Chinese medicine doctor Xu Yang

"Teacher, are you setting off tonight?" Xu Yang sat next to Professor He, who was among the first batch of experts to support him.

Professor He nodded: "Yeah, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to watch the Spring Festival Gala with my family this year. It's just you. Alas, you can't get married because of this. Can Zhang Ke explain it?"

Xu Yang nodded, his eyes softened a bit, and he remained silent.

Professor He also looked out the window. The lights on the tall buildings outside the window looked very bright in the dark night.

The experts and professional Chinese medicine nurses who came to provide support were all in a very heavy mood, and they were not even interested in communicating for a while.

Facing the unknown, they are not at peace inside. There is both passion and determination, but inevitably there is also hesitation and timidity.

After all, none of the news coming out so far is good news.

Facing this unknown horror, who dares to say that he is absolutely fearless.

So the carriage was always silent.

Until eight o'clock, an expert took out his mobile phone and made a video call with his family, and started watching the Spring Festival Gala online. The laughter during the conversation slightly relieved the dull atmosphere.

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Wu City.

Academician Tong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chief researcher of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences; Zhang Dezhong, vice president of the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine; and Miao Qing, director of the Respiratory Department of Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.

A high-level TCM expert team including Wang Yuguang, director of the Respiratory Department and Director of the Pulmonary Disease Research Office of the Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, has arrived.

After obtaining first-hand information, these high-level expert groups have already begun to closely analyze and participate in discussions, and have also connected with experts who have not yet arrived.

In fact, in terms of group classification, Xu Yang is not yet in the high-level expert group. Although Xu Yang is currently the most popular person in the traditional Chinese medicine community, that is only due to publicity.

Because Xu Yang also has to undertake the propaganda tasks issued by the system.

Therefore, Xu Yang is still very disdainful in the eyes of many old experts. Because they are also very suspicious of how much of this kind of propaganda is genuine and how much is fake.

If Gao Huaxin hadn't favored Xu Yang in the past, they wouldn't have taken Xu Yang seriously, but now they would at least pay more attention to it.

As for the high-level expert group, only experts with real strength who have experienced countless scenes and been tested can enter.

This can definitely be said to be a very great recognition of a doctor by the country and the industry, and it is a recognition of his strength.

The high-level expert group video and on-site meetings have been held for most of the day. The first task now is to understand this disease.

Western medicine has Western medicine methods, and Chinese medicine also has Chinese medicine methods.

Western medicine has isolated a new type of coronavirus through examination. This is their discovery.

There is no concept of viruses in traditional Chinese medicine, but traditional Chinese medicine must use its own method to complete syndrome differentiation. If the syndrome differentiation is incorrect, your disease will not be cured.

For any large-scale disease, completing syndrome differentiation and formulating an appropriate treatment plan must be the first priority.

This time it was no different.

All the traditional Chinese medicine experts in the conference room wore masks, but they had name tags in front of them so everyone could know who was who.

Zhang Dezhong said: "The epidemiological characteristics of this new type of pneumonia are rapid onset, rapid spread, high contagiousness, and similar symptoms. It belongs to the category of epidemic diseases or febrile diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. I think it is not a seasonal disease."

"We cannot confuse seasonal diseases with epidemic diseases. The Treatise on Epidemic Diseases written by Lei Feng in the Qing Dynasty also clearly excludes epidemic diseases from seasonal diseases. Therefore, our syndrome differentiation analysis should focus on the category of epidemic diseases. "

The same academician also said: "Yes, Wu Youke's "Treatise on Plague" said that febrile disease is not an evil spirit among wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and fire, but a qi outside the six qi."

"It is a highly contagious virus. This is what we are facing this time. It is obvious that the patients feel the violence of the epidemic."

"However, the nature of the epidemic virus has not yet been clearly analyzed. From my personal analysis, this is a yin disease in terms of nature, and it mainly damages Yang. I personally think it is a cold-damp disease."

Academician Wang Yongyan studied the five movements and six qi carefully. He said: "This year is the year of Jihai where the earth is not in reach, the wind is in the sky, the yin is in the sky, and the Shaoyang is in the spring. In the second half of the year, the Shaoyang in the spring is in charge of the fire, and the final qi is in charge of the qi. It is the cold water of the sun, and politeness is the fire of Shaoyang."

"The Shaoyang phase of fire is coming, which leads to a warm winter. If it is not cold but warm, there will be an epidemic. As early as June, when the Academy of Sciences held a meeting, I said that there should be an epidemic this year. I guessed it based on luck and weather. of."

"But it's just a guess, just like we speculate that there will be heavy rain tomorrow based on the sultry weather today."

"But it doesn't matter where the epidemic is. It needs to be adapted to the local climate and the situation of the patients. Based on the analysis of the local climate characteristics and the patient's condition, I agree that this is a cold-dampness epidemic."

Three big bosses in a row have agreed that it is a plague, and they also agree that it is a cold-dampness epidemic.

Academician Tong said: "I analyzed the conditions of these patients. In the early stage, cold dampness attacks the lungs and blocks the spleen. In the middle stage, cold dampness blocks the lungs and traps the spleen. In the late stage, cold dampness closes the lungs and injures the spleen. It is internal and external prolapse. "

"In the recovery period, the lungs and spleen are deficient, so when it comes to syndrome differentiation and medication, the general principle is to dispel cold, remove dampness, remove dirt and transform turbidity. And for this disease, Chinese medicine must intervene early."

"And we must limit unnecessary infusions, because the dampness evil is lingering, and excessive infusions will aggravate the cold and dampness, making it more difficult to cure."

Zhang Dezhong also added: "Antibiotics are also cold and cooling products in traditional Chinese medicine and can easily damage the spleen and stomach. If it is not combined with bacterial infection, it is not recommended to use antibiotics routinely."

"Have you already decided that this is a cold-dampness epidemic? Don't be so anxious." A voice came from the computer screen.

Everyone looked over and saw the voice coming from Xiong Jibai, a master of traditional Chinese medicine.

It seems that Mr. Xiong has other opinions, but no one is surprised, because if the dialectical analysis can be completed so easily, there will be no need to use such a large number of high-level experts.

Fellow academician said: "If Mr. Xiong has any great opinions, please just tell me."

Mr. Xiong said: "I think it's a febrile disease."

As soon as these words came out, everyone else was startled. Good guy, let's do it again.

Mr. Xiong looked at the information in his hand and said: "I analyzed this disease and found that it is mainly warm-heat and damp-heat diseases. The dialectics of febrile diseases should be followed."

"The patient's clinical manifestations include fever, thick and greasy tongue coating, dry mouth, bitter mouth, diarrhea, sticky and unpleasant stools and other symptoms."

"It's true that the local area is in a cold and humid place, but you have to consider that the Yang Qi is hidden in the body in winter, and the interstitium is blocked, which makes it easier for depression to turn into heat, so it should be a damp-heat epidemic."

"Based on this basis to analyze syndrome types, we can analyze and discuss different syndrome types at each stage, including the initial fever stage, severe stage, critical stage and recovery stage."

Okay, here’s another new opinion.

Wang Yuguang, director of the Respiratory Department and Director of the Pulmonary Disease Research Office of the Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University, said: "I personally believe that the cause of this disease is the epidemic air with moisture as its basic attribute. From the season of onset, climate and the nature of the disease, From the looks of it, it’s mainly dampness evil, and I think it’s dampness poisoning epidemic.”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, my brows are all furrowed.

Gu Zhishan said: "Everyone, listen to me. When we analyze epidemics or seasonal diseases, we must take time into consideration. Look, it's around the Spring Festival. It's the time of transition."

"So the pathogenesis will change. When we analyze the patient's condition, we cannot focus on analyzing one or two, or insist on certain details, but we must analyze it as a whole."

Everyone nodded and thought it made sense.

Dean Zhang Dezhong asked: "From an overall analysis, what does this epidemic belong to?"

Gu Zhishan said: "Looking beyond the differences in details and looking at the overall situation, it is not difficult to analyze that these diseases are generally more common in dryness and dampness, so I think it is a dryness-dampness epidemic."

Hey guys, here comes another one!

Originally, everyone thought that this holistic perspective was very good, but the conclusions you drew from this holistic perspective were so new.

The comrades of the high-level expert group have a headache, but this is reasonable. The use of the high-level expert group proves that this thing is not easy to handle, and the debate starts from the first step of identification.

This is also the difference between Chinese medicine and Western medicine. The microscopic world that Western medicine understands is constantly enlarging and enlarging, separating and separating again.

OK, I found it, it’s this virus I’ve never seen before.

How to treat it? I don’t know, I just discovered it at first, and there is currently no specific medicine.

Traditional Chinese medicine is based on a macro perspective, focusing on simplicity and complexity. The factors that treat diseases are nothing more than internal injuries and external infections. What they treat is also the feedback of the human body after getting sick. Traditional Chinese medicine treats people.

And in this way, without very clear and unified opinions, such a situation will arise. Different experts have different opinions, and completely different treatment plans can be formulated based on their opinions.

So, the Western medicine side is, this is a new thing, there is no specific medicine for this virus, there is nothing you can do.

Chinese medicine is just the opposite. There are too many methods, but whether it can be cured and how it is, only the devil knows.

So now we are in a state of confusion.

But no matter what, having a way is better than having no way.

Therefore, until there is a specific medicine against the virus, Chinese medicine is the specific medicine!

If once Western medicine develops specific medicines, then Chinese medicine may not be as good as others; if once others develop reliable vaccines, then Chinese medicine will not be able to keep up.

Therefore, in this most difficult and dangerous stage, traditional Chinese medicine can still play a great role.

It's just this dialectical issue that I haven't been able to solve for a long time.

Dean Zhang Dezhong looked at the big screen and saw that Liu Xuanbo remained silent, so he asked: "Mr. Liu, you haven't spoken much all night. What do you think?"

Everyone looked at Liu Xuanbo again.

Liu Xuanbo is also a member of the high-level expert group. He returned to Beijing quite early and is now participating in the meeting via video link.

Liu Xuanbo was looking at the information in his hand, and when he heard someone calling him, he put the information down and said, "I was just thinking..."

Everyone looked at Mr. Liu and listened attentively. Mr. Liu was very senior and had experienced many large-scale scenes. He was very experienced. And now that he had been holding back for so long, everyone wanted to know what Mr. Liu would say.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xuanbo opened his mouth and said, "I was just wondering, where is Xu Yang?"

Everyone almost sprained their feet.

Good guy, everyone is discussing syndrome differentiation, but you are actually thinking about Xu Yang.

Of course Xu Yang and the others knew about it. No one in the domestic traditional Chinese medicine community didn't know about Mingxin Branch, and no one didn't know about Xu Yang.

After Zhang Dezhong heard Xu Yang's name, his heart moved inexplicably. He hurriedly asked: "Is Dr. Xu Yang here too?"

Liu Xuanbo replied: "I'm leaving today, but I don't know if I'll arrive."

Zhang Dezhong nodded: "Okay, after Dr. Xu Yang arrives, I will definitely go over and have a thorough discussion with him."

Others also had different expressions. Xu Yang was best known for treating critical illnesses, but it was still unknown how capable he was in the face of such a major disease.

Many people shook their heads slightly.

Zhang Dezhong looked at their expressions and reminded them: "At the end of this year's seminar on Zhongjing's theory, hundreds of people fell ill in our flood fighting and rescue operations."

"There was a landslide at that time, and medical resources would not be able to be delivered to the rural areas for a while. Dr. Xu used video communication to analyze the condition and asked them to go to the local area to collect fresh herbs. With just one medicine, hundreds of people were cured of cold diseases."

The news that Xu Yang cured hundreds of people was also widely spread in the traditional Chinese medicine community, and these high-level experts also heard about it. But now that time has passed, they really didn't think about it for a while.

Zhang Dezhong looked at everyone and said tentatively: "Dr. Xu Yang is quite experienced and is also the inheritor of Gao Huaxin, the old Chinese medicine practitioner. How about we also invite him to discuss it together?"

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Besides, Xu Yang arrived at the place late at night.

The local reception department has arranged a car to welcome us. Although it is a mild winter, it is still quite cold at night. The local water resources are very abundant, and the Yangtze River passes directly through the middle of the city.

Xu Yang looked around and said in a deep voice: "This is a place where dampness is strong."

Professor He, who was standing next to Xu Yang, also asked: "What do you think the nature of the epidemic here should be?"

Xu Yang shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's difficult to analyze it just based on the medical records. I guess the expert team is also quarreling."

"Everyone has just arrived and has not yet gone deep into the front line. The best group of Chinese medicine doctors have only arrived two days ago. What is being discussed now can only be preliminary plans."

"It's normal not to draw correct conclusions. We need to go deep into the most serious and dangerous wards, and really touch, feel, and identify symptoms."

"The most important thing is to get treatment. After treatment, you will understand. Teacher, which hospital are we assigned to?"

Professor He said: "Hankou Hospital is the first batch of seven designated hospitals announced yesterday."

"Okay." Xu Yang nodded and got in the car.

Then, a call came to invite him to participate in the meeting.

Xu Yang said directly: "I won't go."