Chapter 89 - 74: One Needle Unites Yin and Yang

Chapter 89: Chapter 74: One Needle Unites Yin and YangXu Donglai did not intervene this time. Firstly, because Xu Chunliang didn’t interfere with their CPR operations; secondly, because he believed that the hope of saving the patient was extremely slim. Although Xu Chunliang’s words were harsh, what they were doing now was indeed an operation of treating a dead horse as if it were alive.

Li Jia Kuan, who was also a Chinese medicine practitioner, was somewhat curious. At first, he thought Xu Chunliang was just messing around. However, the moment Xu Chunliang pulled out the fine needle, he suddenly felt an indescribable aura, a kind of overwhelming presence, that he had only felt when he met the national medical master Chu Budang. He didn’t understand why a young man would give him this feeling. Was it an illusion?

Seventeen minutes had already passed since Li Jia Kuan began the rescue, but the patient not only showed no signs of improvement but also became increasingly worse. The patient had lost breathing and heartbeat, lips were cyanotic, fingernails were purplish, pupils dilated, and there was no response to light. Anyone could see that the patient was edging closer to death.

Xu Donglai chose to ignore Xu Chunliang, but he couldn’t ignore the patient’s family member sitting beside them, telling her to prepare for the worst, essentially implying that the patient was beyond saving.

It was precisely Xu Donglai’s words that prompted the lady in black to make her decision: "Help him with acupuncture! Quickly!"

Xu Donglai sighed in his heart. The current situation seemed like a desperate shot in the dark. Clearly, the lady in black seemed rational, but why did she make such a foolish decision? However, since the family member had agreed, he couldn’t object either.

Xu Chunliang had already lifted the patient’s right foot, choosing the first acupoint at Yongquan. The Yongquan acupoint is located on the sole, in the depression at the front part of both feet, in the midpoint between the second metatarsal spaces.

This point, also known as Dichong, belongs to the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. The Meridian Water of the Kidney within the body gushes out to the body surface through this point.

The intention of choosing this acupoint was to wake the patient from a severe coma. Xu Chunliang chose a thicker filiform needle for an oblique and fast insertion, the needle piercing the skin would cause a sharp pain.

Laymen watch the excitement, insiders see the technique. Li Jia Kuan could tell Xu Chunliang’s intention at a glance. Although the needling plan was correct, he did not think it would have much effect. Stimulating the patient to wake up from a coma through pain might not be wrong, but it should depend on the actual situation, and it was unlikely to have any effect on the currently comatose patient.

Normally, the first needle sensation would be stimulated first for two minutes, then the second needle sensation would be stimulated, and execution is for three minutes before removing the needle. However, contrary to Li Jia Kuan’s expectations, after Xu Chunliang stimulated the first needle sensation by piercing the skin, he did not stop needling. Instead, he consecutively pierced through the plantar aponeurosis, short flexor digitorum, through the metatarsal spaces, and sequentially launched through the intermuscular fascia and dorsum skin, penetrating the Neiting acupoint of the Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian. The gleaming needle tip penetrated the dorsum skin, piercing through the entire sole.

Li Jia Kuan was stunned. In his thirty years in medicine, he had never seen such a strange needling method. Xu Chunliang’s incredible aspect was his extremely precise point selection, which effectively avoided the blood vessels and nerves in the foot. The filiform needle pierced through the sole, connecting the Yongquan and Neiting acupoints, without a trace of blood seeping out.

Xu Chunliang applied the same method to the patient’s left foot, then selected the Neiguan acupoint. The Neiguan acupoint, also known as the Yinwei acupoint, belongs to the Hand Jueyin Heart Sack Meridian.

Traditional Chinese medicine is profound, and each acupoint on the human body has its special significance.

The meaning of the Neiguan is that the meridian water of the Heart Sack Meridian on the body surface enters the body through this point. After the Earth’s Meridian Water reaches the Neiguan acupoint, it is introduced into the internal meridians of the Heart Sack Meridian through the earth’s gaps of this point, but the qi of the internal vaporization of the Heart Sack Meridian water cannot be discharged from the earth’s gaps of the Neiguan acupoint, just like a one-way checkpoint valve.

The Neiguan acupoint is located between the tendons of the flexor carpi radialis and the palmaris longus, on the line connecting the Quzhe acupoint and the Daling acupoint, about two inches above the transverse crease of the wrist.

This time, Xu Chunliang chose a long needle, quickly piercing the skin through the fat layer, producing a notable sensation of resistance as the long needle pierced through the intermuscular fascia.

By now, Li Jia Kuan had completely let go of his previous dismissive attitude. When an expert makes a move, you know if it is real or not. Xu Chunliang’s needling was decisive and precise. This time both acupoints entered the needle simultaneously, piercing the intermuscular fascia to stimulate the first needle sensation, continuing through the superficial flexor of the fingers, reaching between the superficial and deep flexor muscles, and the needle tip pierced into the median nerve to stimulate the second needle sensation.

Xu Chunliang was calm and composed, controlling the filiform needle with both hands for rotation and lifting at the Neiguan acupoint of the patient.

Li Jia Kuan knew that the Neiguan acupoint was an emergency rescue acupoint. He had once seen a Chinese medicine paper reporting a successful case where needling the Neiguan acupoint helped a patient whose heart had stopped for fifteen minutes to restore an autonomous heartbeat. However, he always believed there was an element of chance in that case. If it were truly effective, it would have been widely promoted in the traditional Chinese medicine field long ago.

"Huh!"

Xu Donglai let out a light exclamation because he noticed the patient’s right foot moved slightly. He thought it might be a neural reflex, but the patient’s feet alternately moved a few times. Although the movements were slight, they didn’t escape his notice.

Xu Chunliang said, "Please help me hold down his legs."

Xu Donglai and Li Jia Kuan exchanged glances, and they both saw inexplicable surprise in each other’s eyes. In the end, it was Li Jia Kuan who went to hold the patient’s legs down.

Xu Donglai didn’t understand traditional Chinese medicine, but he easily saw the young man’s powerful confidence from Xu Chunliang’s calm expression. He dismissed it as youthful arrogance; this young man clearly hadn’t yet learned the harsh realities of society nor experienced its battering. If this resuscitation fails, would the patient’s family hold him accountable? Would this cause trouble if they pursued responsibility? Dıscover more novels at N0v3l.Fiɾe.net

Having practiced medicine for many years, he had witnessed too many disputes; even if well-intentioned, the other party might not appreciate it.

He glanced at the lady in black, who at that moment, was intently watching Xu Chunliang’s every move.

Li Jia Kuan was searching his memory for the article he had read on acupuncture at the Neiguan acupoint for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and remembered it mentioned that the needle should be retained for about ten minutes.

Xu Chunliang’s method of needling once again upended his understanding. After three minutes of needling the Neiguan acupoint, Xu Chunliang continued inserting the needle, the tip penetrating the extensor digitorum communis and intermuscular membrane, inserting into the Outer Gate Acupoint.

The Outer Gate Acupoint belongs to the Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian, connecting to the Yangwei Meridian, known as the intersection point of the eight meridians. This needle essentially connected the Yinwei Meridian and Yangwei Meridian.

In traditional Chinese medicine theory, the human body is also divided into yin and yang. In a normal person, the meridians circulate, and yin and yang alternate. When the patient’s heartbeat stops, the heart meridian is obstructed, lacking the heart’s propulsion, halting the yin-yang movement, unable to transform into each other.

Xu Chunliang’s needle was like building a new bridge between the Yinwei Meridian and the Yangwei Meridian. With different yin-yang properties, yin sinks while yang rises, much like the convergence of cold and hot air in nature, producing a strong convection weather pattern.

The human body can also be seen as a microcosm; the meeting of yin and yang, the ascent of yang, and the descent of yin caused the long-stagnant meridian flow to begin anew.

Li Jia Kuan and Xu Donglai’s attempt at mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the patient was not wrong. From a Western medical standpoint, the heart is the center of the circulatory system, requiring the restoration of the heartbeat to revive the internal and external circulation, thus enhancing overall body function.

If mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation doesn’t achieve the desired result, one would need to resort to an AED. Essentially, it still involves using external force to stimulate the heart, aiding the patient’s recovery of spontaneous heartbeats. In the absence of an AED, they could only attempt chest compressions and artificial respiration to save the patient. Even Xu Donglai, a seasoned attending physician, had no better alternative.

Using the fine needles to connect the Yinwei Meridian and Yangwei Meridian, Xu Chunliang leveraged the differing yin-yang properties to form a powerful convection within the patient’s body meridians. The meridians that had been dormant for over ten minutes began flowing again due to the yin-yang convection.

Xu Chunliang considered the patient’s current meridians to be like a stagnant canal, with the heart being the waterwheel in the canal. To set the waterwheel in motion again, the water within the canal must first flow. Only then can the flowing water drive the waterwheel to revolve anew.

Such reasoning is utterly inconceivable within Western medicine, yet it is precisely the profound wonder of traditional Chinese medicine. Western medicine is based on physiology, whereas traditional Chinese medicine adheres to the natural order.

The patient’s pulse was restored first, followed by the heartbeat.

The patient’s feet began to tremble violently. Li Jia Kuan held them firmly, now certain that Xu Chunliang’s needling had been effective.

Xu Chunliang asked Xu Donglai to help restrain the patient’s right arm, as the patient’s consciousness hadn’t yet returned, and he might struggle, affecting the subsequent needling until he regained autonomous consciousness.

Taking the opportunity, Xu Donglai checked the patient’s pulse. Though faint, the rhythmic beating had resumed, and he immediately regarded this young man with newfound respect. Using acupuncture to restore a comatose patient’s heartbeat and breathing was something he had never witnessed. Xu Donglai had always been skeptical of traditional Chinese medicine, even believing sections of it to be pseudoscientific. Until today, he thought Xu Chunliang’s actions belonged only to supernatural tales and strange stories.

He had internally already pronounced this patient dead, but this young man before him had pulled the patient back from the brink with just a few fine needles.

With yin and yang distinguished and meridians flowing, after the heart resumed beating, Xu Chunliang swiftly withdrew the fine needle bridging between the Yinwei Meridian and Yangwei Meridian. If left allowing prolonged yin-yang merging, it would provoke serious complications arising from yin-yang imbalance. Excesses do harm. The wisdom embedded in traditional Chinese medicine surpasses that of Western medicine.

With the heartbeat and autonomous breathing restored and circulation resuming, the patient’s oxygen deprivation symptoms began to alleviate. His lip color changed from black to purple, and the purplish cyanosis of his nails slightly diminished. Both Xu Donglai and Li Jia Kuan, possessing years of clinical experience, discerned from the symptom changes that the patient’s condition was rapidly improving.

The patient’s pulse grew stronger, and those nearby could hear his gasping breaths. Everyone recognized this welcome change. The flight attendant who had fetched Xu Chunliang took out her phone to capture this moving moment, but the lady in black coldly stopped her: "Please respect the privacy of others, or I will reserve the right to pursue legal action!" The melodious voice carried a firmness and authority that everyone could perceive.

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