian waiting for Ye Chen.
"Ye Chen, you really worked hard today." Yang Yixian said.
"Old Yang, I'm fine." Ye Chen said.
After returning to the hotel to have dinner, and then back to the hotel room, I took a shower comfortably, and when I lay down to rest, I did find that I was much more comfortable.