I Can Hear the Heart's Voice of Traditional Chinese Medicine-Chapter 415 - 171: Just Treat It Casually as a Private Matter—Why Even Bother with the Hospital? (Part 3)

Chapter 415: Chapter 171: Just Treat It Casually as a Private Matter—Why Even Bother with the Hospital? (Part 3)

Lu Xuan took a lollipop and placed it directly in front of the child. The child, perhaps because his arm couldn’t be lifted before, instinctively reached with his left hand, but Lu Xuan gently pressed it down: "Use your left hand."

The right hand couldn’t move, so the child had to lift his left hand to take the lollipop.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan knew the repositioning was successful and let out a sigh of relief: "It’s all good now."

"Uh..."

The couple was still confused about why Lu Xuan took out a lollipop, but the next moment they heard Lu Xuan’s words and were stunned.

Recovered so quickly?

Isn’t that too fast?

I haven’t even reacted yet.

And it’s already fine?

Not just the couple; at this moment, even Wang Youqing and the others were looking at Lu Xuan in surprise, thinking it was a bit too fast. They couldn’t figure out what had happened. They just saw Lu Xuan make a couple of quick movements, and then the child’s originally drooping arm was fine and could even lift a lollipop. Isn’t that too fast?

Too simple?

"Is it really okay?" Wang Youqing couldn’t help but ask.

Although they knew Lu Xuan had some skills, he hadn’t done many bone settings, only once for Su Kenan, and they didn’t see it. They all thought bone setting was a complicated matter, but this time it took less than a minute, and before they could react, the child’s dislocated bone was set.

That’s way too fast!

Ji Xiuwen rolled his eyes dramatically, thinking, be human; you just casually fixed it, so why do we even need hospitals?

The child’s father was still bewildered: "Dr. Lu, shouldn’t we take an X-ray?"

"No need, it’s nothing major, just a pulled elbow. This situation often happens with children. If you’re worried, you can take him to the hospital for an X-ray later, it’s no big deal," Lu Xuan said, shaking his head.

"Lu, what’s a pulled elbow?"

Wang Youqing and the others clearly hadn’t heard of the term, and asked curiously.

Lu Xuan explained: "A pulled elbow is a partial dislocation of the radial head, common in children. During infancy, the radial head is smaller than the radial neck, and the annular ligament of the radial head is relatively loose. When the elbow joint is overstretched and pulled toward the distal end, the annular ligament of the radial head is drawn into the space between the radial head and the capitellum of the humerus due to negative pressure in the joint capsule, preventing the head from returning to its original position.

Of course, a pulled elbow also has other names, like radial head subluxation and nursemaid’s elbow.

Generally, this condition does not involve soft tissue tears, swelling, and can be healed immediately after manipulation. However, if there’s a fall, severe force, or it’s not set promptly, localized swelling or soft tissue tears may occur, and manual manipulation might not be successful in one go. In such cases, medication for external application, a neck-wrist sling, or triangular scarf is often required to suspend the injured limb in front of the chest for rest.

But since it just happened to the child, not suspending the arm shouldn’t be a problem."

"I see."

Wang Youqing suddenly understood: "But your speed is just too fast; those who don’t know might think you were just casually doing it."

"Well, it wasn’t a big deal, really. Most traditional Chinese medicine practitioners who know bone setting work at this speed, and the child’s situation was relatively simple, so being fast is normal," Lu Xuan explained.

"Even so, it’s too fast," Wang Youqing said with a wry smile.

Everyone didn’t even understand what was happening, and you were already done.

It’s like everyone was expecting a big battle to break out, everyone was extremely tense, but in the next moment, you pulled out a missile that shouldn’t exist in this era, and in one shot, ended the battle. Who wouldn’t be dumbfounded?

Lu Xuan smiled slightly, not saying much.

To many people who don’t understand traditional Chinese bone setting, this speed is indeed a bit startling, so it’s normal for everyone to be surprised.

At this moment, the man came to his senses as well and asked, "Dr. Lu, how much should I transfer to you?"

The child didn’t suffer, and they didn’t even have to go to the hospital, so the man was extremely grateful.

"No need to talk about money, it’s just a small favor."

Lu Xuan pinched the child’s soft cheek, smiling.

"That won’t do, the money must be given," the man insisted.

Seeing the other party persistent, Lu Xuan had no choice but to say, "How about this, do you have any more lollipops?"

"Yes."

The woman took out another lollipop, and Lu Xuan took it directly, shook it in his hand: "This will be the fee."

After speaking, he tore it open and popped it into his mouth, then said to Wang Youqing and the others: "Uncle, let’s go."

"By the way, Old Mr. Ji, do you want to go down the mountain together, so we can look out for each other?"

Ji Yongfeng nodded: "Sure! I was about to go down earlier, but didn’t expect to run into this situation. Knowing Dr. Lu was at Baoguo Temple, I asked him to find you up there, didn’t know Dr. Lu also studies bone setting."

"I haven’t studied much, my technique is still a bit rusty," Lu Xuan admitted honestly.

But Ji Yongfeng didn’t believe him. If this was called rusty, what would be called proficient? 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

It wasn’t just Ji Yongfeng who didn’t believe, no one believed it.

The only believers might be those Chinese herbs that kept chattering in Lu Xuan’s ear.

From their professional perspective, Lu Xuan’s technique was correct, but it seemed a bit rusty. For an experienced bone-setting master, they would be even quicker, and wouldn’t need to feel it for that long.

No one believed, so Lu Xuan didn’t explain further. The group slowly made their way down the mountain, leaving a bewildered couple behind.

A bone set, and it’s settled with just a lollipop?

Although the two of them didn’t know how much bone setting cost, going to a big hospital would require registration, X-rays, and bone setting, which would cost at least several hundred yuan. Not to mention it would be slow and inefficient; the child would suffer. As Lu Xuan put it, if delayed, the child would have to endure more pain, and eventually, something would need to be used to fix the arm.

But since it was set in time, none of that was necessary.

"This is a true life-saving doctor!"

As the couple was still in a daze, the middle-aged woman behind them marveled, watching Lu Xuan’s departing figure.

Treating something that would cost several hundred or even a thousand yuan at a hospital was resolved with just a lollipop by Lu Xuan. Plus, the lollipop was only received because they insisted on giving money and Lu Xuan had no other choice.

At a big hospital, think you can get treatment without paying?

Don’t even think about it.