Chinese Medicine: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 610: Chapter 610: Reset

Li Xu’s hands seemed to work like magic, sometimes as gentle as a caress, other times as forceful as plucking a string.

The patient, who had been grimacing in pain, gradually felt his furrowed brow relax a little as his breathing steadied.

"I think... it doesn’t hurt as much anymore..."

the patient said in surprise.

Li Xu sensed the muscles had relaxed to their optimal state, and his gaze sharpened in an instant.

"Brace yourself!"

he barked, suddenly applying force with both hands!

Grasping the proximal end of the fracture with one hand and the distal end with the other, he employed the Eight Methods of Bone-setting—"traction and extension," "rotation and flexion," "impaction and lifting"—in a single, fluid motion as fast as lightning.

CLICK!

A very faint sound of bone grating on bone rang out.

"Ah—"

The patient couldn’t help but let out a short cry of pain, but the sound died the moment it left his lips.

The sharp pain lasted only for an instant, immediately followed by an unprecedented feeling of relief, as if the displaced bone had snapped back into its proper place.

"All done."

Li Xu released his hands and let out a long sigh, a thin layer of sweat beading on his forehead.

"We can splint it now."

He took the splint and bandages from the nurse and skillfully applied the external fixation.

Director Ren stared blankly at Li Xu, momentarily at a loss for words.

’That’s... it?’

’Less than a minute from start to finish?’

The orthopedics department at the City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine could perform some routine surgeries, but they were all open reductions under anesthesia, where they would align the bones visually before inserting screws.

This kind of "blind operation"—relying purely on feel, without anesthesia, for an instantaneous reduction—was something they had only heard about in legends from the older generation.

It was simply a divine skill.

"Should we... do another check-up to see how it is?"

One of the younger doctors looked at Director Ren. He didn’t dare say it out loud, but his eyes were filled with doubt.

’He just pressed it a couple of times and it’s fixed?’

’Isn’t that a bit too incredible?’

’What if it’s not aligned properly?’

Director Ren came back to his senses. Although his rational mind told him Li Xu wouldn’t be reckless, medicine demanded evidence.

"Mm," Director Ren nodded and looked at Li Xu. "Dean Li, how about... we get another X-ray to double-check?"

"Of course. A check-up is a good idea. It’ll put everyone’s mind at ease."

Li Xu nodded, completely understanding.

After all, this was the first time he had demonstrated this skill at the hospital, so it was normal for people to have doubts.

"Take the patient for another X-ray!" Director Ren ordered the doctor beside him.

The doctor wheeled the patient to the radiology department.

A dozen or so minutes later, the X-ray was delivered.

Director Ren snatched the film, mounted it on the light box, and leaned in to examine it closely.

As he looked, his eyes grew wider and wider, and his mouth slowly formed an "O."

On the film, the tibia and fibula, which had been misaligned and angulated, were now perfectly joined together.

The alignment and apposition of the fracture ends were absolutely perfect, almost as if it had never been broken at all.

Even an open reduction with steel plates might not have achieved such precision.

"It’s a complete reduction..."

Director Ren muttered to himself, finding it hard to believe his eyes. "The reduction... it’s absolutely perfect."

He turned his head and looked at Li Xu, who was washing his hands, his gaze filled with awe and admiration.

"Dean Li... I never imagined your skill in bone-setting was this incredible. You’re truly a legendary ’Bone-setting Saint Hand’."

As Director Ren skillfully disinfected and bandaged the patient’s wound a second time before applying a splint for stabilization, his mind replayed every detail of Li Xu’s bone-setting procedure like a movie.

A layman sees the spectacle, while an expert sees the technique.

When Li Xu performed the reduction just now, his technique didn’t seem fast; it was even somewhat methodical and unhurried.

First, he gently performed a Massage to improve blood flow, allowing the spasming muscles to relax. At the same time, during the Massage, his fingertips precisely mapped the position and orientation of every bone fragment and straightened out the disordered meridians.

It was precisely because of this seemingly casual preparation that when the final reduction occurred, everything seemed to fall into place effortlessly and calmly.

"’Slow work yields fine results.’ ’Lifting something heavy as if it were light.’"

Director Ren sighed inwardly.

After he finished, he couldn’t contain his curiosity and pulled Li Xu aside to ask for his guidance.

Li Xu didn’t hold back. He combined concepts from the bone-setting manual in *Liu Juanzi’s Ghost Remedy*—such as "to join, first separate; separate then rejoin" and "use pain as the point, and relaxation as the key"—with modern anatomy, explaining them in a way that was both profound and easy to understand.

Director Ren listened, completely engrossed, feeling as if many concepts that had previously stumped him were suddenly crystal clear.

...

Back at the consultation room, a long line had already formed at the door.

Li Xu composed himself and threw himself into the busy work of treating patients.

He was busy until noon, when he finally managed to grab a quick bite in the cafeteria.

He had just sat down when Hu Qiming came over with his tray, a look of mock exaggeration on his face. "Li Xu, you’re famous again. The news that you can perform orthopedic bone-setting has spread throughout the entire hospital. Everyone’s calling you an omnipotent Divine Physician who can do anything."

Li Xu smiled. "It’s not that exaggerated. I just know a little."

"Know a little?" Hu Qiming rolled his eyes. "If you ’know a little,’ then the rest of us are illiterate. You should have seen the looks from those young nurses in orthopedics. They’re ready to worship you like an idol."

As he spoke, he handed over his phone, showing the chat history from their class group.

Miaoli: "Did you guys hear? Li Xu manually reduced a comminuted fracture today, without even looking at an X-ray."

Jiang Peng: "Holy crap, for real? Isn’t that a bit too insane? I thought he was in internal medicine."

Li Baojie: "Sigh... I feel like the gap between us and Li Xu isn’t just a few streets anymore; it’s a whole galaxy. We’re still stressing about how to write a good prescription for a common cold, and he’s already dominating other fields."

Li Xu smiled as he read his classmates’ banter.

He felt a wave of emotion.

’I’ve worked hard to get to where I am today, but the intelligence system really deserves the credit.’

’Without it, I’d be a county-level expert at best.’

In the afternoon, Li Xu received a call from his mentor, Professor Gao Guanghui.

"Li Xu, an old colleague and I are coming to Feng City tomorrow to give an academic lecture. We’ll also take the opportunity to inspect the progress at your Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine."

"That’s wonderful, Professor! We’ll roll out the red carpet for you," Li Xu said happily.

...

The next morning, a Coaster bus slowly pulled into the City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Director Zhu of the City Health Commission personally led the welcoming party, with Dean Song and Li Xu accompanying him.

The bus door opened. Professor Gao Guanghui was as energetic as ever, and beside him stood an elderly man with a refined and scholarly face.

"Let me make an introduction." Director Zhu stepped forward enthusiastically. "This is Professor Zhang Liang from the Provincial University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a renowned expert in TCM. He was also my respected teacher!"

’So he’s Director Zhu’s teacher.’

Everyone exchanged pleasantries.

Professor Zhang Liang looked at Li Xu and said with a smile, "Dr. Li, although this is our first time meeting, your name is legendary back in the provincial capital. Moreover, Zhu here told me all about the critical Yin-Yang Exchange case you treated a while ago. Bold yet meticulous, with a god-like use of medicine... the younger generation is truly formidable!"

Li Xu quickly replied with humility, "Elder Zhang, you praise me too much. As a junior, I was just lucky. I am merely standing on the shoulders of giants and dare not take the credit."

After the reception, the group went to the conference room for a brief meeting. Afterward, Gao Guanghui suggested, "Li Xu, if you have time this afternoon, Old Zhang and I would like to come to your consultation room to observe your practice and see how much you’ve progressed clinically over the past year or so."

"And let us old-timers learn a thing or two while we’re at it," Professor Zhang Liang added with a smile.

’They’re going to test me on the spot.’

This was more than Li Xu could ask for. The chance to receive live guidance from two titans of the field was an opportunity money couldn’t buy.

"Of course. This way, Professors."

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