Chapter 442: Live Demonstration
Su Yayan noticed the silence in the room and glanced at everyone. “Is there anything else you want to ask? If not, we will continue with the lesson.”
No one said anything, so Su Yayan continued. “To learn TCM, you have to first learn how to differentiate Chinese medicine ingredients, and then learn how to diagnose illnesses. Just like how doctors have to determine what illness you’re suffering from before they can treat you. Unlike current doctors who use devices to diagnose illnesses, TCM emphasizes on reading, hearing, and understanding. A skilled physician can tell what’s wrong with your body just by looking with their eyes.”
“Only using their eyes?”
Ye Qiliang couldn’t help but recall the last time he went to the store to look for Su Yayan. Su Yayan had also seen through the illnesses of his two students at a glance. Although the symptoms were obvious from the surface, he was more curious about…
“Can you tell from the surface that something is wrong with the body?”
Su Yayan saw that the person who asked this question was Ye Qiliang and quickly understood what he meant. She smiled faintly and said, “The girl from before only revealed it by burping because she had an internal problem. However, this is indeed a more obvious way of telling. There are also some that are less obvious. Is there anyone who is feeling unwell or is willing to come up and help me demonstrate?”
“Only those who are not feeling well?”
“…It’s fine if you don’t have any.” Some illnesses were not obvious, so it was possible that they did not notice them.
After Su Yayan said that, everyone was eager to give it a try, especially the few elders who were seated in the front row. They wanted to rush forward immediately.
Su Yayan selected one of them. “The girl on the left on the fourth row. Yes, you don’t have to look around. Are you willing to help me?”
The girl who was called out by Su Yayan was stunned for a moment before her expression turned blank.
In the end, she walked to the front with the nudging of her friends.
“Teacher… Teacher…” The girl stood in front of Su Yayan awkwardly.
“Don’t worry, relax.”
The girl was a little shy. She nodded nervously and lowered her head, not knowing what to do.
Su Yayan held her hand and said calmly, “The so-called ‘gaze’ is to look at a person’s facial features. Here is a simple mantra: the liver is the main eye, the heart is the tongue, the spleen is the main mouth, the lung is the nose, the kidney is the ear. Simply put, I can tell from your eyes whether there is something wrong with your liver. The tongue corresponds to the heart, the mouth corresponds to the spleen, the nose corresponds to the lungs, and the ears correspond to the kidney.”
As Su Yayan spoke, she scrutinized the person’s facial features while the crowd recorded her words.
“However, there’s something we need to pay attention to. Tongues are different from tongue coatings. Tongues correspond to the heart, while tongue coatings correspond to the spleen and stomach.” Su Yayan said to the girl, “Open your mouth and stick your tongue out slightly.”
The girl’s face was slightly red. She opened her mouth and only stuck out her tongue a little. It was as if doing this in public was her limit.
Su Yayan didn’t make things difficult for her. After all, she still needed to take her pulse. “The coating on your tongue is a little white, which means that your spleen and stomach are cold and you need to nourish your stomach.. Do you usually eat irregular meals and like to eat cold food?”
