Chapter 324 - He Started a New School of Thought (1/2)

Chapter 324 He Started a New School of ThoughtIn the consulting room at the acupuncture department.

“Did you use Qigong earlier when you treated the patient earlier?” Xu Miaolin asked after the patient and all the doctors who gathered outside had left.

“Yes,” Fang Qiu said with a nod.

In fact, Qigong was not very different from internal Qi because Qi was at their essence.

However, internal Qi was more pure and abundant as compared to Qigong.

Internal Qi was formed by absorbing the Qi of the sky and earth into one’s body while Qigong was cultivated by using one’s Qi. Although Qigong was very similar to kung fu, upon closer examination, there was a very distinct difference between the two.

Naturally, it was possible to cultivate Qigong since it was similar to kung fu and in fact, there were many Qigong techniques around as well.

Similar to kung fu, Qigong experts could be incredibly powerful.

Unfortunately, very few people managed to cultivate Qigong to the highest level, so no one knew how powerful Qigong could be. It was only known that Qigong masters could be incredibly powerful.

“No wonder,” Xu Miaolin said with a nod.

Then, a series of footsteps could be heard along the quiet corridor.

“Clack, clack…”

These footsteps belonged to the patients who had been waiting at the orthopedics department on the seventh floor.

They had immediately rushed to the acupuncture department after the registration process.

“Where is Dr. Xiao Fang?”

“What is Dr. Xiao Fang doing at the acupuncture department? It’d be great if he continued to work at the orthopedics department.”

“It doesn’t matter which department he is working at. All that matters is that Dr. Xiao Fang is working in this very hospital.”

“Where is he?”

“Where is Dr. Xiao Fang’s consulting room?”

These patients created a commotion as they searched for Fang Qiu’s consulting room.

There weren’t that many people at the acupuncture department and it was usually very quiet, so the arrival of these patients immediately attracted the attention of the doctors and nurses at the acupuncture department.

The doctors and nurses were dumbfounded when they heard who the patients were looking for.

What was going on?

How did so many people manage to find their way here even though Fang Qiu had only been here for several hours?

Fang Qiu and Xu Miaolin could hear the commotion all the way from his consulting room.

“I couldn’t tell that you were such a popular doctor here,” Xu Miaolin said with a smile. “You’ve only been here for a short while and now, so many patients have come in search of you.”

“Of course not,” Fang Qiu said with a smile. “I’m doing okay.”

“This would save us a lot of time,” Xu Miaolin said as he rolled his eyes at Fang Qiu. “At the very least, you wouldn’t need to waste time waiting for a patient to end up in your consulting room because you are new. You’ve come here to gain practical experience, so it would speed things up if the patients are familiar wit you.”

The moment he finished speaking, a patient pushed open the door and headed toward Fang Qiu’s desk.

Upon a closer look, Fang Qiu noticed that it was a family of three.

It was a middle-aged couple and a young man who was in his 20s.

The young man looked a little dazed and it was obvious that he wasn’t as normal.

“Doctor, could you please take a look at our son?” The middle-aged woman said. She only turned to look at Fang Qiu after her son had taken his seat and there was a plea in her voice.

“Sure,” Fang Qiu nodded. “What’s wrong with him?”

“He has schizophrenia,” the middle-aged woman said. She paused for a moment before she added, “He hasn’t left the house since he was 16 and he would spend the entire day cooped up in his room. He refuses to eat and would only chuckle to himself. He would head out in the middle of the night in search of food when he is hungry and he doesn’t bathe, nor wash his face, nor his hair. He is unable to care for himself and sometimes when I try to step in, he would even flare up at me and hit me.”

Fang Qiu frowned when he heard the middle-aged woman’s words.

Schizophrenia?

This wouldn’t be easy to treat.

Most patients would be sent to the psychiatric hospital or the psychiatric department, so why did his parents bring him to the acupuncture department?

However, since they were here, Fang Qiu would do his best as a doctor to treat their son.

“Does this run in the family?” Fang Qiu asked. “Has he sought treatment before this?”

“Yes to both questions,” the middle-aged woman said as she nodded. “This does run in the family and we’ve already sought treatment several times but to no avail. Finally, we brought him to the psychiatric hospital where he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and they told us that it was incurable. However, he is our son who we had painstakingly raised. Doctor, please take a look at him. I’ll give you all the money you ask for as long as you’re able to cure him.”

“I’m a doctor,” Fang Qiu said as he nodded. “So I will do my best.”

At this moment, Xu Miaolin said. “I’ll do it.”

Xu Miaolin said, “Let me show you how to embed the thread.”

“Sure,” Fang Qiu said and immediately rose to his feet.

The middle-aged couple looked confused. They didn’t know why their main physician had changed at the last moment.

“He is my teacher, so I’m sure that the treatment will be more effective,” Fang Qiu said.

The middle-aged couple nodded as realization dawned and looked at Xu Miaolin hopefully.

“Schizophrenia has the highest rate of disability and it is very difficult to treat. The most effective acupuncture treatment for this disease is the thread-embedding technique,” Xu Miaolin said as he made preparations.

“Haha,” the young man seated at the table suddenly laughed to himself.

He stared at the corner of the table and his head would turn from side to side.

He looked like he was having mild seizures.

“Come here,” Xu Miaolin gestured for the middle-aged couple to bring the young man over to the acupuncture chair.